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C. C. PECK, W00LW0RTH
ASSOCIATE, Is DEAD
Vice-Prpsident Of the Company
aud Owner Of the Brook
lyn "Times."

Carson e. Peck. vice-president and
treasurer OF the f. W. Woolworth Com.
pany and owner OF the Brooklyn Dolly
Times. died yesterday afternoon at his
home, ISL Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, OF
diabetes from which he had suffered
for ten weeks. His wife Mrs. Clara
Sargent Peck. aud their two children.
Clara :. and Fremont w. Peck, were al
the bedside.
Mr.. Peck was born at stone Mills
~ T. on January 10. 1858. His father.
William Sherwin Peck. and his mother
died when he was an infant and he was
adopted BY an uncle. Abner Webb Peck.
lie worked on the farm. went to school
and afterward spent year In st. Law
renee University.
He began his business life as a clerk
for A. Bushnell d Co. in Watertown,
and through his connection with the
Bushnell company ne came TO know
Frank w Woolworth. who at that time
was employed in W. II. Moores store
in Waterfowl.
When MI. woolworth decided ~ 80
into business for himself young Peck,
on the lookout for opportunity con-
cluded that he had seen u and he went
10 Mr. Woolworth with a proposition TO
open one Of the newfangled stores In
Utica as part of the five and ten cent
chain. Mr.. Woolworth was not only
hard pressed for capital just then but
was IN sore need of a capable assistant.
lie remembered the young clerk lie had
known slightly in Waterfowl. and he
fell in with his proposition.
Then began a partnership mat wa
10 build what AZ hrst was generally re.
garded az trivial novelty into biz
commercial enterprise, but It was not
until Mr.. Peck came to Brooklyn on
January 4. 1890. that the business
actually swung into its going gait. Now
tho gross sales in the United states and
Canada have reached s66.00o.O0O year
Besides the Woolworth company and
the brooklyn Times Mr.. Peck Was con
nected with the Lawyers Title and Trust
Company, the Wiscasset. Waterv!li.
and Faruing,on Railroad Of Maine ant
many other concerns. He was president
and owner OF the railroad. lie was .
member and trustee OF the Clinton Ave
nue. Congregational Church and mem
Der Of the following clubs 4: University
Riding and Driving. l.ong Island Auto
mobile, Montauk. .Allenhurst OF Allen
| hurst. y. j., where he had his country
home the Hardware club and the Bet.
Theta l.! fr3ternIty.
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WILLS AND APPRAISAIS.

PtIER FRANKLIN. Southern 81 les
manager for II. b. Claflin Co. who
died on November 20 last. left an estate
of sl,6. 473 TO his three sons and daugh-
ter. He had ella i'm for s., 97i against
his nrm. which was settled for Is per cent
III cash. the balance TO be paid IN three
years.
EMILY II MYERS. who died on August
o last. left s2j7 $50 OF which one third IL
IN trust TO her daughter. Alice Myers.
and the rest is given outright 90 Edward
"A and Lawrence Myers. sons.
luHN MUSTARD. a Tammanv politician
in Harlem. who died on July . last, left
an estate of 81 800 and debts of 1857
! JOSEPH t.. RIFRHoFF. a member of the
Consolidated Exchange. who died on June
I >. 1913. left si2i .a04 To three sons, dsugh-
ter and his grandchildren.
| GEORGE HENRY HOLDEN. who died
on September IS last and was an i'm
porter Of birds Al % West Twenty-thrd
street, left sl3j $40 To his daughter. Ruth
NJ II smith and his son. Lawrence c
Holden. Two days before he died he sold
his business to his son
WILLIAM GODDARD rcappraisal of
the estate OF william Goddard. who died
on september 20. 1907, shows property
worth sloa .o6'
OIis X DIMoCK-A reappraisai OF the
/ estate OF Otis X. Dimock, who died on
September 20. 1919. reduces the value OF
the property from sa23. $40 to S5i2 $50
/ because 100 shares of Illinois Central
stock belonging to his wife were ap-
praised a. part of his estate.
| AMEDEE l.. BELL. who died on Janu-
AIRY ~, l9lA. lett So ~ to his sisters. Eulale
and Mauette Bell. and TO grandnephews
and grandnleces.
| JoHN VI. TATE, who died on October >
last. left sjo.s?3 to his wife and his son
IRENE =. BRAMAN. who died In BROOKLYN
on January ., left "a net estate of i,la7,
$50 -, all but 81 900 Of which is equally
divided among three daughters. Mary il
Noble of 200 Hicks street and Irene and
Emily Braman of 3?l Clinton avenue
'phe estate consisted chiefly of stocks
bonds and mortgages The larges, single
holding was s22i 900 ,par vaucl of the
Morgan. Louisiana and Texas Railway
and steamship Company ~ valued at
s2a3, l5j
MARY THERESA GRANT. who died IN
Brooklyn on March q. left a net estate OF
So, U48 ~ 10 sixteen friends. OF whom
fifteen are women, The requests rang,
from s4Os O5 to 81, $50 u, Charles o Brinck
herhor. the only man mentioned Ia tn,
will, gets s6O2o,l'.
ANNA j, LOCKWOOD. who died in Brook
Ign on January o, left net estate of $i3l,
7l7.OS. which IL distributed as follow
under the intestate laws; s3a .02a.27 eacl
TO her four children. Isabel l.. Beers. MAJ
l.. Wilson. W, Westlake Lockwood an,
Edward II, Lockwood
WILLIAM s. LIPTRoTT. who died il
Brooklyn on January 23 last. left an estat
OF si72 0s5. consisting of real estate. stock
and bonds. Alice b. and Lillian H.. daugh
tcrs. receive respectively s%s.0s5 ant
si5, O85; s8i 800 is divided among fou
sons and the residue goes to seven grand
children.
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ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
visitors From other cities RrRis-
tered In New Work.

