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OBITUARIES OF THE WEEK.
DEATH OF MGR P. J. HARKINS.
WELL-KNOWN HOLYOKE PRIEST.
< ame to St Jerome Pariah in IS6G and
Had Been Stationed in Holyoke for
44 Yearn.
Mgr Patrick Jerome Harkins, one of
the best-known priests in the Springfield
diocese, died at the House of Providence
hospital in Holyoke Sunday after a few
days' illness with heart failiure. Father
Harkins was one of the large fac
tors in the growth of Holyoke, and had
always takeh the utmost interest in its
doings, lie took a particular interest in
the children, and he will be sadly missed
MGR P. J. HARKINS.
by hundreds of families in the city. He
was outspoken in his beliefs, and never
hesitated to say what ho believed was the
truth, or to criticise when this course,
seemed wise, regardless of who it might
strike.
1 lue of the oldest priests in thq Spring-
Held diocese, his advice was often sought,
and in deciding questions he always used
practical common sense. Coming to Hol
yoke when the city was ip a rough state,
his influence for good during the many
years of his pastorate cannot be measured.
The many works he has left behind him
will be a constant reminder of what one
man can do in following his duty with a
single purpose. .
Father Harkins was born in the town
of Green Hill, Ire., a short distance
from Londonderry. 77 years ago, his
parents being Daniel Harkins and Rose
Doherty. He attended the schools in
Ireland until 1848 when he crossed to
America and settled in Boston. He at
tended the Boston schools for some time
and entered as a boy a business house in
that city.
Ln ter he took a college preparatory
course and entered Regiophilis college ih
Kingston,. Qut., where he continued his
classical and philosophical course. He wag
graduated from this college and then en
tered Laval university at Quebec, .where
he took a seminary course. He was
ordained to the priesthood in May, 1804,
by the late Archbishop Charles Francis
Baillargeon of Quebec. His first appoint
ment was as assistant to Mgr Strain, who
was pastor over a parish embracing the
cities of Chelsea and Lynn.
Early in 1866 he was appointed pastor
of the St Jerome parish in Holyoke, suc
ceeding the late Rev James F. Sullivan,
The parish at that time embraced all of
Holyoke, South Hadley Falls and Granby.
Father Harkins at once organized a Sun
day-school, cleared the debt on the ceme
tery and had it consecrated during the
year 1866 by Bishop Williams of Bos
ton.
Early in 1867 he began the erection of
the Notre Dame convent, which was for
mally opened in September, 1868. The
snme year he bought, a wooden school build
ing from the city, which Ite removed to
land owned by the parish and used it for
a girls’ school. He also bought property
in South Hadley; Falls and upon the land
erected St Patrick's church, which was
dedicated by Bishop Williams in 1869. In
1871 the St Jerome institute was. begun
and was dedicated the year following by
the late Bishop O'Reilly of Springfield.
In 1874 he acquired the whole square of
land now occupied by the Sacred Heart
parish buildings. In the same year he ap
plied to Bishop Horan of Kingston. Ont.,
and secured the service of four Sisters of
Charity to begin the work of caring for
the poor, the sisters living al that lime
in South Hadley Falls. In 1875 building
operations on the Scored Heart church
were begun, the corner-stone being laid
on July 4. 1876. The church was dedicat
ed in 1877. About this time the Sisters
of Providence were given charge of the St
Jerome institute for boys. In 1877 the
Parsons property on Dwight street, on
which the House of Providence hospital
now stands, was bought and the house was
remodeled to serve for a temporary hos
pital. the sisters removing from South
Hadley Falls to this place.
Early in 1878 Father Harkins requested
that he be relieved of the parish at South
Hadley Falls and the Sacred Heart parish
ami in the summer of that year he went
with Bishop O'Reilly to Europe for a
short rest. In 1879 ho begun the erec
tion of the present parochial residence, the
work being finished in 1881. The same
year the Ingleside property was acquired.
In 1882 tlie present Notre Dame school
for girls on Chestnut street was begun
and finished the following year, and in
1884 the St Jerome church was remodeled
under bis direction and rededicated in
1885. the church being cleared from debt
in 1890. The convent on Hampden street
was built in 1890 and the next year it
was dedicated. During 1893 the new House
of Providence hospital wns begun and it
wns finished the following year.
In 1898 the Harkins home for aged
women was given the imrisli by Rev Mr
Harkins, tin- home costing tiie pastor moie
than 820,009. He was created a monsignor
by Pope Leo in 1905.
DEATH OF ALANSON W. SUHMML
Alanson M. Sumner, a director in the
Standard oil company, and very well
known in business circles in Now York,
died during Friday night al his home on
Strawberry hill in Stamford, Ct. He was
h pioneer in iron manufacturing and had
been identified witli many of the largest
interests in the oil mid metal trades of
the country. His dirbetbrships, besides
Hint in the Standard oil company, includ
ed the Tidewater oil company and Drain
pipe lines company, limited, ami lie was
a member of the eoiisolidatod stock ex
change, having lieu mt original member
In the petroleum exchange. Mr bimmer
hud been in ill-henllh for about 10 months,
duo to a genernl physical breakdown. He
was a native of Albany, N. Y.. and the
body will be taken there for burial. Ue
t? '? I ’' 1 .
is survived by his widow, and a sister
who lives in Albany.
