Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-17

eral weeks ago to undergo treatment
for blood poison, died.
Major William p. Olden of Spring
field, ILL.,, was found dead in bed at
his home. He was rs years old.
At Norwalk, o., Capt. o. w. Will
Jams, veteran of the civil war, was
found dead in bed. He shot himself.
Michael Jennings, one of Evan
ston's oldest residents, died of old age
and general weakness. He was IS
years old.
Theodore Stout, 81 years old, died
at Virginia, H., from pneumonia. He
was veterinary surgeon and heavy
stock dealer.
Lord Augustus LOTUS, former Brit
ish ambassador at Berlin and st.
Petersburg is dead in London. He
was born in 1917.
Erastus Dow Palmer. the noted
pioneer sculptor, died at Albany, N.
Y, at the age of 81. His fame was
acquired as a cameo cutter.
George Barnes, cashier of the Mar
quette County Savings bank and one
of the prominent citizens of Mar.
quette, Mich, died Of pneumonia.
Augustus Cook, a well known actor
died at his home in New York OF
cirrhosis of the liver His portrayal
of the character of Napoleon in Cattle
rine Kidder's production of Nine
: Sans-Gene was considered his finest
work
, The Baronett Speck Won Sternbure
received dispatch announcing the
D.. sudden death of her father, Charles
Langham, on his estates in southern
California. The ambassadress and
her sister cancelled all their social en-
gagements.
jacob Romeis, who served the
, tenth Ohio district in congress from
: 1884 to 1889, died at his home in
Toledo, as the result of an accident
: Mr.. Romeis defeated Frank Hurd fol-
congress twice. The deceased also
served three terms as mayor OF
Toledo and was at one time general
! baggage agent of the Wabash rail
road.
Dr. /. p. Wilson, past grand high
priest of the Iowa grand chapter
: Royal Arch Masons, dropped dead in
Burlington, Iowa. He was born in
1897. He rose to prominence as a
lecturer on dental surgery in Iowa
For more than a quarter of a century
he was a contributor to dental litera
ture. He leaves a widow, four sons
: and two daughters.
Senior Alvarez, vice president OF
Uruguay, died at Montevideo, Uruguay
Neil Brand Buchanan. who for the
past thirteen years was connected
with the American Express Company
at Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago
and for the past year chief clerk OF
operating department at Chicago, died
after an illness of five weeks. Mr.
Buchanan was born at Carrollton, Mo-
Most Rev Robert MacPray, arch
bishop of Rupert's land and primate oil
al Canada. died at his official resi-
dence in Winnipeg. He was a
: bachelor and somewhat ascetic in his
habits. He was elevated to the high
rank of prelate of the exalted order OF
ST. Michael and St. George by Queen
Victoria in 1898 He was created
bishop of Ruperts land in 1865. He
played an important part in the de
velopment Of the Canadian northwest
particularly in education. At the time
of death he was chancellor of the Uni
versity of Manitoba and head of st.
Johns college. He was 73 years OF
age.
The funeral of Field Marshal Count
Ven Waldersee at Hanover was an
imposing military pageant. Before the
hearse, which was drawn by -four
horses, walked several army chap
lains, and then came Lieutenant Won
Planitz of the staff. bearing the de-
ceased field marshal's baton on a
cushion; Colonel Won Heyden-Linden
with the insignia of the order of the
Black Eagle, and four other officers
carrying the field marshal's ether dec
orations on crimson velvet cushions
Led behind the hearse was Won Wal
!, dersee's favorite horse. Next. alone
walked the crown prince, Frederick
William, followed by Princes Henry
and Albrecht. Duke Ernest Gunther
of Schleswig- Holstein, five command
ing generals. the chief of the genera
staff and great company of officers
representing the sovereigns of the Ger
man states and Populations from sixty
regiments.