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OBITUARIES OF THE WEEK, j
DEATH OF EDWIN MCELWAIN.
A WELL-KNOWN BUSINESS MAN.
Had Long; Been Identified With the
Kibbe Bros’ Company Confeeflonary
Mnnnfacfory In this City.
Edwin McElwain, 77, treasurer of the
Kibbe Bros company, large manufacturers
of confectionary, died at his home,43 Feder
al street, in this city, last week Wednes
day morning after an illness of several
months with heart disease. He had been
unable to a ttend to business since June 20
and had been in his office in the plant
of the company on Harrison avenue only
twice since that date. His condition ne
cessitated his taking to his bed July 3
and he had not been able to be up since
that date. Mr McElwain had held an in-
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edwin McElwains
terest in the confectionery firm of which
he was treasurer since 1864. and its great
growth of business since that date has
been due in a large measure to his ef
forts. As a young man he drove one of
the firm's four-horse wagons which early
became famous throughout Western Mas
sachusetts, and a picture of which is now
used as the familiar trademark of the com
pany.
Mr McElwain was • born in Middlefield,
November 5, 1833, the son of Jonathan
and Lucy (Smith) McElwain. His father
was a farmer and he was trained to do
farm work. His early education was re
ceived in a country school at Middlefield
and he later attended the .Williston semin
ary in Easthampton. During 1856 and
1857, Mr MeElwain taught school in Mid
dlefield, as many young men just out of
the secondary schools then did. A young
man in his native town.' he was instru
mental with Matthew Smith of Middlefield
hi founding the Highland agricultural so
‘■ienl ,-Middl.efield 57 years ago, one of
the . qlclcst' agrieulfurnl societies in the
state, under the direction of which the
we’l-ktiowu Middlefield fair is annually
run. Mr McElwain was the first secre
tary of rhe society .and held that office;
until bo later moved to Springfield. As
long as he lived he was much interested
in (he agricultural, society and kept in
close touch with all its activities. Mr Mc-
Elwain and Mr Smith arc known ip Mid
dlefield as the fatliers of the. Highland
agricultural society.
Edwin McElwain came to 'Springfield
from Middlefield April 1, 1858, and went
to work for Kibbe, Crane & Co, as the
confectionery manufacturers and distribu
tors were then known. The factory was
at that time located at the corner of
Sanford and Market streets. Mr McEl
wain’s work was as salesman and dis
tributor, and he drove one of the com
pany's big, showy wagons to various
towns in Western Massachusetts. In 1862
the company moved its factory to the
’ iiion block at the corner of Main street
and Harrison avenue, where the store of
the IV. J. Woods company is now located.
In 1866 Mr McElwain withdrew from
the employ of Kibbe, Crane & Co and
formed a partnership with his brother.
John S. McElwain, under the firm name
of McElwain Ryos, with an agricultural
seed store which began business that year
at the romer of Main and Court streets. .
where the Springfield Five Cents savings
bank now is. This seed and general ag
riehltural business was conducted by Mr
McElwain until 1863. The store eventual
ly passed into the hands of B. L. Bragg
and then into the hands of O. H. Dickin
son, by whom the business is now run.
Mr McElwain married Miss Caroline
Church, oldest daughter of Sumner U.
Church, a woolen manufacturer, in Mid
dlefield. December 30, 1863. In August,
1864, he bought a one-fourth interest in
the confectionery concern for which be
had worked on first coming to Springfield.
H. B. Crane of the original company had
retired from business and the firm at that
time was known as Kibbe Bros & Co.
For several years Mr McElwain was book
keeper and buyer of raw material for
the company. The death of George Kibbe
brought a break in the company and when
Horace Kibbe died in 1887 the business
was bought by Edwin McElwain and
Sherman D. Porter. These two men con
ducted the establishment until July. 1892,
when a stock company was formed with
Mr Porter as president and Mr McElwain
as treasurer. The factory was moved
from the corner of Main street and Har
rison avenue, November 1. 1890, to the
building at 37 Harrison avenue built by
Mr McElwain and Mr Porter, and now
occupied by the company. In 1891 the
block west of 37 Harrison avenue, now
occupied as the annex, was built to care
for. Increasing business. In the years
1876 and 1877, while Emerson Wight was
mayor of Springfield, Mr McElwain rep
resented ward 5 as common councilman,
being elected on the republican ticket.
From the time of his coming to Spring
field Mr McElwain was affiliated with
North Congregational church and had been
a pillar of that church while it was lo
cated on Main street and since it was
removed to Its present site. He was a
modest man and at all times preferred not
to hold office in the church, though he did
serve on its board of trustees. He was
not a member of a club or social organ
izationu. He was one of the incorporators
of the Springfield safe deposit and trust
company and had always been a director
in that company. He was also a di
rector in the Springfield Mutual fire as
surance company and n director iu the
Chapman valve company. The home on
Federal street in which .Mr McElwain
died wan built by him and had been oc
cupied by him for many years.
Mr McElwain is survived by his widow,
one son, Charles Church McElwain, as
sistant treasurer of the Kibbe Bros com
pany; a grandson, Edwin McElwain, 2d,
son of Charles Church McElwain, and a
brother, John 8. McElwain of Holyoke.
DEATH OF EASTHAMPTON WOMAN.
Mr»4leleu.A. Buzzee died Saturday even
ing. ablherMlMne on -Wright ■ street, East-
hampton, after a long period of ill-health.
