The herald., 1898-01-26
THE YEARS DEATH ROLE
PROMINENT PERSoNAGEs WHO
DIED IN 1897
The List Is Long One and Includes
Many People Known
to Fame

during the year just closed may be note
the following:
Sir Isaac Pitman, inventor of a sys
TEN of shorthand; Joel T. Headley
American historian; NJ. Martini, rifle in
ventor; Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Drummond, scientist; Barne.
Darnato, capitalist; Johannes Brahms
composer; Theodore Havemeyer, mer
chant; Father Sebastian Kneipp, discov
erer of the water cure; Premier Canova
del Castillo of Spain, Gen. Neal Dow
Charles a. Dana, Admiral j. L. Worden
George NJ. Pullman, Henry Doulton
English potter; Margaret H. Hungerfort
c"The Duchess'O, novelist; Alvan G.
Clark, telescope maker; Gen. ALFRED
Pleasonton Of cavalry fame, George NJ
Roberts of the Pennsylvania railroad
Gen. Ruiz Rivera and Gen. Quentin Ban
dera, Cuban army; David G. Swain,
judge advocate general Getired L. S.
Al; Gen. Bourbaki, French army; Gen.
Francis a. Walker, president of Insti-
tute of Technology, Boston; Charles
Cordert, lawyer, New York; Jean Inge-
low. poetess; James f. BabcoclI inventor
of fire extinguisher; Sir Isaac Holden,
inventor of lucifer matches; Nancy AL
Iison Mckinley, mother of the president
Deaths in royal circles and among
members of the nobility include:
Asako, empress dowager of Japan;
Duchesse de Montpensier, Spain; Du-
chess d'Alencon, France; Due d'Au-
male, France; Infanta Isabel Josephine,
aunt of the Spanish king: Count Won
Thun, Germany; Marquis de Rocham-
beau, France; Princess Shonega, Abys-
sinia; Princess Hohenlohe, Germany:
Marquis di SosteSno, Italy; grand duke
of Mecklenburg-Sc -Schwerin: Count Mich
olas Esterhazy, earl of Dartney, Lord
Somerset, duchess of Athol, earl of
Hardwick, earl of Seton, duchess of
Tec,l. cousin of Queen Victoria.
Among those prominent in business
circles were:
Sir Joseph Hickson, general manager
Grand Trunk railroad; Joseph Willard
proprietor Wizards hotel, Washington;
Edward B. Burt. shoe manufacturer.
New York; Frank May, eX-cashier Bank
of England; William p. st. John, banker.
New York; James F. Kernochan, bank
er, New York; Samuel Colgate, soap
manufacturer New York; Thomas Hill
house, president Metropolitan Trust
company, New York; David J. Seligman,
banker. New York; Ogden Goelet, CAPT
talist, New York; Lewis Ginter, tobacco
manufacturer, Richmond Va; P. E.
Studebakcr, wagon manufacturer.
South Bend, Ind; George A. Brandreth,
pill manufacturer. Sing Sing, N. Y.
Among those prominent in the public
life of the United States We're:
Henry George. social reform leader;
General Neal Dow, Prohibtionist: SEN
ator Daniel W. Voorhees,, Indiana; Dan
lei F. Davis, ex-governor Of Maine: AL
bert ). Willis, minister to Hawaii. Seth
L. Milliken. congressman from Maine;
William 5. Holman of Indiana; ex-Sen-
ator Joseph II. Earle, South Carolina
General Horatio King. eX-postmaster
general: Senator Isham G. Harris.
Tennessee: George V. n. Lothrop, ex-
to Russia; Senator J. Il. George.
George NJ. Robeson. ex-sec-
retary of the navy; ex-senator j. n.
Dolph, Oregon: ex-senator John r. Me
Pherson, New Jersey; Washington Hes
ing, Chicago
A few Of The best known in the military
and naval circles Of this country We're:
General Alfred Pleasonton. L. s. A.
TetireD; General Joseph Shelby. con-
federate veteran: General Philippe de
Trobriand. union army: General Lafay-
ette McLaws, confederate veteran: Cen
eral Isaac w. Avery, confederate veter-
an; General Thomas Clingman. confed-
crate veteran; General Albert Ordway.
union army: Rear Admiral Joseph S.
Skerritt, L. S. N; Admiral John L.
Worden, L. S. n, who commanded the
Monitor in its fight With the Merrimac:
Rear-Admiral Joseph Green, L. S. N.
Uetired).
Among writer's may be mentioned
these:
Jean Ingelow, Alphonse Daudet.
France, novelist; Charles A. Dana. Jus
tin Windsor author and librarian. Har-
ward university: Margaret II. Hunger
ford Cthe Duchess'D; Mrs Henry Ward
Beecher; Henry Drummond. religious
and scientific writer: William r. Adams
COliver Optic'D, Margaret Oiphant:
Sir John Shelton CShirley'D. Il. II. Hut
ton, editor Spectator, London: Don
Pascual de Gayangos Y Arce, Spanish
historian; Joel r. Headley, historian;
Carey w. Stiles, first editor Constitu-
tion, Atlanta.
Art and Music have lost these from
their ranks:
August Won Heyden. historical painter,
Germany; Sir John Gilbert. president
Royal Society Of Painters. England.
John Sartain. engraVer, PhiladeIphia;
George Steck. piano manufacturer. New
York; Johannes Brahms. composer
Max Maretzek manager and
composer, New York; Signora Verdi.
wife of the composer, Italy: Leon Car
valho, operate manager, Paris.
Medicine has contributed these names
to the death roll:
Dr.. William II. Paucoast. Philade1-
phia; DR.. Thomas JaneWay. New York:
DR.. zacharin. private physician to the
late czar Of Russia: Prof. Harrison Al
len, University Of Pennsylvania.
Among those prominent i'm dramatic
and kindred lines We're:
William Terriss, actor. London. Mrs
John Drew, actress. New York: Charles
Blondin. tight-rope walker Paris. Nai-
son Wheatcroft actor. New York. Jobn.
Forepaugh, circus proprietor. Tamra
Fla; Edwin f. Thorne actor New.
York; William 4, Hoey. actor New
York; Albert Bia]. of Roster < Bia's
New York
Among the deaths Of prominence in
California may be noted:
Charles Frederick Croker railroad
president; Fortune de Conta. artist.
Joseph Hirschback. music director.
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