The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-03

LYMAN beeCHeT, Ut
Hartford. Conn. aged S.
26 Rev. Henry Martyr Field, clergyman
and author. former editor OF the New
York Evangelist. at Stockbridge.
Mass; aged IS.
FEBRUARY.
Z Hugh O. Pentecost, preacher, lawyer
lecturer and all round freethinker, in
New York city: aged Co.
6. Rear Admiral Albert Kautz. u. S. N,
retired veteran of the civil war. at
Florence. Italy: aged 6S.
I. Isabelle Urquhart,. the actress, at
Rochester. N. Y
Prof. Mendeleef celebrated Russian
chemist OF worldwide fame, In ST.
Petersburg; aged 70.
10. Sir William Howard C"Buu RUM
Russell. famous English war CORE
spondent, in London; aged Sc.
IL. Ex-Gov. Frank w. Higgins Of New
York at Clean: aged 81.
ls. Princess Clementine OF Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha. daughter of Louis Philippe of
France, in Vienna: aged 80.
.. A. c. Gunter. novelist and playwright.
In New York city; aged So.
MARCH.
!. Wendell Phillips Garrison. son of
William Lloyd Garrison. the abolition
leader and one OF the editors of the
Nation, in New York city; aged &c.
world famous Zion community, in Chi
cago; aged GO.
II. NJ. Casimir- Perler. ex-president of
France, in Paris: aged CO.
II. Maurice Grau. the widely known grand
opera impresario, in Paris; aged S.
It, John O'Leary. Fenian leader and we'll
known writer and editor, in Dublin;
aged a.
IL. Mrs. Featherstone Osler, mother of
the noted age limit theorist, Dr. Will
liam Osler, in Toronto; aged 100
10. Thomas Bailey Aldrich. poet, author
and playwright. in Boston: aged 90.
q. Gen. Theodore ]. WHIT u. S. A, vet
eran OF TIA civil war and commander
of the derArtment OF Missouri in Phil
adelphia; aged Co.
p. Prof Ernst Won Bergrnann, noted Ger
man army surgeon. in Wiesbaden:
aged 20.
81. Galusha A Crow. noted speaker of
congress in the sixties and striking
figure In the political history OF the
country. at Glenwood. Pa; aged IS.
APRIL.
6. DR.. William Henry Drummond, Ca
madam poet, at Cobalt. Ont: aged 81.
8. Rev. DR.. John Johnson, rector emeri-
tus of st. Philips church, Charleston.
survivor and principal historian OF the
Confederate defense OF Fort Sumter,
In Charleston: aged 70.
l3. Daniel II. Chamberlain. reconstruction
governor OF South Carolina, at Char
lottesville. Va. aged 72.
Is. Prof. Thomas S. Noble. noted painter
and art teacher. in New York city;
aged "A.
S. Gen. John Watts de Peyster. noted
New York soldier and author. in New
York city; aged Sc
6. Gen. Henry Ronald Douglas McIver
~ tha 60,
had fought under many flags. in New
York city.
DR.. John Watson Gan Maclaren). the
Scotch author. at Mount Pleasant, Ia;
aged 81.
s. Edmund G. Ross. former United States
senator from Kansas. at Albuquerque.
n. M: aged 81.
10. Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox. U. S. A., re-
tired. veteran OF the Mexican and civil
wars, at Coburg. Ont: aged S..
IA. Gen. Matthew NJ. Blunt. L. S. A. re-
tired. veteran of the Federal army in
the civil war. in Brooklyn; aged II.
Is. Edwin H. Conger. who was United
States minister to Picking during the
Boxer war. at Pasadena. Cal aged 64
%. Theodore Tilton, editor and author
formerly associated with Henry Ward
Beecher and plaintiff in the famous
Beecher-Tilton suit, in Paris; aged ~.
Is. Mrs. William Mckinley. widow OF the
tate president, al canton, o.: aged CO.
JUNE.
.. Gen. Thomas Ruger. T. S. A, retired
veteran OF the civil war. at Stamford
Conn: aged "a
9, Julia Magruder. novelist. at Richmond,
Va: aged IS.
Il. United States Senator John Tyler Nor
gan OF Alabama In Washington; aged
So.
IA. Gen. Bartoleme Maso. one OF the "Old
Guard" OF Cuban revolutionists. for
. mer official of the provisional govern
ment. at Manzanillo. Cuba: aged 70.
IS. Alexander Stewart Herschel, noted
English astronomer. in London: aged
~.
q. Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. widow of the
great scientist and one of the found
ers of Radcliffe college. at Boston:
aged 81.
%. Francis Murphy. noted temperance
lecturer. at Los Angeles CAL: aged Il.
July
L. Francis b. Thurber. merchant. lawyer
and economist. in New York city;
aged 65.
10. Mrs. w. C. Jones. an actress of the
al school. In NeI. York clt.-, aGcd L.