The sun., 1900-07-21
OBITUARY.

Col. William NJ. Grosvenor died at his home
| In Englewood. y. j.. yesterday. He had been
| III for some time although he was able to attend
to his editorial work up to the last. On Thurs
day night he wrote the leading article for DuHs
Rsrisw. Of which, he was editor from its first
Issue. He was also an editorial writer for the
Tribune. and had been connected With that
paper for Twenty-Five years. Born at Ashfeld.
Mass. April "a. 1885 he entered the class of 80 at
Yale. lie was editor OF the New Haven PGRl-
dam when the war broke out. and be went
South as Adjutant Of the Thirteenth Connects
out Volunteers, After being wounded at
Port Hudson he was rapidly promoted. and
he served through the last years of the war rs
Colonel Of the Second Louisiana, a colOrcd
regiment that made q memorable record After
the war he Iesumed newspaper work rs editor
OF the New haven JoMHdt aud Gonrler. sub;
seQuently he went 10 Missouri, where he edited
the 81. Louis Globe Democrat Tor several wears
In 1871 hs wrote Does Protection ProIecU"
but soon answered his own question in the
affirmative and became an advocate of RepuR-
lican doctrines. He wrote American Ssourl-
ties" IL 1885 and until recently was az work on
a record Of "a IlcaS Of commodities. for which
he had compiled complete statistics. As student
OF business conditions writer and a POLITICAL
speaker, Col. GTosyenor ranked high His
most important work In recent years was tho
syetematizing and classification Of failure
statistics for i'un's Rerisr. making these rec
James Alexander Striker died on wedncs-
day az his home 229 West seventy fourth
street from paralysis he was y wears old,
fnd was shs son o. the late N1TSI Carry
and was at one time In command OF the old
block houae In Central Park, His mother be-
tSs 6Gsona nfT Aer M,
Alexander Macdousi. al officer In the British
Army. She was born at -ea and named Oceanic
for that reason, His great grandfather was
IL lN \s4W
Amsterdam IN 1910 from Holland and was ons
OF the ortgInalBurgomasters Of Now Amsterdam.
Striker homestead at Fifty-thrd street and
North River, tie was educated in Prof Howe's
school for boys. After his schooling for few
years he was engaged in mcrcantle business.
Then no retired ard devoted the rest Of his
lif" to the management oil the Striker estate.
For nineteen years ha was a trllSte" Of the
Central Presbyterian Church. His wife sur
wives him.
Rufus M. Stvers, widely known carria.ss
manufacturer and Vice-President of the Ma
tiionnl Carriage Builders Association. died on
kada k6mg as II Rusdss tie ss's sset ysb Hs ms
was born In Greenwich, Conn, and In 1856 he
came 10 New York; Five wears later he estab-
at la 70 1852 Eat Thrty-lrst street. lie was
formerly the President of tho Murray liill Ma
tional Bank and for twenty -one wears lie was a
Club and formerly was member of several
yacht and driving clubs. week ago yester-
day while crossing Third avenue at Thirtieth
street he WAS struck bv a cable car. His right
leg was broken and h" was taken to the New
York Hospital. On the following day he was
transferred to his home. where pneumonia de-
veOpad.
Sellm Sheffield White, the wel-known school
book publisher, died at his home in Wakefield.
Mass, on Thursday afternoon lie vas born In
Providence X. /, on Dec 20, 1854. At the aye
attended the public schools, graduating At
the high school In 1873. He. studied
at Philips Academy short time and entered
Dartmouth Colcgein 1874, graduating in the
GLASS OF IS. Soon afterward he became
associated with the schoo book ,ttrm Of Y lam
,y5d Ware I Co OF Boston md remained with il ~
G,nn & Co. s.hoolbook publishers of Boston
lie was with this concern UP to the
time o! his death. His derartment Of the busl-
college he took great interest in boating foot
ball and baseball and since has been We'll
known throughout the country among, leading
vlved by widow and two Chlldr n,
Napoleon Erlandsen, an expert maohinist
ana inventor and for many years President
of the Scandinavian Society, died at his home,
l47 East Nnety-second street on Thursday |
afternoon. Two years ago he was run over |
by Madison avcnne trolley car In Centre !
street and his injuries ultimately caused his |
death. lle was born in .topenhagen in 1891. |
In the Civil War he served IN the First New York
Volunteers. Though he was discharged from |
the service because OF III health he never would |
OF the veteran associations. He il survived |
by n widow and two sons Capt Oscar Err |
landsen Of the Second Signal Corps and Ju- |
lius Erlandscn. Il business man. |
Henry c. Tonnes u soda water manufacturer
OF SSI East Thirty-lrst street, after suffering |
greatly with the heat during the early part Of |
the week. died suddenly while setled in chair |
at his home In Wilson avenue Murray Hin, |
Flushing, on Thursday He was 50 years old |
and IL survived by widow and 0vc children |
IL WIS KNIGHT of Pyth1s, a member q the |
Exempt Firemen's ASSOCIATION OF Queens and |
charter member of Murray I'M Hose Company, |
No. |.
Mrs Sarah Albeit, the mother Of the ate |
Gov, Leon Al uett. dl' d last night nj the home |
Of the widow Of uer son. Mrs B Frank Abt-tt. |
with whom she lived. Size was IN her neti III |
year Her grandson. Leon ALBEIT Of Jersey |
Citv went T. Irent.n and made tho funeral ar |
rangements. The intorment will take place on |
Monday. Services Will be conducted by the |
Rev JudsOn Cnnkln of the Clinton avenue |
Baptist Church in Trenton,
The death was announced on the Now York |
Cotton Exchange Yesterday Of Jacob G. Cohen, |
q wel-knpwn member ot the Exchange, for |
mcrly Of the firm Of Backer 4 Cohen.