DEATH OF GEN MERRITT.
| A DisHngnsiShed Soldier ot the Civil
Mar—Sketch ot Ilia Career,
[ Maj-Gen Wesiey Merritt, United States
army, retired, died Saturday at Natural
Bridge, Va. Gen Merritt was a resident
of the District of Columbia at the time
of his deatbl The details of his funeral
have not been arranged. For several years
the general had lived quietly and he had
not lately been in the public eye. He will
probably be buried nt Arlington cemetery.
Wesley Merritt was born June 16, 1836,
in New 1 ork city. His parents moved
to the frontier and, iu 1855. he was ap
pointed from Illinois to the United States
military academy. At his graduation in
18.19. lie was assigned to the 2d regi
ment of dragoons, and on May 13, 1861,
he became a Ist lieutenant. The young
officer served with the army of the Poto
mac until June,. 1864, participating in all
of its battles. At Gettysburg he distin*
guished himself by his gallantry, and
among his six successive brevet promo
tions one was earned on that celebrated
field. .Merritt, developed rapidly into the
best sort ot cavalry officer, and when
Gen Sheridan took command in the Shen
andoah valley, Merritt was assigned to
his command. He was with Sheridan on
a cavalry raid toward Charlottesville, and
was in die battle of Trevilian’s Station;
and during tile Shenandoah campaign he
commanded a cavalry division with the
rank of brigadier-general of volunteers.
Gen Merritt participated in the battles of
M inchester ami Fisher's Hili and was in
the thick of all of Sheridan’s independent
operations in 1864 and 1865. In the final
Virginia campaign, which ended at Appo
mattox. he commanded a cavalry corps;
and he was one of three federal officers ap
pointed to arrange with confederate offi
cers for the surrender of the armv of
northern Virginia. Gen Merritt's succes
sive-promotions during the civil war came
as follows: Captain. April 5, 1862; briga
dier-general of volunteers, June 29, 1863;
major-general of volunteers. April 1, 1865;
brevet major-general of United States
army. March 13, 1865: lieutenant-colonel
of regular army. July 28, 1866. His later
promotions to the rank of major-general
in the regular army came at intervals dur
ing the period between the civil and Span
ish wars.
Gen Merritt was one of the active young
cavalry officers trained in the civil war
who engaged in various Indian campaigns
on the western plains during the ’7os and
'80s: and in these he was always distin
guished for effective work. He was super
intendent of the United States military
academy, 1882-87. and then until the Span
ish war he served in various military de
partments. When the war with Spain
broke out in the spring of 1898, Gen Mer
ritt was in command of the department of
the Atlantic with headquarters at Gov
ernor’s island: and he and Gen Miles, who
outranked him, were regarded as the most
promising soldiers for the chief commands
in the coming land operations. Dewey’s
naval victory in Manila bay determined
the government to send a military expedi
tion for the conquest of the Philippine
islands, and Gen Merritt was placed in
command of the United States land forces
in the archipelago. He reached Manila
barely in time to assume personal com
mand when the city was taken early in
July, but a day or two before the armistice
between the United States and Spain was
declared. He was the first American mili
tary commander in Manila, but the cap
ture of the city added nothing to his repu
tion. since the Spanish garrison offered no
real opposition. Gen Merritt ordered the
native army under Agninaldo, acting as
.allies of . the Americans, to keep out of.
the city proper when the occupation wns
effected, although their aid had undoubted
ly been very substantial in bringing the
Spanish garrison to surrender without
bloodshed.
G.en Merritt's, service in the Philippines
continued into the autumn of 1898, when
he was ordereiHo Paris to tict* as an ad
viser of the American peace commission
ers. Returning to this country when the
peace treaty had been signed, he was
placed in commani of the department of
the East, where, he remained until his re
tirement in 1900 for age. Gen Miles was
somewhat younger, and thus Gen Merritt
never came to lie the supreme military
commander of the United States army.
DEATH OF ALPHEUS W. RICE.
One ot ilte Founders ot the Orpheus
Club and a Veteran Employe ot
Smith A "Wesson.
Alpheus W, Rice, 70, died in this city
Saturday of acute kidney and heart trou
ble at his home, 228 Pine street. He
was a well-known resident of this
city, having made his home here
for about 60 years and be had been em
ployed by the Smith & Wesson company
for the past 45 years. Mr Rice was born
in Rowe. January 5, 1840. and came to
Springfield at the age of 10 years. He
was always a hard working man and dur
ing the civil war he worked in the Spring
field armory from 7 o’clock in tlie "morning)
until 12 o’clock at night. Soon after the
war he took a seafaring trip along the
Atlantic coast for two years. He had
held various positions in the Smith &
Wesson company. He was a member of
the Hampden lodge of Masons and of As
bury church.
In his early youth Mr Rice attended
the local schools until he was 16 years of
age and then left school to learn the
machinist's trade in the plant of the old
Warner pistol company. He later went
to the armory and then to the Smith &
Wesson company, where he worked his
way up and at the time of his death he
was foreman of the barrel department.
In 1874 he was married to Julia E. Mor
ton of Aylesford, N. S.
Mr Rice was practically the founder of
the Orpheus chib. In the early 60’s he
induced Amos Whiting, the first person to
teach vocal music in this city, to come
to Springfield. At that time there was an
organization here known as the Mendels
sohn league that used to sing in the First
church and from this organization the
Orpheus club was formed with Mr Rice
ns one of the 15 members. He was one
of tlie three first tenors in the club. Mr
Rice leaves, beside his widow, a son,
Jolin M. of West Springfield, and two
da lighters, Mrs Arthur F. Stephenson and
Miss J. Eva Rice, both of this city.