Mrs Buzzee »bs born in Easthampton
April 18. 1850, and had always lived in
that town. She married David 11. Buzzee
of New Brunswick. N. J., in that place on
May 1. 1866. and he died in 1905. She
leaves five sons. Howard, Frank. Fred,
Milo and Ralph, and five daughters, Mrs
Helen A- Dblloss of Haverhill; Mrs Edith
M. Buckley of Waterbury,' Ct. Mrs L. 11.
Pilon of Springfield. Miss Ettie Buzzee at
heme, and Mrs Daniel Nagyfy, who lives
in Nebraska.
DEATH OF EGBERT I. CLAPP.
Former Mayor of Northampton anil
for 23 Fears City Clerk.
Ex-Mayor Egbert I. Clapp, who was the
first city clerk of Northampton, holding
that office 23 years, died unexpectedly
.Monday night at the soldiers’ home in
Chelsea Mr Clapp was seized by a se
vere apoplectic shock August 31, 1909, and
had ever since been helpless, being under
treatment during a part of the three years
nt the Dickinson hospital, and later at
the soldiers' home. It was not known in
Northampton that he was in a failing
condition, and his death was due to unex
pected developments.
Mr Clapp was elected city clerk in 1883,
and assumed that office in January, 1884.
He was notably efficient, and was credited
witli being one of the best city clerks in
the state For a number of years he was
president of the Massachusetts city clerks’
association. His ability and unfailing
courtesy assured him re-election to the
office of city .clerk so long as he might
desire it, but in the fgll of 1906 he de
clined to be a candidate for that office,
because of his purpose to run for the office
of mayor. He was nominated for mayor
by the republicans, and was elected by a
majority of over 500. He suffered severe
ly during the year of his mayoralty with
an affection of the eyes, and was com
pelled to undergo a surgical operation.
Mr Clapp was born in Easthampton
June 15, 1843, the son of Luther Clapp
and Lucy Pomeroy Clapp. He was a de
scendant on liis mother’s side of Gen Seth
Pomeroy, and on his father's side of Maj
Jonathan Clapp. He was educated in the
public schools of Easthampton and in
Williston seminary. At the age of 14 he
went to work in Samuel Palmer’s store at
Feeding Hills, and was afterward em
ployed in Capt Ebenezer Ferry’s store, in
which the post-office was located, in East.
hampton. Afterward he worked for a time
in the finisliing-room of the Nashawannuck
mill in Easthampton. In 1861 he enlisted
in Co B, 31st Massachusetts regiment,
which was an infantry regiment for two
years, and then became a cavalry regi
men’,. The regiment was named the 6th
cavalry for a time. The regiment served
at Ship Island and in the campaigns of
Fort Jackson and St Philip, and then gar
risoned Fort Jackson. It was engaged in
the Teclie campaign of 1862 and, in the
Port Hudson campaign and capture of
1863. He took part in the Red River cam
paign and capture of Mobile in 1865 and
was in the campaigns of the Gulf depart
ment. Mr Clapp rose through the grades
to the rank of 2d lieutenant. In the Red
River campaign he met with the accident
which compelled him to use crutches dur
ing the rest of his life. After the capture
of Henderson Hill, Mr Clapp was made
the bearer of dispatches, and. when en
gaged in this service, his horse stepped
into a hole, and, throwing him, rolled upon
him, causing a spinal injury.
After his return from the war, Mr
Clapp was cashier at the Northampton
freight office of the Connecticut river rail
road seven years, and station agent one!
year. Subsequently he was engaged in. the
dry and fancy goods business in St John;-
bury, Vt., Savannah, Ga., Charleston, S.
C-. and Atlanta, Ga. In 1877 Mr Clapp
returned to Northampton and opened a
similar business in the. store mow oc
cupied by Stone's clothing business, and
continued there until his election to the
office of city elerk. Mr Clapp was a
charter member of W. L. Baker, Grand
Army post, and was its first quarter
master. He had been treasurer of;
Meadow City lodge of Foresters and lec
turer of Northampton grange. He was
a member of the Knights of Columbus,
the Elks, the Middlesex chib of Boston
and the Hooker association of Boston.
Mr Clapp was married in 1869 to Miss
Annie L. Pratt, daughter of the late
William F. Pratt, who survives him.
Their daughter, Mrs Bessie P. Sheerer,
died several years ago. Mr Clapp is also
ill
EGBERT I. CLAPP.
survived by three sisters, Mrs Lucy Dur
fee of Gloversville, N. Y.. Miss Emma
L. Clapp of South Deerfield and Mrs
Edgar Harris of Batavia, N. Y., and a
brother. Luther H. Clapp of Pennington.
Ya. Another brother, W. W. Clapp, and
another sister, Mrs William Slocum of
lowa, have died within a year.
St ICIDE OF ELWIN C. WILDER.
Following Short Illness, Prominent
Brattleboro Citizen Shoots Himself.
Edwin Clyde Wilder, a respected
citizen of Brattleboro, Vt.. for about
three years, committed suicide the other
afternoon by shooting himself through the
right temple. The friends of Mr Wilder
think that his rash act was due to a nerv
ous collapse. Mr Wilder had been in the
Memorial hospital for a few days and re
turned home Wednesday about noon. Shortly
after dinner Town Clerk C. 8. Hopkins
went to the Wilder home on Frost place to
execute some conveyances, in accordance
with a previous arrangement. Three women
were present, besides Mrs Wilder, to art
as witnesses Mr Wilder signed one of the
papers to the transaction and stepped back,
apparently waiting for his wife to sign it
niso. He instantly pulled a revolver
from his pocket and shot himself
through the rigiit temple. Mr Wilder
was born in Cornish, N. H., about
50 years ago. He moved when a small boy
to Windsor. Vt., where he was reared and
educated. About nine years ago he went to
New York city, where he secured employ
ment as a carpenter. Ho buried his wife,
after a lingering illness, which blow some
of his friends thought ho never recovered
from. He came to Brattleboro soon after
nnd was employed by Rev E. W. Sharp in
the construction of his houses on Cemetery
hill. He was an excellent workman and
Inst spring he entered the employ of the
Hooker, Corser, Mitchell & Overall company
as a machinist, lie was a member of the i
Methodist church of Brattleboro and a very I
active worker. He was married a few
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 26, 191 L
months agn to Mrs BarthaiDpaoe of Brat
tleboro, who snrvives him.