Aigonauin-Winitred Green. London,
England Gerald Whitman. Providence.
H. l.; J. G. Anderson. Great Harrington,
Mass Mr., aud Mrs G. ii Baker, Bos-
ton.
Albert--Edward Nicholson Norfolk,
Va: II. g. Miller. Milwaukee.
Biltmore- Mrs. George y. Begg. De-
troit. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Follansbee
Chicago: Charles s. Fee. San Francisco
Astor---Capt. T. =. lrgens Norway;
Mrs. W. Lincoln Booth. FAN River
Mass: H. k.loesser, San Francisco
Thomas H. Father. Los Angeles.
Martinique. Ellsworth, Washington
D. G; H. 5. Lippman. Havana; Mise
Mary Ritz, Louisville; Percy II. Whit
ney. Augusta, Me.
BreslIn--Mr. and Mrs. c. r. Atwater
Newport. X. l.: +. l.. Toomey. Boston
George Kline. Cleveland.
McAlpln--Dr. and Mrs Alfred p. Lee
Philadelphia: Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Fl
Hicks. Boston; Miss Marie Rande. New
Orleans.
Waldorf Astoria--Gen. Edward de v
Morrell. Philadelphia; Mrs. ii. y Holder
and daughters. Syracuse. y. Y.
Nanderbilt--Antonio q. Pessano. De
troit. f. A Dun. Ottawa; Mr.. and Mrs
Il. A. Bond, Jr.. Baltimore, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert l. Kemerer, Toronto.
Knickerbocker-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
E. Wen,on. Detroit; Mr. and Mrs w
u Sharp. Morristown, y. j.: W. Cheat
ham. Louisville; T.. T Lawrence. Chi
cago.
woods,ock--Mr and Mrs. W. l. Car
ter, Hartford. Conn: Mr.. and Mrs. X
W. Edwards. Boston.
Collingwood-J. Murray. Syracuse
Mrs Richard 7. Lake Miss Esteil'
Lake. Memphis. Tenn. Mr.. and Mrs
+. Il. Hubbell. Baltimore. Md; Hrs Les
ter u. Brown, Lakeville, Conn
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STREET ORATORS MAY PASS HAT
Magistrate Herbert SO Decides In
Test Case.

