Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-09

years. He was the father Of George l..
Peck, general manager OF the Pennsyl-
vania railway
Professor John Birrell, aged IS
years, professor of oriental languages
at st. Andrews university, Edinburgh,
since 1871, is dead.
DR.. John Bell was buried at Benton
Harbor, Mich. The body lay in state
in Bell opera house and was viewed by
large number of persons.
Captain Solomon l.. Zinser. of Min
onk, ILL.,, died of pneumonia, aged II
years. He was a captain in the seth
Illinois volunteers and prominent in
Grand Army circles.
James Davidson of Santa barbara,
Cal. died, aged SO years. He was the
oldest Oddfellow in the United States,
having become member CT Franklin
lodge at Wheeling June II, 1888.
John II. Cook, aged Sc years, a
wealthy citizen OF st. Clair county
and prominent in Masonic circles, for
many years town and township treas
urer of Lebanon, died at Lebanon, Ill.
Frank H. Peavey, the grain elevator
king of Minneapolis, who died, carried
a 100000 policy in the Mutual Life
Insurance company. He had made
| only two annual payments of $4S, 800
each.
Mrs. Eva Brown of Peoria, ILL.,, died
oe pneumonia. She was a sister of
United States Senator Beverage. and
had lived in Peoria for eighteen years.
She leaves husband and five chill
dren.
James w. Reid, ex-congressrlan
from North Carolina, died at Lewiston.
Idaho, after an illness of several
months. He was one of the best
known public men in the state. He
/ went to Idaho in 1887.
DR.. Speicher, aged ~ years. in
charge of the Dunkards aged and
orphans home at Mexico, Ind, died
from pneumonia. DR.. Speicher was
a native of Belleville, ILL.,, and was
formerly connected with big smelt-
, ing plant at Argentine, Kan.
Edward A. Pelton of Nebraska
City, Neb., died, aged 81. He was
prominent in New York state politics
for many years, and served several
terms in the New York legislature
from the Cold Springs district. His
! daughter is the widow of the late Sen
ator M. L. Hayward of Nebraska.
James w. Newman, former secre-
tary of state for Ohio, died at Ports
mouth. Mr.. Newman was for many
years prominent in Ohio politics as a
democratic editor and leader. He
served in both the upper and lower
branches of the legislature and was
elected secretary of state in 1884. serv-
ing one term.
DR.. James Snyder Mackie, n. OF
! Newport, N. j., died of apoplexy. He
was United States commissioner to
Bolivia and Chill during President
Lincoln's administration, and fol-
several years was in charge of the
government bureau of South American
republics He served during the
civil war on the staff of Gen. Charles
P. Stone.
Alonzo Castle Monsoon. aged so
years, a retired lawyer, died in New
York of Bright's disease. Mr.. Monson
was born in New York. He was
graduated from Yale university in
1910 and from the Columbia law
school four years later. In 1S49 he
went to San Francisco and soon be-
came an active figure in California
politics. His participation in the
quelling of riots as a member of
vigilance committees first gave him
prominence in the state. He was
later elected a justice of the state
court of appeals. In 1866 MIR. Mon
son settled in New York.