The herald., 1898-01-17

body will be sent to Washington to-
morrow.
In Washington, no less than in his
native state, Major Butterworth en-
joyed wide acquaintance, and the news
of his death, while by no means unex-
pected. will cause general sorrow here
No public man probably had larger
circle of personal friends at the capital.
on the stump in the late Ohio campaign.
No information has been received as
to the time or place of the funeral.
HIS LIES STORY
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 16.-Benja-
min Butterworth was what is known as
"birthright Quaker" Those who
knew him best during his busy career
are unanimous in saying of him, His
daily life was as exemplary of the ten
cts of the good old faith as that of any
public official could be-
He was born in Warren county, Ohio,
October %, 1887; was a member of the
state senate from Warren and Butler
counties in 1S73-74; was elected repre-
sentative in congress of the First Ohio
district, including the city of Cincin-
natl, to the 10th 47th, 49th, 5Oth and 51st
congresses. From then until appointed
to the position he occupied at his death
he devoted most of his time to the prac-
| tice of law, especially patent law, in
| this city. Ben" Butterworth as he has
always been best known, spent his ear
lier years round about Maineville and
Fosters Corner-the latter a little sta
tion on the Little Miami railroad. His
father was William Butterworth, his
mother Linton, a family noted through
out the entire line for their keenness of
intellect, powers of perception and
strength in speech and debate. Both
parents were of Quaker ancestry.
Major Butterworth's keen intellect and
remarkable powers of perception were
inherited from his mother. Butter
worth's first acquaintance with law was
made in the office of Durbin Ward, then
a successful practitioner in Cincinnati
| During the war he attained the rank
of major in an Ohio regiment. He was
a commissioner of patents first during
the administration of Garfield and Ar
thur, and his record made thenAnd sub
sequently had great weight with Presi-
dent Mckinley in selecting him for that
position.
He was made secretary of the Worlds
fair project early in the inception of that
great enterprise at Chicago, during the
early '9O's, and he worked in that ca
pacity, with honor to himself and profit
| to the company, until it's close
His widow and four children survive
him. His widow was Miss Mary Schuy-
Ter of Pennsylvania. The children are
Mrs. How of Washington, d. c., a wild
ow William, who married a Miss Deere
of Moline, ILL.,; young Ben, who was in
| jured in college game early in life, and
Frank, whose reputation for prowess as
football coach and full-back is al.
| most international.
GEN. AUGER DEAD
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Gen. Chris
topher Anger, U. S. A., retired, died of
old age at his home in West Washington
tonight.
Gen. Anger was one of the three sur
viving members of the class of '43 al
West Point, the class with which Gen
Grant graduated. Gen. Anger was with
Grant in Mexico and served with distinc-
tion through the civil war. After the
civil war he saw considerable active
service in the Indian uprisings on the
frontier and was later in command OF
various departments of the army. H,
| was retired in 1885 and has since lived il
| Washington.
| Subsequent to his retirement he was
shot by a negro desperate in the door
way of his home, but though seriously
wounded recovered. He has two sons
4 NOW in the armY-Cant Colon Anger