Accompanied by fifty followers Louis
W-I'Z Of 1881 Madison avenue, Socialist
speaker appeared in the Yorkville court
Yesterday as defendant in a disorderly
conduct case to test the right OF the
IlIce to prevent the taking of collec-
tons at street meetings. Speaking In
Nld,sO Square yesterday noon he an
fOuured his intention Of taking col'sc-
on and was warned by Policeman Jor-
IAN Of the West Twenty-second street
station that such action would be con-
s.d"red dlsorderly conduct. He persisted
and was arrested
Jordan testified that he made the ar
resi- IN accordance with instruction from
his superiOrs.
Magistrate Herbert said that under
the law he saw no justification for in
reference IN the taking of collections
and dismissed the prisoner.
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The Congress OF States Societies.
meeting. Hotel Aston +. NJ
Peoples Institute. lecture. The Policy
OF the United States In the Pacific"
Prof, Ellery c. Stowell. Cooper Union,
T. NJ
National Abstainers Union, address by
Secretary of State Bryan, Carnegie Han,
i. NJ.
Academy of Political Science. lecture
and discussion, subject, "Education,'
ilavemeyer Hall, Columbia University
4:lo l.. NJ.
Lecture, "Tre Effects OF the War on
the United States" Prof. Jeremiah W
jerks, Judson Memorial Building.
i. NJ.
Delta Sigma Rho. convention, Earl
Hail. Columbia University
Review by Gov, Whitman OF the
Seven'y-first Infantry, y. =. y, Y. a,
the regiments armory. 3 30 y NJ
United Theatrical Association, meet,
Ing, Hotel Aston, . 80 T. NJ,
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DIED.

BACKUS A. her residence. Eugievood,
d. Nrdn's dsy evening. April Is.
Susan Foo,e BlcAus, wife Of Grosveno,
II Bsokus and daughter OF the lats
Wallace 7 Fuot- Sr. OF Port Henry,
y =
Services al the house AFTER the arrival
IN Engcwood OF the 900 p. NJ train
FRIDAY. Apru 80. Interment at Port
Henry.
BISSELL. In Baltimore. on Apr! IS, after
short Illness, Arthur Frederick Bis
sell, NJ. D.. In The eighty ninth wear OF
his age.
fence Of The family.
CoRY,-At Rutherford. y. y. on April a.
1915. Louise Myrtilla, eldest daughter
OF M. and Mrs. Francis q. Cory.
Services A. her late residence, 1N
Bedford avenue. on Friday afternoon
~ half past Q O'Clock.
observation-disclosures. in his forty fourth
year. on Thursday, April 20. beloved
son 81 Moses and Rachel Doktor, hus
band OF Esther Doktor and father OF
Isabelle,
Funeral from his late residence, 2ai
West Ninety eighth street, Frida.
April 30, at IL noon. Omit nowers
FINCH,--on Thursday. April 80. a. ne
home, the residence OF her son 1 n IN "
stephen e, Baldwin, e Rcmsen street.
Brooklyn. Emel'ne Soaring, widow OF
James Herv.y Finch. IN the slightly.
NTH year OF her age
Funeral services a. her late residence
Saturday. MAY !. at J.. ", Interner,
IN Trinity Church Cemetery
Fux Matilda. Funeral from THE
FUNERAL CHURCH" eN Wes'
Twenty.thard street Crank r. Camp
boil Building, FRIDAY. o'oiocl
II a. her residence
iol West Eighty hfth street on Thurs
day morning
1nIerment aud services a. convenience
of the family,
MACNEY On Aprll 8 iel,, Thomas 7.
Macycy, in hi, seventy -srventh vesv,
Services Friday, April go 30 =. NJ q.
his la'e residence, 81 Madison stree.
Brooklyn.
wHELAN On Apr 30 ''l- Aico.
daughter ~ r"lar q rnu Ma.
! Wh.lan, a. hrr home, g., va
| Eleventh street IN IN tv"n .tr,'
| year Of her age
Notice OF funeral later,
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MARRIED.