DEATH OF W. M. HOWLAND.
Former Trenmirer of Amherst College
Pagaen Away at Son th Amherst
Home.
Walter Mxirton Howland, 71. for many |
years a well known Chicago lawyer, ami |
for six years treasurer of Amherst college. ‘
died early Sunday morning at his home j
in South Amherst. He had been in poor I
health for a long time, but had been criti- j
cally ill for only two days. He was born ,
in Conway, the son of William Avery and •
Hannah Morton Howland. He spent his
boyhood days in thaf town and was grad
uated from Amherst college wiTh the class
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WALTER M. HOWLAND.
of 1863. He then enlisted in the army,
where hr served in the quartermaster’s
department with his brother.
After the war closed he studied law at
Lynn and later in Chicago. He was ad
mitted to the Illinois bar and practiced
in Chicago for about 35 years. He was
elected a member of the board of trustees
of Amherst college and served in that
capacity for 10 years. In 1903 he was
elected college treasurer, qnd held the po
sition until failing health obliged him to
give it up about two years ago. When
he came to Amherst to live he .bought
The Ledges, one of the finest places in
town, where he had been deeply inter
ested in various phases of agriculture.
He leaves his widow and- one daughter,
Mrs St John Smith of New York. He.
was the youngest of a family of seven,
and leaves one brother, Francis Howland
of Conway.
Fnneral of Walter M, Howland Held
in College Church.
The funeral of Walter M. Howland of
the class of 1863, and for some time treas
urer of Amherst college, was held at 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the college
church. President George Harris conduct
ed the service, which was extremely im
pressive and beautiful. President Harris
said u few appreciative words, speaking
of the honor and respect for Mr Howland
of all who knew him, and particularly of
the trustees of the college, of whom he
was a member. Rev Calvin .S.teT>l>iiis. '62.
spoke on Mr Howland's college life and
his great Tove for Nature. Thetwo hytnns.
“Lead kindly light'' and “Abide witli; me.’’
were sung. The bed tors’wore CT. Ladd,
H. W. Crandall. I.lbyif Jones. Spencer
Miller. Lawrens H. Seelye and Benjamin
. Rathbun, all of the present clttrpter of
Alpha Delta Phi, the fraternity to which
Mr Howland belonged.
DEATH OF DR JELLY.
Had Long; Been Expert in Insanity
Cases — Located for a Time in
Springfield.
Dr George Frederick Jelly, for 30 years
state examiner of the insane for Massa
chusetts, died nt 3 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing at his homo at the corner of Pleasant
and Otis streets in Wakefield. Dr Jelly
had been in failing health for several
months, and indications of a nervous
breakdown had caused him to resign, his
office the latter pnrt of- July and go to
Wakefield, where he and his wife took a
house next to that of Dr Jelly’s nephew.
William H. Tay.
Dr George Frederick Jelly was borh in
Salem on January 22. 1842, and was the
son of William and Sarah Jeily, He re
ceived his early schooling in Salem and
then-went to Brown university, where he
wasa Phi Beta Kappa, man. and from
which ho was graduated in 1864. Brown
university gave him his A. B. and his A.
M. degree in 1868, and a D. Sc. degree in
1907. He was graduated from the Har
vard medical scliol in 1867 and then Is
came house officer at the Boston city hos
pital. aud afterward began active practice
in Springfield, making n specialty of nerv
ous and mental diseases. In. 1869 he was
called to the McLean hqspital as assistant
physician, and in 1871 became superintend
ent, relinquishing the position in 1879 to
take up private practice in Boston. When
the state board of insanity was organised
in 1898, Dr Jelly was made its first chair
man.
As he became better known. Dr Jelly's
services were extensively sought as a con
sultant and an expert in court. For years
he acted in the latter capacity in most of
the important cases, not only in Massa
chusetts, but also other states. He was
thorough and deliberate in forming opin
ions, and absolutely honest and fearless
in Iris expression of them, and on the wit
ness stand spoke his mind freely, without
regard to what the effect might be on him
self. Dr Jelly had been consulting physician
for the New England hospital forwomen and
children and examining physician for the
registration department of the city of Bos
ton. He had been a member of the Massa
chusetts state board of insanity, was a
member of the American medical nssocin
tion, the American medico-psychological
association, the Boston society for medical
improvement and several other kindred so
cieties. Ho married Ellen A. Parker at
Bath. Me.. .in 1873. She was his set and
wife and survives him. together with his
sister, Miss Louise Jelly, who lives in
Wakefield. ___________
DEATH OF B. K. MUNKITTRICK.
Richard Kendall Munkittrick. 58, the
writer of' Mifitofous verse' and the
maker of jokes. died nt' Stam
ford, Qt., last week. Tuesday. In
recent years he had done little writing,
but at one time he was extremely well
known for his humorous contributions to
Judge. Puck and other periodicals. Mr
Munkittrick was bern in Manchester.
Eng., bnt was educated in this country.
