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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
SCANDAL FACTORY AGAINST
PRESIDENT OPENS BUSINESS
RALRoAoe ALL SORTS or scREMvs MATCHED no oB
scURE THE RATE ROOSEVELT
WITH Thg PEoFLE-somE 7 HAT ARE ALREADY oONO ARE


Wsshington. Jan 2l.-Wiu the
United states senate succeed IA itsI
present endeayor 10 can" President
ROOSEVELT
That Is the question which Is M
teresting the average congressman
more than any problem Of state or
politics
Some THINK yes, some think no.
Time viii tell
"Canning" la what It 10 popularly
called Sometimes Il Is phrased other
wise. u IS said, for Instance that
the president la 20 BE- Hirimmed "
tNai ha ls io Be- "plncked and thar
ha % 10 be put on lco' nut the
gentlemen on the hiii seem 20 pro
Ter the word "oan.
What does 81 meang Simply thai
there is 10 be- a systematic campaign
90 discrodlt Mr. Roosevelt Ana thi.
By the leaders of his 0wn party
TIVE roason7 Rallway rate legIsla
iion.
AZ the beginning Of the new yeal
the railway interests and their irirnd1
in the senate changed their plans
General order no J closed an the
propaganda bureaus They were de-
cInred failures They have ied the
newspapers with railway dope al.
summer and fam, and failed 30 win
puhlic sentiment
General order 40. . waa for war
90 the knife. and the knife 20 the
hilt This ln che senate. To h--l
With the houael
Consequence; The various rate
bills Clncludlng the Doliiror bill)
are tied up hard and fast ln Elkins'
committee; the Eiklns committee hRg
ceased iia daily sessions, the Eiking
committee has suppressed the New.
comb'Adams report and digest OF last
springs hearings. an other possible
iogislatlon has been put ahead 0f the
rate matter
1he plan oi the senate opp0sition n
ID oppohe and discfedit Prosiden'
Roosevelt in every known way Tho
chief object n tu dlscredf him. "a
has been determined that the pregi.
dents strongest hold O. tho confidence
which he commands in the minds oi
ihe people. The thing 10 90 hrst,
then, o. 20 shake that confidence.
Fof ,hls purpose a series of "Ecan.
ialH" have been arranged The nrgt
on the boards is the Panama canal.
The lnYostlTaiion 90 salaries. con.
tracts, appointments. accomplish.
menfs and the whole endir win ha
prolonged indefinitely. and the worst
possible light wik be put on every
administration acl
Next after panama win come che
Philippines. a gfoal mass oi matter
Is being prepaed Cor a philippine
Investigation
THE 9anlo poming1 ffnatF and tha
actions ol tho administration in ihai
affair Hro expected 20 cH1y1 a ane
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
HOW WEATHER PLAYS
AN IMPORTANT


Brooklyn. n. y. Jan. 2a.--The on
GERS and employees OF the Brooklyn
navy yard are greatly Interested IN
the decision 10 regard 20 che Olympia.
the flagshlp Of Rear Admiral Brad
forda squadron. IN the West indies.
and me Cleveland and Dee Molnesi q
the same squadron. These vessels
were reported aome llino agc as great,
81 IN need % repairs, and "a seems
likely that the Olympia VIII ho placed
ont of commission on account % the
extensive work required on hor. iu
that event, the Minneapolis VIII be-.
some the ilnrship of the third squad.
ron of the North AtlabUc fleet u 81
question. however. OF more smport.
ance. whether these vessels shall be
seno 10 the Norfolk navy yard. %
Brooklyn. or TO Boston. Rear Admiral
Bradford has recommended that chs
vessels procned 10 New York Tor over.
heuling. Naval authorities in wash
ineion. on the other hand, believe the
ships should ESt 90 farther north az
thls time OF the year than Norfolk.
OF course, the ships Of Che third
squadron have been IN tropical waters
many months with practically no lin.
efiy The men are in such q physical
state as O. natural under the ci-cum'
stances Of the confinement in the
tropics. and q ls beloved that u the
vessels went 90 the Brooklyn navy
yard the change ln climate would be
COO greai. and. on the same theory,
the assignment 81 The ships 90 the
nos,0n yard would be- out Of the ques'
ton just now the destination of the
ships ls of great intorogt 20 the en-.
rluyes OF the brooklyn navy yard, Tor
wi,h the completion of the Connocti'
oui ana the inability 10 obtain necos-
Eary funds. for the beginning Of The
work on tho collier. which istO be built
here. u VIII be necessary 10 lot q num-
Der oi tho employees 40. unless some
extensive repair work can be found
for them.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
CUTS the RED TAPE
AND SAVES A TRAIN

