The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
Obituary NOfoa.

Major Moses p. Handy. Commissioner Of tho
United States to the Paris Exposition. died in
Augusta. Co.. yesterday of BriRht's disease.
He was born In Missouri in ls47. and was q son
OF the Rev. /. w. X. Handy. q Presbyterian
minister. who belonged to an old Maryland
family. He was educated at the Virginia Col
legiato Institute at Portsmouth. At the out
break of the rebellion no was conscripted into
the Confederate army and assigned to tho
staff of the Engineer Corps of Gen. Lees
army. He was practically pcnniless after the
wnr ended. and he began work as a reporter in
astSor on the m,! RiGhmop e. P5ispG1ch, and rose to an
missioners for Virginia at tho Philadelphia
Centennial Exposition. and aflcrward made
different times in an editorial capacity with the
Times and Press Of that city. and later was
Wees Y ao % SrEp''s q Witty It. '1 and nihi a%oTons
speaker and was long President OF the famous
pointed Chief Of The Bureau Of promotion and and
Publicity at the Worlds Fair in Chicago, and
dent Mckinley 10 look after oSh bits from his
f%%fsi IL 1000. He PsYi essss a /" w SSio s snd soS. At
dI sSSs 81 as s@ I o 50r F nissay u SsSSfE Els home on s' g To-:
avenue. williamsburg Hss was born in Ireland
s sna se ysis5' i rs4 wil III hsss he e %Rsrs z b A b.ssns
slectes an Xidermsn. When & William; Sar Was WAS
man from the Fourteenth ward. He was APP
pointed an assessor by Mayor Booth and legis.
lated out OF office after the election of Mayor
Howell. Chaplin, and Body, serying in all about
eighteen years. He WAS one OF the founders OF
tho Roman Catbol c Church OF Sis. Peter and
Trsnl; and helped To- found the Church Of the
funeral whi take place tomorrow from tho
Church Of the Transformation, and the inter
mcnt will DO in Calvary Cemetery.
Henry We'll. who was tamiliarly known as
House in Brooklyn. where he had livoi for over
twenty years. He was 50 years old, and made a
fortune In the furniture business In Essex street,
and enlarged IL In real estate speculRtions in
Theatre and q hundred or more houses. His
estate is valued ut over So. 0OO, 900. He leaves
four daughters. The funeral will take place to-
day from Holy Trim ty Episcopal Church.
Alvah Mansur, President Of the Mansur.
Te6betts ImpLemcnt Company OF s.; Louis died
in Los Angeles, Cal, yesterday. His estate 10
estimated TO be worth nbout "a. 600, 900. iir.
MRnsur was en- route to his magnificent winter
took him. Mr.. Mansur was an officer OF half a
dozen leading commercial institutions. His
agricultural implement concern was one of the
largest In the country.
Mrs. Mary A. Kinbsr, widow OF George
Kimbe died yesterday at the residence OF her
sisier In Easion. Pa. She was a nurse In the
regular army during the civil war and after.
ward went TO Texas In tho service of the United
States Government to nurse yellow fever
patients.
S.las Edward Hand died at his home at East
Moriches. l.. L.. on Friday. aged 6S so RS. Mr..
Hand was u member OF the Han family of 81.
tauket, l.. l., largo shIphuilders. Mr.. Hand was
formerly engaged in shipouililng at Greenport,
L. l.. but retired several years ago.
William I. Fitch. Jr.. 80 years old, eldest son
OF William 4. Fitch OF l75 Highland avonue,
Jarsey City. died yesterday OF cohsumption. He
Was . grandson OF Mayor Fitch OF Bergen.