From 1881 to 1880 he was on the staff
of Puck. He was the editor of Judge
from ]9<>J l<> 1905. Hip witticisms
created for hnn quite a vogue. It is told
of him that, going from bis homo in Sum
mit. N. J., on a. scorching midsummer
day. he turned tip at the office of Puck
aqil wrote rapidly two jokes, which he
cashed in at $2 apiece. Soon afterward
he went back nnd wrote another joke,
for which lie likewise, got $2 on the nail
■'l came to town to buy n refrigerator,
and found it cost $6 instead of $4." be
explained as he handed in his third joke.
Mr Munkittrick was the author of sev
eral books, among them “The Moon
Prince and Other Nabobs” “New Jersey
Arabian Nights.” “The Acrobatic Muse”
and “The Slanibangaree.”
DEATH OF EDWARD H BREWER.
Well-Known Dalton t'ltlzen Stricken
With Apoplexy,
The news that Edward 11. Brewer died I
suddenly in Dalton at 6.40 <r<lo<k Sunday i
evening of apoplexy, will be a shock to :
his friends there, in Wilbraham and < sc- ,
where. He made bis home at the Irv- j
ing house, and had been somewhat ailing ;
for a few days, but death was entirely ;
unlocked for. He had not been confined •
to his bed, but remained in his room most .
of the time.
Mr BreWer was born in Wilbraham I
December 12. 1851. the son of Henry and
Anna Pease Brewer. He received his
education, in the public schools there and
in Wilbraham academy. Be always kept
a lively interest in this Methodist insti
tution. of which he had hien tor years a
trustee, and with its. other friends and
special ganrdians had much solicitude tor
its future. This connection with the acad
emy seemed a part of hi> hirthrigiht. Mr
Brewer engaged in commercial pursuits
for some years, but latterly had not.
been in active business. For the past 27
years he had lived in Dalton. He was a
member of the Wilbraham Methodist
church, bnt while in Dalton attended Ilie
Congregational church. He was interested
in all the church organizations nnd gave
liberally Io their support. He was a
member of (he Henry A Barton Bible
class of the Congregational Sunday-schi”.-!.
was president of the Dalton club, treas
urer of the republican town committee
and a member of Dalton grange, .vt the
time the Dalton shoe, company occupied
the Flansburgh-avenue building he icred
as shipping, clerk. Mt Brewer was popu
lar with everybody, his kind and pleasant
manner making lasting friends.
He was a cousin <jf Senator W. Murray
Crane, to whom he was devoted. I luring
the latter's service as governor and at
other times Mr Brewer performed various
friendly offices, traveling with Mr Crane
aud affording pleasant and disinterested
co'mpaiiionship. Mr Brewer had a lively
interest in public affairs both state and
national. He represented in 1904-5 in the
state House of Representatives the 2d
Berkshire district, made up of Dalton.
Hancock, Lanesboro, New Ashford and
Williamstown. He-was attentive to his
public duties, was popular with the mem
bers. and much enjoyed this experience.
A permanent interest of Mr Brewer's life
was Masonry, and he'had a wide acquaint
ance among Massachusetts members of the
order. He frequently came to this city
on occasions of particular interest to the
order, nnd this was also true of Boston.
He was a member of Unity lodge of Ma
sons. of Berkshire Royal Arch chapter and
of Berkshire coutmapderv of Knights Tem
plars, nnd was of the 32d degree.
During his life in Dalton Mr Brewer
had become thoroughly identified with
tb.' community and visitors at the local
hotel enjoyed his society. He will be
genuinely missed by the townspeople gen
erally. and more deeply by those who were
intimately associated with him and to
whom lie was intensely loyal. His depart
ure at nearly 60 years of age. when he was
ardently interested in’life, seems untimely.
Ail the Crane family will mourn him.
and especially the senator, who wns absent
from Dalton yesterday. Mr Brewer was
never married. He loaves a eousin in
Wilbraham. Mrs Pease.
IDA LEWIS DEAD.
Hail Been Keeper, of the Lime Rock
Llvht for Oyer 50 tears. j
Death Tqesdfy g^aitned Ida Tx’wis.
keeper of Lime Rock light.in Rhode Island
for mor® than half on. century, heroine., of
numerous thrilling resTuc^ and frequently
alluded to as the “GMce T hirling of Amer
ica.” Mrs Wilson, for her full name was
Mrs Ida Lewis Wilsoi|< was stjicken with
apoplexy while sther post of duty on Fri
day night and was found unconscious by
her brother, who livod J with her, Saturday
morning. From that piomcnt to the mo
ment.of her death she never regained con
sciousness.
For some years it had been the custom
of Mrs Wilson to rise’before her brother
and awaken him. Saturday morning she
failed to call him and when he awoke he
found her stretched out on the floor of
her apartment. In order to get a physi
cian it was necessary for Lewis to row to
the mainland, for l.ime Rock light has no
telephonic connection. When the physi
cian arrived be found the patient in such
a weakened condition that he held out
no hope for her recovery. During the three
days that the famous lifesaver lay at the
point of death, letters ■ and telegrams of
sympathy have poured in, and so many
flowers have been received that it was im
possible to transport all' to the lighthouse.
I'ol William H. Coffip, commandant of
the Narragansett defense district, an
nounced Tuesday that he had received
instructions from the war department to
suspend tarcet practice at Forts Adams
and Wetherill during tbe illness of Ida
Lewis. The instructions came too late,
however, for the woman was dead when
Col Coffin announced receipt. During the
past few days the continued booming of
the guns, disturbed the patient consider
ably and jarred tbe lighthouse, with the
result that Monday night .the matter was
taken up with the Washington officials.
Ida Lewis was the only woman to be offi
cially appointed to the charge of an
American lighthouse. 5s the keeper of
Lime Rock light, in Newport harbor, for
more than half a century she had saved
18 lives, some of them at great personal
risk. Her deeds of daring carried her
fame throughout the world, and sho re
reived many honors, including medals, a
life pension and the thanks of Congress.
