ANTHONY, RICHARD SCOTT

                          DIED

Anthony - Richard Scott Anthony, of heart failure, May 6, 1893. Funeral services at the home of his mother, Mrs. Emmett Anthony, 1420 Clarkson Street, Monday. Friends are invited.

Death of Scott Anthony

Died of heart failue in #15 Ghost block, early yesterday morning. The funeral will take place at 2:30 tomorrow, from the residence of his mother, Mrs. Emmet Anthony, 1420 Clarkson St.  Friends are invited to attend. The Elks, of which organization Mr. Anthony was a member, will be represented.

Richard Scott Anthony died yesterday morning of heart disease in the Ghost Block. He was a nephew of Scott J. Anthony. The Elks will conduct the funeral.

(Date and Source Not Listed.)

                    In Memoriam

     Twenty-two years ago a little boy of 7 came from the home which a kind father had made for his family in Auburn, New York.  Loving grandparents and others closely related mourned the departure of the beautiful child, so dear to them.  From infantile loveliness, to winsome childhood he became a Western boy.  Although manly, intelligent and ambitious, he cared not so much for books as for business, and since a little child had really been in business for himself.  Honorable, industrious, always ready to help the poor and needy, Richard Scott Anthony grew to manhood and was one of the finest young men in Denver, where died nearly five years ago his father, Emmet Anthony, one of Denver's prominent business men.  And now together they rest in the family lot at Riverside.

     The many rare and beautiful floral tributes sent by those who knew and loved him and their presence in his mother's house when the last sad rites were said, testified to the high esteem in which the son was held.  A loving mother, almost broken-hearted, mourns the loss of her first born son; a fond sister and brother and in closest ties are in deepest sorrow of he who was so dear should in his early, beautiful manhood depart and leave desolate a home where he was so dearly loved.  He had many friends--few young men have had.  The poor and needy had had in him a generous friend whose willing hand had fed their hungry ones, helped to bury their dead.

     And now the manly form is seen no more on the streets of Denver.  At Riverside he lies at rest.  And he is thought of as enjoying the companionship of one who before him  entered into rest the heavenly rest.

     And there shall be no night there, and there need no candle, neither light of the glory, for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign forever and ever.

(Date and Source Not Listed.)

ANTHONY, WEBSTER D.

Man Who Was Trusted by the People With Many Responsibilities.

     Webster D. Anthony, whose death was noted in yesterday's Republican, was an old-timer in Colorado and was well and favorably known in the city and state.  He was born in Union Spring, Cayuga County, N. Y., June 4, 1838.  He received a public school education.  At the age of 18 he emigrated to the West, first to Henry County, Ill, and two years later to Leavenworth, Kan., where he was a clerk in the office of the register of deeds.  Since 1860 he has been a resident of Denver and has held many positions of trust.  He was private secretary to Gov. Gilpin from 1861 to 1863.  In 1863 he was appointed clerk of the First Judicial District, which office he held till December 1864.  For eight years, from 1867 to 1875, he was clerk and recorder of Arapahoe County.  It was during this period that he prepared the first complete set of abstract books instituted here.  In 1876 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the First General Assembly and was chosen speaker of that body.  He was chief clerk of the branch of the Mint in Denver from 1877 to 1884.  He was a prominent Mason and in 1876 was appooointed a special deptuy to organize the order of Knights Templar in Colorado.  Since 1884 he has been a member of the firm of Anthony, Landon & Curry in the business of furnishing abstracts of title to real estate in Denver and Arapahoe County.

     His condition becoming critical, Mr. Anthony was, on last Wednesday evening, at 7 p. m. taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where he died at 2:15  yesterday morning of peritonitis.

     He was married in 1863 to Miss Myra Carpenter of Denver.  He has been a widower for 20  years.  He had two daughters, the elder of whom died five years ago.  His only surviving child, Miss Frances A. Anthony, is now at her rooms in the Hotel Metropole, completely prostrated by the death of her father.

     One brother, C. E. Anthony, is in the city; another, Scott J. Anthony, is traveling in the East for  his health and is now in Hartford, Conn.  A telegram was sent to him asking whether or not the funeral should be postponed until he could return, but as he could not be found, the funeral services will be held next Wednesday at 2 p. m. at St. Paul's Cathedral. The body will be interred at Riverside.

(Date and Source not liste.) Further research indicates date of death to be 6/24/1896

(Transcriber Note: A real estate transfer is listed Rocky Mountain News 3/19/1881, Pg 4: Scott J. Anthony to E. O. Wolcott, et al, lots 14 to 22, block 76 Porter's addition, $6,500, and Scott J. Anthony to Caroline G. Keener, lots, 15, 16 and 17, block 79, Porter's addition, $1,150.)

ARKINS, JOSEPH

ARKINS, HARRY

IN ONE GRAVE

Earth's Last Honors Paid to Joseph Arkins and His Son.

The joint funeral of Mr. Joseph Arkins and his little Harry took place at the family residence yesterday afternoon.  The air of the room where the bodies lay was heavy with the perfume of flowers.  All that was mortal of the father was placed in a black casket, while in a miniature case of white, the little one seemed in a beautiful sleep by its parent's side.  The floral tributes were on every hand.  The larger coffin was covered with them, while the child was half hidden in flowers as pure as the little spirit that had gone.

     There was a large attendance of those who had come to pay a last honor to one they had respected and loved, and who wished to act out the sympathy they felt, but for which they knew no words.

     The services were conducted by Rev. J. V. Hilton, who read appropriate selections of scripture, said what he could of comfort, and prayed earnestly that God would remember these whom he had made to suffer.

    Friends, with tearful eyes, took a last look, and the two cases were closed and slowly and reverently carried to the hearses in waiting.  Those who carried the father's body, were William Stapleton, C. A.Whitaker, J. M. Burnell, J. M. Culver, B. Berbower and O. E. Adams, all having associated with and been strong friends of Mr. Arkins.  Next came the white casket borne by F. W. Loveland, Henry James, W. B. Johnson and D. W. Phillips, also intimate friends and old associates on the News. 

     It was a long cortege that moved slowly to Riverside.  Many paused to look at the hearse of black and its raven horses and the hearse of white with its grays, and the scores of carriages behind, and heads were reverently bared by passing strangers who did not know on whom the hand of affliction was resting so grievously.

     The out door services were brief.  A double grave had been prepared, and side by side the two were lowered.  The words of burial were said, and aching hearts were borne back toward the city.  The flowers removed from the coffin were placed upon the grave, and all that could be done, for the memory of a good man and an innocent child had been done.

