The times., 1901-03-21
OBITUARY.

John PondIr. at one time one 90 the
| best-known traders fu Wall Street. died
| OK pneumonia at his residence. 1E West
| Seventeen Street, New York. shortly be-
| fore 3 O'Clock Tuesday morning Mr..
| Pondir was ilI only five days. Previous to-
| his last illness he had been able 10 go
down town nearly every day although
/ he was nearly eighty-one years Old He
| would have celebrated his eighty-nrst
| birthday next month Mr. Pondir was
| born in Germany and came 10 the United
| States when a boy He found employ
ment in Philadelphia was more than
| ordinarily successful. and in 1s4s married
| Miss Ashford. the daughter Of PhfladeI-
| phia business man % some prominence.
a year after his marriage MT Pondir
concluded to try his fortune in California.
| where the discovery of gold had just
| been made The young German accumu-
| lated a considerable fortune on the Slope
and returned to the East, settling in New
| York. He went into Wall Street. and it
| was not long before he came 20 be re-
| garded as one of the big men Of ths
/ street
! From short time after he returned
| from California until 1873 Mr.. POndir was
rated as being worth much more than a
| million. His speciaIties in those days
/
and of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany. Of which latter company TrenOr
! w. Park was the president Park was
| also heavily interested In the Panama
| Railroad and POndir was his broker
| In the spring OF 1873 Mr. POndir was
| executing the last of his commissions.
| Panama dropped from 120 to 80 and Pa
ciic Mail fell of 10 per cent. Pondir call
ed upon Park to liquidate and the latter
failed, carrying Pondir down In the
| wreck. 1t was said at the time that Mr..
| POndir lost nearly s1,c00.o00 He was
| known. however. as a man OF sterling
honesty and OF great nerve. Remember
| ing these traits, his creditors gave him
| time and he settled all claims for their
/ face value and interest
Then ne began all over and in two years
| he was on his feet again In the early
| eighties he lost s100gO through a trusted
| emp4Oye and that was the beginning or
| the end of his financial career. Ill luck
| followed him after that and he has not
! been active in the street for nearly ten
/ years Besides widow. Mr. P0ndir Is
! survived by two daughters, both Of whom
! are unmarried.
| Col Edward A. Palfrey. Of New Or
| leans. died Tuesday night in Hammond.
\ La, aged seventy-Oue years. He was
/ native of New Orleans. appointed TO West
| Point. he graduated in 1881 and served
| for six years with Col. Albert Sydney
| Johnson, in the West, engaging in several
Indian wars. He left the army to accept
| a position in the Citizens Bank. Of New
| Orleans. but returned to military service
at the outbreak OF the Civil War as a cap
tain in the Washington Artillery. He
rose to the rank Of lieutenant. and was
| assistant adjutaut general of the COnfed-
| crate States under General Cooper at
! Richmond.
| president Of the Factors and Traders In
/ sUrance Company, of New Orleans. He
I has lived in retirement at Hammond for
I several years, being an Invalid
| DR. William F. Charming. master OF
| many sciences. died at a Boston hospital
| on Tuesday aged eighty-One years. He
| was the son Of DR.. William E. Claiming.
/ and was born on Mount Vernon Street.
/ He received his education in the Boston
public schools and at Harvard. where he
was graduated in the class with Dr. Ed
ward Everett Hale. Subsequently he
studied medicine in Philadelphia, and re-
| ceived doctors degree from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, although he
never practiced medicine. He continued
his studies abroad and travelled extensive
| " finally settling in Providence, where
/ he resided many years.
| Sixteen years ago he went to Pasa-
| dena Cal. on account of his wifes
health. Six months ago DIR. Claiming
| returned to Boston. and was taken III
on February y with a severe cold, which
resulted in pneumonia
/ He was the inventor Of fire alarm
| telegraph, a marine railway. and score
of appliances for use in medical cleo
tricity He wrote the first books ever
published on medical electricity, and spent
much time experimenting along this line
The hand receiver for the telephone. now
in general use. was his invention. the Bell
people having purchased II from him
During the abolition movement Dr.. Chan
/ ming was leader among the agitaLors.
/ He is survived by four children
Alfred PelI who retired from active
business several years ago. died at his
residence, 10 East Thirty-ifth Street.
New York, yesterday morning Of apo
pIexy. He was in his sixty-seventh year.
Mr.. Pell was still director Of the Com
| merciaI Union Fire Insurance Company.
He was a member of the Scientific Ali
ance, the American Institute Of Natural
! History. and the Century Club. He leaves
| a widow and one daughter.
Patrick Haggerty. an assistant city
paymaster OF Brooklyn, died Tuesday
night at his home. D South Elliott Place.
in his fOrtieth year. He was brother OF
ex-Register Henry F. Haggerty and was
active in Eleventh ward Democratic poll
tics He served for "a few Years as depu-
ty fire marshal He was "A member Of the
Knights of Columbus
Amos A. King. Clerk of Supplies in the
Department of Public Buildings I'm the
borough of Brooklyn, died yesterday at "a
| Halsey Street. in his sixty-seventh YEAR,
| He was a Mason and veteran fireman
Aaron G. Perham, a wholesale coal
merchant died on Tuesday Of heart fail
ure following an attack of acute indi-
| gestion at his home, 1871 Dean Street.
| Brooklyn. He was a charter member Of
| the Union League Club. of that borough.
and was chairman OF the house commit
tee for the past two years. he was a
Twenty-third Regiment veteran. He was
an earnest Republican. He leaves q
| widow, one son, and two daughters