The sun., 1900-12-21
Obituary Notes,

The Roy, John Hiram Robinson, for over
fort .-0y" years pastor o' the Hamilton Ave-
LUc Mrthudi Prutr-tlut Church In Paters on.
y J died s"-trrda aged - hi- salar' a.
pastor VA, small, but he dies worth about
NORTH OF Ireland and inalr became Wander
iLs Tca Irr ot the Ne-e an Church there ior
fcw year, In ls5? lc came 10 thi- country
and "a' mad pl-tor OF the Hamilton Avenue
church Al that tim" women and children
q "yH a. iu"n We're worklng fourteen hours
va, Ha fariiari' in raIsd began uTG "rn'aG, asnin.t W
I'll. cVl, and III Ceeded Ia redu cling the work
ing hours to ton. Short, after the Civil
son. and that taple was put up t. si4 per
ton. causing great suffering among the poor,
Mr Robinson again came 20 the front BY
Iai-cd for the purpo.e OF bringing coal t.
j t"r,on. This wa' done and the coal com
mcnt . tab.!,h"d a large coal ard and sold
coal at the piIce the paid for IL. Mr.. Robin
son got control OF the coal ,ard after that
and this was hi start a. a business man.
lie Va- Yer. successful In reai e-tat. deal.
During the war he served as chaplain OF no
Iweut -lftu Sew Jcr-"- Volunteer. HI
VA. "a Eeplbli'an IN politics, and, be-idot
holding local oricos, he was twice sent To },
State I,"H lature. lie leaves widow and
twD daughter.
j. Norris Wing, the librarian. who died
at his home in this city, yesterday, wsJ
native OF Prince EDWARD county. Va. skti
Wai .; year ola Hi father na. was bridE
important bndg"s III the South lie ths
tutYn man, and in III" autumn Of lsea t.
wa educated He became a clerk in The
Mercantile Library and finally was a,ssst-
ant librarian there. In issO he entered tho
publishing house of Charles Scribncr's Sons
as an expert AT the head of the librat- de-
partuent, and he remained there till le was
appointed Chief Librarian OF the Free Urcu-
latlIg Libraries in May, 1899. In 1888 he
married DR. Mercy y. Baker, and froin thnt
time their home was at sos East Eiriircn,h
street, The house that Fanny Fern owned
uul pGttllIIpd during her last NJ
Wing Vas "A founder OF tho Book sellers 'Ueagno
and was active in the work Of the GOOD gov
crnm"nl clubs and the Citizens, unioJ His
kuowled 70 Of books, both outside an. inside
was remarkable Tor its extent and ddcuracv
and Lee was constantly consulted ~ 10 tho
formation or enlargement Of llbIaries an
over the country.
Mrs. Florence Carpenter Ives. dang hter Of
the late Frank Is. Carpenter. the portrait
painter. died at Quaker Tlill, y, Y. Yesterday
iporninc after a lingering illnets. For a
Mrs Abby sage Richardson. She was i'm
charge of the ,Wom"n's D"partrIalt at tn"
ohicaso Mordr d9iT ra,, HhG a6.o [oundcd
Cup, the umFn'S club IN the slio1piny lis.
trct, which is at /? Eas, Twentv-'rtond street
She was about A. years Of age. " :. CAR
pcntcr. Of the Stock Exchange iirm 81 Thomas
J.. Manson, Jr,. 4 Co. Is her hrother. The
intermcnt will be AZ Homer. y. 4.
nro%mR N lio ni;sd state. ,s, ,s 2des.
Of apoplexy carly Yesterday morning al his
home. 800 leNInEton avenue, Ia his seventy
second year. Mr. LaErence came 10 this
firm Of B. 4 =, Lawrence, ITe business in
creased until he became the laf fs"-t stationery
dealer IN New York. About fsur wears ago
he retired and went to Engl nd TO i've lie
cane back oa ~" last trip ~ i'he Deutschland
,Henry 6 Nash, q well .FnQwn teacher
Of Anhcr-t Ma died at bt. home in that
olpI Of the Mount Pleasant school a. Am. Ann.