     The floral offerings that poured into the house, were numerous and costly, for to those who could do nothing else, it seemed a consolation to send the best that the conservatory yielded.  A harp with a broken string, a cross with a calla lilly center, and a pillow of spotless white with "Joe" in blue, immortals were among the larges designs, though the small ones were as choice.  The cross was from friends on The News, as was a wreath surrounding the words:

     "And the oak fell--

       But the flowers grew over it;

      And it was bathed in the sunshine

      And beauty of eternal love."

(Date and source not listed.)

(Note: Rocky Mountain News, 4/11/1911, obituary William Bird Johnson, refers to

Johnson's career with the RMN, having been hired by one John Arkins, then foreman of the Tribune, and Colonel Arkins later bought into The News in 1880.)

ARKINS, MAURICE

Obituary

     Maurice Arkins, Vice-President of The Rocky Mountain News Printing Company, died at Los Angeles, Calif., at 7:30 o'clock last evening. The startling announcement will be received with profound regret by his friends and acquaintances in this city, where he was so well known and where he has so long resided.

     Mr. Arkins has been in failing health, and some two months ago went to California in the hope that the lower altitude and sea air of the coast would restore his shattered constitution and prolong his life, which seemed fast wasting away.  For a time he was better, but appears to have grown suddenly worse, and last evening the wires brought the sad intelligence of his sudden demise.

     Maurice Arkins was born at Cumberland, Maryland, in 1851, and was therefore 36 years of age at the time of his decease.  He has resided in Denver some ten years, and for a large portion of that time been connected with The News, and one of its proprietors since its purchase by the present management.  He leaves a wife and a young child in this city.

     His remains will be shipped to Denver today and notice of the funeral will be made hereafter. 

(Date and source not listed.)

ARMOR, VIRGINIUS WEGENER,

only child of Edward M. and Catherine W. Armor, aged 7 years, 10 months, at their residence, 600 South Grant Avenue. Funeral notice later.

(Date of 4/2/1903, year is difficult to read, may be incorrect, source not listed.)

BAXTER - SPENCER

     T. P. Baxter and Miss Mabel Spencer, both of near Lebo, were married Dec. 28th by Rev. Thos. Lidzy, of the Methodist Church at Lebo.  Mrs. Baxter is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Spencer, who were formerly residents of this place.

(Hand dated 12/28/1902 source not listed.)

BEGGS, MRS. R. H. (Gertrude)

Mrs. R. H. Beggs died Tuesday night.  Mrs. R. H. Beggs was born in DeKalb County, Ill., April 4, 1852.  During her childhood her parents removed to Minnesota, returning after some years to their former home.  At the age of 15 Gertrude went to Bloomington, Ill., entering the normal school, from which she graduated with Mr. Beggs.  They where married September 1, 1875.  Their next home was in Wilmington, Ill.  Eight years ago they came to Denver, Mr. Beggs having accepted a position in the Denver schools.  Mrs. Beggs has been almost constantly associated with her husband in school work.  She taught one year in the Broadway School, one year in Longfellow and five years in Whittler.  On Tuesday, May 8, she was in her place teaching when a severe headache came on; she continued work during the day; she went to school the next morning but was compelled to give up and go home.  Thursday and Friday she was better, but Friday evening the pain in her head became so serious that a physician was called.  Until Tuesday morning, May 15, no alarming symptoms were noticed, but about 2 a.m. it became evident that that dread disease spinal meningitis was working its deadly effects in her system.  She went to be with Jesus at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday night.

     Mrs. Beggs was a member of the First Baptist Church, but was in reality identified with the Twenty-Third Avenue Presbyterian Church.  She had distinguished herself by building up a young men's class of twenty-five members, most of whom have been led to accept Christ during the last winter.  She was very active and successful in all branches of church work.

     The funeral services will be held in the Twenty-Third Avenue Presbyterian Church, corner of Twenty-Third Avenue and Pierpont Street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The remains will be taken East for interment.

(Date and source not listed.)

BENDER, ELLEN, MRS.

LINGUIST DIES IN POVERTY

Widow of Dr. Bender of Utica, N.Y., Ends Her Days at the Old Ladies' Home.

     Mrs. Ellen Bender died at the Old Ladies' Home at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and will be buried tomorrow.  Mrs. Bender was born in Denmark 74 years ago.  She married a physician and came to this country to live, residing in Utica until her husband's death in 1865.  Dr. Bender left his widow penniless.  She made a living teaching languages.  Her early education was received in Germany and she spoke five languages fluently.  When she became too old to teach she made enough to keep her alive by telling fortunes.

     For three years she has been at the Old Ladies' Home and has been ill all of this time.  For the last eight weeks she has been unable to leave her room.  Fatty degeneration of the heart and congestion of the lungs were the causes of her death.  She has no relatives in this country.

(Aug. 13, 1900, source not listed.)

BLATCHLEY

(See wedding, *Pfusch, George W.)

BOYD, LETITIA

(See wedding, *Dunbar, O. H.)

BUCKINGHAM, RICHARD W. (DR.)

DEATH OF DR. BUCKINGHAM

One of the Eminent Physicians of the Country Dies in California.

     A telegram received in this city yesterday from Los Angeles, California, announces the death at that place on Mar 18, at 6:20 p.m., of Dr. R. G. Buckingham.  Dr. Buckingham went to California some months ago on account of his health, which has been failing gradually, until he became so seriously ill that his son-in-law, Mr. C. D. Cobb of Denver, was telegraphed for and reached his side a few days before he died.  The remains will arrive in Denver on Saturday next and announcement regarding the funeral will be made then.

     Dr. Buckingham has long been a prominent figure in this community and has two daughters living here, Mrs. C. D. Cobb and Mrs. J. P. Marston.

     Dr. Richard W. Buckingham was born in Troy, N. Y., September 14, 1816, being a son of Gideon and Maria (Jutau) Buckingham of that city, and a grandson of Captain Florence Crowley of the Revolutionary army.  His education was obtained in the high school and the Rensselaer (now Polytechnic) Institute in his native city, and he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Thomas W. Blatchford of Troy.  He took his first medical course in 1834 and received his degree in the fall of 1836 at Berkshire Medical College of Pittsfield, Mass., having in the meantime, however attended one course in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia.  He also spent one winter after his graduation in the old Broadway Hospital in New York City.  He commenced practice in Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama, where he remained until 1841, at which time he was given charge of the Marine Hospital at St. Louis.  About two years later he located in Lexington, MO., and practiced there for some twenty-one years.  In 1850 with a few friends he established the first female school in the place and was secretary of its Board of Trustees for ten years.  This institution is now known as the Baptist Female College.  In 1863 he made the journey across the plains to Denver, where for many years he enjoyed a large and lucrative practice.  He helped organize and was first president of the Denver Medical Association, which body he represented at the meeting of the American Medical Associate, at San Francisco in 1871.  The doctor in his earlier professional life was a frequent contributor to the medical literature of the day.

