Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-22
OBITUARY..

Sol Hirsch, former United States
minister to Turkey, died at Portland,
Ore.
Alexander Martin, dean of the law
department of the University OF
Missouri, died at Columbia, Mo.
Rev. B. A. Kemp Of Goshen, Ind,
, died, aged 81. He had been prominent
in Indiana and Minnesota Methodism
for forty years.
Col. P. G. Calvin of Pana, ILL.,. died,
aged 6S years. He was a member OF
the sixth Missouri volunteer infantry
in the civil war.
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, widow of
Gen. Grant, died in Washington after
three months illness from heart and
kidney trouble.
Benjamin F. Dennison Of Phila-
delphia, died, aged 67. He was
treasurer of the American Baptist
Publication society
John w. Ella, president of the Chi
! cago civil service commission, died at
! Philadelphia from an apopletic
stroke. He was 62 years old.
William H. Fuller of Rome, N. Y,
who made the famous one ton cheese
exhibited at tho centennial exposition
at Philadelphia, died, aged Is years.
Judge John w. Henry died at Kan
sas City, Mo-, after a long illness,
aged 78 years. He formerly was chief
justice of the Missouri supreme court.
Rev. ]. Campbell Fair, dean of the
Trinity cathedral Of Omaha and one
OF the most prominent ministers of
the Episcopal church, died of general
debility.
Mrs. KATHERINE Collins, aged 1O4
years, died at her home near
Charlotte, Ia. She came to Iowa from
Ireland when "a years old, making the
trip alone.
Judge Jervis w. Carter, former pri-
vate secretary of Gov. Sheldon, and
district attorney in Dakota territory,
was found dead in bed at Sioux Falls,
aged ~ years.
DR.. G. NJ. McMurray Of Deddick. Ill.
is dead. He practiced for many years
at Reddick. He was 33 years old.
and was married six months ago to
Miss Bessie Rizer
Joseph F. Lyon, Elkhorn, Wis, a
former member of the Wisconsin
legislature and a prominent member
OF tn WalWorth county bar for thirty
years, died, aged rs years.
George w. Prescott, one of the foun-
ders and first president of the Union
iron works, was found dead in his
apartment in San Francisco, aged 65
years. Death resulted from heart
failure.
James Marshall, of Chicago, died
after a short Illness He had been
connected with the Crane Elevator
company for thirty-two years. He
served in the fourth Ohio cavalry
and was three years in the regular
army.
Gabriel Harrison, a dramatist, the
atrical manager, and artist, died in
Brooklyn. He was "a years ola.
Mr. Harrison played Othelo to Wal
lacks Iago in 1888, and supported
Charles Kean in the old Park theater
company of New York. He drama
TIED The Scarlet Letter
PattCn S. Bartlett, one of the
founders OF tie Elgin watch factory,
died at the home Of his daughter, Mrs.
Fyffe. He was 70 years old. He was
at Waltham, Mass, when the Elgin
factory was proposed, but left that
city to accept the position of assistant
superintendent Of the Elgin plant.
James Harvey Mathes, author and
newspaper man, died at Riverside.
Cal, of consumption aged 60 years.
For many years he was editor Of the
Memphis Republic-Ledger and the
Louisville Courier-JOurnal He was a
member of the Paris exposition com
mission, and served in the confederate
army as captain.
Rev. Dr. Lysander Dickerman.
noted psychologist, died at Boston on
an elevated train. He was born in
1880 and was graduated from Brown
university in 1851. In 1873 he took
charge Of a parish at Quincy, Ill, and
became prominent in Congregational
cure affairs. His books included The
Egyptian Dieties, The Hittites in the
Billie, and The Fayam.