Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-05
OBITUARY..

Jean Joseph Benjamin Constance,
French portrait painter, died in Paris.
j. f. Robinson, president of The
Rock Island National bank, died at
his home at Rock Island He was 81
years old. His widow survivors.
Mrs. Charles c. Robinson, wife OF
Alderman Robinson of Nation, H.,
died of paralysis She was a leader
= in social and religious circles She
was 50 years old
| Rev. Dr. j. l.. Mckee, a professor
| emeritus of Center college, died at
| Danville, KY, from the effects of
carbuncle on the neck. He was Is
! years old. His daughter, Miss Leola
Mckee, is president of oxford college
at oxford, Ohio.
| M. E. Turner, one of the founders
/ Of the Columbus Journal and FOR
thirty-tWO years its editor, died at his
/ residence in Columbus, O. He was
/ member of the legislature from 1890
| to 1884 and twice had been republican
/ candidate for congress.
Judge John b. Crabtree of Dixon,
! llI.r ultN db olIdN Il, ne was tlNNL'N
Judge of the circuit court in 1888 and
was appellate judge for nine years.
( He left a wife and eight children. He
was a veteran of the civil war. He
was born siXty-tiye years ago.
DR.. William Hamilton Watkins of
New Orleans, a well-llnown authority
on yellow fever, died in Milwaukee at
= the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. j.
ID. Orion, of stomach trouble. DR..
Watkins was one of the leading
figures in the yellow fever epidemiCs
, of 1870 and 1880 in the south.
DR.. John Vedder, president of the
: New York State Administration so
! ciety, is dead at his home, Saugertios
~ Y. He was sc years old He was
+ classmate of Oliver Wendell Holmes
f at Pittsfeld Mass, medical college
' and was graduated from the Herki
@ mcr, New York, medical college. We
s was one of the Oldest practicing ply
T. siCians along the Hudson river
n Thomas Breen Funston, lieutenau
n governor of Michigan during Governo
:. Pingree's first term, died. Dunstal
O served several terms in the Michigan
legislature and was prominent II
|. business circles, having large inter
q ests in mines near Calumet, Mict
n He was elected lieutenant governo
# at the same time HaZen S. Pingre
/ was made governor
If General Mariana EsCobedo, t
y whom Emperor MaXimilian 5u
n rcndcrd at Queretaro on May Is, 1856
=. died at Tacubaya at the age of T
II years. Escobedo was muletee
when the Mexican war began, II
IL organized small force and attack"
r. the American troops wherever foun
h. in small bodies, He also fought
9. battles of Palo Alto and Resaca d
70 Guerrero. He fought tor the liber;
70 party against Minamon. Juarez a
m pointed him colonel in 1859. Whe
&c the government Of Juarez was Q
40 tablished in 1861 EsCobedo, with Il
20 rank of brigadier general was SCI
~. AGAINST the remnant of the Chury
al party. He was taken prisoner ar
ordered shot, but made his esclp
In the early COS EsCobedo particips
~ ed in many encounters with T.
?, French. When the empire was {
-, tablished in 1864 he fed into Tex9
- but continued his efforts in behalf
- the republican cause In 1865 he Il
~ an expedition into Mexico that swc
" everything before it. He was g
y pointed by Juarez general-inch chief
=, the army of the north. He captur