     In 1874 he was a member of the Colorado territorial council and wielded considerable influence in that body.  He worked hard for the passage of the bill to establish the Deaf Mute Institute, and when the act was signed by the governor he was appointed one of the trustees and was first president of the board, which office he held for more than six years.  It can be truthfully said that to him more than to any other one man is due the existence and continued success of the Institute for the education of the mute and blind at Colorado Springs.

     He was president of the school board of district No. 1, Arapahoe County, from 1868 to 1872 inclusive.  His intelligent management of the affairs of this board, and his well known friendship for the common school system, was a prominent factor in building the foundation for what is now the largest and best school district in the state.

     He was first noble grand of the first Odd Fellows lodge in Denver, the first grand master of the grand lodge of Colorado and was twice representative in the sovereign grand lodge of the United States.  In April, 1876, he was elected may or Denver, serving one term with much credit.  He was married in November, 1839 to Miss Caroline M. DeForest of Troy, who survives him. 

(Date and source not listed.)

BUCKRIDGE - SICKLES

     A quiet wedding was solemnized at the M. E. parsonage, in this place, at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening, when Mr. J. W. Buckridge and Miss Anna Sickles plighted their troth, Rev. Thos.. Lidzy, the pastor of the church, performing the ceremony.  Samuel Buckridge, brother of the groom, acted as best man, and Miss Bertha Spencer, as bridesmaid.

     After the ceremony the bridal party repaired to the home of the bride's parents, where a sumptuous wedding supper was served.  About twenty-five relatives were present.

     The groom is an industrious and enterprising young farmer, and has a large circle of friends in this place.  The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sickles, who moved to this place from Gentry County, Mo., last summer.  She has made many friends during her short stay in our midst.  They will take up their residence in one of D. J. Harrington's houses, west of town, and Williams will farm part of the Harrington Farms.  The Times extends to the newly wedded pair its best wishes for future happiness and prosperity.

(Date and source not listed.)

CAMPBELL, WILLIAM B.

Dropped Dead on the Sidewalk on Court Place While on His Way Home.

He Was One of the Owners of the Drug Store at Sixteenth and Welton.

     William B. Campbell, a druggist at Sixteenth and Welton Streets, died on the sidewalk on Court Place between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets, last night about 10 o'clock.  Death was due to pulmonary hemorrhage, a large pool of blood having formed around the place where he lay. When he was discovered the police ambulance was called, but when Police Surgeon Dulin arrived he was dead.  The body was taken in charge by the coroner.

     Mr. Campbell had attended to his business in the store as usual yesterday, and was on his way to his home at 1415 Court Place, when he was seized fatally.  He owned an interest in the drug store at Sixteenth and Welton with his brother John, who died about four years ago.  The store is a portion of the estate of the Campbell brothers, in conjunction with other property.

     William B. Campbell was born in Utica, Ohio, in 1850.  He came to Denver in 1880, being then a sufferer from pulmonary trouble.  He gained relief on arriving here and since then has not been affected to any serious extent.  He had believed that his health was completely restored and in recent years had no fear of return of the trouble.  His premature death will be a shock to many friends who knew him socially and commercially.  He leaves two brothers who live in Denver.  He was unmarried.

(Date and source not listed.)

CAMPBELL, WILLIS A.

Funeral Notice

CAMPBELL - Willis A., at Denver, Colo., Friday, December, 24, 1897.  Services at residence, 1415 Court Place, Sunday, December 20, 1897 at 3 o'clock p.m. The body will be taken to Utica, Ohio for burial.

(Date and source not listed.)

CHAMARD, MRS. M.

Obituary

     The many friends of Mrs. M. Chamard, one of Denver's pioneers, will be grieved to hear of her death, which occurred on Saturday at 6 a.m., after a brief illness.  Four daughters and one son survive her.  Funeral from residence, 2067 Ogden St., 9 a.m. Tuesday. Solemn requiem mass Stout Street Cathedral, 10 a.m.

(Date and source not listed.)

CHRISTY, ALICE, (MRS.)

Christy-- The funeral of Mrs. Alice Christy will take place from residence of her sister, Mrs. Thomas McElroy, 1414 Court Place, Saturday morning,. Requiem mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, interment at New York, New York papers please copy.

(Date and source not listed.)

CLAPP, ALBIRTHA C.

Funeral Notice

Clapp, Albirtha C., wife of Anson Clapp, died Feb. 3, 1904, aged 39 years, 6 months.  Funeral from late residence, 85 S. Fourteenth Street, Friday Feb. 5 at 2 o'clock p.m.

(Date and source not listed.)

COGANS, JOHN

HANGED HIMSELF

A Horrible Spectacle Discovered Yesterday Morning.

John Cogans Found Suspened by the Neck.

In a Gulch Behind the Grand View Hotel

Rocky Mountain News 3/19/1881 Pg 4

     Almost in the rear of the old Grand View Hotel, just across the Larimer Street bridge of the Platte River, is a deep gulch in which the sun shines but three hours a day.  It is one of the wildest and one of the bleakest barest places in all Colorado.  The shadows cluster about the place from one thirty o'clock in the afternoon, until ten thirty in the forenoon, and the mellowed rays of old Sol do not rest long enough on a ledge during the winter and spring months to remove the ice and rifts of snow which accumulate in the early fall.

