The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-08
OBITUARY.

Stephen OBrien. an elder brother OF cx-Sherif
James OBricn, died suddenly yesterday at his
homo, 10 East Forty.scventh street. Mr..
o"Brion was just entering the 6lst year Of his
age. On Sunday morning he complained of
trouble which appeared to arise from indigcs-
ton, but this passed off and ho went out. At 8
o'clock that night tho trouble returned and
yesterday afternoon. There were six sons
in the O'Brien family, and a num-
Der OF daughters, and they all came to this coun-
try from ireland when Stephen O'Brien was
about IL years old and his brother James about
z. Stephen became an engineer, and this was
his business all his life. but he also found time
for years to mix in politics. and supported
his brother James in many a hot political fight.
He was one Of the important political fac
tors in the old Twenty-frst ward. and
he was present there on election day
in 1874 when his brother James got
into a fight with Richard Croker, and John Nc
Kenna, one Of OBrien's workers, was shot and
killed. Stephen O'Brien was O witness for the
prosecution against Mr.. Croker in this case.
Mr.. Croker was acquitted. When Stephen
SSs,ft the S oid S VSiant e@ef FIrs DoS Ssa1n Dtd as no q
member Of Engine Company 81, which lay in
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pans> and joined II Engine tsi' which lay
In Thirty,third street; near Third avenue:
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sheriff h Rf1 for y While NdHss ander s 5nsf n 6 ~As aep ana
Wido v He leaves ess eight Children nf three ss sons
married. The funeral viii be fro his residence
at 10 A. N. on Wednesday. with a mass at st.
Agnes's Church.
Einia. died on Sunday night nearIRedlands, Cal.
for the benefit Of his health. Mr.. Miller had a
national reputation among coal operators, and
in which he served. he went to Virginia from
Alabama, and soon married tho daughter Of
dealer, he pushed his int erests until at the time
OF his death he was the owner and operator
q West sey Virginia Sn Mines nhe most He T wss Presids on s snS
manager Of the Turkey Knob Coal Company.
m 1hs S eSsl E ernpaS Gofs The cG%%i 4pe eyyset te cea fn sns
is5Ss q e % SsSss e SfITsbis nj fip %siis ana Ss %i s}:s !
1 Hsfiey 'f Bshh. ae i In .as no sta sh 4 SG sa9 !.
survived by his widow. Last autumn an attack
sadyiSe Of Hhysician 2 he went e so %tler { Cal.
Presidential election of SO supported Mckinley.
Capt. George II. Frost died in New orleans on
Sunday night. aged go; Hs was g natiSS Of New
resigned from the United States Army when
Louisiana seeded. and offered his services to
the Confederates. He was assigned to the COM
mand of the First Artillery. Confederate States
Army. and stationed at Fort Jackson. below New
Orleans, and afterward at Fort Pike. He was in
omman of part of the Confederate artillery at
Vicksburg, After Grants capture of yicksburg
he was exchanged, was on the staff of Gen. A. S.
Stewart, and subsequently, Inspector-G General
under Gen. Frank Armstrong. He was captured
once in hospital and again exchanged. After
the war he was engaged in commercial business.
Howard Lapsley Thomas, son of DR.. 7. Gail
lard Thomas, and a member of the Stock EI-
change since April 4, 1895, died on Saturday of
consumption. He was 20 years old. His ofhce
was with his uncle, Howard Lapsley Of the Stock
Exchange firm OF Howard Lapsley & Co., but
owing TO his illness he had not been on the floor
OF the Exchange for over a year: In the hope
that his health might be benefited he had been
travelling in the South. He leaves q widow, the
daughter Of Joseph Larocque. His home In this
burial will be to-day, at southampton, l. ].
Joseph Phone. who died at his home, 1875 Third
avenue, on Sunday. was known as the oldest
opera chorus singer in the world. He was born
in 1880, and WAS II years old when he first APP
peared on the stage in his native town, Turin.
Italy. Since then he had travelled all over the
world. and had taken part in more than three
twenty years, and was recently in the Abbey,
Schoeffel s. Grau Opera Company. Phone leaves
a widow and two sons.
John II. Hutchinson. one of the best-known
business men in Portsmouth, n. H., died yester-
day. aged SO years. He was CAPTAIN In the
Tenth New Hampshire Volunteers In the civil
war. and leaves o widow, a daughter. and one
e. ~" \. Dr. Harry s. hutchinson OF binsh"m''n'
at st. Augustine. Fla. died suddenly at Pho
nicia, in the Catskills where he had gone to ar
range for the opening Of the Tremper House,
which he was TO manage for the season.