Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10

was descended from one of the first
settlers in New Netherlands, Jacob
Janse Schermerhorn, who came TO
this country in 1886.
George Sinsabaugh. deputy grand
commander OF the Knights Templar
of California, died at Sierra MadTe
from lung trouble. He went TO Los
Angeles in 1881 at the age of 20
from Iowa, his native state.
Mrs. Jean Margaret Davenport
Lander, widow of General Frederick
W. Lander and known as an actress
for two-score years in this country
and in Europe, is dead at her summeI
home in Lynn, Mass, at the age OF IA
years. The body was taken TO Wash
ingtOn, ID. c., for interment.
Rev. George Mairs Vanderlip,
through whose fundamentally the
Young Mems Christian association
was established in America, one of the
founders of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art and for long time representa-
tive of the American Baptist Pub
LEGATION society, is dead at his home
in Brooklyn, n. Y. His death was due
to heart disease. DR.. Vanderlip was
born in Argyle. n. Y. in 1892.
Captain Ira NJ Ford Of Hampden,
Wis, is dead. aged 75 years. He
went to Wisconsin in 1855. In 1862
he raised company for the civil war,
which became company |, Eighteenth
West Virginia infantry, going out as
| first lieutenant, and was in all the bat
| ties of his regiment until taken prison
er at Shiloh, and was in Andersonville,
Libby and other prisons. For an at
tempt to escape he was kept in chains
five months. He was a member of
the Wisconsin assembly in 1S67-6S.
Harry Ignatius Blaney. a young
lawyer of much promise, who had
many friends in Chicago, died in San
Francisco July II after a short illness.
He was the only son of John Horny
and Margaret Blaney. The former
has been cashier of the Hibernia bank
of San Francisco for many years. The
decedent was born in that city in
1860 and graduated from ST. Ig-
natius' college and later from the Has
tings Law college. His father is well
known in banking circles in Chicago.
Hamilton Lamphere Smith. former
ly professor of physics and astronomy
of Hobart college, Geneva, n. Y. is
dead as "a result of a fall sustained
two weeks ago. Professor Smith was
born in New London, Conn. Nov. 5,
| 1918. In Yale he was a classmate of
many men who have been prominent
in national affairs He entered in
dustrial life and settled in Cleveland.
! o. Later he took up science and
mathematics and in 1850 he gave up
mercantile pursuits to enter the fac
ulty of Hobart college, with which in
4 stitution he was connected for thirty
three years. In 1890 he retired from
his college work.
DR.. David r. Davis, president of the
Dells Paper and Pulp Company. died
at his home in Eau Claire. He also
was president of the Dells Improve
ment Company. which controls the
water power at the Dells to a large
extent. He was born at Neenah. so
years ago and was engaged there for
many years in paper manufacturing.
He was a brother of John r. and Z.
! W. Davis Of the John r. Davis Lum.
Der company of Phillips and Of
George Davis of Neenah. He had. be-
sides his manufacturing investments.
large land and timber interests. At
the time Of his death he was making
arrangements for the construction or
dam and large pulp and power
plant at his new town of Jim Falls,
on the line of the new Eau Claire.
Chippewa Falls and Northeastern
railway.