Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25

Qa) pioneer died at age of as years.
Commodore William w. DUNCAN.
u. S. ~, retired, is dead in Baltimore.
G. II. Culver, a Chicago agent for
the Northwestern railroad. died of
pneumonia.
Michael Kavanaugh. aged 80 years.
the oldest resident of Racine county.
died at Racine.
Joseph H. Martin, a former presi-
dent of the Minneapolis chamber OF
commerce, is dead.
Former Congressman Lyman Barnes
died at Appleton, from appendicitis.
He was As years old.
Joseph Clarke, La Crosse, former
mayor, and secretary of the La Crosse
Pillow company, died of paralysis.
David B. Prescott, Keokuk, Ia, well
known as a hotel proprietor and con.
tractor, died of paralysis, aged go.
DR.. Henry l.. Tolman, who had a
national reputation as a microscopist
is dead at Chicago, aged 55 years.
William Lansing, Oakland, Cal, at
one time one of the best known actors
in this country, is dead, aged 62 years.
Henry c. Rybolt, one of the Oldest
and wealthiest citizens of central
Illinois, died in Kenny, aged n years.
Cyrus Jordan, formerly president of
Hillsdale college, at Hillsdale, Mich.
died at Ocean Park, Me-, aged "a
cars.
L. II. McCutchen, head of the bank
ing-house of E. H. McCutchen & Co.
of Holstein. Iowa. is dead of typhoid
fever.
Mrs. Hecker Breckenridge, who
kept a VOW made in 1864 never to
leave her farm alive, is dead near ST
Louis.
Mrs. Ruth Brown Thompson. laugh
ter OF John Brown, the liberator. died
.at her home in Pasadena, Cal. aged
rs years.
DR.. B. G. Dysart, an ex-surgeon of
Cockrell's brigade of the confederate
army, died of pneumonia in Paris.
Mo-, aged 20 years.
Daniel S. Dana, at one time promi.
nent in national affairs, died at Salt
Lake City, at the age of so. He was
a cousin of Charles A. Dana of the
New York Sun.
Col. John II. Bacon. Colorado
Springs, Colo, aged 70 years. mayor
of Colorado Springs in 1880. com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
because of illness.
Josiah Hopes, Westchester. Pa. a
prominent bOtanist and writer on
horticulture for leading agricultural
publications. in America and Europe.
CleG, dsed 70 years.
Edouard Lassen. composer. died at
Weimart, Germany He was born at
Copenhagen. April 10, 1880 He OBJ
tanned a prize at Rome in 1S49. and
the first grand prize in 1851 for his
cantata of Baltnasar.
Mrs. Orion Clemens. Keokuk. Ia.
died She was the widow of the act
ing governor of Nevada territory
during the civil war. He was a
brother of Mark Twain.
Frank w. Holly, Lockport, N. Y.
aged SO. for years superintendent of
the Holly Manufacturing company.
and one of the most noted water
works engineers in the United States.
s dead
Mrs. Emily L. Keith, the widow of
one of the pioneer dry goods mer.
chants of Chicago. died of pneumonia
at the age of 10 years. Mrs. Keith
was born in Montpelier VT. where
she was married to Dodge w. Keith
in 1874.
Brother Joseph, Baltimore, head of
the Xaverian order in America. died
from a complication of diseases. in
Guiding pneumonia. Brother Joseph's
name was Michael Joseph Sullivan,
and he was a native of Ireland aged
u.
Judge Henry w. Lander died at
Beaver Dam. He was born in
Brighton, Somerset county, Me-. in
1926. moved to Dodge county in 1S49,
locating at juneau, where he resided
Until 1852, when he went to Beaver
Dam and began the practice of law.
He was state senator in 1868 and
aga" IN 1869.
Lorraine Rogers, an old and we'll
known theatrical manager. is dead at
Spring Valley. n. Y. of apoplexy. Mr.
Rogers, who was 20 years old. was
owner and manager of the Brooklyn
theater when it was burned many
years ago, with accompanying great
loss Of life. Since the death of his
wife, Charlotte Thompson, the actress,
ten years ago, he had retired
DIR. Williamson Swears.
Yorktown, Ark, Jan. 1S.-l.ast week
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