     It is only when the tempered temperature of June puts in an appearance on the annual cycle that the frost king resigns his sway.  Two young men crossed this gulch at half-past 8 o'clock yesterday morning en-route to Sloan's Lake in quest of ducks.  A flume is thrown across it and upon this structure the couple crossed.  They were Charles W. Stokes and Samuel Reid.  When about one-half of the distance across the wood-work had been accomplished, Stokes chanced to cast a glance below and saw a human form suspended from the trestle work.  It was a sight calculated to strike terror into the strongest heart, and for a moment the man who had looked below staggered like a drunken man, and came near falling in the abyss.  It was the body of a man, and while the head and upper part of the body swayed to and fro in the strong wind which swept through the gulch, the lower limbs were tossed about at a lively rate through the stream of water which flowed through and between the walls of the gulch.  About the neck was a rope which had permitted its human freight to fall a few feet below the point of the flume work, whence it had been made fast.  The discoverer attracted the attention of his companion to the ghastly sight, and, by making a long and circuitous descent; they at last contrived to reach the remains.  The spectacle was one sufficient to appall the heart of the stoutest.  The small rope had cut deep into the neck of its burden, and blood had trickled forth and dyed it a bright crimson, it had frozen and coagulated, and the conglomerated mass of frigid pustules told a silent story.  The seething stream of the gulch had attained a point during the night an inch higher than the dead man's knees, and its subsidation had left great flakes and spars of ice and frost upon the stiffened limbs, the body itself was commonplace, and nothing apart from the usual run.  The face was that of a man perhaps thirty years of age, partially covered by a dense growth of closely cropped whiskers and the forehead was a medium breadth and height.  The eyes were slightly sunken and the checks gave evidence of the violent fate which had stilled the life blood in them.  The body was of medium build and the shoulders looked heavy and firm enough to bear any of life's burdens.  The hands were a small as a woman's and dangled down as though the muscles of the arms had relaxed in idleness. If one were to judge from the texture of the clothing which encased the body, the impression would be formed that the deceased man had been more than an ordinary laboring man.  The sack coat was of dark cashmere, the vest of dark rich cloth, the pants of some black material, and the feet were encased in good serviceable shoes, which were only slightly worn.  A blue shirt and white woolen undershirt comprised the remainder of the attire.  About the neck was a green ribbon which had evidently been placed about it by the owner, in commemoration of St. Patrick's day.  To the ribbon was attached a rather commonplace medal of brass bearing the inscription of a Catholic order.  In the pockets were found an old-fashioned worthless silver watch, five dollars and thirty cents in money, a money order application on an Irish post office-a prayer book and the following letter: "My name is John Cogans. Whoever finds me, bury me in the Catholic burying ground. I die broken-hearted and belong to Ireland. May God have mercy on my soul."

     The note bore no signature, but in the prayer book was found the name of John Cogan's, written in the same indifferent hand. Reid returned to the city for Coroner Linton, and Stokes kept watch by the side of the dangling dead.  The coroner arrived in due season, and the body was cut down.  A jury was summoned together, the remains viewed, and then the lifeless clay was brought to town to Brown's Undertaking establishment.  At this place it was placed in a structure in the basement where it now awaits identification.

     Later in the day a reporter for The News obtained possession of the applications for money orders found in the dead man's pockets, and visited the post office.  There it was ascertained through the money order clerk that on the fourteenth instant a man had called and sent a money order of fifty dollars to John Cogan's, in Boyle, Roscommon County, Ireland.  Nothing further could be learned in this quarter.  Just when the man died is a mystery.  The only supposition to be entertained in the premises is that he grew sick and tired of life on Thursday and seeking out the gulch, there ended his existence.  Who his friends are in Denver is not known and the coroner will not inquest the remains until some additional light is shed as to John Cogan's' reason for ushering his soul into eternity.

COGANS, JOHN

BY HIS OWN HAND.

Coroner's Inquest on the Body of John Cogans.

     Coroner Linton held an inquest over the remains of John Cogans, the suicide found hanging in the gulch on Friday morning, yesterday afternoon.  Throughout the day a great number of persons called at the dead house and viewed the remains of the poor fellow who sought and found a release from the world's perplexities through the agency of a rope.  The publicity given to the sad affairs in the columns of The News apprised the few acquaintances of the dead man of his fate, and they were on hand yesterday.

     The first witness to testify as to Cogan's identity was F. W. Armington, proprietor of the Transit House.  He recognized the deceased individual as a stranger who arrived in the city from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on week ago last night. On securing board he spoke of being desirous of obtaining employment in the Denver and Rio Grande shops, and conveyed the impression by his conversation that he was an iron worker.

     Conrad Franklin, a merchant doing business at No. 307 Holladay Street, identified the remains as being those of a man who called at his establishment on last Wednesday night, and purchased a piece of rope which was found about the dead man's neck.  There can be no doubt that what the poor fellow became disheartened at the outlook for obtaining employment in his line of avocation, and going out into the gulch Thursday morning, hanged himself where found by Reid and Stokes.  Dr. Bean, testified as a medical expert that the small rope had dislocated the victim's neck, and the jury returned a verdict of suicide from hanging.  The remains will be interred tomorrow, probably in the city cemetery.

CONNORS, MABEL

Marriages, Births, Deaths

CONNORS--Sept. 12, at residence, 242? Lincoln, Mabel, the only daughter of Rev. W. F. and Mary E. Connors, in her 20th year.  Funeral will take place from Grace M. E. Church, Wednesday at 3 p. m., interment at Pittsburg, Pa.

(Source not listed, hand written date of 1898)

CRAMER, FREDERICK

FORMER SHERIFF FRED CRAMER ANSWERS SUMMONS OF DEATH.

     Former Sheriff Frederick Cramer died at his home, 429 S. Pennsylvania, yesterday, surrounded by a number of his friends and relatives.  As citizen and official, Mr. Cramer stood high in the community.  He came to Denver in 1865 and several times held public office.

     Mr. Cramer was born in Sand Lake, N. Y., in 1833, and in his your learned the trade of carpenter.  Soon after his arrival in Denver, he engaged in the contracting business and for many years resided in a dwelling located at the present site of Uzzell's tabernacle, Twentieth and Lawrence Streets.  In 1869, he was elected to the office of alderman, which he held for three terms.  In 1885 he was elected supervisor and during the years 1886 and 1887 served as sheriff of Arapahoe County.

     Soon after being installed into the office of sheriff Mr. Cramer was called upon to perform his duty in preventing a lynching.  May 19, 1886, Andy Green and John Withers, robbed and killed Joseph C. Whitman, a street car conductor, at the southern terminus of the Broadway line.

     They were captured a few days after the murder.  The street car men organized a crowd and advanced upon the county jail, fully intending to hang Green, who, according to his own confession, had fired the shot that killed the conductor.  Sheriff Cramer addressed the lynching party.  He declared in most positive terms that he would defend the jail with his life.  Seeing that the sheriff meant what he said, the crowd dispersed.  Green was tried and sentenced to death and Withers was committed to the penitentiary for life.

     The hanging of Green was a public function attend by 15,000 people.  Under the direction of Sheriff Cramer, a scaffold was erected in the sands of Cherry Creek near the Colfax Avenue bridge and there the execution took place.  Sheriff Cramer and Under Sheriff Frank Hollingsworth conducted the hanging.

     This was the last public hanging in the state.  The execution of Green caused a revulsion of feeling through out the state and at the earliest opportunity a bill was passed through the legislature providing that all hangings should take place at the penitentiary in Canon City, under the direction of the warden of that institution.

     Sheriff Cramer figured in another important case during his term of office.  On one occasion he sent out Frank and Thomas Hollingsworth to Deer Trail to capture Newt Vorce.  A shooting took place and Thomas Hollingworth was killed.  Vorce was arrested and sentenced to the penitentiary, but afterwards was pardoned.

