The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-01
OBITUARY..

Charles t. Ellis, the vaudeville actor, died
yesterday morning of pneumonia at his
home. 43 First street, Brooklyn. Ellis,
whose real name was Charles Taylor Scott,
was So years old and was born in Philadelphia
Ellis began as a SOM and dance man in little
halls and theatres in Philadelphia. He first
gained prominence when. with George Prim-
| rose and two banjos. he made a tour of the
O'Briea's circus. In 1873 Ellis went into
Emmet. Later he doubled up with Harry
Watson In, a musical sketch. Ellis had an
S%SstsPt50tn oarSSd f shs cod ie49F in vG 1s2s wi He Tan and d
PASTORS show and at the time they were the
highest paid variety performers in the country,
ualiy went in for German dialect comedy
and was starred in "Caspar the Yodler" for
a1ongd Te PSiIsdielp aG o"F He % eoSas real : v Gstste
Who Was clara Moore. a. vaudeville sin ger
His brother Arthur is a theatrical manage
and his sister Evelyn is the widow Of Louis
a thirt y:second degree Mason and a member
Of the Kismet Temple, Mystic Shrine.
John Treat Irving, a nephew of Washing g
home, I2f East Thirty-seventh street. lie
was the son OF John Treat Irving, who was
Chief Judge Of the New York Court of Com
born on December 2. 1912. He was graduated
from Columbia College, in 1920 and was the
a trustee Of the college for many years. i'm
mediately after graduation Mr., Irving studied
do, considerable literary work. His first
publication. Sketches in an Expedition to
ESeland' e. was his Hawk Shiei," which vas
w wri { IS 'Rsre Hs sThe yf 1tForp a%s n!hd ais P assr
son" and "fhe Van Gelder' Papers Sir,
Irving married Miss Helen Aston, a sister Of
Authors and Century clubs and the Columbia
University. Alumni Association. He leaves
two daughters.
State Superintendent of Public Buildings
Robert j. Hill, died very suddenly yesterday
afternoon at his boarding place in Albany.
He had been at work as usual, leaving at mid
day for lunch. After eating he was attacked
with, acute INDIGESTION, and although he
received medical attendance he sank rapidly
b been d in the shG sta{e f bsparttm S.Gl0S of sa hs hed
for five years. having been appointed from
Newburgh as Q deputy under former Super
der was made State Fiscal Supervisor Mr..
Hill acted as head OF the department for some
months, and Vas on y II, 1909 appointed
Mrs Ellen Moore Thomson. wife of the
late William. Thomson of New York. died in
Pittsdeld. Mass: last night. She was So
bought the country place of Fanny Kemble
Butler in LenoN. There Mrs. Thomson
spent pc w her sSmm We5s t 9n5 Pjtt aSSHf f Tpor years s5s
y - tA' "N'e W = NV W ANI Sill
has since lived. She is survived by three
sons. William 4. Of New York, and John and
Ernest A. of Pittsfeld.
The Rey. Anna E: Smith, from 1889 to
1878 one of the most famous mission workers
in New York and founder Of the Star Of Hope
missions in Spring street and South Fifth
avenue. died at Danbury. Conn. yesterday
Of old age, aged so. She was a graduate
physician and first to establish free dispen-
saries in New York in connection with mission
work.
James A.. .Cryan, a deputy collector of
customs at this port. died yesterday at his
home. l2S West i2sd street, He was born in
the customs service in 1859. His son-in-law,
Louis Abel. is the Japanese agent OF the
Standard Oil Company.
John +. Brady. head of a big canned goods
Establishment at Bird seton. \. j., died on
Brooklyn, in his sixtleth year, from the eff
fects of a fall from the parlor window on
Friday. He leaves a widow.
Hirman Luckett, who served in the Mexi-
can war as Il teamster and private and after
ward became a successful miner in the rush
to California in is49, died at the residence
of his daughter in Washington on Tuesday.
He was about rs years old.