The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-04
PROMINENT PERSONS
 WHO DIED IN 1916


 for Alfred W. Benson of Kansas lh Topeka. Al Ringing, circus man. Jan uary 2-Joseph R. Lamar, associate justice United States Supreme court Januarv 3-Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge Civil war commander, in CouheI Bluffs. Iowa Col. Robert T. Van Horh' founder of the Kansas City Journal, i'll Kansas City Mo January 6-Charies W. Knapp. newspaper publisher III New York city. January 10-frank ii. Dodd. publisher In New York city. January 17-Miss Jeanette l.. Glider, famous author and critic January 3o Sir Clements Markham scientist ana explorer, in London.
 February 7-COl William r. Hep burn former congressman, in Clarln- da. Ia. February 10-Belvidcre Brooks, telegraph magnate, In New York city. February 12-John T. TroWbridge, au- tor, in Arlington, Mass.
 March 2-"Carmen Sylva," DoWager Queen of Roumania. March 4-Bri- gader General William s. Smith, CIVIL war veteran and civil engineer. March 6-Richard A. McCurdy, life insurance leader. in Morristown. N. ]. March Il -Ex-United States Senator Henry G. Davis. In Washington. March 19- Cardinal Gotti. prefect of the propa- ganda, in Rome. March 21-Cole Younger famous bandit March 27- Thomas ]. Pence secretary of the Democratic national committee, in Washington.
 April 1-James B. Angell president emeritus of the University of Michi- gan. April 11-Richard H. Davis au- thor. April 16-Ex-Governor Peck of Wisconsin. April 19-German Field Marshal yon der Goltz.
 May 13-Sholem Aleichem, called the "Yiddish Mark Twain" in New York city; Clara Louise Kellogg, fa- 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 <. Gal lieni. former minister of war, In Paris. May 29-James J. Hill railroad pi- oneer, in St Paul. May 30-Col. John <. Moshy, Civil war guerrilla. in Wash ington.
 June G-Yuan Shih Kai, president of China. June 9LJehn l. Mclean, newspaper man in Washington. June 1s-Count von Moltke, former German chief of staff in Berlin.
 July 3-Mrs Hetty Green, fnancier. in New York city July 15-Prof. Ellie Metchnlkof. bacteriologlst. in Paris. July 17-JameS H Moore, financier in Lake Geneva. Wis. July 22-James Whitcomb Riley, poet, in Indianapolis. July 23-Former United States Sena- tor Thomas NJ. Patterson, in Denver; Sir William Ramsay chemist, in Bucks, England.
 August 9-Robert Grau, impresario. in Mount Vernon. N Y; John Nj. Thurston, ex-United States Senator, in Omaha. August 1l-Dr. John B. Mur- phy, surgeon. in Chicago August l2- Gen. Charles j. Paine. yachtsman and railroad man. in Weston Mass Auz gust 2O-James Selgman, banker, in Long Branch. N. ! August 25-Arch bishop John L. Spuldiug. in Peoria IL August 3l=John r St John, ex- governor of Kansas and Prohibition candidate for president Tn 1884 in 0lathe, Kan
 September Richard C. Kerene of St Louis September l5-jose Eche. garay. dramati~t. iu Madrid. Septcu- Der 1s-Mai Gett. Albert T.. Mills. chief of the division of militia affuirs. in Washington. September lU-Nilliam ]. Calhoun eX-minister 10 China. in ehjeago
 october l--James r. Clarke. bresi dent pro tempore of the United States senate October | Major William Warner eN-United Statcs senator from Missouri October K Norman Dun can. author in Fredofda N. | Oe- toher 25-WilHam NJ Chase. artist in New York city. October 2s-Prof Cleveland Ahbe, in Washington Octo. Der 2s=Captain Boeleke, famous Ger man aFiatar. October 31-ChasIes T Pastorl Russell evangelist.
 November 5-Gardiaai Francis delIa Noipe, prefect of the Congregation of the Index fin Rome November I2- flr. Ferclval Lowell. astronomer in flagSraif Arz November l8-Hen- ryk SienkieWicz, Polish novelist. in ve- way Switzerland November 2l-Fm- Peror Francis Joseph of Austria. No- eemher 22-Jack London. author. No- yemher 24 Sir Hiram Maxim tnyen. Tor November o5-Mrs. luez Mlbol- land BojsseFain, suffragist.
 December Sir Francis P. Tosn composer in Rome December 5- lehR D. Arehhold. president of sfond- ard otl company December lo-Fiala Marshal OJama. tn Tokyo. December i7-Ifof. Hugo MauSterherg psycbolo- eist. in Cambridge, Mass. December l2-Pf James NJ. Taylor. president emeritus of Yassar college.
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