DEATH OF MARCUS M. STEBBINS.
Prominent Citizen Pa»»es Away—Was
Former Member al Legislatsn—
Long; Conducted the General Store
jjn Erring;.
Marcus Morton Stebbins died at his
home in Frying last week Wednesday
morning of tumor, a disease with which
he lins .been afflicted during the past two
years. He was born in New Salem. De
comber 21). 1840. the son of William F
and Sara Gibbs Stebbins, and was the
next to the youngest of seven children.
His parents moved to Wendell when be was
two years of age. whore he was educated
in the Wendell schools nnd lived until his
enlistment in the civil war as n private
in Co K. 26tli Massachusetts volunteers,
on October 18. 1861. Ue was afterward a
sergeant and served as clerk to a major
geuftral. Ue lust Uis left leg below the
knee in the battle of Wiui'hestei', Vn.. uu
der Sheridan and was in five hospitals
before die received an honorable discharge
tor disability at tbe close of the war.
In the summer of 1865, he was the part
ner of H. F. Brooks in Wendell, where
they conducted a general store. He bought
the business of his partner the following
year and continued it until he came to
Living in 1872, when he bought the general
store of Noah Rankin and conducted it for
15 years, until he retired from active
servil ein 1887. In 1897-98 he represented
his district in the Legislature aud was
tendered nil the honors his town could
confer on him. but declined them all. He
was considered the best singer or his day
in Erving and was often called on for
vucal wins. He wns the lender of the
Congregational church choir a number of
years and delivered the address of wel
come nt the Erving centennial in 1888
Mr Stebbins was the chairman of the
town's memorial fund for a number of
years and was a generous, public-spirited
iitizeu, giving much to tha poor. He is
survived by a widow. Martha M. Steb
bins. and one brother. Chaunf-ey C., who
resides at the hoiuostead in Wendell.
DEATH OF LYMAN H. BAGG.
Had Been Flngasred in Literary Work
lor Many Years I inter the Pen
Name of “Karl Kron.”
Lyman Hotchkiss Bagz, 64, one of thr ,
distinguished sons of West Springfield. ,
died Monday ironing at 7.30 o'clock in
the house, at IK*; Riverdale street,
in which he was born, December 24. 1846.
Mr Bagg was tbe son of Richard and
Susan Atwater Bagg. and after the school- 1
ing which his town afforded was sent to 1
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of 1869. He early developed a liking for
newspaper work and while tn college wrote
regularly for the New York iNorid oYer
the name of College Chronicle. It was
easy to turn this jien name into “Col
Cron” and then to "Karl Kron.” the name
which appeared to all his later writings-
He was editor while in college of the Yale
Literary magazine and College Courant,
and afterward wrote a "History of Yale
Boating.”
His largest literary work was "Ten
Thousand Miles on a Bicycle," which is a
detailed description' of his many trips on
a wheel. Although he owned a safety
bicycle he enjoyed most his Columbia high
wheel, which he rode up to within a few
weeks. He was an advocate, among many
other things, of scrupulous cleanliness and
rode a full nickel wheel, and wore a suit
of white flannel. His wheel rides took
him through this country aud Canada as
well as to Cuba and through England. He
was an*anthority upon genealogical sub
jects and was much interested in the his
tory of his own town. He was always
interested in sports and managed the Y'ale-
Harvard boat races held at New London.
1878 to 1883. 1-rom 1889 to 1900 he held
the position of librarian of the University
club in New York, where he made his
home. Since 1900 he hail been a more
frequent visitor at his old home and a
few years ago expended a considerable
sum in putting in some improvements in
which he carried out some original and
long-cherished ideas. A man of very pos
itive ideas, and many hobbies, he was
withal a most interesting companion and
had many stanch friends. For some time
he had been in very poor health and Iris
death was not unexpected. He leaves a
sister-in-law, Mrs Martina Bagg, four
nieces and a number of cousins.
HERBERT G. SQUIERS DEAD.
Army Officer and Diplomat Rendered
Valuable Service at Time ot Boxer
I prising.
Word wns received at New York Fri
day of the death in Loudon Thursday of
Herbert G. Squiers, army officer ami dip
lomat, and former United States minister
io Cuba and to Panama. Mr Squiers had
been in failing health for the past' two
years, which he spent largely cruising in
his yatch in European waters. His.wid
ow and daughter, who survive, were with
him at the end, and will soon sail for this
country, bringing his body with them.
The funeral will be held at St Francis
Xavier’s church in New York at a time
yet to be determined. Mr Squiers’s health,
his friends say, was undermined by his
long and arduous service in the army and
in China as a diplomat, and emergency
military officer during the boxer uprising,
and particularly by his residence in Pan
ama as United States minister.
He was born in Canada in 1859, bnt
was educated in this country. He entered
the army aud served with distinction dur
ing the later Indian, campaigns. He re
signed his lieutenancy in 1891 and en
tered the diplomatic service. While sec
retary of . legation at Pekin during the
siege in 1901 he was chief of staff to Sir
Claude Macdonald, and received the
thanks of the British government for the
valuable services his military knowledge
enabled him to render. He was United
States minister to Cuba from 1902 to 1905
and minister to Panama from 1906 to
1910.
EUGENE ELY FALLS TO DEATH.
Whm Noted Military Aviator—First
Aeronaut to Land on Deck of Bat
tleship anil Return to Shore.
Eugene Ely, aviator, was fatally injured
at the state fairgrounds at Macon. Ga..
