Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-07
NOTED CONDUCTOR IS DEAD
PASSING OF ITALIAN BROUGHT
HERE BY ABBEY.
Pioneer Virginia Fruit Grower Dies.
Recognized Authority on
Horticulture.

NEW YORK November 1.-August Via
nesi, first conductor at the Metropolitan
Opera House. and held in high repute in
the musical world, both here and abroad.
died Tuesday in the French Hospital.
whittier he had been taken from his home,
No 100 West JSth street. October %
Signor Vianesi was eighty-one years old
and for the last ten years had taught
music in New York. He was buried in
Greenwood this morning, the funeral cere-
mony taking place in the chapel of the
Stephen Merritt Burial Company.
In his earlier years Signor Vianesi was
4 celebrity at his birthplace. Milan. Italy.
Victor Maurel took him to Paris to con-
duct at his Theater des Italiens. where
Edouard de Reszke, Emma Calve. Gay
ARE and Jean de Reszke sang. His sue
cess was instantaneous. He became
French citizen in order to become con-
ductor at the Opera in Paris.
Henry f. Abbey brought him to New
York to rival the famous Signor Ard1ti.
He was in the chair when Faust was
produced October %, 1888. He returned
to Paris when Mr.. Abbey retired. but
der the Abbey and Grau management.
Later he conducted French opera in New
Orleans. He was esteemed to be thor
ough musician and most slAlled con-
ductor.
DR.. John S. Lupton Dead.
WINCHESTER. Va. November DIR.
John S. Lupton, one of Winchester's most
prominent citizens. is dead here, aged
eighty years. DR.. Lupton was the pioneer
fruitgrower of the Shenandoah valley, and
his were the first commercial orchards in
Frederick county. Compelled to abandon
his profession of medicine on account of
deafness. he turned to fruitgrowing, and
his orchards yielded handsome returns
and made him wealthy. He was recog-
nized as an authority on horticulture, and
his advice was eagerly sought. DR.. Lup-
ton leaves two sons s. L. LuptOn OF
Washington and Edward Lupton of this
city and two brothers, ex-Mayor Thomas
N. Lupton ana Rev. Jonah w. LuptOn,
both of Winchester.
Descendant Of John Alden Dead.
BOSTON, Mass, November flames
NJ. Alden. a descendant in the sixth gen.
Grafton Of John and Priscilla Alden, the
celebrated Plymouth lovers, Is dead at the
home of his daughter in Bridgewater.
aged eighty-five years. In early life he
was a prOspector for gold in California,
but returned east and settled on property
purchased from the Indians by the Alden
family. Five children survive him.
A Legislator of 1889 Dies.
WATERBURY, Conn.,, November =
Samuel Adams. eighty-seven oldest male
resident of East CRANKY, died yesterday
of q complication of diseases. He was
born and had lived since then in the near
vicinity of his home. He and Mrs Adams,
who survives him, recently celebrated
their sixty-third wedding anniversary. He
had always been active in municipal af-
fairs, representing the town in the assem-
bly, as early as 1899.
Notes.
Lyman F. Holman, formerly we'll known
in New York commercial circles, died at
the residence of his son-in-law, Rev. DR..
Lyman Geddes, at Centre Moriches, Long
Island. Thursday. He was eighty years
Old and for years was in the milling and
Touring business.
Joseph G. Walcott, retired New York
banker and broker, died Thursday of
heart disease in the home of his son-in-
law. Ephraim Miller of White Plains,
aged sixty-siX years. He wis born in
Providence, r. l., but lived in Stamford,
Conn, most Of his life.
Walter A. Dennison OF New York and
Pittsburg, president of the American Oil
Development Company and we'll known
throughout the OIL field country as an
authority. died of acute Indigestion in
Brooklyn. He was flfty-siX years old and
one of the best known of the independent
producers.
Frank Semple, sixty-seven years old.
who was in charge of the William Thaw
estate and interested in many financia,
institutions, died of pneumonia in Pitts
burg yesterday.