Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-03
THE YEARS DEAD
Work of the Dread De-
stroyer In 1906. -
NOTABLE NAMES ON THE ROLL
Writers, Artists, Statesmen, Cap
tains of Finance, Soldiers and
Actors Claimed by Death All
Social Ranks Invaded.

2. Gen. Francis Fossenden. noted civil
war veteran, in Portland Me; aged &c.
4. Harrison william Weir well known
illustrator OF birds and animals, in
Lewes England; aged 50.
7. Mary Mcdonald. said to be the oldest
woman In the world, in Philadelphia;
aged 1885,
10. DR.. William Rainey Harper, noted
Hebrew scholar and president of the
University Of Chicago, in Chicago;
aged 40.
IL. Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, noted
Scotch writer, we'll known by a series
of diaries covering the latter half Of
the nineteenth century, in London;
aged II.
16. Commodore William p. Mccain, y.
g. N, retired known as the Father
Of the White Squadron" at New
Rochelle. n. Y; aged &C.
II. Marshall Field Of Chicago, the richest
merchant in the world, in New York
city; aged 20
22 George Jacob Holyoake, British au-
thor and lecturer. at Brighton, Eng
land aged So.
g. Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler. u.
S. A., retired former lieutenant gen
eral of the Confederate States Of
America and prominent in public life
since the civil war, in Brooklyn; aged
CO.
&c. Christian TX. Of Denmark. father Of
Queen Alexandra of England and re-
lated by blood or marriage to many
European rulers, at Copenhagen; aged
IS.
FEBRUARY.
2, Lord Masham Samuel Cunliffc-Lis-
teri noted inventor and manufac-
turer, at Masham. England; aged 81.
T. Paul Metternich. son of Prince Met
ternich the Austrian minister who
was hostile to Napoleon l.. at Vienna;
aged II.
10. Paul Laurence Dunbar the negro poet
at Dayton, O.; aged 81.
2 Hon. David p. Henderson. former
speaker Of the house of representa-
tlvcs. ut Dubuque. Ia. aged 55.
a. Prof Samuel p. Langley. secretary Of
the Smithsonian institution and n SCI
enlist Of worldwide reputation. at
Aiken, 8. c.
l. Lieut.. Cen. John NJ. schoheld, U. s..
A., retired. at St. Augustine, Fla. !;
aged 10.
10. Eugene Richter. Radical leader OF the
reichstag. long an opponent of Bis
marck and one OF Germany's most
noted political editors in Berlin aged
CS
Ii. Dr. Manuel Quintana, president of
the Argentine Republic, at Buenos
Ayrcs: aged Il.
I
man suffragist. at Rochester. y. y;
aged Sc
20 Mrs. A. D. r. whitney. authoress best
known BY her stories for young peo-
pie, at Milton Mass; aged So
! % Or Robert Ogden Doremus, we'll
known chemist. IN New York city;
aged 49,
25. Col. H. *. Shackeford, author of pop
ular detective stories, at cambridge.
Ga; aged Go.
q. w. II. Mcdonald we'll known actor.
one of the orignal "Bostonians," at
Springfield, Mass; ged Sc.
ArRIL.
L. Gen. Blanco, last captain general OF
Cuba, in Madrid aged "A.
6. Eastman Johnson. noted genre painter
In New York city; aged 81.
| 8. Alexander Lange kielland. the fore
most Norwegian novelist, called the
"Daudet Of Norway" at Bergen. aged
81.
10. Nathaniel Southgate Shalcr, dean OF
the Lawrence Scientific school at Har'
ward. in Cambridge. Mass: aged 65.
| IA. Miss tombstone Bennett. the actress
at Bloomfield. n. j. aged SO.
Is. Father Louis Martin, general of tbs
Society Of Jesus. or order OF Jcsuits
| in Rome: aged 81.
Daniel Huntington. American historical
and genre painter, in New York city
aged 90.
49, Prof Curie. discoverer Of radium, kill
cy by wagon accident in Paris; agec
II.
q. Cen Martin Z. Mcmahon. noted vet
eran OF the civil war, in New Yorl
city. aged c.,
Is. Gen z. s. Serrell, noted civil engineer
connected with the Hoosac tunnel an(
other enterprises and later distinguish
ed In tho siege OF Charleston. In New
York city; aged 50.
MAY.
l. Michael Davitt. noted Irish patriot. IL
Dublin; nEed 60.
l. w +. owen. noted American actor, II
New York city; aged g.
H. Carl Schurz, noted GermanAmerical