The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-13
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John Schroers, business manager of the
WOrO'p JoUrn al in 1909 and later one of the
Hearst business representatives in London
died YESTERDAY at his home. 1870 Broadway,
IN his hfty-third year lie was i'll for two
weeks with pneumonia, which eliminated
yesterday in two strokes 0i paraly sis. Mr..
Schroers was horn in hN-la- -Chapelle and
was EDUCATED IN the gymnasium at that
place. He came TO this country when he
was - and went TO live in -. Louis. He
was conn.ctcd with the Nos'',ch' Post and
vas business manager OF the 81, Louis
tps1gcr and brought about the consolida-
ton of the German newspap pers IN ST. Louis.
He was one OF the founders of the st Louis
Times and WAS director of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Five Years ago Mr.;
went abroad for a year. When he returned
he went with the Hearst papers. He is
Paul :. SChroers. Lieut.. Carl u. Klein. Mrs
Charles + Boyd. whose husband is an army
Captain. and lack and Jeanne Schroers
Mrs SChroers will leave to-day at 1 o clock
with the body and the funeral will be on
Friday from CGrIst Church Cathedral in
ST. Louis
Edward Rawlings; president of the Guar
treal. Canada. died IN that city yesterday
IN his seNenty.'hird year. His last illness
was of six weeks duration, but he had been
Rawlings began his business career in the
Office Of 1T" and guarantee company
in London, England. and was the first
to introduce the system OF corporate
fidelity Insurance on this continent in ise3
when he established at Montreal a branch
Of the l.ondon company: In ls7: he organ
America. for IN" transaction of fidelity
insurance exclusively. and few years
later extended rs operations into the nited
States, Mr.. RaNlings had also been president
of the United states Guarantee Company
OF New York city since it's organization in
$40, lie wa- a member Of the Metropolitan
Lawyers Club of New York. lie ia survived
by his wife, three sons and three daughters.
Byam Kerby stevens, retired broker.
died yesterday At his home, ii East seventy !,
eighth street He was born in New York
city on January :. 1880 After leaving
school he went into the mercantile business
became a member, Of the Gold Board here
| and when the stock Exchange was founded
he had a seat in II until 1883, when he retired
to travel In 1860 he married Eliza l.sngdon
| Wiiks, who survives him He was a mem
ber OF the Metropolitan club. the knicker-
! Metropolitan club of Washington. was q
I member Of the Sons Of the Revolution and
was active in the affairs Of the Historical
society and in the administration of the
! Protestant Episcopal Orphan Asylum.
Isaac de La Vergne, who was one OF the
oldest steamboat men.op the Hudson RIVER
! Frank Dewey, in Kingston Yesterday. aged
| 81 years. He began his career on the, river
| in ls4T a. purscr on the Norwich, then a
passenger steamboat plying between Kings;
ton and New York. which was the nrst vesse
purchased by Thomas Cornell and is still
| In the service Of the Cornell towing line
| being the oldest steamboat in use. In 1881
he became purser on the passenger steam
! boat North America running between
| Kingston and New Ork, and in 1863 went Oh
! the James W. Baldwin OF the Homer and
| Tremper line, remaining as purser until
| SOS when he retired
John B. Prote, who had been in the stor-
age warehouse business in fOnkers for
many years. died at his home in that city
yesterday Of paralysis. He would have
been g3 years old ON December 2S. When
n young man he was stage driver in this
city and belonged to the volunteer fire de-
partment he joined Live Oak Engine
I ompany ~ in lS35 and was member until
1854, Ne was n member Of the New York
! Volunteer Flremen's Association and
charter member of Lebanon and Polar
Star Masonic lodges. He ia survived by
one son, John Il. Prote.
Mrs, Mary T., Combs. wife of Col HowRrc
Iliiord COMBS OF lexington Ky, died a
Carrolton. Mo, on Saturday last She wa
the mother of Mrs, Augustus +, Kouptze
who has gone TO Kentucky To attend th'
funeral Mrs, Combss husband is u sol
of Gen, Leslie Combs,