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Dickinson, Charles C.—At New York City, May 24, aged 40. Lawyer and banker; founder and later president of the Carnegie Trust Company; writer on financial subjects. Fanning, Charles A.—At Kankakee, Ill., May 10, aged 55. Until recently had ofiices with M. R. Morris in Chicago. Farrington, Willard.--At St. Albans, Vt.,

May 22, aged 75. Goddard,

Civil War veteran.

Warren.—At

Brockton,

Mass,

June 3, aged. 61 Gordon, Captain Robert H .——At Cumber

land, Md., May 10, a ed 58. One of the best chancery la ers in %tlaryland; geologist, lec turer, and pu licist. Gross, William C.—At Philadelphia, May _2. 21 ed 58. Formerly select councilman in Philadelphia. Harris,

Gilbert

N .—At

Melrose,

Mass .,

May 28, aged 70. Civil War veteran. Hill, Henry Evelyth.—-At Worcester, Mass, May 11, aged 59. One of the best known lawyers of that city. Ingraham, Richard-At Hem stead, L. I., N. Y., May 17, aged 87. Former y known as a breeder of trotting horses. Ivers, Jesse A.——-At Columbus, Ga., May 28, aged 60. Practised in McConnelsvrlle, Ga., for thirty-three years. Kasson, john A.—At Washington, D. C., May 18, aged 88. Formerly United States minister to Austria and Hungary; had long and successful career in diplomacy; a writer of history; at one time practised in New Bedford, Mass; wrote a history of the forma tion of the United States Constitution and the history of the Monroe doctrine. Lee, A. Markley.—At Charleston, S. C., Ma 21. Of the firm of Smythe, Lee & Frost of harleston. Mann, Harry E.—At Hamilton, Md., May 2,

aged 58. Prominent in Baltimore. Mattocks, Gen. Charles P.-At Portland, Me., May 16, aged 70. Civil War veteran; county attorney at Portland, 1869-1872; representative to Maine legislature; Jud e of Probate, 1900-1906; served in Spanish ar. r'llinot, Robert S.—At Dover, Mass, May 15,

aged 53. Practised in Boston; prominent citizen of a prominent family. Noonan, Thomas F.—At Bayonne, N. 1.,

May 11, aged 51. Former clerk of the Assembly and Assemblyman; former District Court Judge of Bayonne; for several years City Attorney. Patterson, john C.—At Marshall, Mich., May 24, Member of Michigan senate for five

years. Pearson, William W.—At Plainfield, N. 1., May 22. aged 68. Civil War veteran; prac tised several years in New York City. Peck, Myron H.—At Batavia, N. Y., May

14, aged 60.

Pitman, j. H.—At Atlanta, Ga., May 16. Former representative in state legislature. Pulsifer, Augustus llloses.—At Auburn, Me.,

May 7. Formerly county attorney of Andros coggin county, Me. Ritsher, Edward C.—-At Chicago, Ill., June 2, a ed 45. Member of the Chicago firm of Rits er, Montgomery, Hart & Abbott. Rooney, ]0hn.—At Brooklyn, May 20, aged 71. Lawyer and promoter; for years presi den; of the Boston, Hartford& Erie Rail roa . Ross, Walter I.—At Stanhope, N. 1., May 4, aged 70. Had practised in Stanhope for forty years. Shaver, Llewellyn A .—At Washington, D. C.,

May 11, a ed 76. Attorne for Interstate Commerce mmission for t e past fourteen years; before entering government service practised in Montgomery, Ala. Spalding, Th0rndike.—At Cambridge, Mass, May 4, a ed 39. Graduate of Harvard Col lege and arvard Law School; state senator from the second Middlesex district; had prac tised in Boston since 1897; prominent in am bridge.

Stevens, 1Iohn C.—At Galesburg, Ill. Promi nent in Ga esburg. Stone, Charles Francis.—At Redlands, Cal.,

Apr. 27, aged 73.

Member of the New York

firm of Davies, Stone, Auerbach& Cornell;

educated at Harvard and at French and Ger man universities; widel known as one of the first legal scholars of ew York State; a peared in the courts only at rare interva s, most of his work being confined to the library and to consultation; of noble character and

unselfish life. Sturtevant, Ralph O.-——At Swanton, Vt., May 28, aged 71. Civil War veteran; promi nent Mason. Thompson, ]. E.—At Pittsburg, May 10. aged 37. Borough Solicitor of South Sharon, Pa., for the past six years. Vaughan, Fielding.—-At Mobile, Ala, May 14, aged 52. Had a large practice for many years in Mobile. Watson, james W.—At Fond du Lac, Wis,

May 21. Webster, Sidney.—At Newport, R. I., May 30, aged 82. Secreta to President Franklin Pierce; graduate of ale and Harvard Law Schools; practised in Boston and New York City; attorney for Samuel 1. Tilden in the electoral commission case; for years legal representative of the Rothschilds in the United States; adviser of E. H. Harrirnan; authority on corporation and international law; author of "Two Treaties of Paris and the Supreme Court" (1901) and other works. Wyman, Isaac Chauncey.—-At Salem, Mass,

May 18, aged 82. Practised twelve years in Boston, largely in shipping, mercantile and real estate law; later became a large real estate owner in Lynn and Marblehead; has left his large fortune to Princeton University.