The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-16
OBITUARY..

Walter A. Donaldson, so yea rs old, for many
years in the United States Naval ONCE In
New York. and who was Collector OF Customs
during the Spanish-American war at Santi-
ago de Cuba under Gen. Shafter. died at his
home in Berkeley Heights Park, Bloomfield.
late yesterday afternoon of q cancerous
growth, after an illness of about one year.
althou gh he had been confined to his bed
only a few hours. During the past winter
Mr.. Donaldson was In Washington with the
commission appointed by the Government
TO revise the custom laws. As Naval Officer
tration at the. st. Louis exposition. and he
had u wide experience in the work OF inter-
national expositions. having beer, assigned
fairs in Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta.
He was also the first United States Collector
OF Customs on the island Of Cuba, and after
ward the Director OF Customs in Santo Do
a a'. soh. Of the late late Waiter n ponaldsoa, Who Mas Mas
ment in the civil war. tip to W years ago he
reside in New York. where he was Identified
with several organizations, including the
York Catholic Club. His wife is daughter OF
the late MaJor;Gen. f. OK Ord. He Is sur
yived by two children by his first wife.
Lewis William Washington died yesterday
at Nice, France, He was 81 Years old and born
al Pittsburg, Mr.. Washington was the prcsi-
dent OF the PittsburE Sheet Steel NJ anufact-
% %hea he eG sol 9 oS, KS i tH ssyerq 10 X iGs Gni aeS
States Steel Corporation, Since then he had
mot been r. IN sr sS,tye ns Sg', u, ,ss and tgde had 4. LIVED Ssd
S SeeD IN bad health health PIT nj. % u sds ai%S h fsth hsa
the late Major James Barroll Washington,
OF, John AuRustin Washington on his fathers
81 sddf f,.s s9s a He mrs % ana boils siq sa q sssosp Id e
survived by his wife. who Is a sister Of John
Watson Cox Of this city. William Lanier
Washington. OF this city Is a brother of the
dead man.
Luther ,Lapdon Barney. general agent and
head Of the loss department OF the, German
ieraay at h Ls'R Soms' .S SG% FRiftR ave dlsa y ss
the civil war, being mustered out at the close
ness immediately after. He had, charge at
one time Of the New York state business Of
i s"9n asn %Ss a mere memb tssH Of t6e AS fmy amy SS MI:
Club and the Loyal Legion.
George W. Royce, president and manager
Of the Ajax Company. died suddenly. on Mon
some friends end vent at II O'clock to bis
sat fst'dd; down BY her bedside. Teamed back Sei, In "a a
tsilure was ths cause; Ms; Royce vas 90 years
Of John a Dix Post G 4 R. Of Sew YORK.
Mrs. Theoore +. Reynolds Of West Orange.
illness OF two weeks. She was a daughter OF
the late N. X. Fairbank, the Chicago packer.
cember 8, 1908. She was 81 years old. MIR,
Reynolds Is a broker with an office at SO Wall
street.
Edwin Miller Douglass. who was cashier
OF the German National Bank in Newark
before its absorption by the Unlon National
Bank. died at his home. 1919 Broad street.
In lsI7. and entered the employ Of the City
National Bank upon leaving school, He is
survived by his wife,
Hiram Littsll Birdsell. long a United States
Government storekeeper in Manhattan, died
on Monday. al. his home. +l6 halsey. street.
a civil war veteran and a member Of o. 8
Grant Post. G. A. r, He leaves a widow and
daughter,
Jnhn n. freeman. who had been engaged
for thirty years. died on Monday, at bis home,
?4o Clermont avenue. In his sixty-eiEhth year.