The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-27
OBITUARY..

Isaac j. Allen, once well known in legal
and literary circles. died on Sunday night
at the residence OF j. b. Couse. in Norris
town. \. j.. where he had been boarding.
He was % years old, He was a physician as
well as lawyer. From 1881 TO 1895 he was
editor In chief of the .Ohio state journal.
President, Lincoln sent, him 10 Hongkopg
as United States Consul, Az that time the
aud China were strained and Mr.. Allen did
much to straighten out the tangle. He was
SO well liked by the Chinese that they offered
him twice the salary he was receiving from
Uncle Sam If he would stay and advise them
in their business dealings with other co4n-
country. For the last fifteen years he had
not been engaged in active business out
for his own amusement he had done much
ohio Society OF New York and at its last
banquet at the Waldorf Astoria was a prom
since his retirement from business, A son.
Theodore, who Is In business In Clhc'nhatl.
survives him. .
charles j. Seymour, formerly a Major Of
teers, died at his home, "a Linden street,
Brookllne, on Sunday after an illness OF
February 5. 1870, at Colebrook. Conn, He Is
said to have been q direct descendant OF Sir
Edward Seymour. Duke of Somerset, brother,
Fl '%uE viii Hfl' Of England. Major seymour
enlisted on April 20, 1881, asa private IN Com
pany A. Tenth Regiment; New o@m s sHlundi
lieutenant ana aide-de-camp. to Brig Gen.
Sickles. served as Lieutenant IN Company "a
resigned to assume the rank Of Major, Twenty
pdartticipqted in the sheneIdoah Valley cam
paign. lie was honOrably discharged Tor
disability on January IS, 1885. He resided
in Brookllne for nineteen years A WE
survives him.
at his home at Rydal. near Philadelphia, after
n long illness. He was born in 1910. In 1882
he formed q partnership with an older
prosperous existence for ffty;nine yeers;
He was one Of the g pT I%noTesnt or a de Gsn OF h
Philsdeiphia railway system. He was an early
member Of the Union League and 2 constant
the wounded and sick Of the Union armies.
He, retired from business in 1891 ID ana "a sipHG ice
had divided his tine stntG 2etM S ei,Is h near IN fs1 fs nis
ia fat fse L 1ohs s h,d & pi lis SOM soH"J joseph !.
sdifDl of L }P.; w@a 'S WoSoi R i"e and Of present
is engaged in literary and publishing pur-
suits In this city,
Waiter /: ! II, o Jones e,t the S sGn OF ye s9en "a; ap at
his home, 1871 Madison avenue. He was
605 T at Cold : as sDriHdE Har Of Major Ii r. r h 1ssS
Jones' or Who settled. at South Oyster bay
now Massapequa-in 1892. Mr.; Jones was
graduated from Columbia College IN the
GtHRH OIL lbOV, El lobt NV ma ". -. ~
son Bailey, daughter of Rear Admiral Thee
dorus Bailey. He leaves q daughter the
and several grandchildren. Mr., Jones. was
a member of the Bar Association and for
many years was a marine underwater ana
average adiuster; He was a member OF me
University Club. the Seawanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Club and the American Geographical
SoCiety, of which he was treasurer.
John Miller Kirk. for thirty-fve yeare
the American. and Red Star steamship
companies died at o'clock yesterday morning
of heart failure at his home ,il2 West Seventy
Ireland, About forty years ago he BECAME
general agent here OF the Tnman Line. When
the 1nman company, retired he became the
manager of the saloon passenger depart
,nentS Of the American and Red Star lines.
H was taken I'LL. Thursday and died In his
sleep. MIR. Kirk leaves two daughters. MIS-.
NJ. NJ. BeldIng, Jr.. and Mrs. S. +. Dollner. ooth
of this city.
Charles 6. Holland, who had been con-
ISOLATED Press for about forty. years, and
who was for a number Of years day manager
Of that office. died Of lBright's disease al, his
home. 235 West i0sth street, yesterday.
He was 90 years old. Mr., Holland began
work in the Washington once of the AS
ISOLATED Press as a boy. He leaves @ widow,
laughter and n brother. James Holland OF
Washington.
Put Gustave Smith. a well known Brooklyn
MA Stuyvesant avenue. in his lxty-sevent
year. he was n graduate OF the Royal Col
iepe, Sweden, and a member of the Kings
Coulty Pharmaceutical Society. He leaves