The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
OBITUARY..

Orange. N. j.. where he hired q cottage two
weeks ego for the summer. lie was 90 yearS
old. and . native OF Germany He went to
the Pacific coast In 1s49 and started q gen-
eral merchandise business, In which he laid the
foundation OF his largo fortune. He came to
New York in 1877. The firm of scholle Brothers
gradually abandoned the mercantile field for
San FRANCHISE. Mr.. scholle leaves widow, three
Exchange and Of the firm OF Sutro. Scholle & Co.;
Albert, who Is employed In the Office OF Scholle
tWo dsps;h e%a HMG Mr.. Lone T sn,r Is and nc n! Mrs. " A. I:
Scholle, the latter a widow; two brothers. VII,
f from b nis esst aed ives nRe l IN ,hi Se ei,y has and 5e three
8 sters, two of whom are in this city. the othor
being in EuropG Mr.. seholle was a member Of
States Cremation Society. Treasurer OF the Ten
emept House Building Company. and 2 director
His homo in this city was at 81 East Forty.ninth
street.
Edwin Briggs, one Of Peekskill's oldest mer.
pneumonia. Edwin Briggs was born in ipesiks.
kill on March 22; ls2i L. and for pearly f t;,,y
establishments in that city. On account OF fall
ing health he retired from business in 1881. Mr..
i've ds,sk ONCE. He was tre Sst Of Union d fs"o
School district No. 8; the fourth oldest Odd Eel j;
President Of the Peekskil sayings Bank. Mr..
Briggs, DR.. Depew, and several others were tho
hibt " otNi - arrow 80.
twice. His second wife and three children By
Briggs. is President OF tho Peekskin Board OF
Health and business bus manager Of the the h q gHsIa =
Peekskill at Q o'clock this afternoon.
Henry F. Eames. President OF the Commercial
National Bank OF Chicago, and one of the oldest
s ssTas Sss sfteTnoon s''' He had ID b bess conf saHSiiin aesp TO y6Si s
rOGI for a ~ year @ss sf sot the n r ft9as q & g 2 'i Il 1s, q
| and want IN Illinois In 14l0 and settlad Mt 0t-
tawa at the age OF 81. He established the City
Bank Of that place, now the NATIONAL City Bank.
years Mr. Eames did a Considerable grain bust.
ness at Ottawa and accumulated a comfortable
and in December OF the following year he and
his friends purGhased a controlling interest in
manned with that institution ever since. Mrs.
Eames and one daughter. the latter the wife Of
franklin MscVeaSh. are the only surviving
members OF his immediate family.
George f. Barnes, the oldes. dramatic critic Of
Ban Francisco, died yesterday, In his seventeen
y yrS He {, went neIn there a,d IN rs, hss1 from, Nova osrt s Scotia !
On his return no was one Of the founders OF tho
msnages- and dramatic critic for over thirty
years. He hired Mark Twain as a reporter, but
WORK. Barnes was intimate with Booth. Bar.
rett, Mccullough. Barton Hill. and other actors
personally to every prominent actor and actress
who came to California. He was an abs writer.
and some OF MIS- best WORK consisted OF Tclnl-
niscences Of pioneer days in California, written
during the last two years.
Alfred TrHmbls a writer, died suddenly At his
day doy night. He was found by his iis'ihs onsekeeper
S SsssteF on WINCH nSfn Ms. ! ay bnt !%r the tq lStt beside So hi.
was the cause of death. Mr.. Trumhle was born
in Virginia about fifty years ago. He had been
tor to various magazines. on art topics; At tho
time OF his death he published a bi-weckly paper
leaves no family.
Col. James A. Magruder, one OF the oldest resi-
dents OF the District OF Columbia, died on Tues.
as Major Of the FFiiiteeni6 New York Engineers.
and rose TO tho rank OF Lientenant-Colonel He
was q personai friend Do Hf Gen. Grant, by whom
Georgetown, d. G. He was Treasurer OF the
Board Of Public Works OF tho District until the
board was abolished.
manager Of the Barnum & Bailey shows. died In
Chicago yesterday OF typhoid fever. He was
danEeToasiy Ii. but he did not think himsel In
SnS ddsnnoser. lie leaves an estate OF about
tiGl Interest in the show.
Charles Golde. "a years old, an ARCHITECT OF
III Bergenliao ayenue, Union Hill N: j.. died
attempted to commit suicide by asphyxiation on
May 10, and had been confined in tho hospital
ever since. He leaves a widow.
RS SFs1 M MSfss or thu Nh Ffii,. 'as vi" ais, Fl A Slsd gs5
to-day at her home, 6l3 West Forty-seventt
ssTssi; Mr. ISs Null Mah had ID been Pc %.I n o for seysrS:
at ] o'clock In the afternoon.
Almarin Trowbridge, who for ffty:thTee year,
was associated With the Union Nstional Bank In
yesterday afternoon at the age OF 81 years Mr.
Trowhridgc wHS ono OF the besL-known bali
oii'cere in Boston.
Of Stein Bro, y,nn one o. no Oldest bankers I"
baltimore, died s%nGaoniy Yesterday. He was a