The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
OBITUARY..

Tho Rsv Dr.. J Thomas Murray. agent Of the
Maryland Tract Society. and one Of the best known
ministers In the Methodist Protestant Church.
died yesterday in Baltimore Of pneumonia He
early distinguished himself in the ministry Of
the Methodist Protestant Church, and filled It's
highest Offices, from pastor and editor Of the
MsthoGisi p,o,ea,nnSi the oiei,l organ Of the
crcc and President Of the General Conference
the highest legislative body in the denomination,
Church such as that Of 1868. when delegates from
tho Methodist Protestant Ihurch and the Methodist
EPISCOPAL church. South, met al Montgomery,
Ala 80 formulate terms 81 union for the two bodies:
the convention " 1879 in Baltimore. under which
the Methodist Church and the Methodist Protestant
Hymn BOX Com niu'e; the Ecumenical Confer.
encc. at Washington: the Committee On Revision
81 the Discipline, in which last service unior-
tuna'cly. the serious mental and physical strain
occasiunrd by labors caused his system already
wcnk, 10 give way. As an author. he published
in that line But his more enduring work was
In tho moulding II legislation. the shaping Of the
ritual and The prrtccting Of the ChuIchs policy
ns n non Episcopal branch of the Methodist
family lie served about forty nj ne years in his
conicicncc His VIE died many years ago,
Mr William Norris q Baltimore; Mrs Fannie
Il. Benson, wife q the Rev, T. 7, Benson, Centre
vine, ND, and Thomas 4. Murray q the Balti
Hon. j. ". Herring, Comptroller elect
George c waldo, President OF the Excelsior
Savings Bank OF this city died yesterday at his
March .. l6iS, in Hudson, y Y, Ills father was
Capt Henry. Waldo Sheriff OF Columbia county,
George C. Waldo came 10 this city when he was
IL eighteen years old, and was first employed az
a clerk by Bali Black & Co lie aitcfward b..
came secretary Of the Equitable Savings Institu-
Excelsior Savings Bank hc became secretary of
the new institution. lie Was elected President Of
The bank in 1888 lie married On October o. 1874.
Miss Florence Adelaide i'oSt 81 WallingtOrd Conn
The wIc and one son survive him Mir Waldo
was a member o. lhe Dom9ocrattc, Phoenix and
Volunteer Fire Department and an honorary
mcmheI. Of the Hotel Mems Association, He
was Mason.
Eugene Virgil Small LEY, editor Of the North.
the country as wlNcr IN political and econ5micai
subjects, aied on Friday at 81 Paul, MINI. lie
"ted rom Inc New YORK Central College a,
" r in tic seventh ono IninntIS Ills news sw
In 1884 he established the NorthutSttrn MoCos'ne
an illustrated monthly, which was published At
OF the National Sound Money League.
William Allen, ono Of the oldest residents II
Greenwich Conn, died ycs'crday Of rncumcnia
Srytnty seven years ago and went Ia Greenwich
when 10 years ID FOR hnli a century he was a
Grr"nwch ls leaves four MS and iour G dnIg IL
trrs Nathaniel Il, benson, who fr many years Wss
superintendent II TIN HARLAN iiullingS A0r'h
Il paralysis II the heart Mr., And"Ibil,'s Yacht
Ava and Mr. Gould zach, Niagara were lniit'
under lis direction.
Sir James raScL +. II. s., ID. C. L., Ii. d.
IL dead in Lpndon, He was created a barone,
in 1871 Since lori he had been Sergcant-Sur
geun 10 her Majesty and had been surgeon
IL 10 Prince Oi Wales since lkla He Was
President Of the College OF Surgeons in 1875 and
was NircChancellor ul London University from
1891 10 1898 He published several hu,ks, in
GLIDING Lectures On Surgical Pathology"
Mis- Mary A. Harrington one OF the oldcs,
RESIDENTS Of Rhode Island, died In Newport yest, 7.
day 1t III" advanced age q! 1903 years She wa,
born III Ireland on March II, l7O7 and came 10
tins country hity years ago She Was TIE Oldest
person In Newport, and remarkable Tor her unim'
paired faculties She never used eyeglasses
John II. Olell, head OF the firm Of organ b. lid.
eIs, j. IL x Y, S I'D II Il Co, died .ss,o. day at
his home. oAO " col End Nv euua