The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-11
OBTTT AIRY.

! The Rev pr Edmund y Wolf, prcsiden
! Of the General synod Of the Lutheran Churcl
( Of America died al his home in GHttvsburg Pa
srerday after brief illness lie was grad
VA tod from Gettysburg College In so9 witt
highest hunors Of hs class and immediately
enlisted a = "a uon-com missioued officer in the
Twenty Pennsylvania Emergency Regi-
men' After being graduated fronthe thcologi-
cal seminary he pursued "a iurth"r Course Of
study NJ the German universities 81 Iuriuger
and ErlHngcr Since 1873 lac had been professor
OF biblical md ecclesiastical history, New
Testament eXegesis and dOCmHtiC thculo ~
mt the Theological Seminary al Gettysburg
For many wears ne had been iour editor OF
IN" Quartz ~ hot@r 81 the Lutheran church
aud had made numerous coutflbui ions to
various religious periodicais Is, besides having
written many ecclesiastical works. He was
elected president OF the General synod which
convened IN Baltimore IN 1908 which place
be hold AZ his death
william Eugene Tyrer died At hls home.
60 Montague street. Brooklyn. on Monday
He was born ~ Trinidad, West INDIES. fifty
ye1rs ago and was the son Of william Eugene
IyreT I'd Who Tor many years was Gov
ernor OF he Island OF Montsertat Mr IyTer
came to this country twenty wears ago he
was president OF the Ramsey Trinidad Bit
tiers Company and was Interested in auto
mobile companies Ia England and this country
lie was a member OF 81 Georges Clue, Lon
don and a Mason. He had been an extensive
traveller
4 private letter brings the Information
that Earl klauscr died at Pennington. ouu
San s. in the SOD year Of his lie Mr.. hlau-rF
who was born ia ST Petersburg. WAS prufcS-
sor of music In Miss Porter's school ~ Farm
ingtou FOR many wears lie WAS an Intimate
friend Of the late Theodore Thomas and
WITH him edited 4, The mnsical par, OF Famous
Paine OF Harvard was the literary editor
Mr. kltuser edited other collections OF good
music and wrote, one important theoretical
tra Ization Of the Tone system
COL Robert D White. a native OF Charles
ton. G., died yesterday after an illness
BROOKLYN. 81 the outbreak OF the civil war
he raised "a company OF volunteers and was
commissioned Captain by Coy H9goot
When Wade Hampton was elected Governor
Of south Carolina in 1879 he made Mr. White
Colonel For the last ten yenrs he had been
connected with the Department N Public
Works. He leaves IA widow and nine child
rem
william p. Curtis. proprietor of a Wen known
LcnoH. Mass. hotel died last night. She
was n daughter OF the Rcv. Ell smith. trans
lator OF tn" Bible into Arabic She was
her first husband having been aIifornian
She Is survived by her husband 'ht't brothers
New York. Prof. Charles n. smith N New
Haven. and Edwin r. smith OF The Avery
and a sister Nrs. = S. Marcy Of Lyons, Mich.
Matthew Melody. the father OF former
Shern william Melody Of Brooklyn. died on
Monday IN his ssth ycar. at hs home, ~
in ireland and came to America m lsl1.
settling IN the old CITY Of New York Ten
yFafs inter he moved 70 Williamsburg FOt
Inany years lle MAS engaged IN the grocery
business from whicl he retired seventeen
wears ago with q comfortable fortune He is
survived by Two sons
Charles Mole a well known flute player.
died suddenly on SUNDAY. at his home 3si
Central Park Nest For two years he had been
connected with Damrosch's orchestra ~
FIRST flute player Previous 10 that he was
flute soloist FOR the Boston SYMPHONY For
many years he was an st0lotor IN the Paris
conservatory Of music lie leaves widow
and son.
Mrs Mary Combs, the weaithicsl woman
ia the Kentucky. mountains, died rester-
day She was the widow Of William j..
Combs and the mother Of state senator
John + Combs and t.. i Combs. an attorney
at the Hiudman bar. She wus 81 years old
and owned vast tracts Of timber land In Knott
and Letchcr counties.
Anna Kate Hatch. a very old resident OF
Tnrrytown y y. died at her home there
yesterday. She was born in poughkeepsic
in 1885. She was daughi or OF the late Judge
Thomas Sweet Her husband was the late
Warner j Hatch, the founder n the Hatch
lithograph Company Of Poughkecpsie.
Daniel DAILY. a retired detective sergeant
died M his home 249 Sixth street BROOKLYN
Yesterday H. was horn on Governors IFl-
snd lie Wns 20 years old. He retired from
tho Police Department about five Years ago.
He IL survived by his wife. and a son. Dr.. J,
ID. DAILY.