New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

family physician, was summoned. and recon-
mended his patient TO remain in bed. Pneumo-
MIA had already set in, however and the decline
was rapid. Those at his bedside when he died
were his young wife, whom he married only last
March; his physician, and Mr.. Darling, his part
ner. His wife is almost Frustrated with grief.
There will be two funerals, one in this city,
where Mr. Hitchcock has spent the most active
part Of his life and the other at Hanover, n. H.
which for many years he made his home The
first funeral will accordingly be held at Dr.
Parkhurst's church at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning The body will be then taken to Han
over on the noon train, and the second service
will be held there in the village church at IL
O'Clock Thursday morning. President Tucker
of Dartmouth College. of which Mr. Hitchcock
, was trustee, is expected TO conduct this ser
vice The body will be buried in the family
plot where his first wife and his two children
are buried
Mr. Hitchcock was sixty-eight years old He
had been a we'll known figure in the public and
business life of this city since 1889. Then 1t
was that in company with Paran Stevens and
Alfred 3. Darling he opened the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, with which he had been connected, with
the exception of one period of eleven years, up
TO the time of his death
Aside from his wide acquaintance in the busi-
ness and political world, because of his being
the head of a hotel which ever since the times
of the Civil War has been the stamping ground
of Republican politicians and the storm centre
of Republican politics. botn State and National,
Mr. Hitchcock was widely known in scientific
fields Because of his archaeological studies and
researches in countries OF the Eastern Mediter
ranean and his writings these subjects he
created considerable attention abroad and was
made a member of the British Society of Bib
lical Archaeology He was also honored with
the degree of Master of Arts by Dartmouth Col
lege. Mr.. Hitchcock was identified with the
promotion of art in this city and was one of
the founders of the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art He was the treasurer of the association
when he died Mr.. Hitchcock was. further
more, associated with many other public under
takings. both of a municipal and National sig
nificance.
Flags on most of the hotels were at halfmast
Yesterday The flag on the Waldorf was lowered
only a quarter of an hour after his death
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Hiram Hitchcock was born in Claremont
n H, August 81, 1892 His family removed TO
Drewsville N H, in 1912. At the age of six
teen he entered Black River Academy at Lud
low, Vt One of his instructors there, by whom he
was largely influenced, was Dr. Austin Adams,
who had just been graduated at Dartmouth
College and who afterward became Chief JUS
tice OF Iowa Although the young student fitted
for Dartmouth, he did not enter; but instead
accepted position instructor at Black River
Academy, where. together with his teaching. he
continued his studies At the age of twenty his
eyes failed him so that he obliged TO give
up his studies, and, on the advice Of an oculist,
he went South In the autumn of 1858 he en-
tered the office OF the st. Charles Hotel, in New
Orleans He passed several winters there and
the summers at the Nahant House, near Boston
II was in 1859 that Mr.. Hitchcock first became