The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-20
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George Frederic Belts died on Tuesday ut his
home. 102 Madison avenue. He was II years of
age. Mr.. Belts was the son of the late Judge
Samuel Rossiter Belts, United States Judge for
the Southern District OF New York. Mr.. Belts
entered Williams College in the fall of 1910.
and after graduating there in 1874 entered the
Harvard Law School. In 1851 he became q
member of the firm of Beebe. Belts & Donohue.
He left that firm two years later TO form a
partnership with Francis b. Cutting. The &C.
tive practice of law proved too much of a strain
on his always rather delicate health, and he left
the firm to take the office of clerk of the United
States District Court. He continued as clerk of
the court until the completion OF his fathers
from office in. 1873. MI. Belts was one Of the
LineoIn's frst call for tro tsI0% He 70 aided hihss'a sSbe
stantially in ne eSnlisting the ninth NeW York
tenant. Colonel. Before Joining the Volunteers n,er;
he had been Lisutensnt.Colo1el of the Eighth
R se;I men Sew Iork State e. Militia: He served
Island, Since MI; Belts retired from the Office
His services were frequently in demand
or or intricate cases. but Tor the fSasfs few !! Years .sf Ee
had avoided active garticipation in the work Of
members OF the Century Club. was a member of
the University Club, and of the Loyal Legion.
He was for Years Secretary OF the Five Points
Board Of Trustees Of tho New York Institution
for the Instruction Of the .Doaf and Dumb. and
was interested in other charitable and edpca-
dren survive him. The children are Samuel r.
Belts OF this city. Mrs. John Addison Porter.
wife Of the secretary Of the President; Mrs. VOL
Wells of New York.
Thomas F.. Morris. the former Chief of tho
Bureau OF Engraving ut Washington. u. c.. died
at his home, 622 Willoughby avenue. brooklyn,
on TUESDAY. he was born in this city 40 years
ago, and AZ n boy entered the emDlOy Of the
American Bank Note Company. He became the
head of the designing department and later be-
f sanS Note Soe seo o%pany. 4 few ,Sf ys ane aeo Ss w kss
appointed Chief OF the Bureau OF Engraving,
but on account Of a tumor In his left eye he was
Obliged to resign four months ago. He leaves a
widow and four children.
many years Dean OF Christ Church, Oxford. Eng.
land, died suddenly on Tuesday. He was born
In London on Feb. 9, ISL. He was q great
fame in the world at large is chiefly connected
with the Liddell and Scott Greek Lexicon, of
which he and DR.. Scott of Balliol were the
authors.
DIR. J. Parker Pray died at his home at Pas
sale. n. j., on Tuesday night. Death was due to
a carbuncle. DIR. Pray was 81 years old. He
was in business In this city as a manicurist and
chiropodist. He was also engaged In the manu-
facture Of proprietary toilet articles.
Mrs. Thomas G. Purdy died suddenly OF heart
disease yesterday morning at "a East Forty.sev-
enth street. Her homo was at Purdy Station,
IWestchester county. which was named after hor
husbands father.
Abraham Schlesslnger, who has made the
clothing worn by most of tho policemen of this
city for forty-hve years, died yesterday at $40
East Fifty-third street. He was rs years old.
Notice of the death q Francis psmertipi, a
day. WAS posted on tho New York Produce Ex-
change yesterday. He WAS 6l years old.