The Detroit times., 1912-01-01

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Another Insurance man who has
gone was John n. Dryden, founder OF
the Prudential.
Cornelius Bliss. secretary OF the In
terror under President Mckinley. I'M
porter and one-time prominent Re
publican politician. lie was treasurer
OF the committee in charge OF the
Roosevelt campaign.
John w. Gates. spectacular figure
in Wall street. and director IN many
railroads.
Henry Dimock, interested in steam
ship companies. banks and railroads.
Nils Poulson. engineer, manufacture
or aud benefactor lie gave 100000
10 the scandinavian society.
Frank Work. fnancier and horse
man. who died at the age OF %.
Among his famous trotters were Ed
ward-Dick SWixelier and-Pilnt- hoy
Brooklyn lost two OF It's leading dry
goods merchants Frederick Loeser.
whose death followed closely that OF
another member OF the same firm. Ar
thur Glib, and Abraham Abraham OF
the firm OF Abraham & Straus.
A great many bankers died during
the year, prominent among them be
ing two members OF the house OF
Rothschild, who died within few
months of each other. They were
Baron Albert S. Rothschild OF the Aus
tran branch and Gustav = j. Roths-
child OF Paris.
Leopold Seligman died In London,
aged so; Charles b. KountZe, who
passed away In Denver, Col Albert
lewisohn, George Hale Morgan and
David H. Moffat. who was also a mine
operator and j Hampden Robb.
Government Circles.
Government circles lost the oldest
member OF the United tSates Supreme
Court i'm Justice John NJ. Harlan.
who died OF acute bronchitis al MS
Washington home; Norman j. Col
man, First Secretary of Agriculture,
In the Cleveland administration, whose
most noted achievement was the estab'
lishment OF government experiment
stations: George s. Terry, Assistant
United States Treasurer at New
York: G. W. Marion, civil war veter-
ali. who was Acting Assistant Treas
urer after the death of Mr. Terry
Edward A. Moseley. Secretary OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
originator OF much labor legislation.
The Ex-Governors who died were
Proctor Knott, OF Kentucky; John
c. Carroll. OF Maryland. William d..
Bloxham. OF Florida. Lafayette Grow
er OF Oregon; w. p Lord, OF the
same state; Herman A. futile, OF New
Hampshire. G. w. Click, OF Kansas
fohn Mci.ane. of New Hampshire.
Legislators.
These United States senatrs were
among the years dead: William Pierce
Frye, Stephen b. Elkins Of West Viz
ginia, and Charles ], hughes, Jr. OF
Colorado.
Among the ex-senators who died
we're Thomas Harter. Edward Muir
ply. 1r.. Roger Quarles Mills, Albert
h. Kittredge, c. f. Henderson ana
William Greene Roelker.
From the house OF representatives
passed Amos l.. Allen of Maine. Ed
mond II. Madison and Alexander G..
Mitchell of Kansas, Joel Cook, James
p. Latta, Henry Clay Loundenslager
OF New Jersey and Adam Baliou Cap
ron of Rhode Island. The ex-repre-
sentatives were Nehemiah ID. Sperry
OIL y. IL Nils
Bacon Lowering and Tom l.. Johnson.
Navy and Army.
From the navy list of rear-ad-
mirals eighteen names have been
erased by the hand of death. Among
them Winfield Scott Schley OF Span
ish- American war fame.
The army lost Col. j. j. McCook
of the family of Fighting McCooks. :"
and several brigadier-g generals.
From the field of journalism and
publishing many have been taken by
death. They include Joseph Pulitzer
or the New York World and the st.
Louis PostDispatch. who died on
board his yacht Liberty on Oct. 30;
William +. Curtis Of Washington, au-
thor, special writer and correspond
ent; Charles S. Francis. owner of the
Troy Times and former ambassador
TO Austria. Hungary; Henry Richard
son Chamberlain, London correspond
ent of The New York Sun and author
OF six Thousand Tons of Gold,