GILDERSbEENE MIDDLETON. on
Thursday, April ~. by Dr. Peter H.
Mill'krn. In the Marble Co!legla;s
church. Elena DE ApezteEuia Middle
ion 90 Missouri % Raleigh &. Glider
sleeve OF New York.
kISSEL --- DAlI.ETT.-On Wednesday.
April IS. 1918, a. Grace Church Chan
trs. BY the Rev. Percy Stlckney Grant
and the Rev. Endicott Peabody.
France. Abbey. daughter OF John
Dslet' 10 william Thorn K!ssel
PERKINS lGGS.--On April 20. at IN.
church OF the TRANSPORTATION. BY tn.
Rev, Prescott Evarts. Kate Cheesman.
daughter Of the late George W. and
kaie c. Riggs. 20 Edward Newton
Perkins
OpDAHD-ANDHEWS ON Thursday.
Apr. -. lslv, a. 81 Thomas Churcn.
NeN York, By the Rev. Or. Ernest NJ
S.iIes Mar r, Andrews daughter
o. the ate Nj. ami Mrs Samuel
Andrews, 10 Louis l. Stoddsrd. son ~
Nj and Ms, r. e Stoddsrd OF N~S
Haven, Connecticut.
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s. ]. HYDE LEFT $4,000. 900.
" idow sets Third of Cotton Mans
Estatc-Rest TO Children.

bRtENwiCH. Conn. April 20 - The will
oil Seymour i. Hyde. president OF the
cotton firm Of 4 G. Hyde Sons. 3ei
broadway. Manhattan. who died ~ his
nome in Field Point Park here on Febru-
AIRY -. was admitted 10 probate by Judge
kadford to-day. IL disposes of an estate
of approximately s2.OOU.oOO.
To the widow, Elizabeth Worrall Hyde
j. bcQueathed the country seat known ss
Lone Oak here and al the personal prop
erty. also the income from one-third
of the estate during her lifetime. At her
death each Of her children is TO receive
the one-third bequea, he'd to tn. mother
in equal shares. The income from the
two other thirds IL to be paid 10 the chill
dren until they reach he age of - years,
hen each will receive his or her share
of the principal
In the event OF the death OF the widow
and children all of the residue and re
maindrr of the estate goes to he testRtor :
brother. A. Fillmore Hyde. and his sister
Helen NJ Valentine
The te-'ator left Ave children. seymour
Elizabeth. Hester. Mary aud Jonath han
HYDE
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GOVERNOR WILDE
GUEST OF ALUMNI
TO Attend Dinner Of Trinity
school Graduates at Mar
Unique Tonight.
4. q. VANDERBILT TO SAIL

GOV. Whitman will be guest OF honor
tonight at the Martinique at the annual
dinner of the Alumni Society OF Trinity
school Job Hedges ana a number OF
other well known men will be present.
The executive committee OF the
alumni In composed of Major Duncan
g. Harrison. president. Prof Charles
Knapp, vice-president. T.. Hamilton
Campbell. treasurer. Lee VI. bingham.
secretary; stephen Lindenfelser. Arthur
p. West. Russell Brown. William X.
Hooper. i. w. Bloodgood. A. g. Bum.
Jr.
Alfred g. Vanderbilt arrived from his
Newport place, Oakland Farms, last
night and IL at the Vanderbilt Hotel. He
will sail on the Lusitania tomorrow
for England. where he viii attend the
English Derby.
Mrs william u, csperton and her
daughter. Miss Marguerite Caperton. ar
rived from Newport and are ut the Van
derbllt They will be joined by Rear
Admiral Csperton for the week end.
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Plays and Players.

The Professional Woman's League
presented four one act plays in the
auditorium. 1899 Broadway, last night.
The plays were The Cave Man" by
Alice f.. Ives; IAN Impecunious
Widow" THE Rector of st. Jude's," by
the Rev. Alexander Irvine. and "A War
Wife" by Mr.. and Mrs Cromwell
Childe.
Viola Allen has been engaged by the
Essanay Company 10 make her debut
In motion pictures in The White Sis.
ter"
At the Neighborhood Playhouse to-
morrow night Gertrude Kingston VIII
make her first appearance in New York
in Bernard Shaw's comedy, Captain
Brassbound's Conversion"
1.-THE Big Idea" former Conan &
Harris success. will be presented by the
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity of Brook
Ign at the Cortelyou Club house on Fri
day evening, May 7.
William A. Brady arranged yesterday
to extend the engagement of De Wolf
Hopper in "Yeomen OF the Guard' at
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ARTHUR HOEBER.
Painter sud Art critic Dies sud
dcuI, of Heart Disease.

