The Washington times., 1901-07-09

! l-DNltDN. july b.-A imam James oilu-
man, painter and author. and formerly
! United States Consul at Rome and Canea,
| Crete, died Saturday at his home at
! Deepdene. Fromley Green, Surrey.
William James Stnlman was born in
/ Schenectady, n Y, on the lst of june
Z ISIS, was graduated at Union College III
I ISIS. and at once began TO study landscape
! painting under Frederick T.. Church. In
! 1873 he paid his first visit to Europe
/ where he became intimate with John Rus
! kan. RJssetti. and the whole pTe-kaphael-
! tie brotherhood. From 1851 to 1853 he was
/ a regular contributor TO the Academy OF
] Design, of which he was elected an aSSo-
ciatc in 1884. Meanwhile, the eloquence
! OF kOssuth had filled him with eHthusi-
aSn for the Hungarian cause, and in lS2
/ ne accepted from the illustriOuS patriot
perIlous mission 20 Vienna 70 recover
! the Austrian crown jewels, which the lat
/ ter had sccFeted. on his return to New
York he, with John Durand founded the
I ''Crayon, and gradually began to aban-
don the pursuit of painting for that of
criticism and general literature. 1t was
in those days that he formed his init
macy witt Lowell. AgassiZ Emerson, and
others. whom nc painted in now pre-
cious Adirondack group.
In 1883 he again went to Europe, ana
! acted as United States Consul at Rome
from 1901 10 1850. He was removed from
this poSt-ia consequence. he says, of his
protests against the management OF the
leSatOn-to that OF COISul in Crete,
- iiltIi ite ntiU HIllll 1903, NDtn Ilc uIh-
ish Government succeeded in bringing
about his retirement. he having made
1 himself obnoxious. both at Constantinoplc
and Athens, by his iabors to alleviate the
sufferings OF the victims of the inSurrec-
tion in that unhappy island.
His own life was often in peril, and he
has given fascinating account of his eN-
periences and adventures in his "Cretan
lnSurreCtion. - He owed his safety large
ly to the fact of his being the correspon-
dent of the London Times" in whose
columns he made an effective exposure Of
Turkish miSTule. In 1886 he became the
correspondent OF the Times in Rome
and il was as the representative of that
Journal that he was able to prosecute,
with so much success. his studies of
Greek archaeology in Greece. Melos,
Sicily. and elsewhere the fruits of which
are displayed in his "Ou the Track of
Ulysses, The Acropolis of Athens, and
other publications.
He was the author. also. of "Herzego-
Vrna and the Late Uprising Poetic Lo-
calities Of Cambridge, The Union of
Italy, Life of Crispi' and many mag
azine articles on critical and antiquarian
subjects. His autobiography which at
tracted wide attention, was published this
spring. Mr. Suilman was 4 devoted ma
Uralist and was especially fond of squi--
rels, of whose habits he had made life
long study lie was a sturdy champion
Of these little animals-ofteI regarded by
farmers as a pest-and was never weary
Of writing letters TO defend chem against
Billy and Hans is q delightful story of
two of his own squirrel pets. As a pho
tOErapher he was exceedingly expert and
his reproductions of the masterpieces of
classical architecture and sculpture had
many rare artistic qualities.