The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-12


NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Abram Ste
vens Hewitt, former mayor of New
York city, and distinguished as a phi-
lanthropist and student, is dying.
At 10 o'clock tonight it was an.
nounced that Mr.. Hewitt was growing
weaker and that there was but bare
possibility that he might survive the
night.
Mr. Hewitt, who is in his eighty-
f1rst year, has been confined to his
ped since Thursday at his residence in
thls city. He is suffering from OBJ
structive jaundice.
The bulletin issued at 10 o'clock to-
night read as follows:
Mr.. Hewitt has continued to grow
progressively weaker. He sleeps most
OF the time and suffers no pain"
Tne immediate members of the FAM
lily were summoned to the house to-
night. There were present Mrs. Hew-
lit, DR.. and Mrs. J. o. Green, Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Miss Hew-
ltt, Miss Eleanor f. Hewitt, Mr.. and
MRS. Edward r. Hewitt. Erstine Hew-
lit, Edward Cooper, Gen. and Mrs.
Lloyd Brice, DR.. and Mrs. Charles
Cooper.
Mr.. Hewitt was bern in Haverstraw,
N. Y, on July 81, 1922, and was grad
uated from Columbia college at the
mead Of his class i'll 1912. With Ed
ward Cooper, son of Peter Cooper. he
founded the firm Of Cooper & Hewitt,
to which Peter Cooper, whose daugh-
ter Mr.. Hewitt married turned over
his iron business. Mr.. Hewitt organ
lied the Cooper Union. He has been
the secretary of the board of trustees
continuously. In 1874 Mr.. Hewitt was
elected to congress, serving with the
exception of one term until 1885, when
he was elected mayor of New York.
Congressman Tongue Dies Suddenly.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. IL
Representative Thomas H. Tongue of
the First congressional district Of
Oregon died suddenly at his residence
in this city at l o'clock this afternoon
of heart failure, following an attack Of
indigestion.
At his bedside when the end came
were his daughter, Miss Bertha, and
an adopted daughter, Miss Ruane. Mrs.
Tongue is in Hillsboro, Mr.. Tongues
Oregon home, and to that place the re-
mains will be taken fer interment All
congressional committee will be APP
pointed tomorrow to escort the remains
to their last resting place. Mr.. Tonguel
was in the Fifty-ninth year of his age,
was lawyer by profession, was prom
inent in Oregon Republican politics,1
and had served in the Fifty-fifth,i
Fifty sixth, Fifty-seventh congresses,
and had been elected to the Fifty-l
eight congress.
Wisconsin Manufacturer Dies.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. IA
special to the Sentinel from Waupaca,
Wis, says that Maj. r. N. Roberts, 1
treasurer of the board of trustees Of
the Wisconsin Veterans home at
Waupaca, died this evening, aged
sixty-two years. Maj Roberts was
promoter and high officer of many
large manufacturing enterprises that
have built up Northern Wisconsin, and
himself one of the influential men in
the northern part of the state.
Omaha Lawyer Freezes to Death.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 11.-W III.
Beckett, prominent lawyer of Omaha,
was found on the roadside five miles
west of the city early today frozen
to death. Backett had been for sew
eraI days treveling in the coun- /
try, and fell exhausted, where he was
found by a dairy man.
Veteran Jurist Ends Career.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-Judge Lucien
Bolls Otis, who came to Chicago forty !
seven years ago from Ohio. died at his
residence, 2478 Michigan avenue, to-
night aged eighty-three- years. Before
coming to Illinois Mr.. Otis was judge
of the court of common pleas for the
counties of Huron, Erie, Sandusky,
ottawa and Lucas in Ohio.