The sun., 1908-12-20
OBITUARY

DR., Thomas Gray, -vioe-president sof
Rose Polytechnic Institute. Terre Haute,
Ind. former assistant OF the late Lord
Kelvin. died in that city> yesterday DR..
Gray was graduated from, GLASGOW pGniyere
the Imperial College Of Engineering, Toxic.
he left to se, with Lord Kelvin az the. Uni,
ssvsn S gsass ss nn
Prof Fleeming Jenkin. the engineers, during
Snd yaSE. of r. Mac S.
oSssryetlens IL The BPitisS SSSgnIia,iSt &d%iraftS
Manual OF Scientific Inquiry. and Of many
iects. Dr.. Gray was So years old and was
born In SCOTLAND. He Is survived by his
wife and three children.
Miss L. Adele Neuhut. q blind pianist,
author and elocutionist, died in the Newark
s1Saqstion. She was Blind from S her ' biTtS hfS
was was through her Efforts last W June % that Gov. "
Fort appointed a commission to ascertain
methods 70 providefo blind persons in New
Born Mis- IL bs S sss
one time a Jewish rabbi. She was sfada.
fSS sSd from S s hs snS SeS SSs ssSS 1 s
the regents OF New York University.
She wrote poems for magazines and COM
ment for the sightless was installed In the
Newark Free Public Library through her
eflorts and she purchased the first books
for II.
Richard Brown, who was prominently
identified with the political and business
life Of Jersey City Tor many years, died
hat % city. in bis seneSty-sedond ] @ % Year. nfI Hc
was a member OF the Board OF Education
twenty-five years ago and later was ap-
RtH Was an Assemblyman in isss % and 1883 and
was member OF the Street and Water
Board from 1908 TO 1898. serving as president
the first year Of his term. He was Repub-
Excelsior Building and Loan Association
for a quarter oil century. He Is survived
by his wife. three sons and one daughter.
& Sohe%Ss U+ many 5e;ssn. 1ss Of %h6 New
tired from active business about three weeks
ago, died at the home Of his son. Peres. p.
hss M Pohs%as VAS born G os dsy
county, Y. j., seventy -five years ago. and
his Investments. especially in railroads,
es1y @afs in hS Sish AND s ID
New Jersey and was an .ofiicer OF several
ASSOCIATIONS. He is survived by, his son at
soselle 3, and y. d.r BY daughter Mrs Elmer
Hampton Aaron .Coursen died yesterday
Of pneumonia at his home In East Orange,
!. Ar. Coursen was the senior member
vi tne nT Oh SOuTben az 20. oil Z6S WasnlnE-
9N, ton street, New York. Wholesale ll9Ior
being the head OF the Coursen firm he was
director in the Hudson County Bank OF
Jersey City and the North River Insurance
Company Of New York.
Albert E. Thiele. who for many years
had been teacher OF mechanical and archi-
teotural drawing in the Eastern District
High school and night schools In Brooklyn,
died on Friday at the Brooklyn Hospital
oof appendicitis In his forty-third year.
He was prominent In the Royal Arcanum.
he Is survived by his wife and a son.
Asher L.. Phillips died yesterday at the
Hotel Cumberland In his sixty-third year,
in business for the last ten years. Prior
TO that he was a silk merchant in Mercer
street. His death was from heart disease.
He was the son Of John ID. Phillips. a real
estate dealer. and leaves a widow.
Judge Thomas II. Purnell, OIL years old.
Judge OF the United States District Court
oi the Eastern District of North Carolina,
died yesterday in Raleigh. He was
veteran OF the Confederate army.
Thomas Musgrove Grifith, an electrical
sengineer died on Friday at his home in
Grim tn was In his eiRhty-sixth year. He is
survived by two sons.
Freeman Phillips OF New York ana Fort
Plain. died In Fort Plain Thursday. lie
was past 70 years old and for over half
n century owned and operated a fleet OF
boats on the Erie Canal. Had been AFFLICTED
with paralysis for several years,
Jules Clancey. the Oldest civil war veteran,
died at the Soldiers Home in Milwaukee,
yesterday. aged ioi years. He enlisted