The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-10
OBITUARY.

Capt Joseph Mott Trowbridge. L A.
retired. died on Monday night after a
| long illness. at his home, $50 Hancock
street. Brooklyn. in his seventy-sixth
year. He was son of the late Dr. John
A. Trowbridge. Of Bridgewater N Y
He was graduated from West Point in
mi. but soon retired from the army to
! become lawyer. He rejoined the army
at the beginning of the civil war as can
tain in the Sixteenth United States In
fantry.
lie fought at Chickamauga and Look
out Mountain. and soon after the latter
battle retired from active military duty.
put served until the close of war on the
engineer staff of General Rosecrans and
General McCook His home had been in
brooklyn for the last fifteen years.
lie leaves widow and two daughters.
one the wife OF Lieut.. T. n. Salisbury.
L. = ". and the other the wife of Lieut.
;. g. Thomas. assistant naval eonstrIc-
ter at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
Thomas Little. who was a delegate to
the convention that nominated Abraham
Lincoln in 1860, and was afterward on
the Notification Committee that visited
Springfield, Ill, died at his home. 81 South
Third Avenue. Mount Vernon. N Y. yes
terday. He was born in York, Pa. and
was IN his eighty-sixth year. He went to
New York when a young man and en-
gagged in business as an architect Later
he drifted into politics and became iden-
tified with the city building department
helping to design and erect the Ia,dlow
Street jail. police headquarters in Mui-
berry Street. and other buildings both
public end private. He retired in 1876 and
settled in Mount Vernon. He was wi
dover. One son. William Little. OF Media
Pa, survives him.
According to the London Mirror of
Life Tony Sage. the well known Irish
booknaker, died recently Sage had been
ill for some time from a complication of
diseases. He was prominent in England
and Ireland. and the first to give Peter
Maher a reputation. 1t was through his
efforts that Dave Holland and Billy Mad
den were induced to bring Maher to
America. Sage had one ambition up to
the time of his death. and that was to
bring to Ireland the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world.
The Rev John WyIie FAIRIES. the Oldest
alumnus OF University of Pennsylvania,
died at his home in Philadelphia. yester-
day, lightweight years old. He was for
half a century closely identified with the
educational affairs of Philadelphia during
that time being the head OF a classical
school from which were graduated many
men who became prominent in the educa-
try.
Capt. Joshua Brown, of Salem Mass.
for many years weII-known builder of
yachts, died on Monday at Salem He
was native of Greenland. n. H. He was
born in March -, 1923 He built some
fast boats. among others the Prairie
Flower. which was capsized of Boston in
1888 when several Salem young men We're
drowned He leaves two sons and a
daughter.
F. S. Muir died last night in Lexington,
ny, aged seventy. He was for years one
of the most active man engaged in the
breeding of trotting horses and amassed
a fortune. He fell dead while Joking with
his wife. Death. IL is stated, was caused
by the excessive use of tobacco.
Charles Il. Fiags. Supreme Secretary of
the Order OF United Commercial Travel
ers. died after week 5 illness from pneil-
monia at his home in Columbus. Ohio,
yesterday.
Thomas 5. ConoVer. an old resident of
Princeton, n. ] aud at one time mayor
of the borough. died there yesterday