The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-19
OBITUARY..

Capt. George f. Tyson, who was assistant
navigator of the Polaris. in which the Arctic
expedition under Capt. Hall was made in
1871, died in Washington yesterday OF heart
trouble contracted from his last trip To the
Arctic seas. He was born in Red Bank, y. j.,
in 1929. and during his early life worked in an
iron foundry. Later. however. he shipped
aboard a whaling vessel and became pro-
hcient in navigating among the Ice noes OF
the Arctic. When Capt. Halls polar eN-
petition was fitted out IN 1871 Capt. Tyson
was made assistant navigator on account OF
his experience. During this expedition he
with Ile other members OF the expedition
drifted for 1875 days on, an ice foe and
many succumbed from hunger and cold.
The survivors were finally rescued By Capt.
Bartlett OF the steamer ,IigTess. which had
return to this country Capt. Tyson was. APP
pointed captain OF the watch in the Navy
was put in command OF the Howgate pre-
liminary Arctic expedition. There was a
mutiny on this Trip and he received 4 stab
trouble. Upon his return in ISIS he was
appointed Lieutenant Of the watch in the
Navy Department, which position he held
up TO the time OF his death.
BriR. Zen. Samuel Dalton, for many years
Adjutant General OF Massachusetts,, died at
a private sanitaripm at Au0urnds!e yester-
for treatment for a long time. He was 80
years old. He Joined the Second Corps OF
Cadets, and In 1851 enlisted in the Fourteenth
Massachusetts Volunteers. In this service
he was commissioned First Lieutenant,
Gen. Dalton's connection with the executive
staf began in 1881, when Gov. Long appointed
J him Colonel and Inspector of Ordnance
Gov. Butler continued him in ONCE. making
him Adjuta1t Gene1a1, win she r ian c OF iBTLga,
to serve as Adjut9nt-General on the stan
Of the succeeding Governors until Gov. Doug.
5sS y sidney n. Hedges in the msnasemen
Of the Provident Securities and BankinL
Company, and was connecten with INA
his retirement q short time before the t1nancia
trouble which came to that institution.
Matthew Mccoy. a policeman, 1pp3inteS
28O Bergen street. Brooklyn. aged 80 years
He was born In New Yoyk. In 1874. For twenty
years from the time Of his appointment M
was on duty in the First precinct and he occr'
pied the same bed in the station all that time
In 1855 he was transferred TO hall, duty a
rrboilIdgep. although unmarried, and Away
had a lot Of them around him at HeadquarterS
Last spring while going home he was strrcl
He was severely injured. When he wa
about to return to duty he was transisrret
quarters to do precinct work. He wa
assigned to the Forty-siXth precinct. IL
never fully recovered from his in Juries.
Thomas Marshall Stewart died on Wednes
dav At Ms residence, ie4 West Seyenty-sixtl
street, In the SEVENTEEN year OF his age. A
the outbreak Of the civil war he enlisted IN n
Fourth New York Volunteers and rose to, tn
RANK OF sergeant. He long served as an eide
in the Presbyterian Church. having bee
elected to thai ONCE in Is73. He. was ais
an ex-president Of the Eastern District Sun
day School Association, Of Brooklyn. n
had been in the carpet cleaning business 10
many years. He leaves a wife, a son. an
six daughters
DIR. Alphonse B. Brown died suddenly a
the Anna Jaques Hospital. Newburypor
Mass. yesterday. He was operated upon 10
appendicitis two weeks ago and was appaI
ently recovering his strength. He was Dor
in Dover. ". r.. was graduated from ,fal
College and from Harvard medical schoo
Ne was a member Of the Massachuseti
Medical Association and Of the Anna Jaque
Hospital stan. He was president OF IN
Newburyport Y. NJ. c. A. After Rraduatin
from Yale DIR. Brown joined the Peary relic
expedition to the Arctic.