•‘JEM" MACE PASSES AWAY.
Famous Eng'lisli Fighter Took Part In
nt Least 800 Bouts.
“Jem” Mace, the hero of many prize
fights, died last week at Jarrow-on-tyne,
Eng., of old age. He was in bis 79th
year. Mace was at one time worth more
than .$1,090,000. but of recent years he
had been dependent upon the assistance of
friends. Occasionally he hud appeared in
music hull exhibitions. "Jeni" Mace was
horn at Beeston, in Norfolk, mid iu his
day wns one of Hie greatest of boxers.
His first great tight was with "Bill”
Thorpe, whom he beat in 18 rounds. When
•'Toni'' Sayers retired from tlie champion
ship in 1860 Mice was regarded as his
legitimate sitceessor. but his supremney
wns soon challenged by "Tom" King. The
two met in January. 1862, when after 43
rounds; Mueo was given the verdict. For
tlie next 10 years he was practically in
vincible.
Mace came to America in 1869 and witli
John < ’. Heenan gave sparring exhibitions.
He engaged in n few battles here, but re
turned to England three years later. He
then retired from the ring mid went to
Australia, opening n hotel near Melbourne.
He remained there quite n while, when be
rmurned to America, with Herbert Slade,
“Ilie Moon," who was whipped by Sullivan.
On Ids return to Englund he began book
making and lost all his money. February 7,
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLK AX: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1910.
1890; he met “Charlie " Mitcnell nt Glasgow ;
m a boxing match for $5090. Mace was |
badly punished and the police stopped it I
after the fourth round Mitchell was de- i
dared the winner.
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DEATH OF CHARLES R. KAPLINGER
"Well-Known Printer and Veteran of
the Civil War.
diaries It. Kaplinger. 65, formerly presi- i
dent of tlie C. R. Kaplinger company of i
this city, printers and bookbinders, died |
last week. He had been in ill-health !
for about four years, and hail retired from 1
active business about taree years ago. Mr
Kaplinger was born in Norwich, Ct., May
8. 1845, and was the oldest of a/family of
10 children. His parents were Mr and
Mrs Christian Kaplinger. He spent his
early youth and seemed his education in
Haydenville. He was a veteran of tlie civil
war. having enlisted in the 22d Massachu
setts heavy artillery in 1864. He was
afterward transferred to the 17th Massa
chusetts infantry and served witli that
regiment until the close of the war.
Upon receiving his discharge from the
army he returned to Haydenville, where
he entered the employ of the Hayden
ville manufacturing' company. Soon after
his return from the army, he married Mi-s
Nancy A. Moody of South HaiUiy and
they came to live in this city in 1870. For
a time lie was employed with the Boston
and Albany railroad company and served
with them until lie mot with an aecidbnt
which crippled his left hand for life. As
a result of this accident, lie severed his
connections with the company and engaged
in the rubber stamp business in this city.
The business prospered from the start,
and in fact was so successful that he
branched into the printing and bookbind
ing business, establishing tlie business that
now bears his name. 111-healtli made it
necessary for him to give up his active
business connections three years ago. and
Ids son. Charles H. Kaplinger. took up
the work as president and manager of the
company.
NATIVE OF WILMINGTON, VT.
Death ot Judae Francis M. tlrosby of
Snpreme Coort of Minnesota.
Judge Francis M. Crosby, who died re
cently in Minnesota, where he had pre
sided over the first judicial district for
38 years, a record without a parallel in
that state, was born in Wilmington. Vt.,
November 30. 1830. being the son of the
late Eliel and Thankful Allen Crosby,
early and esteemed settlers of that town,
who came from Massachusetts and for
many years lived on a farm near “Ray
pond," in Ihe eastern section of Wilming
ton. At the tune of his sudden death
Judge Crosby lived in Hastings. Minn. He
was elected in 1871 judge of the first
judicial district, assuming bis duties in
tbe following January. He was re-elected
in 1878. 1884. 1890. 1896. 1902 and 1908.
Previous to this long term of service he
was judge of probate of Dakota county.
Judge Crosby was brought up on the
home farm in Wilmington, being educated
in the public schools of that town and
at Mount Caesar seminary in S.wanzey, N.
H. He was. a public .school teacher and
law student in the office of Oscar L. Shaft
er of Wilmington aud that of Daniel
Roberts of Manchester. Yt... being admit
ted to the bar in Bennington, Vt., Decem
ber, 1855. Judge Crosby represented Wil
mington in the Vermont Legislature in
1855 and 1856. and after his admission
to the bar he was associated in the prac
tice of law with Gen Stephen I’. Flagg
of Wilmington, where he remained until
his removal to Minnesota in 1858.
Judge Crosby at the time of his death
was engaged in collecting the records of
Revolutionary soldiers credited to his na
tive towp, numbering, it. is said, more
than 100 old veterans who had fought at
Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Bennington; a
great many of whom are buried in Wil
mington. Judge Crosby was one of seven
judges whose portraits adorn Memorial
hall in Wilmington, but two of whom sur
vive ,
BISHOP WILLIAMS DEAD.
Wa« the Oldest in the Episcopal
Chnreh In Order of Consecration.