Thursday when bis machine failed to rise
after a sensational dip and plunged with
him 50 feet to the ground. Nearly 8000
persons saw him fall into the middle of
the race track after almost clearing the
machine by a desperate leap when he real
ized his peril. He died a few minutes
later, regaining consciousness just before
the end long enough to mutter: "I lost
control. I know I am going to die.”
Eugene Ely was one of the best known
American aviators. His reputation as an
expert and conservative air pilot was inter
national. He probably did as much or more
than any other American aviator in fur
thering military experiments with the-aero
plane, particularly in the United States
navy. It was be who first made a success
ful flight from a warship, starting from the
scout cruiser Birmingham from off Norfolk.
Va.. in November, 1910. Subsequently, at
San Francisco, in January last, he landed
on the deck of the armored cruiser Pennsyl
vania and a few minutes later returned
from that point to the aviation field some
10 miles away.
In addition. Ely demonstrated in army
aeroplanes at San Antonio, Tex., and
carried out military scouting experiments
with the army at San Francisco. He was
highly regarded by army and navy officers.
DEATH OF NORTHAMPTON MAN.
John M. Benson, RI, n I onR-Tlme
Employe of the Florence Company.
John M. Benson. 81. died Tuesday after
noon ar his home on Gothic street, North
ampton, after sn illness of a few days.
He had been a resident of Northampton
for many years, and was employed for
many years as engineer at the plant of the
Florence company. Fie was employed sev.
eral years at the Lambie building. Mr
Benson was a member of the Baptist
church and of Jerusalem lodge of Free
masons. He is survived by bis widow,
two daughters. Mrs R. B. Harris of
Northampton and Mrs Wilbur Pzrsous of
Bristol, Ct., a son. Ernest, of Medford, a
brother, Harry Ben«on. and a sister, Mrs
Maria Emmons, both of Hinsdale.
DEATH OF DR WARD H. LONG,
Former Lor«l Youn« Man Fan«e«
Away Suddenly at Halfimore. Md.
Dr Ward H. Long, 27. formerly of this
city, a young physician who hud jtrtt en
tered upon a successful practice in Balti
more, Md., died suddenly Sunday of
cerebral hemorrhage at his boarding house
at UMS Myrtle avenue in Baltimore. He
was a graduate of the Baltimore medienl
college and had been resident physician at
the Alaryland general hospital.- He had
recently paid a visit to his mother in this
cltly. His body mis sent to Springfield
for burial Dr Ixmg lived while iu this
citv at 164 North street.
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DEATH OF MRA AAX GLENNOX.
Former Well-Known Resident nf
Pittsfield nnd Dalton Passes .Away
nt Holyoke.
Mm Ann Glen mm. 82, widow of Chris
topher Glennon, died at the home of Or
D. F. Donoghue, 240 Maple street, Hob
yoke, Saturday morning after a short ill-
nesa. She had a resident of Holyoke ;
for the past eight veare. ever since the ’
death of her hnebnnd in PittsfreM. and had
been a resident of Pittsfield and Dalton
for nearly 73 years. She leave* two
daughters, Mrs D. F. Donoghue of Hol
yoke and Miss Mary Glennon of Pitts
field, .and two sons, John of Dalton and
Michael of Pittafiefd. and one brother,
Janus McSweeney of Pittsfield.
Death nf Dr Edward P. Turner.
The news of the death of Dr Edward
P. Turner of New Vineyard, Me., was re- {
reived with great regret Friday by his !
many Westfield friends. He died Thuns- !
day night at Stratton. Me., of pneumonia :
after an illness of but a few days. For i
more than a score of years Dr Turner !
was a successful physician in New York i
xily.. His marriage a number of years ago !
to Miss Etta H. Snotv, daughter of the ,
•
him in closo touch with many Westfield '
people and he was in Westfield for some
time after the death of Mr Snow settling j
the estate. He was a whole-souled, com- I
panionable man and one who stood high ’
in his profession. Some years ago he b -
cided to return to his old home in New
Vineyard, Me., and he took great satis
faction in conducting a large farm near
that town. He made a specialty of rais
ing apples and had orchards of several
thousand acres. Dr Turner was a part
ner with Henry M. Van Densen in the
H. M. Van Deusen whip company. He
leaves a widow.
D»*alh of Carlon B. Aiken.
Carlos B. Aiken was found dead in his
room at the home of his son, John Aiken,
in North Leverett, where he was visiting,
last Monday morning. His death was
probably due to apoplexy. He was about
years old. He married Caroline S..
daughter of tbe late Jabin S. Grover of
Sunderland, and at the time of his death
he lived at the Grover homestead, but
much of his life was spent on Chestnut
hill in Montague. His wife died seven
years ago. He leaves seven children,
Endora. wife of Ely O. Dickinson, Will
iam and John, all of North Leverett. Car
rie, wife of James Spencer, and Alice,
both of Montague. Oscar of California,
and Lena, wife of George Richardson of
Athol. •
Hinsdale Man Is Killed.
George N. Kelly, 47. a farmer who had
lived in the south part of Hinsdale, near
the Washington town line, was killed
in front of the Hinsdale passen
ger station Saturday evening about
'8 o’clock. He had attempted to
board east-bound freight train No 4,
bnt the train was going so fast that he
could not board it-and he turned around and
walked back. Baggagemaster William Walsh
saw the fast west-bound train. No B. M. 1,
which was late, coming, and tried to attract
Mr Kelly’s attention, but was tinsuccessful.
and the train struck and carried him about
150 feet. His skull was crushed, one leg
broken and his side crushed in. and he only
lived a few minutes after he was picked up.
Dcatli of Mrs Sarah A. Lyman, S 3.