I.0gansport. Ind. Jan. Signing
another mans manic without authority
flneraliy results Ia trouble, but in
tho case of ID b MoDcrmei, telegraph
operator "a Peoria Junction, ind- il
promlSes 90 prove stepping sione
~ promotion
Mcnormnt aitncnad his aunorleT on.
GERS signature io an important tole.
gram. nerviiy wired h aa o. X, and
waited FOR rosults The chief result
was that a train load Of people was
saved from a probable death And in'
stead of condemnation, which ne fnlly
expected. letters and tclqgrams Of
praise arrived from supporters on the
great Pennsylvania railroad
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

= ann not seeking for glory / sim.
ply did my duty, ahid MeDormeL
when ashed about o. "A ci1udhurst
JUST west 90 IOgauapou caused "a
Waahoui and a bad wreck io q freight
on the wcsth0und track while We
were all looking after this the opera.
tor at 0ehhar, fhc frat back station
wcai of Peoria junction. on the oaai-
hound track, called mo and said water
was running over the track just east
ul there ile lalns d nas man,
wired him % atop No 40. ihe east.
bound passenger train. and notify
them 90 run slow and looh out for
ihe washouf
-fhe operator refused. He said be
must have a mtg5age before he would
stop he train There was only q mo.
meut 10 decide That could do.
knew iO was due there then aud that
tho dispatcher was busy on ihe train
wire 50 ! wired Gehhart the neces-
sary order and signed ,. 81 c. our
Huperiniendeuta initials
no. 40 got The orders and about
one milo down grade CVom 0ebhart
found o waah0ut 60 10 90 feet long
aud about three feet dckp. Had the
train struck ihai place AZ her uenal
galt on SO miles nn hour. nobody can
ten what might have happened"
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

deni pays the slightest roSsrd 10 ON.
cial status, not less than 900 will
drinF 90 the health us the American
printcss." The guests ln the aggrc'
gate are estimated to reach i,BOD,
The breakfast Is 20 be- served In
the state dining room and tho Finest
caterers In New York have been re-
taincI The dellcncics viii be Wrought
from She ends OF tho earth. ANcndy
dainiica are arriving at the White
House from ambitious merchants wno
WIN liko an occasion 90 advertise
their wares
a Cflnoae merchant % san Fran
cisco sent some specially 6no con-
served ginger with the hope lHht Miss
Roosevelt would eat some on her wed.
dlrg momlna u did net seem 3 par
llcularlg nQuFoprialc giis ana Mr.
LonFaoflh al least does nni wish any
singer lntcfjocted into Che proceed
lnga bat Miss Roosevelt sent a letter
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
DisTiR0ulsHED EXPLORER
ADDRESS COONTRvMEN.

Minneapolis. Milan. Jan. "a l-Df
O4o Nordenssioid. arctic and ami
arcsle explorer. Traveller ana lecturer
HrriYed yesterday on hia American
lecture touf dEd W,il spgri a few lass
here among hig connirym who nave
made the most extensive preparations
t1 Noulzo the famous scmdlnavi2i D..
lasi evening ho aellyered q lcctuge
un hls ngril0nH expedition toward ta
s1uih pole phis lecture was undef
the auspices ~ ihe Minuesoia ecllcg
which has taken charge 0l al prepare
tiuns Tor the hig event The great
Traveller aaa explorer was received A.
his arrival hy a delegation repreaGntt
ing the ciiy gnfofnmcnl the Min1e
llia college and every single scandi.
naVlan society and club of thia city.
neglfca shat there we're several hun
drel coanirymCn of nr N0rdenskiald'
uho. although nnaitochcd % aRY com,
mi.ieo or delegation came to siFc the
tsaYelor q ,eaIly Welcome. puf'nE his
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
FAMOUS SINGER FOLLOWS
WIFE TO TIE GRAVE

