The times., 1898-01-11
OBITUARY NOTES.

Judge william Rank Beach. one oil the
foremost members OF the Democratic party
of Rhod, Isla nd. and known because Of his
long service as the war horse oi the
Democracy" died : unday night. from blood
poisoning. He had been sick about three
weeks He was a member OF the Indiana
legislature in 1851, and clerk OF the
supreme court of that Staue for eight
years He removed TO Rhode Island IN
$50. He had been the candidate OF ms
party for mayor and governor He was IN
his sixty ninth year.
telegram was received at the War
Department yesterday with tie iBforma-
tion of the death OF Major Tremaine. Of
the medical department, retired. Major
Treniaine died at his home in Buffalo.
He served during the war as surgeon
in the volunteer service first with the
Twenty fourth Massachusetts Infa ntry.
and after,vard with the United states
yolunt eers and was appointed TO the
regular est ablishment in February, 1866.
Count pelianeff. the Russian minister Of
public instruction. died yesterday at St
Petersburg.
Ex-State Senator l.. NJ Leach. who Wa
q director Of ths First National Fank
and trustee of the State Asylum for the
Insane. al AIiddletOwn. Conn, died sub
denly in that city Yesterday morning.
Henry Fink. the best known brewer IN
central PennsyIvgsaia. died a his home. in
Harrisburg, vest erday. aged sixty-three
years. He had been suffering for several
months from a complication Of diseases.
Henry Finck. of Harrisburg. died yester-
day In that city. IL was one OF the best
known brewers in Pennsylvania lie came
To this country FROM Germany with his
parents in 1854, and when lie was eiSh-
teen years old, Mr.. Finck was proprietor of
the keystone Brewery In Harrisburg
The funeral OF charles r. Ball, who died
i'm Richmond. Va, Saturday took place
yesterday AFTERNOON. Mr.. Ball was the
son OF Judge Charles b. Ball of Loudoun
and Mrs. Emma Read Ball. daughter
of Rev. Charles II. Read, n. D., of Rich
mond, where Charles was born about thirty
one years az 90.
1t was announced on change yesterday
afternoon that Capt. Joshua W. Riggs.
member of the firm of Thomas :. Clark
& Sons. grain mercha nts. had died yes
terday. Capt. Riggs was Well known in
business circles and an ex-Confederat e
soldier. He was a member of Mosby's
command.
Sheppard Homans, who died suddenly in
New York Saturday, was one of the best
known actua ries In that city. He was sixty
six years old. and was son of I. Smith
Homans, for many years editor Of the Mer
chants Magazine. He had been in the
insurance business all his life, fist be-
coming prominent when connected with.
the Mutual Life as actuary. After severing
his connection with the Mutual Life, he
helped to organize the Proyident Life. and
was largely int rested in that company un-
til two years ago, when he sold out to the
present mana cement. After that he was
consulting actuary for most of the large in
surance companies. Mr.. Homans leaves
widow, two sons and -four daughters.
Word ha IS iust bee n received that EGwa rtl
Zimmerman, oldest son of the late John
c. Zimmermann, of New York, died in
Zimmermann was born in Buenos Ayres,
Argentine Republic, in 1920. He came TO
the United states as a boy, and receiv ed his
his educa tiunin New York. He subsequently
returned to his native city, and began his
merca ntile career with the then well-known
firm OF zimmermann, Frazier & Co, of
Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, which was
founded by his father. In S72 Mr.. Zim-
mermann went To London, where he had
since resided. AT the time of his death
he was director in the London and
River Plate Bank.