Bishop Channing Moore Williams. 82,
died at Richmond. Va. last week. He
went years ago to Japan as a missionary
and was Episcopal bishop of Japan for a
long term.
Bishop Williams was tbe senior bishop
of the Episcopal church in the United
States, in the order of consecration, and
ivas one of the few men who have been
bishops for more than 40 years. He was
also one of eight bishops of that name in
the Anglican church, a record not equaled
by any other family in the history of tlie
deiiomimitiou. The other Bishops Will
iams. all of whom are living, are Arthur
L.. of Nebraska: Charles David, of Michi
gan; Gersham Mott, of Marquette, Mich.:
W. Herbert, of Bangor (Wales); Arthur
A., of India; J. N., of Africa, and David
of Huron (Canada). They are not related,
unless distantly.
Bishop Channing Moore Williams was
consecrated in 1866 by Bishops Hopkins
of Vermont, Lee of Delaware. Johns of
Virginia. Payne of Africa. Horatio Potler
of New York, and Whipple of Minnesota.
The senior bishop of the Episcopal church
now is Rev Daniel Sylvester Tuttle of
Missouri, who was born in 1837 and con
secrated in 1867.
DEATH OF S. B. FISHER.
President ot the North Adams Manu
facturing; Company—A Prominent
Citizen.
S. B. Fisher, president of the North
Adams manufacturing company, the oldest
company engaged in the woolen manu
facturing business in North Adams, died
at his home, 173 Church street, last
week of fatty degeneration of the
heart. He had been in poor health
for about two years and had been confined
to his home for about a month. Mr Fisher
wns born in Dedham 76 years ago. and
served as an officer in the United States
navy during the civil war.
He became identified with tlie woolen
business and went to North Adams, where,
32 years ago, he was made president of
the North Adams manufacturing company,
a position which he had bold continuously
until the time of bis death. He was also
a director of the North Adams national
bank. Mr Fisher leaves s brother. Will
iam of Boston, and a nephew in New
York, James F. He also leaves two
stepdaughters, the Misses Mary A. and Susan
F. Blackinton, residents of Paris, Frame.
DEATH OF JOHN W. P. BUCK.
OW-Tlne School Tcachcv and Former
Member of I.calslnture Paazea
4 way.
John W. P. Buck, 88, who was one of
the oldest legislators of tbe state and one
ot the oldest, if not the oldest, public
school teachers of Western Massachusetts,
died at his home in Clarksburk Tuesday
morning. Mr Buck was horn in Chit
tenden. Vt., son of Mr and Mrs John W.
P. Buck, and had been a school-teacher
and farmer for tbe greater part of his
life. He wirn a remarkably well-read
man, and, possessing n remarkable mem
ory, wns conversant with current events.
As a young mint he began tenehing school,
and taught In Hiincock. Lanesboro and in
N'ortli Adams. For two or three years
he was n teacher in Illinois.
A number ot years ago he was elected
to the state Legislature. In recent years
until five years ago he had been a farmer,
his farm being on the “old road” enat of
the Red milla. He is survived by his
widow, n son, John W. P. Buck, Jr , of
North Adama, a daughter, Miss Helen
Buck of Springfield, nnd a sister, Mrs
Phoebe Hathaway of Chicago, The fu-
ncrpl will be held to-morrow afternoon at I
2 o'clock from the late home. Rev Stewart !
W. Irwin, pastor ot the Methodist elniich, ’
officiating. Burial will be iu Hillside
cemetery.
DEATH OF JAMES BROOKS DILL.
Noted Corporation Lawyer I* Said to f
Have Once Received a Fee of
S 1,000,000.
Judge James Brooks Dill, until recent
ly member of tbe New Jersey court of er
rors aud appeals aud one of the leading
American authorities on cortioration law. '
has passed away at his home ai
East Orange, N. J., of pueinuouia .
after a short illness. Ho was 56 years <
old. Judge Dill was admitted to the i
bar in New York city in 1878. and from I
the beginning of bis career devoted pine- ;
tieally his entire attention to corporation
law. He was tlie author of "Dill on ;
Corporations,” tlie standard work on the i
subject. His aetivilies in connection with [
the management of various corporations I
and as director and counsel of large cor
porate interests had made Ids name known
throughout the United States. He is said
to have received a .fee of $1,000,000 for
his work in connection with the organiza
tion of tile United States steel corpora
tion.
James B. Dill was born in Spencer
port. Monroe county. N. Y.. July 25.
1854. In 1858 his parents removed to
Chicago, where they remained till tby
death of Rev Mr Dill in 1862. Mrs Die
then removed to ' New Haven. Ct. Four
years later Dill, then 11 years old. went
to Oberlin. 0.. where he spent three years
in a preparatory, cunrse. entering the
freshman class of Oberlin college in 1871.
The tollowing year he left Oberlin, and.
entering, the freshman class of Yale uni
versity. was graduated iu 1576.
For a year he taught in a private school
in Philadelphia, at the same time study
ing law with E. U't?pe Mitchell, a noted
equity lawyer. He wont to New York in
1877. was an instructor in Katin and
mathematics in the Stevens institute, and
at the same time entered the senior class
in tlie university law school, from which lie
was graduated as salutatorian of his class
in 1878. He was admitted to the bar iu
the samei year and at once took up tbe
practice of his profession. Mr Dili early
began a special study of corporation law,
the branch in which he had made his
great reputation.