     Mr. Cramer leaves a family of four daughters and one son.  Mrs. Orpha C. Raymor, Mrs. Bertha Becker, Flora G. Cramer, Minnie Cramer and William Cramer. 

(Source and date not listed.)

DEAN, CATHERINE, (MRS.)

Marriages, Births, Deaths

DEAN - The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Dean has been postponed until Thursday morning at the same hour.

(Source and date not listed.)

DE GREAYER - MAC FARLAND

     MARRIAGE OF MISS JEAN MAC FARLAND

     San Francisco, March 16.--Miss Jean Mac Farland of Denver and Harry De Greayer of this city were married in San Jose yesterday by Father Kenna of Santa Clara College.  Miss Mac Farland is a talented young woman, who until recently engaged in newspaper work in Denver.

     She was born and raised on Prince Edward's Island, where her father for many years was prominently identified with Canadian politics and served as member of Parliament.  Her relatives in Denver are wealthy mining people.

     De Greayer is the nephew of Septimus De Greayer of this city.  After being graduated from Santa Clara College, De Greayer went abroad and studied medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons at Birmingham.  He returned here last August.  De Greayer has business interest at Cape Nome, for which place he will leave early in May.

(Date and source not listed.)

(Additional article)

     Miss Jean Mac Farland is well known in this city.  She was for several years head of the bicycle suit department in Daniels & Fisher's store.  Afterward she was assistant for a short time to the society editress of the Denver Republican, and later worked at proof reading and reporting on the Times.

(Date and source not listed.)

DI ZEREGA, George Theodore

KILLED BY TOBACCO -- Dr. Francis H. McNaught performed an autopsy on the body of George Theodore di Zerega, which was found on Rio Grande Street, near the Platte River, yesterday morning.  The physician will report officially today.  An unofficial report shows that death resulted from excessive use of tobacco, a bad heart and the shock sustained in fall from his wheel.  The body will be sent to New York City upon order of the father, John de Zerga.  Theodore di Zerega was 30 years old and was employed by the Bancroft Dairy as a collector.

(Transcriber note: this appears to be a portion from another article attached to the end of this article.)

     Inspecting some broken water pipes at Loretto Heights.  The man was about 27 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, of dark complexion with heavy dark mustache.  He was dressed in a bicycle suit, black coat, light knee breeches, white shoes and small checked cap.

     From papers found on his body he was evidently a collector for the St. Lambert Dairy at Bancroft farm, and was riding to the farm when death overtook him.

     Coroner McGovern was summoned at 1:30, and brought the remains to the morgue.  There was $32.15 on his person and no marks to indicate violence.

(Date and source not listed.)

DOUGLAS, ROBERT, SR.

DEATH OF ROBERT DOUGLAS, SR.

The Tramway Car Accident of Saturday Proved Fatal.

     Robert Douglas, Sr., who was struck by an Eleventh Avenue tramway car at Fifteenth and California Streets at 6:15 o'clock on Saturday evening, died at 9 o'clock last night.  His death occurred at his home, 1409 Gilpin Street, where he was taken immediately after the accident.  In stepping from a Colfax Avenue car while it was moving, he was struck and dragged by a car on the other track.  Five ribs were broken on the left side and his nose and left hand were badly injured.  Death occurred from the shock.

     Robert Douglas was the senior member of the firm of Robert Douglas & Co., crockery dealers, 1625 California Street.  He was born in Ferryden, Scotland, on June 11, 1835, and was married in St. Joseph, Mo., in January, 1865, to Miss Mary M. Booth.  Last November he moved to Denver from St. Joseph, where he was an active member of the first Presbyterian Church.  Mrs. Douglas and three children  Robert Douglas, Jr., P. S. Douglas, and Miss Helen Douglas comprise the family.

     After the coroner's inquest the body will probably be interred in the Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.

(Date and source not listed.)

DUNBAR-BOYD

     News of the marriage of Miss Letitia Boyd of Denver and Mr. O. H. Dunbar of Chicago will surprise the formers many Denver friends.  The wedding took place October 5 and Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar left immediately for an extensive trip through Cuba and then to Honolulu.  They will make their home in Los Angeles, where they arrive next week.

(Hand dated 1902 source not listed.)

ERMERINS, BERTHA, (MRS.)

Marriages, Birth, Deaths

ERMERINS --Died in Los Angeles, Cal., on the sixth day of December, 1898, Mrs. Bertha Ermerins, formerly of this city.

(Source and date not listed.)

FENNELL, JAMES

SWIFT, ROSE B.

    Miss Rose B. Swift of Cripple Creek and James Fennell of Jackson, Neb., were married Wednesday at St. Elizabeth's.  Miss Swift formerly lived in Denver, where she is well known.  She has been leading soprano in St. Peter's Church, Cripple Creek, for several years.  Father Rabere, former pastor of Cripple Creek, performed the ceremony.  James Ryan of Jackson, Neb., was groomsman and Miss Jessie Mae Swift was bridesmaid.  Anna Rose Thies, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Thies, was ring bearer.  The ushers were Henry Swift, Frederick Pielie and Frank Johns.  The bride's gown was white silk mull over white taffeta.  The brides maid's gown was mousseline de sole over taffeta.  She carried a shower bouquet of pink roses.  The bride carried a bouquet of bride's roses.  Miss Clara Woeber, presided at the organ and Miss Josie Woeber sang a beautiful "Ave Maria" as offertory.  A breakfast was served at the residence of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Justina Frankie, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. 

(Date and source not listed.)

FLAHERTY, John

COLORADO PIONEER IS DEAD.

John Flaherty, a Miner and Farmer, Receives His Final Summons.

     John Flaherty, a Colorado pioneer, and well-known among old citizens and ministers, is dead.

     Mr. Flaherty died Saturday night at his home, 2048 Champa Street.  He came to Colorado from Atchison, in 1863 and engaged in mining in Empire, where he was successful.  In 1864 he removed to Denver, and in the great flood of that year lost considerable property.  He then engaged in farming near this city.

     When the Leadville discovery was made and excitement was at its height, Mr. Flaherty moved to the camp, and was successful.  He remained there for several years when he returned to Denver where he had since resided.

     Aside from his widow, he left two sons, John, who resides in Reno, Nev., and Daniel, who is with the Second United States Volunteer engineers, now on duty in Honolulu.  The other children are Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. P. S. McCallan, Mrs. E. G. Burton, Mrs. George Burns, and one unmarried daughter.

     The funeral under the direction of Undertaker McGovern, will take place at 8:30 tomorrow morning from the house, with interment in Mount Cavalry.  Requiem mass will be celebrated prior to the services in Sacred Heart Church.

(Date and source not listed.)

