The sun., 1908-03-26

Schools Of the Middle States and Maryland.
HeWa-fhpa author Of Great English Writer'S
Outlines Of English Literature and Of re-
vision DI Shaws History NJ English lltera-
turo. pr. }aCkus was twice married, his
urs' vfc being sarah G. Glass OF syracuse
and his second Helen G. HisCOUk, a siste OF
Judge HiscOck OF The Court OF Appeals, who
died less than two NcarsAgo, Hc i survN ed
by three sous Raymond b Backus GrosVenor
n. BiCkus and the Rev. A Hamilton RaCkHs,
and daughter, Mrs. Roscoe {; T. Brown
The funeral services will he held tomorrow
morning in The South tongregat ional Church,
the Rev. br, Lyman, the pastor, 0nlCiatinE
The burial will be IN syracuse. The Packer
institute has been closed until Monday, and
later OF special memorial services will he
Il lid II was the intention NJ Dr. BaCkus to
retire A. tho close Of the present school year
10 hs vineyard near Penn Yam aud he had
made arrangement with he trust eos 10 be sue
cecdcd IN September by Edward JASPER Good
win, assistant state commissioner OF Educa-
ton.
Word Was received here Yesterday Of The
death Va Ba !. more Of the Rev. Father Thomas
0'DonoRl - G. NJ. who was for several
years NicI.uresident OF 81. Johns College
in BROOKLYN and was for sixteen wears one
Of the most noted Catholic missionaries ~
the country. during Which time he preached
in All the leading cities Of the country His
death occurred in ~ Ngnes's Hospital on 'rDea-
day, and NJ hs funeral tomorrow from the
Immaculate conception church, baltimore,
Of which he was pastor, Cardinal Gibbons
viii be- In attendance. Father ODonoRhlle
was born in Ireland in lNll and came 10 ST.
ouis With his parents when he was three
until 1853. when he attended 81, MaIy'a
college and Seminary ~ PerryTllc, No.
He then studied ~ the congregations mission
Of the \ncputtu Fathers lie look his theo-
logical ,our-s in iSs2 and vas sent 10 Our
LADY Of Angels College Niagara Fails. a.
professor Of literature Ne WAS ordained in
1867, ard In lS9i became Nitc-Ir'sident OF 81.
Nucerts toNcr". Can" Girardeau. Mo.
H. ivjud a., ,Hr1E.!zn Fathers m!1e!or
band IN lS7l aud Tor sixteen years travelled
throughout the country. with remarkable
success Ne vent TO ST Johns College,
Brooklyn. o., vice-urcsilPut, in 1899, and
beramC tie first professor NJ moral phi
losophv. lle went later TO become pastor ot
81, Niucrnrs church. Germantown, Pa,
Vhcrc ho is 10 be buried and since 1907 had
been pastor of the Baltimore church.
Humphrey ". Carr one of Jersey City's old
cst aud DPst known citizens, died vest erday at
his home ~ Magnolia avenue, Al he age oi ~.
Hc had been a member Of the dfd Board Of
Public Works and an assessment ComInis-
soner and was vlce-presidcnt OF the Bergen
lmnTOvcmput Association at tho time Of his
death lie was trustee of the First Uni
versllist Church. 4 daughter. Miss Ellen n.
Carr, survives him.
Mrs. Elizabeth Duer, widow Of James Gore
King Ducr. the banker, died yes, erday In
this city, Of pneumonia, az er a short Illness,
al the age Of 81 She was Elizabeth Wilson
Mclds daughter Of Orlando Meads ~ Albany.
aud vas married m 1854. She leaves three
CtauRlierE Miss NarOllne Ming Dnef, MIS-.
Joseph LHrocuue. Jr.. and Mrs. Henry Wita
" ,'er She was an aunt Of Mrs, Clarence n,
NlaCkay.
George MaCom, a retired brewer, died on
Tuesday at his home 2?l Franklin avenue,
BroOklyu In hs eighty-tfth year He came
20 this count ry from Scotland In isi2. In nie00
ne retired from business with n fortune. He
was longa member OF the Produce EHchanee.
he was formerly sctive In Democratic politics
and served one term ss Alderman from the
Seventh ward. He was unmarried