In New Jersey as well as in New
York he bad been prominent in corpora
tion matters. In New Jersey in 1892. in
connection _ with ex-Gov Leon Abbott.
Hebry C. Kelsey, secretary of state at that
time. Allan .McDermott and Henry S.
White, the United States district at
torney. lie organized the Corporation trust
company of New .Fersey. and from that
time on" had drawn 1 or passed on laws
governing corporations under the general,
laws of that state. In 1896 he was ap
pointed on the committee for the revision"
of the corporation laws of New Jersey.
In 1898 be was appointed chairman of
the committee to revise the financial laws
of the state. From itoO until chosen to
the bench he compiled the laws of New
Jersey respecting corporations under the
authority of tbe secretary of state.
Mr Dill wns a member of the Roosevelt
committee for revising the laws of New
York, and wns counsel of the committee
for revising the laws of Canada, tlie only
time on record that a foreign government
has called iu American counsel. His col
lection of over 9090 volumes of Taw books
is said to be the finest private law library
in New Jersey.
Mr Dill had an enormous ability for
work and could stand intense application
that would break dow® many another man.:
His ability to do-Hhis he: attributed Io
horseback riding. Hir>was an enthusiastic
lover of horses andbftlway* had tine ani
, malg in bis stablqev.: (For 20 years ut 7 in
the morning his hoife pas at the door,
rain or shine, and he fiever failed to take
a brisk ride df an hb^r. He had written
several books. "Dill on New Jersey Cor
porations” being a standard text-book, and
he also contributed articles to magazines
I and other publications,
DEATH OF REV G. W. WINCH.
Former Pastor of First Consri-Kallonal
Chorcb Passes Away In Barre, Vt.
Word lias been received of the death
at Barre. Vt.. Sunday, of Rev G.
W. Winch, who for 18 years was pas
tor of the First Congregational charch in
Holyoke. Mr Winth preached at the
Second Congregational church in Holyoke
last June, during the absence of the pas
tor. Rev Dr E. A. Reed. Ho was born
in Vermont 66 years ago, and was a
graduate of the university of Vermont*
and tlie Hartford theological scbSol, his
first pastorate being in Enfield. Ct., and
lie came to Holytike from that charge
in 1888. being installed as pastor of the
church in September of that year. He
gave np tho pastorate 18 years later be
cause of ill-health, and went to Barre,
Vt„ where he substituted in tbe church
there. During Mr Winch's pastorate at
the First church the membership was
largely increased and the present church
building erected and freed from debt.
DEATH OF FREDERICK T. ADAMS.
Frederick Thompson Adams, banker,
broker and prominent in the yachting
world as commodore of the Larchmont
yacht club, died Saturday at his home in
New York. He was born in Chicago 56
years ago. but had lived in New York
city for the past 30 years. As a youth
he went to sea and made n number of
Pacific voyages. He kept up bis interest
in nautical affairs throughout his life and
took a leading pint in yachting affairs
for many years. Mr Adams was a mem
ber of the stock, prodme. cotton and cof
fee. exchanges, and was prominently iden
tified with the chamber of commerce aud
museum of art.
DEATH OF DR DACOSTA.
Dr Jolin C. Dacosta, the well-known
surgeon of-Philadelphia, died at his resi
dence there Tuesday afternoon. He was
76 years of age. Dr Dacosta was n grad
uate ot Jefferson medical college, and
ranked among the great surgeons .if the
country. At tbe time of his death lie was
emeritus gynaecologist at Jefferson lollege.
chief gynaecologist at St Agnes college in
Philadelphia, and president of the Phila
delphia obstetrical society. He was a
member ot many medical societies through
out the country.
DEATH OF COMPOSER.
Charles Jerome Coleman, one-time mil
lionaire and musical celebrity, wns found
dead in his room at Passaic, N. J„ early
Monday morning, n suicide from gas. The
news did not become known until yesterday
with the tiling of tbe death certificate. Mr
Coleman was graduated from Harvard and
was for a time the univetsity organise He
was a composer and at one time conducted
a symphony onhestra near Boston.
WILLI VAI P. I.ETCHWOHTH DEAD.
Williutn P. Lctebworth. 87, widely
known ns a philanthropist and as a work
er for and an authority on the proper
elite for the insane, died last week
nt Glen Iris, near Portage. X. \ With
his death I<HM> acres of park, including the
falls of the upper Genesee river, become
by Ills gift, the property of New York
state.
DEA TH OF miss M ARA A. HOLBROOK
Miss Mary A. Holbrook, many year- i
missionary for the American board in
China nnd Japan, died Friday at the
home of her brother iu East Ha-
ven. Ct. Tbe immediate cause of
death wa- pneumonia. Mi-s Holbrook
was a graduate of Mount Holyoke sem
inary and of Ann Arbor medical school.
She was a eolaborer with Prof H. I’.
Beach of Yale iu Japan for many years.
Burial will be at Rockland to-day. the
girlhood home of Miss Holbrook She
was an .-ir.nt of Mrs Leopold L. Wilder
of this city.
DR JOHN A. SWOPE DEAD.
I'c John A. Swope, representative from
Pennsylvania in 48th and 49th Con
gresses, died at his home at Washington
Tuesday. Dr Swope was one of Ilie
best-known business men of Washington.
Fie was vice-president of the Wasbington
loan and trust company.
Death of Mrs Otis P. < lapp of Lee.