FRANCE, ELIZABETH

(See wedding, *Rice, James W.)

(Hand dated 1903 source not listed.)

DIED

FRANCE--On April 19, 1898.  Mrs. Rowena France, wife of L. B. France.  Funeral from her late residence, No. 107 Sherman Avenue, corner of First Avenue today, Wednesday, at 2 p.m.

(Date and source not listed.)

FRANCE, ROWENA, (MRS. L.B.)

DEATH OF MRS. L. B. FRANCE

The End of Her Useful Life Came After a Brief and Unlooked For Illness.

She Leaves a Husband, a Son and a Daughter-The Funeral Arrangements.

     Mrs. Rowena France, wife of ex-Judge Lewis B. France, died yesterday morning at 2 o'clock.  Her illness was not long, and it was her privilege to be permitted, even to within a week of the day of her death, to pursue faithfully the life she had set out to live.  Lately she had not been well, but as she was never quite strong, and had never been given to complaining, no intimation of the impending collapse was vouchsafed to the members of the family until Mrs. France was taken  to her bed never to rise again.  Her husband and her children were at her bedside, and she died the peaceful death that should be the ending of all men and women that, like her, have lived well and to a purpose.  Her death will be deeply felt by many poor that have known her broad sympathy and her actual help; but to those that have had a glimpse of Mrs. France in her lovely home life, it will, upon reflection, be plain that with all her hard and persistent labor in the field of charity and education it was home that she shone most of all.

     Rowena Hewitt was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in July 1836.  She was married to L. B. France in 1863 in this city and spent the most of her life here.  It was an active life--a life with an aim, to be as useful and as kind, and as broad and sympathetic as might be possible with the gifts that nature had given her.  Having made her home and having passed most happily the earlier years of her married life, Mrs. France began instinctively to take an active part in the more thoughtful charitable work.  Many hours of every week in many years she devoted to visits to the poor, and the sick and the troubled, going into the most squalid homes to say and do things that would give comfort.  This was all without the shadow of ostentation, most of it never spoken of outside her family circle.  In more public charity she was a leader and a guiding spirit.  She considered that charity and benevolence, to be of real use, should be thoughtful, and to a definite purpose.  With that view she worked steadily and well.  She was for many years, indeed throughout its history, one of the managers of the Ladies' Relief Home an institution for aged and helpless women, having served long as its treasurer, and once as its vice president.  She was one of the zealous promoters of that later and still struggling institution the Aged People's Home, in North Denver.  Her abilities, united with her real sympathy with trouble in any form made her invaluable as a lead in such enterprises.

    In educational work, and in other lines of activity that are by nature most open to women, she was energetic and inspiring to her sister workers.  All this her associates well know, and will not forget.  That which is of necessity less spoken of, in all comments upon her life, is the sweetness and sufficiency of her home life.  It might seem that it was meant particularly for her, this eloquent tribute of John Ruskin to certain women: "The best women are indeed necessarily the most difficult to know; they are recognized chiefly in the happiness of their husbands and the nobleness of their children; they are only to be divined, not discerned, by the stranger."  In these words, at any rate, may much of the nobility of Mrs. France's life be described.  She decided what her work should be and she went quietly about doing it.

    The family surviving her consists of her husband, one son, Talbot France and one daughter, Miss Bessie France.

     The funeral services will be held this afternoon at the residence, 107 Sherman Ave.

(Date and source not listed.)

(See also, *Rice, J. W., Mrs.)

GOLDSTON, Walter W.

Thieves Enter Corona Flats And Make Haul.

     Thieves broke into S. Corona flats, the home of Walter W. Goldston, last night about 8:30 o'clock and made away with a sealskin cloak, a pair of bracelets and several rings.  Mrs. Goldston returned home about 9 o'clock and saw one of the thieves running out of the building at the rear door.  As she entered the house she observed a man walking up and down the sidewalk.  He was a cripple and ware a black derby hat.  It is supposed that the cripple was the lookout.  The thieves did not disturb any of the other flats.

(Date and source not listed.)

GUNTER - WILSON

     Mr. Geo. Gunter, of this place, and Miss Nellie May Wilson, west of town, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock, Monday forenoon, at the Christian parsonage in Emporia.  Neb.. Bobbitt performing the ceremony.

     The newly wedded pair returned to the home of the bride's parents Monday evening, where a bountiful repast was served, a number of the relatives and immediate friends of the contracting parties being present.  The young people were the recipients of many handsome and useful gifts.

     The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wilson, and is possessed of many womanly virtues that will make her a fitting helpmeet for her husband.  The groom is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Gunter and is a young man of whom only good words can be said.  He is engaged in draying in this place and has laid away enough of his hard earnings to purchase himself a home, in the east part of town, which has been furnished in anticipation of the happy event.  They will go to housekeeping at once.

     Everybody will join the Times in extending congratulations to the newly wedded couple.

(Date and source not listed.)

GUNTER - JOHNSON

     A very quiet wedding took place in our city last Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in the marriage of Luther E. Gunter and Miss Bertha V. Johnson.  The ceremony was performed at the M. E. parsonage, the pastor, Rev. Thos. Lidzy, officiating.  The bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Johnson, and is a bright and prepossessing young woman, and was previous to her marriage a member of the Junior class in the Hartford High School.  The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Gunter, just west of town.  The young couple are quite popular in this community and their many friends wish them a long life, prosperity and happiness.  The will make their home in this place for the present.

(Date and source not listed.)

Died

HALL - In Meeker, Colo., April, 14, Charlie, only child of William K. and Lulu E. Hall, age 4 years, 9 months and 22 days.

(Date and source not listed.)

Died

HALL - In Denver, April 24, William K., son of Benjiman and Lucretia Hall, age 34 years, 3 months and 24 days. Funeral from the residence of his father-in-law, Captain J. W. Barron, 402 West Fourth Avenue. Friends invited.

(Date and source not listed.)

DIED

HENDERSON--Luella E. Henderson, daughter of John and Margaret Sappington Henderson, aged 34 years. Funeral from residence 1428 Court Place, Saturday, Feb 29, 1 o'clock p.m.

(Handwritten-1896, no source listed.)

HENDERSON, LUELLA, (MISS)

Miss Luella Henderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Henderson, two of Colorado's earliest pioneers and principal of the Delgany Street School, died at her home yesterday morning of cancer of the stomach.  She suffered with the fatal disease for four years.  Miss Henderson was well known throughout the city and was very popular.  She was considered an exceptional teacher, her success in pedagogic work having caused her rapid promotion from the position of teacher to that of principal.  She graduated from the Denver High School in the class of '81 and was a Denver woman in every respect.