San Francisco. Jan a. Harry
Gates, perhaps tho fnrHt lyric tenor
OF the American stage. ghose magnia.
cent voice made comic opera popular
ia this city. died last week The cause
OF his death was general doblliiy.
largely due 20 grief for the detth OF
his wife. whose stage asins wss Hat.
tie Moore. and who died IN Boston a
few weeks ago. Hia health began 10
fail rapidly on learning of her death
and the ond som came
Genial Harry Gates was well known
20 the thoatFicai world an0 90 the
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

heap OF fuel.
IN the maantiae every possible an.
noynnce which can be invented or cis.l
covered viii be directed againat tha
White House peraonai appointments
win not De- confirmed fste case oil
John hucklln Bishop, appointed cRnRl
commissioner; also Funkln Lane. of
california. appointed member inter
state commerce commission Both
eases hunk np indehuiely)
Dlligeni EFFORTS are being made TO
manipulate fao press. Sons of the
newspaper correspondents have been
persuaded that they have a erudso
owing 10 an alleged endeivor on tht
pari of White Houfe authorities 10
suppress news and 10 dictate TO-
special writer's
An iho Aue and cry over the so.
callud Morris Incident Is a part OF the
campaign 10 distredii Pres 'deat Roose.
rrit cfanks are removed from the
Waite House every day it la nn AN
inriunaiQ phase of public Ute. but 10
d phase that The glare 0f the presl.
denil8l once attracts crankA as q
candle flame attracts moths They
come hutterinR into if and they siuge
their wings. Stern measures are ah.
solniely essential 90 the safety 0f tho
president
Na one thought of mating a ma
iional anair of the case Of Mrs Nor.
ria until t1e secret 1lroea oi the
mighty senate were SET iu operation
Tho kick.up OF Jesse Oyarsireet and
ihe reported resignation ~ ChRirman
Hahcoek from the c0ngre slonai cam.
paim COMMITTEES. are part 1f the same
game. habcock has been heavy
HpeeulriOr 90 she stock mlrkct lately.
and thls alliances are with the Wall
street Influences which re back 0f
the railway campaign Ovtratroot does
not count for much one way 0s en-.
ether.
President Roosevelt has done ais
hest 10 avoid d rupture With me sen.
ate he wants legislation not a aHhL
a break with ihe senate wln put an
end 90 any hope for leElflabon. The
senate leaders are hoplns that their
eampalgn will drive him te "a opgn
break
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND
ENTEHTAtNs LEOlaLAToHa.

Annapolis. Mda Ian 2f Extensive
prrpafailona have been made az i1o
eHaentlvc mansion for the reception t0
the mamh0ra Of the state legislature
which Governor and ~ Warncia
VIII give thle evening Sra. Warf8id
win ha assisted in rdceiVlng by MrE
Oswald IiiFhEm. Wiio of the secretary
oi state. Mrs. clinton H. Riggs. eifo
oi ihe adiutani general Mfa Joseph
D. SEN vile ol tho prealdenf Of ihe
aenatfi Mrs. CarFille y. Henson. wife
" ihe aFfaRef of the house aud q
numhar nf other ladies who fro nef'
snnal friends of Mrs Wnrdeld.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
SOUTHERN KENNEL cLUn
olWEn SHOW AT MEMPHIS

