The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-26
OBITI IRY.

The Rev Joseph Freeman Eidsr died
Yesterday a. his residence. s5S LongWOoc
avenue, The Bronx, after ~ illness Of two
weeks DF. Elder vas born In Portland
Ne. In tala. In lsso he was .gFaduated
from Colby College and In lse7 from the
Rochester, Theological seminary. AMER M.
ordination he became pfstor Of tho North
0ranss baptisi Church coming thence
any u this city He vas pastor Of this
church for twenty yeers and raised more
Than half million dollars for . neW church
structure Calvary haptist church IN A.
nany -ent him call. and NJ preached there
from iSao until Ipns when hs retired Ne
vas trustee Of dorchester Theological
seminary from is1O 20 1919 and for several
Years VAS presidsut o. the New York Hap
tlst tUY Mission sO,ifty and Temhsr
of the executive committee 81 the American
Baptist Missionary nion Ne lravr- three
sons the Rev L. klder. pastor of the
Huntington street Baptist Church. Nsw
London the Rev Rohiri FideT. pastor of
calvary Baptist church. PASCAL. and John
Elder, e iaNyef OF this city and Ous dsugh-
ter. Mics Sibyl Elder
The Re, william " Whitney, pastor Of
the reformed church a. tnddebncky Ne
here on faesday Of narSiysis S,,s ap'" an
illness Of several weeks ie uas born m
Westminster. Windham county. " on
March "a tsl2 the son Of Noah aud Mercy
" NWu'N IN fAFIh ITO uH HNNllefl Tor me
ministry and uas ADMITTED 10 the Troy
Conference ~ the Methodist kpisc0nal
church. served he nrsi pastorafe in iya1
10 Fast Dorset. Bennington Couhty. NJ
and Wa Transferred FROM there ~ Locks
VILLAGE. Mass We was assigned 10 various
churches by the Conference in the New
ENGLAND States and tWentv-nve YEAR. aro
be entered me Reformed Denomination and
has since ministered 10 Reformed conEre-
cations In Fulton. Columbia and SChoharie
HNmmfHnm y and "a
Cuddehackyile IN Orange county We vas
q delegate 70 The General synod ~ iaiQ
and an active member n the tia-als Of
ORANGE i wife died ., Hudson. \ !.
Hattie J. whitney Of Cuddehsckyille Ons
brother. Chauncey Whitney Of rempleton
Mass and one sister, Mrs Nzyie TwiChell
Of South BoylstOn. Mass
Prof Franklin Element Robinson. the
serOnd oldest professor % ROwdoin College
and the leading chemical expert in Maine
died yesterday az the Maine General Hos
pital A. Portland Of BFiRht's disease. ged 81
Ne vas graduated from ROwdOln ia isTa
received hig A " IN 1873 and = 3D.. b IN
lS0s Prof Robinson studied chemistry
during parts Of Two years a. Harvard
Resides nlling The chair NJ chemistry a.
BOWdoin he Nas Superintendent u schools
a. Bruns'vick from 80 70 lso and had been
1871 Ne vas State Assayer q member Of
the state Board Of Health and " inany
scientific societies. and was the author 81
several text books Prof Robinson mOsi
Important achievement wss the invention
~ disinfectinE apparatus. the first ever
produced that was feasible IN using for
maldehyde IN dirinfscting a. an expert
~ y. sac 0 %S.rs nee. "a. '.s .rS Con "
poisoning vas aent 10 bin, and Tor years he
trials
C2rnelly. Bsuien Mitchell Of the hrm
oi WilmeTding. Morria Mitchell. suciion-
GERS, died yesterday a. hi home = West
Tenth street He was horn In New FORK
IN Isf8 and VS. a s1n u tho late william
Mitchell. who vas = Justice Of the supreme
Court We married In isa3 Mary 3 Davis.
who bore him three sous and = no survives
ataf Of Gen hhaleT. waa president 81 the
Washington square Association and the
Tree Planting Association q New Work
and q member Of the Mon League Club
ami several other orranirationa
Pembroke Jones Of New York. who with
his family - al A.riie, their country home
near Wilmington, y. e. received q message
yeaieeday from Pasadena. Cal. announcing
ne de1ih q nlt i1s,h The CAPT John pem-
for he health. lie Was " yeau u age
and for The last Tow Year, had been the
oldest living graduate oi Annapolis A. the
beginning % the civil var Capt. Jones re-
signed from The JRited states Navy and
jOinsd the C0nfeddlecy.
Henry H. Reed Of sheridan. y D.. one %
Z he best known captains on the Great Lakes.
died last night after several weeks illness
Ne vas " yoaru Old and had he home IN
aheridan the greater portion Of bic life
Ne retired from lake seryice . few years
ago. 80 u survived By his wife, his son,
CAPT Anacn NJ Reed % The steamer D. q.
Morse, and ons daughter. NV. Mary Drake.
al Of Sheridan.
Charles Fitch swan, q ara n deai-- sd
member for many years 81 the prOduca
EEohanGe. died yesterday moFninf %
npople1y at his home. ~ Madlson aFeuua,
IN be alKtv-nrNt year, he leaves q widOuN
Who IVES Niel Helen Mar Wallace daughter
Of y. b. Wallace. he brafer. Me-. 8wnn
vas born IN Mount Mufrla. n. D., and adu-
Gated there End IN Geneva. ". "
nichard N, smart custodian o. the
Museum Of Natural History
led Yesterday az bic home. 26i Boulevard.
1aVonlR. ared - years. He vac 3 mem her
n 10 MeW Jersey AeeemblY n is91 and 1905
~ bed hqgl a uI9mhaT Of the 1aT0nna
8aard % Edrrafion Hia wife. two daugh-
iaTl and one con 1nrviVe him.