     The funeral will occur tomorrow at 2 o'clock from the house, 1428 Court Place, Dean Hart officiating.  The pall-bearers will be life-long associates and class mates of Miss Henderson.  They are; Charles McClinton, Frank C. Vickers, Jerome A. Vickers, Louis Bartel, John Hipp and Edward Darbin.

(Handwritten date 1896, source not listed.)

HENDERSON, LUELLA

MISS HENDERSON DEAD

(Handwritten: Died Feb. 27,1896)    

Luella Henderson, principal of the Delganey Street School, died yesterday at her residence, 1428 Court Place, from cancer of the stomach.  She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Henderson, pioneers of 1859 and was one of the most popular young ladies in the city.

     The funeral will occur Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence.

HIGGINS-LYNCH

     Though very quiet, owing to the recent death of the bride's mother, Mrs. Kate Lynch, the marriage last night of Miss  Mabel A. Lynch and Patrick P. Higgins at St. Joseph's Church was of interest to the many friends of the young couple.  The bride has lived most of her life in Denver.  Mr. Higgins is Chief Clerk in the Office of the City and County Treasurer.

     Rev. Father Cantwell performed the ceremony at 7:30 o'clock.  With the first notes of the wedding march, played by Miss May Sullivan, the bridal party started down the aisle.  The bride was charmingly gowned in white silk mull trimmed with lace.  There was an unlined yoke of allover lace and garnishing of medallion appliqué.

     The long veil was fastened with a pearl brooch and the bouquet was of bride's roses. Miss Alice Higgins, sister of the groom, was the bridesmaid. She work pink mousseline de sole and carried pink roses.  William Daly was best man.

     The bride and groom will leave next week for a week's trip through the state and will then return and make their home with Mr. Higgins' sister, Mrs. Mary Kelly of No. 3314 Franklin Street. 

(Date and source not listed.)

HILL, MARY VIRGINIA, MRS.

Funeral Notice

HILL-The funeral of Mrs. Mary Virginia, beloved wife of Edward Hill, will take place at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from her late residence, 830 S. Clarkson Street.  Interment Riverside Cemetery.  Washington, D. C. papers please copy.

(Date and source not listed.)

HINKLE, STELLA M., MRS.

MRS. STELLA M. HINKLE'S BODY IS SENT EAST.

She Was a Clerk in the County Treasurer's Office.

     Mrs. Stella M. Hinkle, lately employed as a clerk in the county treasurer's office died in St. Luke's Hospital last Thursday night.  The body was shipped to Mrs. Hinkle's former home in Kansas City, Mo., by Undertaker Horan.  Mrs. Hinkle had lived in this city for several years and last year was employed in the dry goods store of A. T. Lewis & Son.  The cause of her death was peritonitis.  From Jan. 1 to April 1, this year, Mrs. Hinkle was employed in the county treasurer's office. 

(Dated 1901 source not listed.)

HOLME, JOSEPHINE C.  (MRS.)

DEATH OF MRS. RICHARD HOLME

A Sketch of Her Life--A Favorite Among All.

     Mrs. Josephine Cooper Holme died at her residence, No. 1269 Logan Avenue, yesterday evening at 6:25 o'clock, in the 25th year of her age.  She was the wife of Mr. Richard Holme, Jr., cashier of the Denver Water Company, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Cooper and a sister of Mrs. Frank W. Woodbury.  She was born at Jefferson City, Missouri, February 19, 1864, and four years of her early school life was spent in the Notre Dame Academy of that city.  Coming with her parents to Denver, in 1875, she entered St. Mary's Academy, where she was a student three years.  From St. Mary's she entered the Denver High School from which she was graduated in the class of 1882.  On the 30th of June, 1886, she was married to Mr. Richard Holme, Jr.  The news of her death is a severe and heartrending blow to her people and will be received with sadness by the many who knew her.  Everybody loved "Josie" for in her school days and at her home they always knew her as such.  She was a faithful and dutiful daughter, a dear and beloved wife, and an accomplished and Christian lady.  She was not only lovely in feature, but beautiful in her home life, which makes the blow all the more severe.  She was happily married and was well known in Denver social life.  The time for the funeral will in due time be announced, when she and her first born babe will be buried together.

(Date and source not listed.)

(Transcriber Note: An additional article describes the service, at Riverside, which included the following as pallbearers: From the Church of the Sacred Heart, near Twenty-eighth and Larimer, conducted by Rev. J. B. Guida, S. J. , R. F. Weitbrec, Robert J. Pitkin, Sidney H. Schroter, William Walker, William Stitt and Cy. E. Cooper, ushers; Joel W. Shackelford and M. S. Donnelly.

(Date and source not listed.)

HOSICK, EDNA B.

Funeral Notice

Hosick, Edna B., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hosick, died Nov. 23.  Funeral to be held at residence in Aurora, Friday, Nov. 27, 2 p.m. Colorado Springs papers please copy.

(Dated 1903, source not listed.)

HUGHES, Charles C.

Death of Charles C. Hughes

Charlie C. Hughes died at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Laura A. Hughes, 1750 Lincoln Avenue, yesterday morning, of paralysis of the throat.  Mr. Hughes has been an invalid for several years.  He was a bookkeeper by occupation and was employed in the surveyor general's office until recently, when he resigned his position and went to Hot Springs, Ark., with the expectation of recovering his health.  After remaining there several weeks without deriving any benefit his relatives brought him home to this city, where his mother has watched and nursed him day and night, as only a true and noble mother can, in hopes of being rewarded by his return to health, but to no avail. He expired at 5:45 yesterday morning, surrounded by mother, brothers and sisters.  The family have the sympathy of the entire community.  He remains will be interred by Riverside from the family residence at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

(Date and source not listed.)

HUGHES, Frances C.

DEATH OF MRS. A. S. HUGHES

Society Loses One of Its Brightest and Most Useful Members.

     Mrs. Frances Chesebrough Hughes, wife of Andrew S. Hughes, traffic manager of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, died last evening at 8:45 o'clock at the family residence, 1433 Evans Street.

     Mrs. Hughes' father was a New York merchant, who moved to Atchison, Kansas, and established himself in a prosperous mercantile business in that city.  In 1865 Miss Chesebrough and Mr. Hughes were married in Atchison.  Of this marriage three children survive.  Misses Catherine and Louise, both unmarried, and Bela M., who holds a clerical position in the Denver & Rio Grande railroad service.

     Mrs. Hughes suffered much from ill health the last four years, but it was not until two months ago that symptoms developed such as to cause alarm to her family and friends.

     She never fully recovered from the shock of the sudden death of her son, Ellsworth, who was drowned May 8, 1890, while rowing with companions at Notre Dame, where he was attending college.  He was just budding into manhood and had a life before him full of promise.