Nuu.tN, y ! April 20 Arthur liOeber.
painter and art critic fell dead al ms
studio here this morning He wa- 81
wears old His death. from heart dis
ease. came Just Gs he was getting ready
TO bring some friends TO his home.
Mi. hoeber was born IN New York.
lie studied a. Cooper ! mon. at The Art
students League and in Paris at the Beaux
Arts school under Gerome. tie had his
hr-t exhibit III 1852 and his last in 1855
After his return TO America he had a
studio Oh Cape Cod and his work consist ed
largely of landscapes. tie was writer
and lecturer ON art subjects. contributed
10 many magazines and WAS the art critic
OF the Tunes aud more recently OF the
Globe.
MIR Hoeher Is survived bv his wife
and two sous
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MISS ANNA P. SCHENCK.
Noted Architect and Among First
Women Graduates of Columbia.

Miss Anna Pendle,on Schench. part
ner OF the firm Of Schenk a Mead, =
firm OF women architects, died of pneu-
monia yesterday at the New York Hos
pital in her forty-frst year,
The youngest daughter Of the late
Rev. DR.. Noah Hunt Scheuck, who was
rector Of St AIMS Protestant Episcopal
church OF Brooklyn. Miss SchenCk was
among the first women 10 receive diplomas
u; Columbia University. She studied ar
Chltecture in Paris and was a pupil Of
Aubretin. with Miss Marcia Mead she
established the firm ~ Schenok n Mead
Of lO5 West Fortleth street IN March.
1914. Her home was AZ ls2 Madison
lANuIIe
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MRS. SUSAN FOOTE BACKUS.
Former Social Worker Who Held
Degree From smith COLLEGE.

ENGLEwOop. \. i, April 20 Mrs Susan
Foote Baokus. wife of Grosvenor Hyde
Backus. died on Wednesday night al her
home here, She was the daughter of
Wallace I, Foote and WAS sister oi Wal
lace Foote, for long period and az his
death Representative in Congress from
the Lake Champaign district
Mrs. Backus was born AT Port Henry
n, Y, forty-one years ago. She was
gradual ed in 1898 from Smith College,
and "A few years later, after finishing
her studies in economies NJ Columbia | nj
yersity, received an honorary degree OF
NJ A. from Smith College. For several
years she was n worker at IN. Henry
Street Settlement In this city In 1904
she married Mr.. Backus, a son Of the late
Truman Backus Of Brooklyn, Besides
her husband a son survives her.
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VIII. sac, 900 to Former Clerk.

The appraisal OF the estate OF Charles
H. Brush. a lawyer al 80 Broad street,
who died on December II, 1913. shows
that he left all his property. valued At
sA0.0lS. to Henry J. uderitz, who was
for years his managing clerk and later
became his Il ssociate. The will said II
make this gift TO him as eydencing my
personal esteem and in appreciation for
his faithful attention TO many duties
entrusted to his care"
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Mrs. Julia A.. SchencL.

Mrs Julia A. Schenck. Cs, widow Of
Abraham V. Schenck, died on Wednes-
day At her home, 226 Henry street,
Brooklyn She was the daughter or
Whitehead Howard who was prominent
In the old city Of Brooklyn. Her great
great grandfather, william Howard.
was the owner OF the Howard House in
New Lots and sent the message to Gen.
Washington notifying him Of the APP
proach OF Gen Howe. Her only surviv-
ing relative IL daughter, Miss Altar
eta SrhcnCk
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THE LAST LAUGH" PRODUCED
Edward AbeIcs In LEADING Part Of
New Shubert Play.

ATLANTIC CITY, n, J.. April 2s,--The
Shuberts produced at the Apollo Theatre
here tonight an original three act farce
by Paul Dickey and Charles W. God
dard, authors OF THE Misleading Lady"
and THE Ghost Breaker" entitled The
Last Laugh" with Edward Abeles in the
leading part
The supporting company includes Inez
Plummer. Marion Murray. Gertrude
Clemens. Henry Harmon. Everett But
terrified, Stephen Maley, Albert Crane,
Nell Burton. George Abbott, Frederick
Wallace. Bert Meln and Bernard Riggs,
After an engagement In Boston THE
Last Laugh" will be seen in New York.
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Cant. D.. ID. IiOckrrsinith .

