The sun., 1909-02-21
Obituary Nstes.

News was received In this city yesterday
Of the death In Rome on Friday OF William
Appleton Potter. the architect, younger
brother OF the late Bishop Henry e. Potter.
Mr.. Potter had been living in Rome for
seven years because OF his health. Ills
death was caused by heart disease. Mr..
Potter was born In Schenectady sIXty-nve
afterward became Bishop OF Pennsylvania.
He studied at nion College and later went
TO the BeauI Arts in Paris. Returning to
this country he did 4 great deal OF work in
his profession. Including the ~. Agnes
Church in Ninety-hrst stree, the Universe
list Church in Central Park West the orlgi,
the main building Of the Union Theological
seminary In Park avenue. He also de-
signed the library and the chapel OF Prince
funeral and burial viii be in Rome.
Dr. Frederick Irving knight, awell known
specialist on diseases OF he throat and chest
and a former president VI several national
medical societies. died yesterday In Boston
OF heart trouble after q short illness, aged
s.; lie was born In New buryport and was
graduated from Yale In 1885,? Three years
Of % (. Il He was graduated from the mar,
ward medical school in lsee and studied In
Berlin and Vienna. Recently he restricted
nh.sp % iS Which, he Mas Instructor and clini %
cal professor at the Harvard medical school
for MANY years. lie was consulting bhy
sG." z. the s.e5s ss,0 Nos sor
lConsumptives. DR., knight was fellow Of
ihe American Academy OF Arts and Sci
ences. = former president Of the american
ClimstoloEy Association. and Of the. Boston
Society for Medical Improvement; He Is
survived by one daughter. Mrs. q. h. b.
Wade OF New York.
Henry Seiisman, a member OF the IA mily
OF bankers having banking houses Ia New
York. London and Paris, died suddenly
At his home in Frankfort. GERMANY, yester-
Germany. eighty years ago. Hecane TO this
country when a young man. and after run
ming a dry goods business business IN ip ca Sslif2rnia
cisco branch OF the chain OF banking houses
/ started by himself and his seven brothers
Later. he went to Frankfort, where he estab-
! lished another branch house under the name
OF SelgmAn A Stettheimer. This Arm
placed a large amount OF our bond issues in
Germany in the civil wal. Mr.. Scligman's
bratcd by a demonstration OF the leading
citizens OF Frankfort. lie retired about
three wears ago and the Frankfort branch
Of the Selism an house was dissolved since
then Mr.. Selignsn had given up most of
MS time 10 charitable ~oTh. His wife
v ho was Miss Regina Levi, 'and ten chill
dTen survive him.
William L. King. who was president OF
the Merchants Association for several
wears. died on Friday a. the Hotel kensis-
sanco OF heart disease. MIR. King was born
began a. an once boy in the wholesale dry
goods district and lnslly became a member
OF the firm o. cal hoGn, Robbins 80. As
heud Of the Merchants Association he was
inst rumental in getting special rates from
the trunk lines for merchants coming TO
New York. Last year Mr.. King became
holders OF the Metropolitan Street Esl-
way Company and as such filed the charges
against Dist rict Attorney Jerome which
were heard by Commissioner Hand. lie
~ a "A fll lRf at
IN iss? he married Mis- Martha Kneeland
by his wife and two children.
Mrs. Amelia Wilcox died yesterday at
the hone OF her son. Henry Clay Wilcox,
a. sO3 West End Avenue. 81 years old. Her
ia, her was Friend WhiIfi.sey and her mother
Conn Conn Nj Whittlesey was an ttiei esTiy settler
in killinRsworth., The daughter was mar
ried In 1899 to Edwin Wilcox. who later
IS survived Tf by hr:s son. EdWsTd
charles G, who is weishtnaster, in. the
Gay wilico, Sho is president of the Amer
lean Surety Company.
Andrew !. French. president OF the Ns-
tional State Bank OF Oneida and promi-
YORK Se STATE died al RE. home in Oneida
lste Friday night at the sge of'S years,
lie had served as sheriff Of Madison county
snperiniendsnt H Of The Erie Canal in $50
lie was, a Republican In politics. he is
survived by. his wife,, Two sons. Ssn-
uel II. French OF Utica and r.. Z. French OF
Albany. and by one daughter. Mrs. e. II.
Wilcox of this city. '..
Douglas II, Schneider, formerly OF South
Orange, died yesterday III Cornwall. Eng
land, where he had made his home for the
last eleven years. He, was bonn in this
city in 1892. He was educated In the public
schools of New York and at. ST. Pauls
school at Concord aud became partnerwith
his father In Bennett g. Schneider a. Co,
In the lamp business. In Park place He
belonged 10 the Orange Club the Essex
Club aud the Marine and Field Club lie
leaves a widow and three children.
.. Dominick Nachris died on Friday a. the
home OF his son. Lieut. antonio i. VAchris,
head of the Italian det ective squad in Brook
yn. ga Thirty:ninth street In his seventy
fohrth wear, He was born III Genoa and
came TO this couDtry more than fftv wears
ago and settled In Brooklyn. In addition TO
his son his wife and a dauRht er survive him
James Mctregor president OF the Home
Savings Bank OF Detroit, died at his home
Of angina pectoTis. He was vice. president
OF the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation
Company and director OF the Detroit
Trust Company. -,
John i. Ramage, one OF the oldest resi-
denis OF Orange, n. j. died vest efday MT