Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-15

brother for the failure at a family |
reconciliation.
At Huntington. w Va, Mrs Saran |
Pelot OF Louisville. who was on a !
visit to her son, is dead. She was |
with the treasury department of the |
southern confederacy during the civil |
war, and all the confederate money |
bore the signature written by her hus- |
band. She was 20 years old.
William c. Snyder. a prominent
business man and republican leader, |
died at his home in Fulton, Ill. He
was so years of age and had resided in
Illinois since 1S47. He was post
master for twenty years, resigning in
1888, after having been elected to the
state senate, in which he served one
term. He was prominent in tenn
perance and Masonic circles.
John Shorten, editor of the Cripple
Greek Herald, and one Of the best
known newspaper men in Colorado,
died while sitting in his chair in the
lobby Of hOlel. Mr. Shorten was 90
years old and was born in England.
He saw service in the confederate
army and was on board the Trent at
the time OF the capture OF the con-
federate agents, Mason and Slidell.
Mother Agatha of me Sisters OF
Charity died in Chicago after an Ill
ess of three months she was 5
years old. Mother Agatha began her
religious work Dec. 10 1874. She was
born in Ireland Sept. 3, 1926, and
came to this country with her parents
| in 1885. ElenOT Hurley was her name
in the world. The family lived seven
years in New York, then rersoved to
! Dubuque, Iowa.
Major William Wagner is dead at
his home at Short Hills, n. J. Major
! Wagner was secretary of the Denver
and Rio Grande railway. He was
born at Philadelphia and in 1870 went
| to Colorado, where he became IL
terested in the pioneer railroad OF
that state. He was one of the found
ers of Colorado Springs, and remained
for years one of it's foremost citizens,
being the first mayor OF the city.
At Wabash, Ind, Wesley LyttIe,
| father Of the famous leila Nicolaus,
alleged to have held up the Gould
family for 100000 ten years ago, died.
He was soldier and unOstentatlous
il his personal relations and very
different from the dashing leila. Mr..
Lyttle until a few months ago ran
small grocery. and was in straitened
| circumstances. He took pride in his
hayward daughter and defended her
against newspaper asperslons.
! DR.. Thomas Wilson, curator Oh
prehistoric archaeology in the Smith
sonian institution and the National
museum for years, died in Washington
in the seventeen year Of his age. DR..
Wilson was born in Pennsylvania, but
at an early age moved to Iowa and
studied law. During the civil was ne
was captain of a company in the
i Secony Iowa cavalry. After the war
he went to Washington and practced
law, and later served for years in the
consular service.
;, Former Judge George w. Ambrose
of Omaha and afterward of Chicago.
a personal friend OF William j. Bryan,
the late Ex-Governor Altgeld ana
=, Judges Dunno and Gibbons, died at
Wesley hospital Of pneumonia in mis-
sixty-third year. He leaves widow
end two daughters. After the defeat
of Mr.. Bryan in 1896 Judge Ambrose
CO me to Chicago and bacame assistant
corporation counsel. He previously
had filed the offices of city attorney
CT Omaha, circuit court judge and
state senator in Nebraska.
Peter J. Otey, congressman from the
, sixth Virginia district, died in Lynch
burg. He had been a member Of the
house since 1894. He was born In
Lynchburg in 1910 and was graduated
from the Virginia military institute
In 1851 he joined the confederate
army and participated in the western
campaign, eliminating at Donelson
and Shiloh. After that campaign he
entered the army of northern Virginia,
remaining until the close of the war.
He was badly wounded at Newmarket.
When his wounds had healed he re-
turned and commanded a brigade
under General Early at Cedar Greek.
Louis l.. Watson, born April ID,
1909, the Oldest native-born citizen OF
! Vincennes and Knox county, Ind, is
: dead. With his son, Edward, he was
proprietor of the Union Depot hotel.
Mr. Watson was of Scotch ancestry.
OF his twelve children six are living,
among them being Willis H. Watson,
q business man of Aurora, H., and
Robert G., in the hotel business At
| T0onUil1n Iii
Mr.. Watson was postmaster at Vim
: cennes under President Zachary
Taylor, receiver of tools at Grand
Rapids, and conductor and promoter
of the Evansville and Terre Haute
railroad. During the civil war he was
paymaster of the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad, now the Baltimore and OHIO
Southwestern. in the building of which
he was the chief promoter.