Memphig Tenn, Jan. 11Iuu hfnt
annual bench show OF me Southern
Kennel club opens here today II viii
ho conducted under tho fulfs oi tho
American kennel club and VIII he an
annual institution. More than 500
d0ga are exhibited in the sdoW aud
many Of them have won atri pr'aes
AZ SOME 90 the most Important ofhlbi.
tlona ln THIS country Iha Southern
Hfnnel cIuh has succeeded in asinb.
llshlne regular circuit oi honrh
shows in the south and aiier ihe snow
N, ihia city q WIN make tnc clfcult
io Atlanta Louisville aud NASHVILLE.
Many prominent DON fanclerg are
here ana VIII attend the BE banquet
which win he given af the OasQsV
hotel this evening
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

patrons OF amuaemenis, especially io
those of the cid VlpDN. whore he
achieved hia frrt gr0ut success. and
maintained Tor many years the Woll
deserved reputation ~ ilelng lho best
lyric singer in the unitad States His
most succeaaiul roles Nerc tho tenor
roles IN "Faianliga' "Bolls of CornO.
villo' ard MaHiana aHd tho world
has never heard hia superior Ia these
dlmculf chaYactofa
AFTER leaving lhe fiyoA Gates sang
On churchca and al boneais and after.
ward edited the Muglc aud Drama iof
feYoyni yeaH Retiring from Journal.
iam he opened d store
Harry Gates was 3 erond nephew Oi
General H0fafi0 0aies oi revolution.
ary fame. and was 1s years oid nt
fhe time of hia deafh Ha moihos
was oi a promlnont English family
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

Kansas City. Kan. Jan. 2l--Noarly
500 lumbcrman from Missouri Kan.
gns. Oklahoma and lndlan Territory
are gathered here to attend ihe nnnuai
convention OF the Southwestern Lum.
hermen'R association, which opened
yesterday morning and viii last three
days The association ls composed Of
retail lumber dealers OF the States and
teFrltorioa named and has o number
of wholesale mmbfr dealers ON the
huuorary memhorship list rae whole.
aaie lumber dealers of this clty have
made extensive preparations Tor the
entertainment uf the visiting lumber
men and they viii undoubtedly have
d polly time. The fact that the Order
0f ihe Hoo Hoo. composed almost oX.
clu1ivoly Ol lumbeTmon. iF holding a
cuucatenation here at the same timo,
viii add considerably % the enjoy
ment % the Waiting mombors About
$50 candidates viii ho initiated during
she coacatenarl0n. After the adjourn
ment OF the convention the members
viii take y trip 20 Cuba
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
PENCIL eusAEas mGET

ffnnkfofi KY Jan, 2t-Thn Ken
tncky Press association Is holding ta
annual midWintof meeting Ia this
city The opening session was
devoteo 90 routine business There
viii D. another business session this
afternoon and IN the evening a meet
log viii be- held az which Che Nom
hera of she association will be- Rd.
dressed BY a. NJ Ford OF Louisville,
and Colonel GEORGE Harvey. editor of
HaFpers weekly, Of New York
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
uNpERslD THE TRUST
ON TOBACCO FOR Nav.

Washington, ID C.. Jan. Gf-For the
nrai time In several years the navy
department has this year been able
20 award ita contracts for tobacco for
the next nacal year to a coucern not
identified with the sO-csrod tobacco
trust Hitherto the prices of rival BID.
dera have been such thai the award
81 the contract had go bs made 10
firm believed t9 have bean c0nnoctod
with the trust Last yea the con.
tract was nos awarded 10 the 6rir
whose samples wore considered the
best bccHuse the prlce demanded WAS
too high. but this year the arm offer.
ms the best samples, offered them
ai 15 cents d pound, whlah is cunsid-
cred a very reasonable price.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

