The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-31
OBITUARY.


J. r. Mahl. of New York. said to be n
relative Of the late c. p. Huntington. AMI
a prominent railroad man. died al Spar
tanburg. S. c.. last night from consump-
ton. He was travelling in a private ca :
with his mother and daughter. They wers
returning from Utah and Wyoming. whers
they had been visiting for Mr. Mathis
health
b. F. Newcomer. President OF the Safs
| Deposit and Trust Company. was stricke l
on Friday night with paralysis aud die
| last night in Baltimore Mr.. Newconer
was one of the best known and veal
thiest men in Baltimore. He was largely
Interested in all the most important
transactions in the financial community,
and the Safe Deposit and Trust Company.
| of which he was president. is one OF tho
/ largest and most substantial moneycd in
situations in the South. In addition to
/ his presidency of this company. Mr.. New
I conner was director in n number of other
! Influential financial institutions He was
native of Washington County. and re-
/ Gently gave a large sum Of money 70 es-
| tablish a public library in Hagerstown.
Nd; He leaves an estate valued at ten
millions.
Watson van Benthuysen, prominent in
financial and street railroad circles, died
| in New Orleans yesterday, aged sixty
| eight He was born in Bedford l.. l. He
moved to New Orleans in ls5i He was
! President of the National Improved Com
| pany and carried on a long and bitter liti-
CATION with the Bell Telephone Company
! over the VALIDITY of the Bell patents. He
| was president fc- some years OF the New
| Orleans and Crrrollton Street Railway
Comapny and IF the Coliseum line. He
spent some years in New York. where he
was President OF the Poughkeepsie
Bridge Company.
During the civil war he was In charge
of the tax department of the Confederate
army and also commanded the famous
Jefferson Davis wagon train that trav-
eled all the way from Virginia to Florida
seeking To save some of the property OF
the Confederate States from capture.
John Patton. formerly of New York. died
in London on Saturday. He had been i'll
for three days. In New York he was one
of the prominent bankers for twenty
years prior to his removal to England a
few years ago.
He was born seventy years ago near
Edinburgh and was educated at the Uni
versity of Edinburgh. He began business
life Mt the foot of the ladder in London.
In New York he was a partner of Morris
X. Jesup. in the firm OF Jesup. Patton &c
Co. from 1872 to 1884. and he was then for
eight years head of the firm Of John Pa
ton d Co.
In 1892 the firm became Cuyler Nor
gan e Co. with Mr. Patton as special
partner. and he went to London to live.
He was a member of the Union. Century.
and Calumet Clubs in New York, and be-
fore his removal to London was a d.
rector OF the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco and the Mobile and Ohio Railroads,
the Bank of British North America, and
the United States Guaranty Company OF
North : merica-
John IT. V. Arnold. who had a stroke
of apopIexy in his Office at 200 Broadway.
New York, on Friday afternoon, died in
Hudson Street Hospital. New York, yes
terday Mr.. Arnold was born in New York
in 1889. was n graduate OF the College OF
the City of New York. and was admitted
to the bar in 1850. forming "a partnership
the following year with Mr.. Solomon L.
Hall. He was active in politics from the
time he was a young man In 1858 he
was president of the New York board
of aldermen. and in 1893 was made sur
rocate OF New York County. He re-
signed as surrogate in 1899. Mr.. Arnold
was a lover of rare books. enSrayings,
and autographs. and his collection, al
though depicted from time TO time by
sales that he made, is still an important
one
William Bard McVickar. a member of
the law firm of Marshall, Moran, Will
Jams & McViclxar died suddenly yester-
day at his home in Morristown. n. J.
He came Of an old New York family. His
father and grandfather were Episcopal
clergymen. his grandfather having been
a professor at Columbia in the early part
of the century.
Mr. McNickar was graduated from CO.
lumbia in the class of 1880. He studied
law in the office of the late Stephen z.
Nash. and was ASSOCIATED with his firm
and afterward with John Il. Parsons He
was brother of Harry w. McVickar the
artist.
Mr.. McVickar wrote a book of short
poems, entitled Lays of Lawyers" and
was frequent contributor TO Life" and
other periodicals He was a member of
the University and Morristown Clubs. He
married = daughter of George McCuf-
loch Miller. who survives him. with three
children Mr.. MeVickar was forty-two
years old.
Elder William L. Beebe. for fifteen
years in charge of the Baptist Church at
Warwick. n. v, is dead at his home
there. at the age of seventy-two. His
father was a famous elder of that denoul-
nation. and for many years edited the
Signs of the Times Another son. Ben
and Is still In the harness a brother OF
the deceased elder is the Hon. George NJ
Beebe, former judge of the Court OF
Claims. living in Monticello. n. Y.
Richard Mott. of Far Rockaway. L. /.
He'd on Thursday from old age He was
born there in Isle. His mother was Il
laughter of Governor Nichols, of New York.
md his father. John Mott. at one time
lwned all of the Rockaways Richard
Mott was for n long time a FREQUENT
Contributor to the New York Evening
'OSt, while William c. Bryant was edi-
or. His father was ninety-eizht years
I'D when he died and h himself leaves
wo brothers, William, ninety-three and
Benjamin. eishty-one years old.
John l. Anderson. New York tea and
Office merchant, died yesterday at his
home in PlainfeId, n. J., following a
ong illness. He was born In Edinburgh.
Scotland. and was sixty-six years old
Tor a number of years he lived IN Annoy,
nina. He leaves widow and two child
en-. Miss j. NJ. Anderson and Kenneth
Anderson.
MR.. ALLEN SWORN IN.