The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-22
OBITUARY.

Eyeritte 81. John, for many years one Of
the most prominent railway officials OF the
country ,died at his home In wellesley, Mass,
Yesterday after a brief illness, aged 81. MIR,
81. John was first employed with the old
HOusatonio Railroad and Joined the Rock
Island system In 1883, rising successfully from
a clerk in the ticket once TO general manager
OF the entire. system. He was chairman Of
the General Managers Association OF all the
railways entering Chicago and occupied
this responsible position during the Pullman
strike, Of 1904. On January 1895, he re,
siRned 10 become tice-president and general
manag ger OF ths Se&board Air Line. Resigning
In 1901, he retired from active business life
and settled al Wellesley. where he had resided
for the last few years OF his life. He Is sur
viyed by q wife.
Mrs. Clara Pepper, widow OF Charles Pop
nhr, died yesterday In her .seventy-eighth
year. at the Boresiord, Eighty rrst street
and Central Park West. Mrs. Pepper vas
born i1 Prague R Bohemia O1y but DiNoa had been z
the exception Of a few years when she lived
In New Jersey. She leaves two sons, William
c.. Pepper the printer. who IL largely Inter
ested 10 the Educational Alliance and a mum
II. Pepper, secretary Of .Qppenheim, Collins
A Co, and a daughter, Miss Laura Pepper,
who has been connected with the Department
OF Education for many years.
Jacob SohratweiseT, a manufacturer OF
concrete ii%reproofnE at Third avenue. and
Seventh street, Brooklyn, died suddenly
yesterday morning In the once Of DR.. i. q.
DildiOe. at Port Jefferson, l.. l., OF heart
trouble. Mr.. Bc~hratweiser. who lived with
his wife aud seven children at Mount Sinai,
was attending a euchre and dance In Athena
Hall. which was held under the auspices OF
The Holy Name Society at Port Jefferson on
Monday night. when he BECAME III and was
taken TO the physicians ONCE. MIR, Schrat-
Weiser was president OF the Mount Sinai TAI
payers Association,
Mrs. Julia ]. del Vale. widow OF Jose A. del
Vale, for many years a resident OF Orange,
n. j., died on Monday al the residence OF
Hotel Warrington, New York. Mrs. del Vale
was born In tubs fifty years GO. Her death
was caused by apopleXy, with which she was
stricken on Saturday on a steamer on which
she was returning from Havana. The funeral
will be held on Thursday morning IN the
Church OF st. Vincent de Paul, New York.
Major David X. Case. a lawyer OF 1872
Nassau street, died yesterday OF cerebral
hemorrhage at his home. al East Seven
teenth street, Flatbush, In his forty-ninthy year
He Joined the Twenty-third Regimen in early
life, and on his retirement with the rank OF
Major become an Inspector on the stan OF
Brigade General MoLeeT. He was a member
OF the Crescent Athletic Club. He 10 survived
by his wife, a son and two daughters.
James \. Simpson, who had long been a
prominent Episcopal laymAn in Brooklyn,
died on Sunday at his home, az Jefferson
avenue. In his hfty-ninth year. He had been
q vestryman Of Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church for twenty-five years, He was the
owner OF a big iron foundry In Rodney street
and was 4 member Of the Union League Club,
He leaves a widow, two sons and = daughter.