The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-16
obituary Notes.

Representative joel Cook died in Phila-
apIpl,ctic -troka in Washington on ssatur-
GAY Las' summcr Mr. Cook was stricken
w1Jh paralysis. bet r"Covctcd SUFFICIENTLY
90 years old, hAvinc bon born in Philadel-
phia in i>i2. u" was ~ducated in the public
Philadelphia, studiei law with " lliiain y.
Reed. attended the law school OF the Uni-
yeT-iy OF fcnnsy lvania and was admitted
70 pracucH in 1913. SHORTLY after thi. he
III" Public Ledger where h. remained for
many years H. b"came financial editor
in lisa anu r.-,Fned in 1909 B..fora n. MAD
arrived ~ Jne are Of 20 he served "a army
correspondent Tor the Press during the
Met l"llan throughout the Peninstilar cam
paii-n, al whsCh he attervard wrote n his
Tory, = he Si"re Q. RICHMOND nsesD lie
respondent Of th" Prose and was present ~
s sI at r" battles Of Antietam
Europe. OF which he wrote descriptive
letters 10 RI" LCdg'- Some OF these were
& RHSSheE IN s20 f lST% with he
Cook frequently appeared befor, Congress
and Legislature committees TO advocate
ss's ~ Philadelphia He was member Of
tn" Vessel Owners Association OF PLiIadel-
phia, r"prse ntcd the association At the
Was a member OF the executive committee.
In 1850 he ran for city Comptroller on the
R"publican ticket. bat was forced TO retire
he had made in Philadelphia toward the
close Of the war Vie was president OF the
member of the Board Of Public Education
ana Ghalrma OF it's committee on the Cen
Iral High LIZ Sch ool He was elected 70 Con.
T.. Reyburn and was reelected in 1905
Clement Clarke Moore. resident OF View
hor Tor NAM ssrs died y.Ssesd,S THrn
ns+s He va: . Years oil r'f He had "a' BEEN
Youngest son. BENJAMIN. who ceme on TO
zane was taken il before The zane. and
now o,sininx: n y. then Sing sing. in
hen amin and Mary Elizabeth sing Moore.
the fwenty-second M.s.acbu.ctts Rssi,
had divided his time among his Newport |
s%% p nsrr and d Nsx 9 ssSss
survived by his wife and three sons. the two |
elder being William $. and ,arrinsion. |
servt"" recently came 90 New York for his |
shich vas 70 have taken Mace |
Of Casimlr de Rham Mcore "0'"e'
John Gurn-ey Van Sfyke, u. d, pastor
emeritus of the. First Reformed Church |
hurst ye-tertiay Afternoon He eV w.s p ss
o. Of, the church from $50 until January I.
!piV. Nheh N" resigned because OF III health.
past or AZ Readington. Y j. =, his firsr charge
after graduating from, Rutgers College
and from the THEOLOGICAL Seminary nj New
l. !. DR. Van siyks was born in coeymsns
l.. l., in 1916 The degree Of doctor OF
divinity was conferred on him In 1853, when
,srs and son, warren G Van s f1 en ~ :;
Nassau street New York, survive
Judge Rene Tou,ant beaureRuard. only
son OF the late Gen Pierre tiustave routant
day, aged "a. He was q native OF Piaauemine
Parish, La. and was a boy az the Louisiana
state University AZ Alexandria when Cen
left At ~ to enter the Confederate army
. Lieutenant. AMI was Major Of artillery
= hen only 20 years II ago lie was District
Judge Of 81 Bernard in 1873 and was elected
Judge OF the Court OF Appeals in Isss, hold.
nR tho offiC. for sixteen years After his
from the bench he reaiirned
he practice 81 law. He became a Republi-
Julis Northam Foote. daughter OF IN.
ate Addison q. Jerome and wife OF Thomas
y toote 81 ?ot Vest Eighty-sixth street.
linth year Her father. who died in 1899,
vas n broker Mrs. foote ~ survived by
Yer husband. a DAUGHTER, Frances ". and
-. John Cahili. father -in-law OF Recorder
iush IL; Mara Of Bayonne. died al the
atter'- home, IGl Avenue c. yesterday
iauehter. Mrs Mara, and Two sons 9.o 9ns
y m1nager OF the POuRhkeep~ie and New
paltz Traction Company. and James p
Alexander Daymond. an Old time ac,or
" ho-s stage name was sydney AiS1aTder
n dead 1t his home In jamaica Plain Mass
sg"d s. He became IA member ~ the Old
ng a7 aOpe for several years and Iater
ras q member q Edwin Booths COMPANY
md supported Kate claItOn In The Two