The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-12-29
Names on the Death Roll
In 1899.
AN IMPRESSIVE S
Victims of the Reaper From Every
Circle Soldiers, Statesmen and
Authors Gathered In In Scores.

one OF the fOTty imfHOFltIs, III dilS dBSu
So.
Minnie Alice French Mrs. Evans). popular
actress. in New York city.
10. DR.. Horace Burr, historian and linguist. at
Wilmington. Del. aged So.
l3. Nelson Dingley. Republican leader in the
house Of representatives. In Washington; aged
81.
IA. Nubar Pasha. Egyptian statesman. in Paris.
10. George Gemunder. noted the world over as .
maker Of violins. at Long Island City, N. Y;
aged So.
isaac Craig. local historian. at Pittsburg; aged
II. w. K. Sullivan of the older generation 81
Chicago journalists. in that city; aged So.
Hon. John Russell Young, journalist and diplo-
mat, ex-minister to China. in Washington;
aged So.
%. Judge f.. W.. Woodbury.. framer OF the first
prohibitory liquor law enacted In Maine. at
Bethel, Me-; aged 81.
%. Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery. noted playwright.
in Paris; aged S8.
&c. Augustus II. Garland, ex-attorney general Of
the United States. in Washington; aged &C.
q. Mrs. Gen. Robert Williams (widow Of Stephen
A. Douglass. in Washington.
Is. Gen. George Sears Greene, noted civil war
veteran. at Morristown, N. j.; aged 9s.
80. Rev. Myron W.. Reed. noted pastor in the
west and a prominent Grand Army veteran. at
Denver: aged 63.
81. Princess Marie Louise. consort Of Prince Fer
dinand Of Bulgaria. in Bulgaria; aged 20.
FEBRUARY.
2. Rev. DR.. C. s Robinson, noted Presbyterian
divine and hymn writer, in New York city;
aged 70.
B.. Col. James A.. Sexton, commander in chief OF
the G. A. R.. in Washington: aged 55.
6. Prince Albert. only son OF the Duke and
Duchess of saxe-Coburg and grandson OF
Queen Victoria: aged %.
Caprivi, ex-chancellor OF the German empire.
near Frankfurt. Germany; aged 6S.
Miss Anna Dowell, known as the Mother Of the
American Silk Industry" in Paterson. N. j.;
aged 81.
2. The Ri. Rev. John Williams. bishop Of Con-
necticut and presiding bishop Of the Protestant
Episcopal church of America, at Middletown,
Conn. aged 81.
William Laird Of the famous shipbuilding firm
of Laird Bros, at Birkenhead.
IL. Gen. Edmund Schriver, U. S. A., retired. in
Washington; aged so.
IL. Prince Napoleon Charles Bonaparte. grandson
Of both Lucien and Joseph Bonaparte. at
Rome; aged 60.
16. President NJ. Felix Faure Of France, in Paris:
aged IS.
IL. Lewis Miller, founder Of Chautauqua, inventor
and philanthropist, in New York city; aged
60.
90. Mime. Ponisi. an old time actress Of Wal
lacks company, at Keyport, N. j.; aged 81.
%. Gen. David Weisiger, a Confederate noted as
the hero of the Petersburg Crater" at Rich
mond; aged so.
"a. NJ. Emile Welt, Swiss statesman, at Bern;
aged "a.
&c. Gen. j. j. Reynolds. U. S. A., retired, in
Washington; aged n.
Sarah Jewett, once a noted actress. in Cam
bridge, Mass.
2s. j. Madison Wells, ex-governor of Louisiana
and noted in the exciting political affairs OF
that state. in New Orleans.
/. Emma Waller, once noted American actress,
in New York city; aged 20.
Baron Herschell, lord high chancellor Of Great
Britain, in Washington; aged 63.
2. Connie Jackson, sister of Joe Jefferson and
once noted on the American stage, in New
York city; aged 60.
s. NJ. Wolff, American illustrator, in New York
city; aged 62.
6. Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii. at Honolulu;
aged "a.
10. Sir Douglas Cation. noted scientist and an
authority on sanitation, in London; aged II.
II. Capt. Samuel Trott, ocean cable expert, at
Miami, Fla; aged 81.
u. Prof. Walter D. Dabney of the University of
Virginia, at Charlottesville; aged 46.
I. ASLLiAiS iSASh
with Chatrian. in Paris; aged II.
10. Joseph Martin, inventor Of the cash carrying
system, at Florence, Mass; aged 55.
I6. Benjamin P. Hutchinson, "Old Hutch" the
Chicago Spectator. at Lake Geneva, Wis.
Joseph Medill, proprietor Of the Chicago Trib-
une, at San Antonio; aged 76.
IS. Prof. o. c. Marsh of Yale. noted for geolog-
ical researches. at New Haven; aged IS.
DR.. Oliver Marcy, dean of the Northwestern uni
rarcitu OF Eyonctop Tile onaH 70 |
a. Francis H. Pierpont, war governor" of
West Virginia, at Pittsburg; aged s..
Prof. Gustave Wiedeman. holding the chair of
physics and chemistry at the University Of
Leipsic, at Leipsic; aged 70.
G. W. Leitner, noted linguist, at Bonn; aged 60.
$. Gen. Isaac II. Bailey, a veteran of the civil
war, formerly prominent in New York poll
tics, in New York city; aged 10.
Gen. Thomas Vincent Fletcher, ex-governor Of
Missouri, in Washington; aged q.
Comte Chaudordy. French diplomat. in Paris;
aged 70.
z. Rev. DR.. James Ormsbee Murray, dean of
Princeton university, at Princeton; aged 70.
9. Gen. Daniel W. Flagler, U. S. A., at Old
Point Comfort, Va; aged g..
APRIL.
l. Baroness Clara de Hirsch de Gereuth, who
left 500, 000. 900 to charity, in Paris.
4. Lily Post. formerly well known New York
light opera singer, in San Francisco.
0. Stephen ]. Field. associate justice OF the su-
preme court of the United States. retired, in
Washington; aged So.
O. Sir Monier- Monier Williams, professor Of
Sansirit at the University of Oxford. in Lon
don; aged co.
o. NJ. Edouard Jules Henri Pailleron, French
poet and dramatist. in Paris; aged 65.
1. Dr.. Heinrich Kiefert, noted geographer and
photographer. in Berlin: aged so.
2. The Rt. Hon. Sir John Mowbray, Father of
the House of Commons" in London; aged "a.
8. Gen. Richard J. Oglesby. former governor Of
Illinois. in Springfield; aged 20.
Z. Robert Goelet, member of the New York
aristocracy of wealth. in the harbor of Naples;
aged IS.
Sheridan Shook, once a prominent New York
politician and afterward a theatrical man
ager. at Red Hook. N. Y; aged IL.
2. Rebisso, eminent sculptor. at CINCINNATI;
aged g.
1. Gen. Manning F. Force, Federal war veteran
and campaign historian, at Sandusky, o.;
aged IS.
D. Gen. Samuel B.. Smith. Federal veteran,
known as the Father OF the National Guard
System" at Dayton, o.; aged g..
l.. August Brentano, noted publisher and book
seller of Union square. New York. in that
city; aged 46.
Roswell P. Flower, ex-governor Of New York,