Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1907 — THE YEAR'S DEAD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE YEAR'S DEAD

Work of the Dread Destroyer In 1906. NOTABLE NAMES ON THE ROLL Writers, Artists, Statesmen, Captains of Finance, Soldiers and Actors Claimed by Death All Social Ranke Invaded. 1 JANUARY. 2. Gen. Francis Fessenden, noted civil war veteran, in Portland. Me.; aged 66. 4. Harrison William Weir, well known illustrator of birds and animals, in Lewes, England; aged 82. 7. Mary McDonald, said to be the oldest woman in the world, in Philadelphia; aged 135. 10. Dr. William Rainey Harper, noted Hebrew scholar and president of the University of Chicago, in Chicago; aged 49. 12. Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, noted Scotch writer, well known by a series of diaries covering the latter half of the nineteenth century, in London; aged 77. 16. Commodore William P. McCann. U. 8. N., retired, known as the "Father of the White Squadron,” at New Rochelle, N. Y.; aged 76. 17. Marshall Field of Chicago, the richest merchant in the world, in New York city; aged 70. 22. George Jacob Holyoake, British author and lecturer, at Brighton, England; aged 89. 25. Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler, U. 8. A., retired, former lieutenant general of the ‘Confederate States of America and prominent in public life since the civil war, in Brooklyn; aged 69. 29. Christian IX. of Denmark, father of Queen Alexandra of England and related by blood or marriage to many European rulers, at Copenhagen; aged 83. FEBRUARY. 2. Lord Masham (Samuel Cunliffe-Lls-ter), noted Inventor and manufacturer, at Masham,, England; aged 91. 7. Paul Metternich, son of Prince Metternich, the Austrian minister who was hostile to Napoleon 1., at Vienna; aged 74. 10. Paul Laurence Dunbar, the negro poet, at Dayton, O.; aged 34. 25. Hon. David B. Henderson, former speaker of the house of representatives, at Dubuque, la; aged 66. 27. Prof. Samuel P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a scientist of worldwide reputation, at Aiken, 8. C. MARCH. 4. Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. 8. A., retired, at St. Augustine, Fla.; aged 75. 10. Eugene Richter. Radical leader of the refchstag, long an opponent of Bismarck and one of Germany’s most noted political editors, in Berlin; aged 68. IL Dr. Manuel Quintana, president of the Argentine Republic, at Buenos Ayres; aged 71. 13. Susan Brownell Anthony, pioneer woman suffragist, at Rochester, N. Y.; aged 86. 20. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, authoress best known by her stories for young people, at Milton, Mass.; aged 82. 22. Dr. Robert Ogden Doremus, well known chemist, in New York city; aged 82. 25. Col. H. K. Shackelford, author of popular detective stories, at Bainbridge, Ga,; aged 65. 27. W. H. McDonald, well known actor, one of the original "Bostonians,” at Bpringfield, Mass.; aged 56. APRIL. 4. Gen. Blanco, last captain general of Cuba, in Madrid; aged 74. 5. Eastman Johnson, noted genre painter, in New York city; aged 81. 6. Alexander Lange Kielland, the foremost Norwegian novelist, called the "Daudet of Norway,” at Bergen; aged 57. 10. Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, dean of the Lawrence Scientific school at Harvard. In Cambridge, Mass.; aged 65. 14. Miss Johnstone Bennett, the actress, at Bloomfield. N. J.; aged 36. 18. Father Louis Martin, general of the Society of Jesus, or order of Jesuits,

in Rome; aged 57. Daniel Huntington, American historical and genre painter. In New York city; aged 90. 19. Prof. Curie, discoverer of radium, kllley by a wagon accident In Paris; aged 47. a. Gen. Martin T. McMahon, noted veteran of the civil war, in New York city; aged 68. 25. Gen. E. S. Serrell, noted civil engineer connected with the Hoosac tunnel and other enterprises and later distinguished in the siege of Charleston, in New York city; aged 80. MAT. 3. Michael Davltt, noted Irish patriot. In Dublin; aged 60. 4. W. F. Owen, noted American actor, in New York city; aged 62. 14. Carl Schurz, noted German-American