Dayton. O. Jan. "a The annual
meeting Of thc Ohio State DslrymenH
association opened here today vita
headquarters Al fhe Algonquin hoiel
ln connection with the convention nn
exhibition of supplies. machinery ana
proiacis for and 0f daifles ls held Oh
ihe anueF io iho hotel One oi me
interesting features wlI b. thal tho
iHdsINs wli bc done vuhlIelg curing
che convention The scorers Wlll make
iha tests and according io ih3 results
1hihinad nnnounpo fhe aUEfdH airs
iug ihe rcnaona ior making fbe awards
ln each case one nf the principal
spoasors ~ the rouFpniieu W'li ha
forster Governor w D Hoard of wis.
consin. who arrived here thlH maru.
lng and Wiz remain teIo Nurine ne
ihrqe days NJ the cauFenAen
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
osLER 70 LEcruRE

baltimore sd. Jan. 2A.-Dr. Oslor.
q professor a. Oxford, England
nog on q visit In this city. went 20
Annapolis this morniuR, where he will
deliver an address this evening before
fhe Maryland Association for the Pre-.
ventiOn and Relief Of tuberculosis Il
81 expected that Q number OF members
of the state Legislature viii attend
the meeting 30 obtain Information Ga
regard 20 thc proposition of establish.
Ing state tuberculosis hospital.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
RUSSIAN JEWS pHOMigeO
rUHTHER CONCESSIONS.

81 reiefabufE lau af.-Furihff
concesslnna g was ANNOUNCED today
have been Faniad % tho Jews in ihe
govcrnmont Of Ruaaiu. whore they en.
Joy the riFht oi domicNe by the addl
TON of 1888 places Do country districts.
where they eni D. uermitied So fe.
SIDE without h|ndenaeo.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

for the purpose Not any oi this work
will be performed at The executive
Offices by 40 clerks who are paid by
the EoFnrnmeai
fhoRe Whn Know Say that not less
shan goo win uiinete the nupiial ser
vice. These will Include the family Of
Miss Roosevelt and Mr LonRworih
and he cl0,'e friends end the highest
oncialH of the government AZ 10 ihe
rocepfieni q ~ stated that " the prosl-
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

stay IA this city Dr. Nordenskjold VIII
BE- the guest af several receptions,
han0uela and other social functions
arranged in bis honor
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
no AMENDnEhY ro lets
% PINES TREATY.

WaEhlntNQn n N san The
senate e0mmitife on foreign reia,
i.ong today voted ~ report lho lrcety
with Cuba. cedluf lAc isla oi Pines %
ihst rerutiic Tho Treaty was not
amended.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

~ WAS rHE LiD.
"Nai Nnh e folh poe down ui,h wch
humn9
d Waa lhc id
"hal WAS Che Thing chat mR9o Mis-
aouF' mmpf
70 wa6 tae iid
Whni waa q apfead io oiaef towns
~ quick
Ana fsl uDon them lAs q load Of
brick.
When Fols bad shown the way 10 DO
The tr.ckf
it vaa Do lld
what bsp4 Bu shuners vifa before
th0 glas8f
it una the lid.
And what made Hill sfir nn a row
N was tie iid.
soue ai'y planhs BIZ bank account
Nas slack
He landed on hls stylish wile-
kerW0agki
When ~ fiuwbl0d "a fae thine thai
aai klm bafA
q NaF tho nd
What vac & osuao1 Ilm amita 20
punch nm NYof
Do was ere lid
Wey U ihey dont speak az fheY
paa1 hyq
g was fha no
llm placed hin hign mk bay upon
chair
Ana 300 nouent later ssi Gown
WhefUeH
We'll somelhlng eraeked nae biaEpn
thes aaa ihfe
"a wa tho lid.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27

Jan sl. i88sFhas W lawson asa
g.of preiirf iho downial of the stan.
dafd on crowd
Jan. ~ 1879 Congressman %.
c'iued in ride on railroad naases.
lan 20 lflT 50 attempt made bv
lhoe q Ryan 90 grab New Yogh
streets
~ fof liI.man ha makes Noise
AAe United States senator.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-12
Obituary Notes.