     Since Sunday she has gradually grown worse, and the indications were that pneumonia had seized upon an already enfeebled constitution to such an extent as to render all hope for her recovery fruitless.

     Mrs. J. J. Ingalls, wife of ex-Senator Ingalls of Kansas and sister of Mrs. Hughes, will arrive in Denver tonight, when arrangements will be made for the funeral.

     Mrs. Hughes was a consistent Christian, a member of Dean Hart's Church.  She was interested in works of charity and in all movements which tended to the betterment of humanity.  Her loss will be deeply felt by the entire community.

(Date and Source Not Listed)

                       DIED

HUGHES -- At her home, 1436 Evans Street, at 8:45, December 22, 1893, Frances Louisa Chesebrough Hughes, wife of Andrew S. Hughes.

(Date and source not listed.)

JAY, John W.

The Sudden Death of a Prominent Official.

His Term of Office and Lease of Life Expire Almost Instantaneously.

A General Expression of Grief and Sympathy for the Bereaved Relatives.

     On Tuesday morning at about eleven o'clock all that was mortal of Hon. John W. Jay was laid to rest in the cemetery at this place.  His death was unexpected and cast a gloom of sadness over the entire county.  The immediate cause of Mr. Jay's death was inflammation of the bowels brought on, it is supposed by the late hours and exposure attendant upon the campaign of last fall, from the effects of which he never thoroughly recovered.

     His untimely death leaves a young and accomplished woman a widow, two bright and winsome boys orphans to battle with a merciless, cold and selfish world, an aged father and mother, and a host of true and loyal friends who will long mourn for and miss a companionship that even time cannot supplant.  He was a man beloved by all, from the highest to the lowest and his familiar figure and voice was known, not only in every town and hamlet in Bent County, but in nearly every section of Colorado.

     John W. Jay was the youngest son of ex-County Judge J. H. Jay and was born at Paola, Ogle County, Illinois on the 12th day of December, 1853, therefore being twenty-eight days over thirty-four years of age at the time of his death.  In 1857 his parents came to Colorado and located near Denver, where John received his first rudiments of education.  From here he was given a two years' course at Manhattan (Kan.) College.  From there he returned to Colorado and finished his college course at Golden.  In 1876 he began the study of law in the office of General Sam Brown in Denver, mastering that honorable profession in a very satisfactory way for one so young, being admitted to the bar in Pueblo County about six years ago.  During John W. Jay's life in Denver he was prominent in business and social circles and was at one time foreman of a volunteer fire company in that city.  Nine years ago, Mr. Jay came to Bent County, (his parents having preceded him several years) and located in this city.  On December 7, 1879, he was married to Ada M., eldest daughter of Hon. R. M. Moore.  Since locating here John has occupied a number of responsible and trustworthy positions, being the retiring County Clerk at the time of his death.  For six months during John B. Carter's term as clerk, Mr. Jay was his deputy.  After Mr. Carter's death, Mr. Jay conducted the office in the interest of the widow and family of John B. Carter, at the end of which time he was made County Clerk by appointment from the commissioners.

     The death was very sudden and therefore expected only by those at his bedside.  He was taken ill last Saturday and was forced to desist in his labors and go to his home.  Nothing serious was thought until Sunday forenoon when Dr. Dow was dispatched for.  Mr. Jay was taken slightly worse about 1 o'clock Monday morning.  A tonic was given him, but it was too late, as the grim destroyer--death--had claimed his own.  He died at 1:10.

     The funeral occurred at the M. E. Church and the beautiful service of the Episcopal Church was conducted by the Rev. Henry Forrester.  The remains were escorted from the residence to the church and from there to the cemetery by Uniform Rank, K. of P., Lodge No. 28, of La Junta, of which John was a prominent member, and under whose direction the last sad funeral rites were said and the body of John W. Jay lowered into the fathomless beyond.  Peace be to his ashes.

     Mrs. Jay, her two little fatherless boys and the rest of Mr. Jay's immediate relatives are recipients of many beautiful tributes of condolence and sympathy in their deep bereavement.  Below is a sample of the expressions of one of the numerous organizations to which he belonged:

LA JUNTA, Colo., Jan 9, 1888.

Mrs. Jno. W. Jay, Las Animas, Colo.

DEAR MADAM:--In behalf of La Junta Lodge, No. 74, I. O. O. F., allow me to tender you and family our deepest sympathies in your very said bereavement.  May the sustaining power of the All Seeing Eye help you to bear you san affliction with Christian fortitude and hope.

                  Fraternally Yours,

                 Cyrus W. France

(Date and source not listed.)

JOHNSON, BERTHA V.

(See wedding to *Gunter, Luther E.)

JOHNSON - NANCE

     Miss Lulu Johnson of Emporia and E. J. Nance of Los Angeles, Cal., were married on Christmas day at Troy, Kan., by the probate judge of Doniphan County.  The couple were attended by bridesmaid and groomsman.  Miss Francis Curtis, of Troy was the bridesmaid.  After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Nance returned to Emporia.  Mrs. Nance is the daughter of County Treasurer Chas. Johnson.  Her home was at Hartford until the last four years when she has been her father's assistant, in the county treasurer's office. She is one of Emporia's pretty girls and is well known in social circles here.  Mr. Nance's home is in Los Angeles, where he is interested in mining business.  He came to Emporia a short time ago for the wedding.  Mr. and Mrs. Nance expect to return to California soon.

     The wedding was somewhat of a surprise to Emporia people.  The young people decided they preferred a quiet probate judge marriage to an elaborate affair and stole a march on their friends here.  They are now at the home of Mrs. Nance's parents.

(Dated 12/25/1902, source not listed.)

JOHNSTON, 

     SAMUEL

     MARGARET, MISS

     ELIZABETH, MRS.

     ELIZABETH, MISS

     MARY AGNES, MISS

Family Attends to Beloved Son and Brother Who Was Dying From Dread Pneumonia.

   The home of the Johnston family at 278 South Grant Avenue is a house of death.  Yesterday afternoon the funeral of Samuel Johnston filled the home with sorrowing friends, and even while the services were being held, the mother lay dying in another room, and a sister, Mary, lay dead in the house. 

     A second sister, Margaret, had been taken away to the Homeopathic Hospital, where the physicians said this morning she had about two chances in five for life.

     Samuel Johnston was one of the best known printers in Denver.  Though he was only 34 years old, he had been engaged in the business for twenty years. He had a severe chill coming home from his work a week ago Saturday morning, and developed pneumonia almost immediately.  His heart was weak, and from the very first this complicated his illness to an alarming degree.

     His mother and three sisters, Mary, Margare