Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-12
OBITUARY.

OBITUARY..
Christian Helms, ex-commissioner OF
public works, died in Milwaukee.
Theodore Tunison, aged 70 years,
an old soldier and wealthy, died OF
cancer Of the stomach at his home i'll
Pana, H.
Col Dougles Hapeman died at OF
tawa, aged Sc years. He was born in
Fulton county, N. Y, and in 1914 came
west with his family, settling in La
Sale county.
Gen. H. V. Boynton, president OF the
Chickamauga park commission, died
at Atlantic City, N. j. Gen. Boynton
was in his 10th year, and during much
Of his life was identified with national
affairs
Mrs. Elizabeth Bayles Wheaton, for
many years styled the mother" OF
Wheaton Female seminary at Norton,
Mass died in that city, aged SO years.
By the death Of Mrs Wheaton nearly
all her large estate. valued at several
hundred thousand dollars, will become
the property of Wheaton seminary
Mrs. Wheaton has given much money
to public institutions.
General w. T. Wilson, one of the
two survivors Of the delegates to the
first Ohio republican convention In
1855 died in Columbus from the effects
of disease contracted in Libby prison
during the war General Wilson was
80 years old. He enlisted in Upper
Sandusky as private in the civil war
and came out as brevete d brigadier
general. Mrs. Phil K Glover OF Pitts
burg, widow of the artist, is his
daughter.
]. Montgomery Sears, the heaviest
taxpayer of Boston and one OF the
wealthieSt men in New England, died
at his summer home at Southboro,
Mass Mr.. Sears was born at Var
mouth, Mass, Dec %. 1854. His
father was an East Indian merchant
who accumulated great fortune. Mr..
Sears was well known as a philan
thropist although his gifts were al
ways made in a quiet manner Be,
sides his widow he is survived by a
son and daughter.
Former Congressman Samuel w
Moulton, 80 years old, died at his
home in SheIbyville, III. He was a
member of the lower house of The
Illinois general assembly from 1852
TO 1859, and was presidential electoI
IN 1857 on the Buchanan ticket. He
was elected by the republicans as con
gresham at large in 1864 and was
sent to congress on a democratic
ticket from the Shelbyville district in
1880 and 1882. Since 1896 he has act
ed with the republican party.
Sidney A. Souther formerly of Mil
waukee, master mechanic of the
Panama railway, is dead at Panama
Mr.. Souther was born fifty-six years
ago at Mapleton, Wis After leaving
the West Milwaukee shops, where he
worked for eight years, he became al
engineer of the Milwaukee road. Ter
years ago he went to Grafton, w Va.
to accept the position Of Division master
mechanic of the Baltimore & Ohio
and later he became superintendent OF
the Jalapa Railroad and Power com
pany, Jalapa, Mex. Malaria was the
cause of death. He is survived by Z
wife and son.. living in the City Of
Mexico.
DR.. John Williams Streeter, died OF
spinal paralysis at his Lake Forest
home DR.. Streeter was for years q
leading Chicago physician. but severa
years ago he suffered blood poisoning
from a wound received while perform
ing surgical operation and was com
PEELED to retire from active practice
He then devoted his energies tC
literary endeavors and wrote The Fat
of the Land story of farm life, and
DR.. Tom. IA tale of Kentucky, but
recently published His daughter
Miss Marjorie, whose wedding was tC
have taken place next Monday, was
married at her fathers bedside two
hours before his death to Philip W
Hamill DR.. Streeter is survived by a
widow a son, DR.. E. G. Streeter. and
two daughters, Mrs Hamill and Mrs
George L. Harvey. DR.. Streeter was
born in Astabula, O., Sept. II, 1841.