scholar and publicist, first honored by Lincoln, in New York city; aged 76. 16. Gen. J. C. Tidball. U. S. A., retired, at Montclair, N. J.; aged 81. IL Fannie Herring, favorite American actress once famous in the role of Mazeppa, near j Simsbury, Conn.; aged 74. 19. George E. McNeil, noted labor leader, called the “Father of the Eight Hour Day,” in Boston; aged 79. 23. Henrik Ibsen, Nor-

way's greatest poet and dramatist, at Christiania; aged 78. JUNE. 4. United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland, in Washington; aged 67. 10. Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi, noted woman physician, in New York city; aged 64. 15. R. B. Roosevelt, uncle of the president and a well known lawyer, author and politician; aged 76. JULY. 4. H. A. Ward, noted American natural scientist, killed by an automobile in Buffalo, N. Y. 17. Alfred Beit, the noted South African financier. In London; aged 54. 18. Lady Curzon, American wife of the ex-viceroy of India, in London. 22. Russell Sage, at Laurence Beach, N. Y.; aged 90. Gen. Baron Kodama, chief of the geheral staff of the Japanese army, at Tokyo. 10. John Lawrence Toole, noted comedian, at Brighton, England; aged 76. AUGUST. 8. Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, com-

mander of the United States Asiatic. fleet at Chefu, China; aged 61. U. Mrs. Mary Pearl Teresa Cralgle (John Oliver Hobbes), author and dramatist, in London; aged 39. 2*. W. E. Marshall, noted artist, whose engraving of Lincoln made him far mous, In New York city; aged 71. 30. Edward Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee, suddenly in Omaha; aged 65. SEPTEMBER. 4. Hermann Oelrichs, American capitalist and ship owner, suddenly at sea on board the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse; aged 56. 14. Mrs. Elizabeth Blair Lee, only survivor of the famous Blair family of Missouri, at Silver Spring, Md.; aged 89. 20. Robert Hitt, former congressman, who was associated with Abraham Lincoln, at Narragansett Pier; aged 72. 27. Dr. Felix L. Oswald, noted author, naturalist and physician, killed by accident at Syracuse, N. Y.; aged 6L OCTOBER.

5. George Clarke, original member of Augustin Daly’s theatrical company, at South Norwalk, Conn.; aged 66. ». Adelaide Ristori (the Marchesa del Grillo), celebrated Italian actress, in Rome; aged 84. Sigurd, Sweden's great humorist, sometimes called the Twain or Dickens of the northland, at Stockholm. 15. The Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist, near Perry, Ark.: aged 57. 16. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of ths

president of the Confederate States of America, In New York city; aged 80. 19. Capt. George E. Tyson, an arctic explorer who passed thirty years of his life In the polar regions, in W ashington; aged 77. 31. Judge Joseph E. Gary of the Cook county superior court, presiding justice In the famous "anarchist” trials, in Chicago; aged 85.

NOVEMBER. 5. Fritz Thaulow, noted Norwegian landscape painter, at Volendam, Holland. 8. Gen. J. H. Ketchum, the oldest congressman In point of service, in New York city; aged 74. 9. Samuel J. Kitson, noted American sculptor, in New York city; aged 58. 12. Major Gen. William Rufus Shafter, U. S. A., retired, commander of the military expedition which captured Santiago In 1898, near Bakersfield, Cal.'; aged 71. 14. Margaret Macdonald Bottome, founder of the King’s Daughters, In New York city; aged 79. 19. Georgia Cay-van, once popular actress, in Flushing, N. Y.; aged 48. DECEMBER. 3. Prof. Ferdinand F. Lee Boyle, eminent artist, who painted Dickens, Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman and other celebrities, in New York city; aged 87. 7. Dr. Lapponl, physician to Pius X. and also at the deathbed of the late Leo XIII., in Rome. 9. Ferdinand Brunetiere, distinguished French literary critic, in Paris; aged 57.

Carl Schurz.

Mrs. Davis.