Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-05

he served as surgeon OF the twenty
ninth regiment. He was " years ola
and leaves a family.
Captain F. Norton Goddard of New
York died suddenly at his country
home in Litchfield, Conn He, was
prominently identified with the Anti
vice society in New York, especially
devoting his attention to attacks on
policy gamblers.
Baron AlphOnSe de ROtnSchiId, head
of the French branch of the banking
house bearing the name of Rothschild
and governor of the bank of France,
was buried at Paris, extreme SIM
plicity being observed in connection
with the services.
Andrew Outterson, aged so years,
a pioneer paper manufacturer, is dead
at WATERFOWL, n. Y. He helped his
father erect the first paper-making ma
chine built in America and ran off the
first sheet of banknote paper even
made on a machine.
M. Sisson, aged 76, father-in-law OF
Alderman w. j. Pringle of Chicago,
died in Galesburg, Ill. He was a mem
Der of the Farmers National congress
and was widely known among stock
breeders as the president of the
American Poland China Swine associa-
ton.
James Francis Xavier O'Brien.
nationalist member Of parliament foI
Cork, died in London. Mr. O'Brien was
born in 1881, and was for years a tea
and wine merchant in Dublin. In 1885
he was elected to parliament from
County Mayo and represented that
district until 1895. when he was
chosen as one of the two members
from the city of Cork
Charles H. Vanbrunt, presiding
justice of the appellate division OF
the New York state supreme court,
died in the street in New York city.
He was on his way to Brooklyn with
his daughter and had reached the
balcony above the street entrance to
Brooklyn bridge when he was stricken
with heart disease. He fell over dead
without uttering a sound. Justice
Vanbrunt was born at Fort Hamilton,
N. Y, sixty-nine years ago.
Charles Henry Webb, author and in,
ventor, is dead at his home in New
York. He was II years old. Webb
went to Illinois in his youth and work
ed for a time on newspapers, became
a trader along the Mississippi for
some years and then wheat
speculator in Chicago. In 1860 he
took up humorous writing over the
name John Paul In San Francisco,
for two years, he edited a weekly
paper called the Californian.
DIR. S. B. Burnham who for many
years resided in Cleveland, O., died IN
Chicago. He was born in Schenec-
tady, N. Y, in 1920 and belonged to
the class of 1912. Union college. He
gave up his profession sixteen years
ago, and devoted most of his time to
travelling. His remains were taken to
Madison, Wis. He leaves a widow,
Mrs. Ameria Dorm Burnham, whom
he married nearly forty years ago at
Madison.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A.
Livermore, writer and temperance
advocate, were held at Melrose, Mass.
Following private services at the
Livermore residence services were
held in the Congregational church, a
large edifice, which was far too small
to Accommodate the throng which de,
sired to be present. Delegations rep
resenting many organizations were
present. The services were conducted
by Rev. E. A. Horton, d. d., a Uni
tartan clergyman of Boston, for many
years a friend of the Livermore
family. The honorary pallbearers
we're: William Lloyd Garrison,
Charles g. Ames, Francis ]. Garrison
and Henry B. Blackwell. The body
will be cremated.