Louis Brown OF 149 Lexington avenue. who
as architect with McKim, Mead & White some
years ago. had charge of their work on the
newer halls at West Point. the library of
New York University and the residence OF
James Henry Smith. formerly the w. C.
Whitney home, at Sixty-eighth street and Fifth
avenue, died Tuesday evening At the Presbyte-
rian Hospital of pneumonia He was ~ years
old and unmarried. Both his parents are dead.
Of the CITY Of SeIS York in iss7, He was with
Mckin, Mead & White for some years and
left them 70 become a member Of the firm
later he started in business alone at Al Union
Square. later moving to g. William street.
gagged on the residence OF H. E Whitney at
and william + Decker At Greenwich, co9n;
new house on Forty-fourth street for the
Alpha Deltq Phi Club. of which he vas q
me sSsie,; M q B eGlo1is T2 VAIL als0 The Z n Hrobjsso Of
qTal leagueb; s.. he BE- Ame Elsa sn ldPI ~, ! Kroi pr
wood Country Club. The funeral will be held
at 10 o'clock Friday morning from All Souls
Church.
Col. Robert Cristy. for many years a mem
Der Of the Washington bar died az his home
Of Robert &, iingeTsoii' Col, Cristty Conducted
many warm debates with the great ~aGnostic
ana E Sis e H9pfia i9s h's Of e ePisfsm@ 1t p5o FORMS
Of speech. shortly before his death he
grasped a small crucitlN and EXCLAIMED,
"And yet Ingersoll says there is no here
after" Col Cristy was born in Cadiz, Ohio,
in 1882, was graduated from Miami University
and went to Washin Rton in 1872.
Mrs. Elizabeth Marsden Newton; widow Of
Stephen Miner Newton of ,Dunkirk. died
Tuesday night in her s~eventy-third year. She
George Marsden, and lived here until her
marriage in 1857, with the exception OF four
years of her childhood. She taught in the
city schools ten years, and went with her
husband TO Fredonia. y, Y, in 1857. and in
1884 removed to Dunkirk. She is survived
BY one son, George Marsden Newton. one
grandson and one sister, Miss Caroline Adele
Marsden.
Mrs. Minnie Perry Ward, wife of DR. Leslie
insurance Company, died at her home. 1858
Broad street. Newark, yesterday afternoon.
She is survived by her husband and one son.
Leslie Perry Ward. She was the daughter
of the late James Perry of Newark, one OF the
foremost leather manufacturers OF the coun-
try in his day.
Helen Rutherfurd Russell, daughter OF
the late DR.. John Watts, first president OF
the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
and widow Of Archibald Russell, died yes
terday at q West Tenth street, She was the
architect.
The funeral Of Mrs. Eliza A; Helms will be
held to-morr@w at 4 P. NJ, at her late home,
1911 Albemarle road, l~atbush. A error
as to time was made in the announcement
in this column Yesterday.
Mrs. Patty Miller Stocking, daughter Of the
late Justice Miller of the United States SUI
preme Court. died in Washington Tuesday
evening. .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-12
ORITJ.4RY.
Frano!s E. Cnnroh.

Francis Plarcellus Church, for many
years IN editorial writer for THv SIN
died yesterday at his home, 20 East Thir-
tieth street, after an illness Of several
months.
Mr.. Church was born in Rochester, n. Y.
on February 20, 1899. He was the son Of the
Rev, DIR. Pnarcellus Church, himself an
able writer and oontroversiqlist, and a
grandson Of Willard Church, a soldier of
the Revolutionary War, who was a prisoner
for eight or nine months on the prison ship
Jersey. Mr.. Church was also a lineal de-
scendant Of Roger Conant, Governor IT
the Massachusetts Colony. As a boy he
studied in Charles Anthon's Latin School
in this city and he WIS graduated with
honors from Columbia College in 1889.
He studied in the Office Of Judge Hooper
c. Van VoIst, but put aside the law to take
up literary work. He was the editor Of
the old Gdidry Magazine, and was asso-
ciated with his brother, Col William Conant
and Mary Journal and the Internal Reuenue
Record. In recent years he had taken no
part in the management Of these papers.
but he remained a director in the corpora
ton which owns them.
His wife, who was Elizabeth Wiokham of
Philadelphia, survives him. They had no
children. Mr.. Church was a member of
the Sons of the Revolution, the National
SCULPTURE Society and the Century Club.
Mr.. Church was a member Of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church OF the Transfgura-
ton and his funeral will take place from
there on Sun day.