Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-04

died yesterday after a brief illness OF
pneumonia following an attack OF the
grip. He was native of PowhAtan
county, where he practiced law until he
came here in 1866
WINCHESTER Va, January &-James
w. Goode. a leading Frederick county
farmer, is dead at his home. nea- Rock
E.non. He was eighty-two years old. Mr..
Goode. during the civil war kept many
confederate soldiers supplied with Shoes.
which he made by hand. Six sons and
two daughters survive him.
FRANKFORT. Germany. January A.
Lincoln NJ. Oppenheimer. forty-seven
years old. of the German-American bank
ing house of that name. is dead here from
a short illness. He contracted typhoid
fever from eating raw oysters. He was
an American citizen. and got his first
name from that of President Lincoln. He
was highly esteemed by Americans in
Frankfort and was liberal in his gifts
to American charities.
PHILADELPHIA. January 4. Ben
lamn 7. Boyer. president of the B. r.
Boyer Company. manufacturers OF yarns,
River road and State street, Camden,
died yesterday of pneumonia. aged sew
! anty-two years. Mr.. Boyer took an ac-
tive interest in the Camden Board Of
Trade and was member of the execu-
tive committee.
TRENTON: n. j.. January s--As the re-
suit of a fall he sustained six weeks ago
IN New York. Peter G. Van zandt.. a
Trenton manufacturer, died yesterday.
Since the fall he had been unconscious.
Mr.. Van zandt was prominent In bust
ness circles in New York. .. He was a
director of the Third National Bank the
Commercial Trust Company and the
Dixon Crucible Company Of Jersey City.
PHILADELPHIA, January 4-Miss
Emily Cramp died yesterday at the old
Cramp homestead, 1903 North 18th street.
She was sixty years old and had been In
was the youngest child of the late William
and Sophia Cranp the former Of whom
was the founder of the Philadelphia fam
lily and shipbuildng company Of that
namS. She was sister Of Charles II.
Cranp.
NEW YORK. January 4. - william
Rhinelander. who d'ed yesterday at his
,his city in 1885. He was a direct de-
scendant of Philip Jacob Rhinelapder.
who came of an old Huguenot family and
sought refuge in America. On his ar
rival in this country, In 1856, he settled In
New Rochelle where his family lived for
many years. This ancestor was born near
Oberwesel. on the Rhine, and the ancient
castle of schonberg- which overlooks that
town.. was purchased in 1884 by Mr..
Rhinelander's sons because II is near the
land their family formerly possessed.
WILLIMANTIC, Conn, January A.
George Fl. Reynolds. a mechanical en-
gineer. died at his home. Spring Manor,
near here. yesterday afternoon from
complication of diseases. He was SUPER
intendent and general manager OF the
Mystic iron works, shipbutlding yard.
at Mystic. Conn. Many OF the dyna-
mite guns were constructed under his
patents.
NEW YORK. January s.-Frankiin Sher-
wood. a veteran newspaper man and one
of the Oldest and best known residents of
Bridgeport Conn. died there yesterday
aged seventy-eight years. Mr.. Sherwood
was born and educated In New York. and
after brief experience in the newspaper
business went to Bridgeport, where. for
q time, he engaged In the read estate
business In 1877 he established the Inde-
pendent Leader, serni-weekly news
paper.