Mrs Otis P. Clapp, 75. died at her
home in Lee Saturday afternoon of
pneumonia, after an illness of about
a week. Mrs Clapp was Miss Agnes
Packard, sister of the late Bradford
Packard, and a member of one of the old
families of Lee and Bradley-street neigh
neighborhood. She was a woman of keen
memory and something of reference ami
authority on affairs of former years amoug
the people. She remembered in detail the
excitement at the time the first train ran
through Lee. 62 years ago. and similar
events of historical interest. Mrs Clapp
w,;is the senior of four generations, rep
resented by herself, her sou. Clarence
Clapp, bis daughters. Mrs Edward Kime
and Mrs Mougin. and their children. She
was a woman of kindly disposition aud
had the respect of the community.
Lieai-Col Bell Dead.
Lieut-Col James E. Bell, inspector-gen
eral of rifle practice for the national
guard of the District of Columbia and
at one time one of the best marksmen in
the country, died at his uome at Washing
ton Vast week. Exposure at the mili
tary; ritie contests at Camp Perry. 0.,
three months ago. complicated by intes
tinal trouble, caused his death. He was
65 years of age. Horace Bell, a son of
Col Bell, who lives in Swanton. Vt.. was
notified of his father's illness on Monday
afternoon and arrived just n short time
before Col Bell’s death. Col Bell had
been connected with the Washington post
office 48 years.
Alnj-Gen I nrr Demi.
Mnj-Gen Eugene A. Carr, a distin
guished retired officer of the army, died
at Washington hist week from a compli
cation of diseases. Gen Carr was born in
Erie county. New York. March 20. 1830,
and had an enviable record during the
civil war. He was retired February 15.
1893 as brigadier-general of the regular
army.
Death of Brig-Gen Oliver E. Wood.
Brig-Gen Oliver E. Wood, United States
army, retired, died at the Johns Hopkins
hospital in Baltimore, Md., recently fol
lowing an operation for acute stomach
trouble. He was born in Hartford. Gt.,
66 years ago.
Robert Louis Philippe Eugene Ferdinand
d'Orleans. due de Chartres, brother of the
late Comte de Paris and uncle of Philippe
d'Orleans. pretender to the throne of
France, died in Paris Monday. He had
many friends in this country, having served
on McClellan's staff with his more fa
mous brother during the civil war. He
came over here in til and was commis
sioned a daptain of the army of the Po
tomac, serving through the peninsular cam
paign. He resigned in 1863 and went to
England. During the Franco-Prussian
war he fought under an assumed name
for France and did valiant service, re
ceiving the coveted cross of the legion.
But when the Bourbons became again
bexiles, be kept up his military service, go
ing to Africa as commandant of a squad
ron of that picturesque body of heroic
vagabonds, the chasseurs d'Afrique. lu
1886- France demanded the surrender of
his commission. He had fought her bat
tles for years, but she needed no service
from a Bourbon. His son. the due de
Guise, married the daughter of the due
d'Orleans, and so, in time, may become
pretender, as Philippe has only one son
and he is unmarried.
Lucius W. Sisson. 72. died at his hotel
at Warwick Tuesday. Mr Sisson was
a well-known hotel keeper a/id he was very
popular with a large patronage in Western
Massachusetts, where he spent the most of
his life. He was born in Belchertown
whore ho spent his boyhood days work
ing on his father's farm and gaining the
ordinary education of the boys in those
days. For many years Mr Sisson was a lo
comotive engineer on the Central Vermont
railroad running between New London and
Brattleboro, Vt. In later years he did
teaming.
Emma C. Moulton, the widow of Fran
cis D. Moulton, the "mutual friend” in
the Tilton-Beecher case of 1875. died at
Wakefield. It. 1., last week in her 71st
year. Her testimony at the trial of Til
ton's suit went against the pastor of
Plymouth church. She swore that Beecher
practically admitted the truth of the
charge against him and talked of commit
ting suicide, while she advised him to “go
down to your church and confess your
crime: they will forgive you.”
BRIEF FUNERAL SERVICES.
Body of Mrs Eddy Will Be Buried tn
Exclusive Section of Monnt Auburn
C emetery.
The north shore of Halcyon lake, a
beautiful little sheet of water in an ex
clusive section of Mount Auburn cemetery
in Cambridge, will become the last resting
place of Mary Baker Glover Eddy, found
er and late head of the Christian science
church. Three lots, the only ones remain
ing in Hie circle about the lake, have been
bought by the friends of Mrs Eddy charged
with that duty and plans will be made at
once and work begun in the spring on a
suitable tomb to contain the body.
The site is in the northeast corner of tile
cemetery. Directly across the little lake
may be seen the tombs of James Russell
Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes, while
many other names famous in American let
ters and professional life may be read on
the fronts of nearby memorials. The fun
eral services will be held at 11 o'clock to
morrow at the Chestnut Hill home. Be
sides immediate members of the Glover
family and the Chestnut Hill household,
loading officials of the church and possi
bly a few newspaper men will be present.
After a very brief service the body will
then be taken to Mount Auburn, where it
will be placed in the general receiving
tomb, to remain until the mausoleum is
erected on Halcyon lake.
The directors of the Christian science
church, Archibald McLellan. Stephen A.
Chase, Allison V. Stewart. John V. Dit
■*more and Adama H. Dickey , have taken
full charge of the church management,
and the scope of their powers includes
matters of organization, of finance and
of description, They are supreme in the
mother churW and control branch churches.
