Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-17
BEN BUTTERWORTH IS DEAD
Passes Peacefully Away Surrounded by
His Family.
CAREER IS ONE RtPLtTE WITH HoNoRs
Chosen by President Mckinley for
Commissioner of Patents, n Posi-
tion He Previously Held Under
Garfield and Arthur.

Commercial Tribune from Thomasville, Ca,
says that Hon. Benjamin Butterworth,
United States commissioner OF patents, who
has been Ill at Pineywoods hotel there for
| several weeks, died at 3:15 this afternoon.
The end was peaceful and when it came his
wife and children were at his bedside. He
came here to recuperate from an attack Of
pneumonia and recovered rapidly till two
| weeks ago, when he suffered from uremic
| convulsions. From that relapse he never re-
| covered. His body will be sent to Washing
| ton tomorrow.
BENJAMIN Butterworth was what is known
as "brthright Quaker" Those who knew
him best during his busy career are unani-
| nous in saying of him: His daily life was
| as exemplary OF the tenets of that good, OLD
faith as that of any public official could be"
| He was born in Warren county, Ohio, Oc-
| tober 90 1897 was a member of the state
senate of Ohio from Warren and Butler
| counties in 1894. Mr.. Butterworth was
| elected a representative In congress of the
First Ohio district, including the city OF
Cincinnati, to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seVenth,
| Forty-ninth, Fifteth and Fifty-frst con-
| crosses From then until appointed to the
| position he occupied at his death he devoted
| most of his time to the practice of law, es-
pecially patent law, in this city.
| Ben" Butterworth, as he has always
been best known spent his earlier years
| round about Maineville and Fosters cross
| ing-the latter little station on the Little
| Miami railroad. His father was William
| Butterworth and his mother Linton, a
| family noted throughout the entire line for
| their keenness of intellect, powers OF per-
| ception and strength In speech and debate
| Both parents were of QuaNer ancestry.
Major Butterworths keen intellect and re-
| markable powers of perception were inner
| tied from his mother.
Butterworths first acquaintance with law
was made in the Office of Dur3jn Ward,
| then a successful practitioner in Cin3inna I'll.
During the war he attained the rank of
| major in Ohio regiment
He was commissioner CT patents first dur
| ing the administrations Of Garfield and Ar
| thur and his record made then and sub9e-
| uuently had great weight with President
| Mckinley in selecting him for that posi-
| ticn.
He was made secretary of the Worlds
| fair project early in the inception of that
great enterprise at Chicago during the early
| '9Os and worked along in that capacity with
honor to himself and profit to the company
| until its close
| A wife and four children survive the dead
| statesman. His wife was Miss Mary Schuy-
| Ter of Pennsylvania The children are Mrs
| Howe of Washington, d. c.; William, who
| married Miss Deere of Moline, ILL.,; young
| Ben, who was injured in college game carly
! in life and Frank, whose prowess as a foot
| ball coach and fullback is almost interna-
| tional.
| WASHINGTON jan. 16-In Washington.
| no less than in his native state, Major But
| terworth enjoyed wide acquaintance and
| great popularity and the news of his death
| while by no means unexpected will cause
] general sorrow here. No public man prob
| ably had larger circle Of personal friends
at the capital. He contracted his fatal illness
| w1ile on the stump in the late Ohio cam
| DalgD, No Information has bpnp rpppiyn1 ne
20 the time or place of the funeral.
DEATH OF VILLIERS.
LONDON. Jan. 16.-Right Hon. Charles
Pelham Villiers, member of Parliament from
South Wolverhampton and known as the
Father of the House of Commons having
| sat continuously in the house since 1895,
| died at 8 o'clock tonight. Charles Pelham
VilleIs was the third son of Hon. George
| Villiers The London papers on January 4
| say that on the previous day Mr.. Villierg
| celebrated his 96th birthday and received
| congratulatory messages from all parts of
| the kingdom.
In addition to being the Oldest member of
| the House Of Commons he was Father of
the English bar" for he was "called" at
| Lincolns Inn in 1927. Mr. Gladstone, seven
! years the junior of Mr.. Viliers, entered Par
| lament two years before him, but while the
| service of Mr.. Villiers at Westminster had
| been continuous, that of the great liberal
| statesman was broken Wnen ne retired from
| the House of Commons Mr.. Viliers was
returned for Wolverhampton three years
| after the passage of the great reform act
| and the last Parliament of George w. Be-
sides being the Oldest member of Parliament
| he was the oldest surviving parliamentary
| candidate.
| 1t was in 1926, when George " was king
and Victoria was young child, that he
! Travelled down into Yorkshire from London
and contested Kngston-upon-H Hull, under
| tho reform banner of Canning, though un-
successfully. In 1853 he was appointed
| judge advocate general. In 1879 his admir-
| ing constituents at Wolverhampton un-
| yelled a marble statue of Mr.. Villiers. Not
withstandng his extremely advanced age,
his memory was singularly retentive and
he was able to entertain his friends for
hours at a time with lively and charming
narratives OF scenes in the House of Com
mons during the first half of the century.
LOGAN CARLISLE DEAD.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.--Logan Carlisle
chief clerk of the Treasury department dur
ing the last Cleveland administration, died
suddenly today at the home of his father,
John G. Carlisle, eX-secretary of the treas
ury. He had been in poor health for more
than year, and recently had returned from
frultless search for relief at Hot Springs.
Five days ago he was forced to take to his
bed, but his condition was not considered
alarming until this afternoon The cause of
death Ia given as heart failure.
Logan Carlisle was born in Covington Ky,
in 1860, and was graduated from the Uni
versity of Virginia. He practiced law in
Kentucky, and later removed to Wichita,
Kun. He was active in politics, and espe-
cially in the campaign of 1892. He was ap-
pointed chief clerk in the department in
March, 1898. He held that position until
after the Inauguration of President McKin-
ley. Last mcnth Mr.. Carlisle came to New
York and Joined his fathers firm Arrange
ments for his funeral have not been com
pleted. The body will be taken to Coyng-
ton for burial.
OTHER DEATHS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-General Chris
tOpher Colon Auger. U. S. A.. retired, died
OF old age at his home in West Washington
tonight. General Anger was one of the three
surviving members of the class of 43 at
West Point, the class with which General
Grant graduated. General Anger served
with Grant in Mexico and afterward with dis
tinctioa through the civil war After the
civil war he saw considerable active service
in the Indian uprsings on the frontier, and
wae later In command OF various departments
OF the army He was retired in 1885 and
has since lived in Washington. Subsequent
to his retirement he was shot by a negro
desperate in the doorway OF his home. but
though seriously wounded recovered. He
has two sons now In the army. Captain Colon
Anger statiOned at Fort Riley Kan ana