MApfsoNyILlE, Ky April 90 Capt
L. d. iockersmith. who IS rcputed TO
have dug his way out of the Columbus
(OhiO) penitentiary during the war be-
tween the States and to have liberated
his commander. the Confederate Gen
eral John II. Morgan, with number
Of his men, died al his home here to-day.
Morgan and a remnant OF his command
were captured near Fomeroy, Ohio, in
July, 1868, during u raid through Ken
lucky, ONO and Indiana Cart HOOK
crsmith WAS So years old Ito WAS
widely known in the South,
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

Mrs, Franklin ID. Pelton, who recently
returned from Paris, win give a dinner
followed by dance this evening at the
Plaza,
A musicale for tho benefit OF the
Cripples' Welfare Society will be given
tonight In the ballroom OF the Biltmore.
The sOloists will be Nine. Frances Aida,
David Bispham and Albert Spald'ng
Under the auspices OF the Amateur
Fencers League OF America an exhibit
ton of fencing, followed by y dance,
will be given tonight In tho ballroom
of the Hotel Aston,
Cot and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson
have returned from Washington and are
at the ST, Regis.
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Warden John Hapley OF the Tombs
received yesterday huge bouquet OF
American Beauty roses as tribute to
HIM from the matrons OF tie city prisons
o. his fftieth birthday. ON April ID
last the warden celebrated his twenty
Hfth anniversary in the Department OF
Correction, most of his service having
been spent in the Tombs. Last night a
psrty OF friends gave banquet In his
lonor to commemorate both events
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NEW FILMS AT HIPPODROME.
PhOtoised Novel aud Weber a
Fields Comedy Among Them.

A picture play entitled The Incom-
parable Mistress Bellairs.' written from
the novel by Agnes and Egerton Castle,
which was the basis OF David Belascos
sweet Kitty Bellairs," will he shown
for the first time at the New York Hip
podrome next week. The picture was
posed for in England by American
players.
The initial showing OF the first OF the
series of one reel comedies for which
Weber and Fields have posed will also
be made at the Hippodrome next week.
II Is called Two OF the Finest"
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Parker. Later he svudied and practised
homeopathy and for several years was
professor of anatomy in the College OF
Cleveland. lie retired from active prac-
tics forty years ago. DR.. Bissell was .
direct descendant OF william Bradford
and Roger Wolcott. lie married q
daughter OF the late Judge Nehemiah
Browne of Rye, y. Y. who died several
years ago. lie Is survived by q daush-
ger aud granddaughter.
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job n n. Lindgren.

CHICAGO. April 29.-John X Iindgrsn.
one OF the founders ar the State Bank
of Chicago and the State Bank of Evans
ton. died to-day at his home in Evanston.
He suffered a stroke of apopleAy n NAV.
1909. which had left him an invalid since
that time. His widow and one daughter
survive him. MIR. l.udgren was born in
1875 and IN 1879. with II 4. ilaugan.
founded the state Bank of Chicago.
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Dr. Arthur T.. Biss~li.

BALTIMORE. April e9,-Dr Arthur
Frederick Bissell died here yesterday
a, the AK. of So lie was graduated
from the College Of Physicians and Sur
geons in lS46 and WAS one or the oldest
members of tho Association OF Alumni
of that college. For three years he was
a student in the once Of DIR. Willard
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The Republican Club announced last
night that one OF its members, Cant.
Henry Clay Piercy president OF tho
II. G.. & l. Piercy Contracting Company,
1863 West Twentieth street, has been APP
pointed member o. tho international
Jury ~ Award for the Panama Pacific
Exposition.
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Mrs. Margaret 4. Grimm

Mrs Margaret A. Griffin, 6s, wifs Of
DIR. John Griffin. District Superintende mt
OF Schools, died on Wednesday at her
home. A. Lefferts place, brooklyn. She
was president Of ST. Joseph's Day
Nursery and was active in the work OF
the Ladies' Aid Society of st. Marys
Hospital. Besides her husband four
sons and three daughters survive her.
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B~njR IN in DOLtOr.

Benjamin Dol>tor. ~. proprietor OF
Sheridan's the furrier. 20 West Thirty.
fourth street. died yesterday at his
home. at 251 West Ninety-eighth stree.
lie leaves his wife and q child