Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-02

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Hooker. last of the GNA
children of the Rev.
Hartford. Conn; aged So.
rs. Rev. Henry Martyr Field, clergyman
and author. former editor Of the New
York Evangelist. at Stockbridge.
Mass: aged s..
FEBRUARY.
Z Hugh o. Pentecost, preacher. lawyer.
lecturer and all round freethinker. in
New York city; aged GO.
s. Rear Admiral Albert Kautz. L. S. N.
retired veteran of the civil war, at
Florence, Italy; aged 6S.
7. Isabelle Urquhart. the actress, at
Rochester, N. Y.
Prof. Mendeleef. celebrated Russian
chemist of worldwide fame, in st.
Petersburg; aged %.
10. Sir william Howard C"Bull Rum
Russell, famous English war CORE
s%pondent, in London aged SO.
II. Ex-Gov Frank w. Higgins OF New
York at Olean: aged 81.
IS. Princess Clcmentine Of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, daughter of Louis Philippe Of
France. In Vienna; aged 90.
IS. A G. Gunter. novelist and playwright,
in New York city; aged So.
MARCH
1. Wendell Phillips Garrison, son of
Viiliam Lloyd Garrison. the abolition
leSbtT ana one OF tne eQlTOrS or the
Nation. IN New York city; aged s..
8. John Alexander Dowic. founder of tho
world famous Zion community, in Chi
cago; aged GO.
II. NJ. Casimir-P erier, ex-president of
France. In Paris: aged 90.
IA. Maurice Grau. the widely known grand
opera impresario. in Paris; aged So.
16. John O'Leary. Fenian leader and we'll
known writer and editor. In Dublin;
aged II.
Is. 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 50.
q. Gen. Theodore j. Whit. u. g. A, vet
eran of the civil war and commander
of the department of Missouri, in Phil
adelphia: aged So.
2b. Prof. Ernst Won Bergman. noted Ger
man army surgeon. in Wiesbadcn;
aged 70.
81. Galusha A. Grow. noted speaker Of
congress in the sixties and a striking
figure in the political history OF the
country. at Glenwood. Pa aged SO.
APRIL.
6 DR.. William Henry Drummond. Ca
madam poet, at Cobalt. Ont; aged So.
8. Rev. DR.. John Johnson. rector emeri-
tus of st. Philips church. Charleston.
survivor and principal historian of the
u vi uiiitt .
in Charleston; aged e.
10. Daniel H.. Chamberlain. reconstruction
governor of South Carolina, at Char
lottesville, Va: aged y.
%. 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.
s. Gen. Henry Ronald Douglas McIver.
veteran Of the Confederate army, who
had fought under many flags. in New
York city.
Scotch author. at Mount Pleasant. Ia.
aged 81.
8. Edmund g.. Ross, former United States
senator from Kansas. at Albuquerque
n. M: aged 81.
10. Gen. Orlando r. Wilcox. ". 8. A., re-
tired. veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars. at Coburg. Ont; aged So.
IA. Gen. Matthew NJ. Blunt. U. 8. A.. re-
tired. veteran of the Federal army I'm
the civil war. in Brooklyn; aged II.
~. Edwin II. Conger, who was United
States minister to Picking during the
Boxer war. at Pasadena. Cal. aged 81.
%. Theodore Tilton. editor and author.
formerly associated with Henry Ward
Beecher and plaintiff In the famous
Beecher-Tilton suit, in Paris; aged 70.
2s. Mrs. William Mckinley, widow OF tho
late president. at Canton, o.; aged 60.
Jus
3. Gen. Thomas Rugcr. Y. S. A., retired.
veteran of the civil war. at Stamford,
Conn: aged "A.
8. Julia Magruder. novelist. at Richmond,
Va: aged SO.
II. United States Senator John Tyler Nor
gan of Alabama in Washington; aged
SO.
IA. Gen. Bartoleme Maso, one OF the odd
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
70.
q. Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. widow of tho
great scientist and one of the found
ers of Radcliffe college. at Boston
aged 81.
30. Francis Murphy, noted temperance
lecturer. Mt Los Angeles, Cal; aged II.
1. Francis II. Thurber, merchant, lawyer
and economist. in New York city;
aged c..
70. Mrs. w. G. Jones. an actress Of the
old school. in New York city; aged -.
Il. Prof. Angelo HelIprin. noted geologist
who made the ascent OF Mont Pelee
during the eruption In 1892. in New
York city: aged 81.
TO- Gen. G. w, Mindil, civil war veteran
who became colonel at 70 years of age,
In New York city; aged GA.
Hector Henri Malot, noted French Jour
nails; ana novelist, in Paris: aged II.
n. United States Senator Edmund w
Pe'tus OF Alabama at Hot Springs.
n c.. aged Sc.