Sarah.A. Lyman, 83, the widow of Asa
T. Lyman, died Monday at the home of
her son, Charles IV. Lyman of
22 Congress street. Greenfield. Mrs
Lyman was a native of Sharon,
Vt., where she had spent the
greater part of her life. Her husband
died in 1896. and for several years she
made her home with her sister in Ver
mont. coming to Greenfield to make her
home with her son in 1908, where she had
since lived. She is survived by her one
son sfid by a granddaughter. Miss Jean
Lyman.
Death of William Kn.l,
William Kuss, 64, died at his home in
Three Rivers Tuesday last week of tuber
cular trouble. Mr Kuss was one of the
older residents of Three Rivers and had
been iti the employ of the Otis conipanj
for several years. He was a member of
Wenemissett tribe of Red Men. the order
of United Workmen and a charter mem
ber of I'tlgrim commandery. Knights of
Malta. He leaves, besides a widow, three
daughters. Mrs H. L. Calkins. Mrs G. H.
Murdock and Miss Martha Kuss, all of
Three Rivers, also three grandchildren.
George A. Deal.
George A. Deal, formerly a resident of
Springfield and manager of the Postal
telegraph company in this city, died Mon
day at Providence. R, I. He was born
in Maine, and lived in that state most of
his life, coming here to become manager
of the Postal telegraph company in IWO.
The following year he went to Providence
to assume the managership of the Postal
telegraph company in that city, and later
became the manager in Providence for
Henry Clews & Co, the New York bank
ers.
Death of Mr« Merritt Davis.
Mrs Rodella Cooley Davis. 70. wife of
Merritt Davis, died at her home in the
Davis district, Somers, Ct., last week. Mrs
Davis had been ill with stomach trouble
for some time. She was born in Ludlow,
.Mass.. September 1. 1841. She was mar
ried to Mr Davis in 1860, and had been
a resident of Somers sin<^> that time. She
is survived by her husband, three daugh
ters, Miss Emaline, Miss Bertha and Miss
Josephine of Somers, and one son. Horatio
of Glastonbury.
Death of Col Randolph.
Relatives in Providence of Col George
A. Randolph, who as chief of the artillery
brigade in the 3d army corps of the
Potomac played an important part in the
battle of Gettysburg, were notified Mon
day afternoon of his death at his home
in Denver, Col., early Monday. Col-
Randolph was 72 years old and was born
in Quincy. 111. Enlisting for the civil
war with a Rhode Island regiment, he
was promoted from the ranks to tha com
mand of a'corps, and was wounded twice.
Death of James Thomaon Stevens.
James Thomson Stevens. S 3, a native
of Barre, died early Sunday morning
at his home on tbe old farm place, about
three miles from the village. He was a
son ,ot Abraham Stevens, About a week
ago he broke his leg b,v a fall. He was
a lover of good horses. His wife died
in 1903. He leaves three sons. Samuel C.
of Barre, James T. of Worcester, aud
Frank E. of Blackstone.
Death of Mrs Mary Rennett.
Mrs Mary L. Bennett. 72. a well known
woman, residing at the home of Normand
F. Allen on Enfield street. Ct , was found
dead in bed Thursday morning, death re
sulting from heart failure Mrs Bennett was
about the house as usual Wednesday and
when she retired at her accustomed hour
she was apparently in good health and
gave absolutely no indication that death
was so near.
Death of Mrs MarKaret Williams, S 3.
Mrs Margaret IVilliams, $3, died sud
denly Tuesday test week at the home of
her daughter, Mrs E. M. Lewis, ou Amity
street. Amherst. She leaves two .isughters.
Mrs Mary Lewis and Mrs Isaac Thomas of
Utica. N, Y.. and a son, Raj William* ol
Utica, N. Y. She had lived in Amherst
bit a few months and was known to only
a few people there.
Death of Mra Geor*e H. Prinee.
Mrs Sarah E, Prince, 82, wife of lleorgo
H Prince, died Monday morning at, her
home in Amherst. She leaves be
sides her husband, four children, Frank
M. Prime of Minneapolis. Minn.. George
11. Prince of St Paul Minn., aud Walter
1.. Prime of Stillwater. Minn., and one
daiightet Mis W. A Dickinson of Am
hergL Her three sous are all bankers.
Death of Willis B, Jordan.
Willis R. Jordan. 69, died Thursday
morning at the home of W. A Brown
in Rowe, where he had made his home for
several years. Mr Jordan was a member
of the Grand Army and was a nephew of
■ r -’orilaa of the firm of Jordan & Marsh
in Boston. He leaves several brothers
and sisters.
Mr. william H. Moore.
Hr* Annie M. Moore, 54, wife of WRl
am £l. Moore of 73 Florentine gardens,
in this Hty, died Sunday, after a short
iHijpms. She is survived hy two daughters.
H ord has been received in South
Hadley Falls of the death at
Feacham Vt., of E. H. MacLach
<an. a former hich school teacher and
later a superintendent of the South Had
ley Spools He was gored to death by
a niih and tbe animal serionsly injured
Mr MacLaehlan’s nine-years-old son.’ The
details nf the accident have nor been
learned, only that the animal turned upon
him and a horn was thrust into his head.
Mr MarLachlan was principal of the high
school for some little time before taking
the position as superintendent of schools
and left for Vermont a number of years
ago, being succeeded as superintendent
by Dr A. H. Campbell, now of Wind
sor. Ct.