All wore the inn-sonal nominees of Mrs
Eddy, and they are a self-perpetuating
body. They are all men of middle age
and long identified with the management
of the denomination. Mr McLellan is ed
itor of the periodical issued in Boston and
is a native of Morn-ton. N B. Mr Chase
is the treasurer of the mother church ami
a resident of Fall River. Mr Stewart is
the publisher of Mrs Eddy’s works and
was boru in Pennsylvania. Mr Ditte
more, the clerk of the organization, comes
front Indianapolis. Mr Dickey, who was
recently appointed Io fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Ira O. Knapp,
was Mrs Eddy's private secretary for
many years. He came from Kansas City.
An expression of opinion from twoseoie
of prominent Christian scientists through
out New England has been obtained on the
future of the church and they arc unani
mous in saying that the church will in uo
way be affected by the passing of the lead-
er. The expression comes from tbe heads
of the branch churches in nearly all the
large cities and many of the towns. At the
mansion at Chestnut Hill where tbe body
lies in an upper chamber, there are no out
v ard signs of grief. There is no erape on
the door, rhe window shades are up. and the
household (ome« and goes as usual. The
undertaker has performed his duties, with
the exception of laving the body in a coffin.
STEEL TRUST PENSION PLAN.
IN EFFECT NEXT JANVARA.
.Money Will Go to Kmployea Who
Haif Been VX ith the Company SO
X ear* or More.
Judge Elbert H. Gary has annono^ed
that, beginning January 1. 1911. the
I n tied States steel corporation will
pay three classes of old-age pensions
to those of its employes who hare
served with either the parent com
pany or its subsidiaries for 2G years
or more. I’be income for these pen
sions will be derived from the United
States corporation and Carnegie joint
fund, to which no employes contribute,
nnd the division into classes will be as
follows:—
First. Pensions by compulsory retirement,
granted to employes who baVe been 20 years
or longer iu the service and have reached the
age of 70 years for men and 60 years for
women.
Second Pensions by retirement a: reqnest
granted tn employes who have been 20 years
or longer in the service and have reached the
age of 60 years for men and 50 years for
women.
Third. Pensions for permanent Incapacity,
granted to employes who have been 2o years
or more iu the service and have become per
manently totally incapacitated through no
fault of their own.
No pension of more than SI2OO will be
allowed and none of less than sl2 a
month. Between these extremes 1 per
• ent of the regular, monthly pay received
<luring the last W years of service will
be allowed for each year of total service.
Eor instance: An employe who has been
25 years in the service and for the last
10 years has received a regular monthly
wage of a month, will receive a pen
sion allowance of sls a month.
The United States steel corporation
has a pension fund of $8,000,000, and the
Carnegie fund established in 1901 by An
drew Carnegie, amounts to $4,000,000.
so that the joint principal available will
be $12,000,000. This fund is entirely
separate from the voluntary accident re
lief plan, put into effect on May I. 1910.
which provides for injured employes and
the families of those killed in the* service
of the corporation.
OBSERVED HIS 95TH BIRTHDAY.
Reminiscences of Rev W. O. Peterson,
Formerly a Circuit Rider.
A party of the relatives and friends of
Rev W. O. Peterson gathered Saturday
evening in the home of bis daughter. Mrs
Sarah C. Cramer of 460 North Main
street, to assist him in the observance of
his 95th birthday. The affair was of a
purely informal nature, no program har
ing been previously arranged for the
observation of the day. Mr Peterson, for
a man who has so nearly reached the
century mark, is in remarkably good phys
ical condition, and his mental capacities
are preserved in a like degree. He care
fully reads the daily newspapers, and. in
spite of their fine print, does not find it
necessary to use glasses. His hearing,
also, is as good as that of a young man.
Mr Peterson attributes his long life and
remarkably good health to tbe fact that
he has always been temperate in all
things. He is also a great believer in
the old maxim pertaining to early hours,
and has always made it a rule to go to
bed at 9 o’clock each night and to rise at
6 o’clock in the morning.
Mr Peterson was born in Steven rille.
N. Y.. the son of Lemuel and Susan Bligh
Peterson, bis father being a widely-known
class leader of the Methodist church. He
received his early education In the schools
of Stevenville and Greenwich, N. Y.. after
ward studying at an academy under Prof
John Lowrie. After Mr Peterson’s gradu
ation from tbe academy he was seized
with a desire to enter the ministry, as
he believed he had a "call’’ to that service.
At that time it was not necessary for a
ministerial candidate to have attended a
divinity school, but each candidate was
submitted to a rigid examination by the
church officials of his district in order to
ascertain whether or not his ability was
equal to his desire. Mr Peterson tiad no
difficulty in passing his examination. He
entered the ministry and at the age of
24 joined tbe Troy conference. For a
year following he lived the life of a cir
cuit rider, and at the end of the year he
was seized with bronchial trouble and
was obliged to sever his connection with
the conference, although he still continued
his work, and for half a century served
as temporary pastor for various churches,
preaching nearly every Sunday in tbe pul
pit of some Methodist church.
During this time his week days were
spent in going through Ohio aud New
York selling Bibles, traveling largely on
horseback or in a wagon. Mr Peterson
says that when he began his travels
through New York and Ohio be had heard
of railroad trains, but had never seen one.
trains at that time being looked upon much
as flying machines are to-day. He says
that his travels were of the quietest na
ture. and he met with no experiences
whatever that were out of the ordinary.
