Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-01-05
PROMINENT PERSONS
WHO DIED IN 1916


uary 2-Joseph r. Lamar, associate
justice United States Supreme court.
January 3-Gen. Grenville M. Dodge,
Civil war commander, in Council
Bluffs, Iowa Col. Robert T. Van Horn,
founder of the Kansas City Journal, in
Kansas City, Mo. January 6-Charles
W. Knapp, newspaper publisher. In
New York city. January 10-Frank Fl.
Dodd. publisher. in New York city.
January I7-Miss jeanette L. Glider,
famous author and critic. January 30
Sir Clements Markham, scientist and
explorer in London.
February 7-Col. William p. Hep
burn, former congressman, in Clarin-
| da, la. February l0-Belvidere Brooks,
telegraph magnate. in New York city.
February 12-John T. Trowbrldge, au-
tor, in Arlington, Mass.
March 2-"Carmen SYLVIA" Dowager
Queen of Roumania. March 4EBri-
gadier General William S. Smith, Civil
war veteran and civil engineer. March
Orchard A. McCurdy, life insurance
leader, in Morristown, N. j. March IL
-Ex- United States Senator Henry g.
Davis, in Washington. March 10
Cardinal Gotti, project of the propa-
! ganda, In Rome. March 21-Cole
Younger. famous bandit March 81
Thomas J. Pence, secretary of the
Democratic national committee, In
Washington.
April flames b. Angel, president
| emeritus of the University of Michi-
gan. April 11-Richard Fl. Davis, au-
thor. April lex Governor Peck of
Wisconsin. April 19-German Field
Marshal Won der Goltz
May 13-Sholem Aleichem. called
the "Yiddish Mark Twain" In New
York city; Clara Louise Kellogg, ia
nous opera singer. May 20-George
B. Cox, Republican political leader, in
Cincinnati, o. May 26-Dr. Timothy
Dwight, former president Of Yale uni
versity. May 27-Gen. Joseph s. Gal
lieni, former minister of war in Paris.
May 29-James ]. Hill, railroad pi-
oneer, in ST. Paul. May 30-Col. John
S. Mosby, Civil war guerrilla, in Wash
ington.
June 6-Yuan Shih Kai, president OF
China. June 9-John r. Mexican,
newspaper man, in Washington. June
19-Count Won Moltke, former German
chief of staff, in Berlin.
July 3-Mrs. HettY Green, financier.
in New York city. July 15-Prof. Ellie
Metchnikoff, bactertologist. in PafAs.
July Thames H. Moore financier. In
Lake Geneva, Wis. July 22-James
Whitcomb Riley, poet, in Indianapolis.
July 23-Former United States Sena-
tor Thomas M. Patterson, In Denver !;
Sir William Ramsay, chemist, In
Bucks, England.
August 9-Robert Grau, impresarfo,
in Mount Vernon, N. T.; John NJ.
Omaha. August 11-Dr. John b. MUIR
ply, surgeon, In Chicago. August 12-
Gen. Charles ]. Paine, yachtsman and
railroad man, in Weston, Mass. Au-
gust 20-James Seligman. banker, in
Long Branch. N. ]. August 25-Arch-
bishop John L. Spalding, in Peoria,
Ill. August 31-John P. st. John, ex-
governor of Kansas and Prohibition
candidate for president In 1884, in
Olathe. Kan.
September 4-Richard G. Kerens of
st. Louis September 15-Jose Eche-
garay, dramatist, In Madrid. Septem-
Der 18-Maj. Gen. Albert L. Mills, chief
Of the division of militia affairs, in
Washington. September 19-William
J. Calhoun, ex-minister to China, In
Chicago.
natohnr flames d Clorlo praoi
dent pro tempore of the United States
senate. October 4-Major William
Warner, ex-United States senator from
Missouri. October 1S-Norman Dun
can, author, in Fredonia, N. Y. DC
tober 25-William NJ. Chase. artist, In
New York city. October 29-Prof
Cleveland Able, In Washington. Octo
Der 2S-Captain Boelcke. famous Ger
man aviator. October 31-Charles T
(Pastor) Russell. evangelist.
November 5--Cardinal Francis dellf
| Volpe. project of the Congregation Of
the Index. In Rome. November 12-
} DIR. Percival Lowell, astronomer, IL
Flagstaff, AriS. November 16-Hen
ryk Sienkiawicz, Polish novelist, in We
! way, Switz srland. November 21-Em
, perOr FraNcis Joseph of Austria. No
vember 22--Jack London, author. No
} vember 24ESir Hiram Maxim, inven
tor. November 25-Mrs. Inez Milhol
! land Boissevain. suffragist
D December 3-Sir Francis P. Tosti
! composer. in Rome. December g.
: John D. Archbold, president Of Stand
ard Oil company. December 10-FielC
: Marshal Oyama, in Tokyo. Decembe
3 1T-Prof Hugo Munsterberg, psycholo
5 gist. in Cambridge. Mass. Decembe
!. 19-Dr. James NJ Taylor, presiden
| emeritus of Vassar collage