John E. Kimerly, for several vears a
resident of Dwight, died in Springfield
1 hursday of tuberculosis. On account of
ill-health he was unable to carry on bis
farm and went to the city abour a year
ago. Mr Kimerly was a man of quiet
disposition, and the family were promi
nent in church work and took an active
part in social affairs. For a long time it
was hoped he might regain his health,
and everything was done that medical
science could suggest. He is survived hy
his widow and one son, Clarence E. K3m
erly. ,
Robert Pomeroy. 87. one of the oldest
residents cf Westfield, died last week Tues
day night at his homeon thePoehassieroad,
near Wyben. He had been sick only a
month. Mr Pomeroy was born in Gran
^*6 lived in Westfield most of
his life and conducted the farm where he
died for many years. He leaves one son,
r.lhert 1.. Pomeroy of Holyoke; a daugh
ter, Adella E. Pomeroy of Westfield; sev
eral grandchildren and great-grandchildren,
and a sister, Mrs Eliza Johnson of Ohio.
Miss Juliette Bemis, 78, died Tuesday at
M Arron at her home on Bemis road, after
a lingering illness from carcinoma. Misa
Bemis was horn on the farm where she
died, January 29. 1834, daughter of the
late Charles and Lucinda Bemis. For
many years she had been seldom away
from the home place. She leaves two sis
ters. Miss Eliza Bemis, at home, and Mra
Daniel Bliss.
Word has been received of the death
of Miss Jennie Olin, a graduate of Mount
Holyoke college in 1892 Miss Olin sailed
from San Francisco in 1897 for her life work
among the islands of the mid-Pacific. She
was one of the missionaries of the Amer
ican board to Micronesia. She lived on
the island of Kusaie, in the Caroline
group, where she conducted a school for
girls.
William W. Brown, one of the largest
timber ’and owners and pulp manufac
turers of New England, died at his home
in Portland. Me., Sunday. He was presi
dent of the Berlin mills company and
Burgess sulphite fiber company of Berlin,
N. H. He was 90 years old.
Robert Mather, chairman of the board
of directors of the Westinghouse electric
and manufacturing company and director
of many railroads and banks, died at his
residence at New York at 5.30 o’clock
Tuesday morning after a short ilness.
M’NAMARA PROTEST DENIED.
No Bias in Dynamite Theory —Court
in Passing Juror McKee Declares
That Ruling: is Not General as
Qualification of Talesmen Will De
pend on Each Individual Instance.
By denying a challenge by the defense
against Talesman George W. McKee,
based on the ground that while McKee
had no prejudice against James B. Mc-
Namara. the defendant, he belived the
Los Angeles .Times building was blown
up by dynamite. Judge Bordwell upset a
cnerished contention of tbe defense. The
ruling was based upon the court s belief
that notwithstanding McKee's opinion, lie
could and would be a fair and impartial
juror. Of this the court is the sole
judge.
It was the position of the defense under
Attorney Clarence S. Darrow, that an
opinion such as McKee held was in itself
evidence that he could not be impartial in
bearing evidence concerning McNamara,
who is on trial for the mnrder of Charles
J. Haggerty, a machinist killed in tbe
Times disaster. Whether other jurors of
McKee's frame of mind would be disquali
fied depended, the court pointed out, upon
the individual instances and not upon aiy
general ruling.
The defense held that under its conten
tion that the Times explosion gas caused
by gas. a man ought to^beljeve that theory
or none at all to be an iilifjartial juror, and
after the court had announced his ruiina,
McNamara’s counsel still argued against it.
That anyone who attended the joint fu
neral of the Times victims, where 16 coffins
lay across the stage of a local theater, and
beard the oration made on tbar occasion by
Rev Robert J. Burdette, pastor emeritus
of the Temple Baptist cburcb. cannot be an
impartial juror, was the position taken Fri
nay by counsel for the defense. It is said
to be unique. It was announced that where
it can be learned that a talesman sat
through the afternoon where woman after
woman fainted under stress of pmotians in
duced by the grim scenes and by the elo
quence of tbe speaker, that talesman will
be challenged for cause Whether Mr Bure
detro will be summ"nei into court tn re
fresh the memory of these men waa not
: stated.
It was said that 14 men would hear ths
j McNamara ease as jurors. This is possi
i ble under California laws, which provide
i m addition to the regular jury that two
additional jurors may be qualified in cases
! "here the tria; is- of great import
! tnce and duration. These two must be
I kept with the other 12, having equal op
; portunities to hear the evidence and tn
ease any regular juror is disqualified
; through illness or death, tbe name of one
i of the two extra jurors is to be drawn
I from a box and he thereupon replaces the
disabled one. None of tbe 14 seemed in
| sight Tuesday night. Six jurors temporarily
accepted by both sides were in the box,
bnt all are subject and liable to peremp
tory challenge.
UNITARIANS AT WASHINGTON.
Bnainesa Session of 24th Annual Con
vention to Begrin To-day.
The 24th annual Unitarian ■onferenee
convened at Washington Friday with
a formal meeting of the church council
at which matters of routine important’*
were discussed. Tbe opening service w»*
held Friday in All Souls’ I’hurub. where
President Taft worships. Tbe conference
sermon was preached by Rev James De
N oiuandie of Boston. Rev Walter Reid
Hunt of Orange, N. J , conducted •’>«
service. The business sessions of the eon
forenec began Saturday and lasted until
Thursday. About 1500 delegates are i*
attendance.
“We have get to do something or else
get down and out.” declared Horace Davi*
of San Francisco, president of the con
ference, at Tuesday’s session. Mr Davis.
Rev U. • R Pierre, pastor of All Souls’
church, which President Taft attends, and
other prominent ministers and laymen de
livered addresses Tuesday. Mr Davis said
that no church could live on ita past, that
interest iu dogma was passing and ’hat
questions of social service were taking it*
place "The real life of the Unitarian
church depends in a great measure on Its
social efficiency, nnd it is up to this con
ference to mark out clearly what w* can
do,” he said.
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