He later entered the building business in
New Y’ork state, and continued that busi
ness until 15 years ago. when he came to
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U Fort St
this city tn take up his residence with his
daughter. Mrs ^HHner.
In 1841 he married Miss Myna A. Van
Schaick. a daughter of one of the old
Dut< h families of New York, aud 19 years
ago they celebrated their golden anniver
sary. Mrs Peterson died about M years
ag<». Jwo sons and three daughter*’ were
born to them, all of whom are living ex
• one daughter. They are William M.
of harafoga, V } , Oscar Eugene of South
<r!en« Falls, N. Y.. Mrs Amelia Salisbury
of Aewark. N. J., and Mrs Sarah C.
ramer o. tins Mr Paterson has 14
grundc'hiidren. iwo of this city, end seven
^rent-zrnndchildrpn He -ame of a fam
noted for longevity. Lis father having
passed his fwjth birthday before his death.
RETURN OF DEEB BY COUNTIES.
Tabnlatfon by Town* of the Deer
Killed nnd Wounded—More Report*
Yet to < ome Ja;
From Our Special Reporter.
Boston. Saturday. December 3.
It may he well to cloae the story of the
deer slaughter with the record as it stand®
to-day, though there are some 25 to 39
more reports to be made, besides the cases
of deer killing where the commission feel
sure that the act has occurred, but will
never be reported. The commission has no
doubt that deer have been killed illegally
in a number of cases, which will not be
discovered. The returns are as follows:—
Hampden county—Aga warn, none: Bland
ford. J 4, Brimfield, 11; Chester. 34; Chicopee,
b; hast Longmeadow. 1; Granville. IS: Hamp
den. Holland, 2; Holyoke, 3; Longmeadow.
-.Ludlow. 22: Monson. 11; Montgomery. 9;
Palmer. 23: Russell, a: Southwick, 17; Sprihg
hc d d; Tolland. 2; Wales. 2: West Spring
field. none; Westfield. 9; Wilbraham, 24;
total fur tbe county, 226. In addition there
were reported 13 vases where deer were
wounded and escaped.
Hampshire county—Amherst. 4; Belcher
town, 13; Cummington, 12; chesterfield, 8;
Eastbampton. none; Enfield, 11; Goshen, 4;
Granby. 6: Greenwich. 8; Hadley, 3; Hat
field. 8: Huntington. 18: Middlefield. 14;
Northampton. 5: Pelham. 5; Plainfield. 6;
Prescott, 7: South Hadley. 1: Southampton.
7: Ware. ID: Westhampton. 19: Williams
burg. 6; Worthington, 12: total tor the coun
ty. 197. In addition there were 20 which were
wounded and escaped, according to the re
ports of the hunters.
Franklin county—Ashfield. 15: Rernardston,
11; Buckland, 23: Charlemont. 6: Colrain, ]<»;
< onway, 16; Deerfield. 18; Erving. 11; Gill.
3; Greenfield. 14; Hawley. 8; Heath. 4; Lev
erett. 20; Leyden. 6: Monroe, 4; Montague,
19; New Salem. 4: Northfield. 14; Orange, 5;
Rowe. 18: Shelburne. 14; Sbutesbury, 5; Sun
derland. 7: Warwick. 8: Weddell, 12: Whate
ly. 7. making a total for the county of 282.
In addition there were 24 which were wound
ed and escaped. Harvard, in Worcester coun
ty. with 43 killed, heads the list of towns for
number slaughtered.
For the five western counties the totals
reported of deer killed and escaped after
being wounded are as follows; Berkshire,
205 killed and eight wounded: Hampden.
226 killed and 13 wounded: Hampshire,
197 killed and 20 wounded: Franklin, 282
killed and 24 wounded; Worcester, 393
killed and 33 wounded. These total 1303
killed and 98 wounded, or 1401. leaving
some 25 or 30 known cases yet to he re
ported by tbe hunters themselves, and then
there must be added the number illegally
shot, say by men who killed more than
one. or who killed outside of rhe six
limit. and thus the total approximates 1500
in round numbers.
CHAMP CLARK AS REFORMER.
No Automobiles for Vice-President or
Speaker I nder Democratic Rule.
The White House executive offices were
crowded yesterday with senators and rep
resentatives, who called to pay their re
spects to the president. The president de
voted his entire morning to seeing the
legislators.
Among the early callers were Champ
Clark of Missouri, who is slated as the
next speaker of the House. Mr Clark
walked to and from the White House.
As he was leaving it was suggested to
him that as speaker he would probably
use an automobile in visiting the White
House. The democratic leader shook his
head and declared that he did not believe
that either the speaker or rhe vice-presi
dent should be supplied with an automo
bile and that they would not be under
democratic rule. Vice-President Sherman
drove to rhe White House later in his
big car. When told what Mr Clark had
said, he laughingly remaiketl that he suj>-
posed be would have to get in training at
once as a walker.
CHICAGO AGAINST SKYSCRAPERS.
The city council at ' Chicago recently
decided that no building shall be erected
in Chicago iu tbe future of greater bight
than 200 seer. The present building code
limits the hight to 260 feet. The coun
cil decided that the new provision should
not go into effect until July 1, 1911.
Marriage with a deceased wife’s sister has
been valid in Tasmania since 1874; in En
gland only since the act of 1907.
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