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John Vinton Dahlgren Dead. Son of the Admiral Passers Away at Colorado Springs. John Vinton Dahlgren of 20 West Fifty-sixth Street, this city, .died yesterday at Colorado Springs, Col., whither he went several months ago in the hope of benefiting his health. Mr. Dahlgren was a son of Admiral John Adolf Dahlgren, United States Navy, who distinguished himself in the defense of Washington at the beginning of the civil war and in the naval operations against Charleston, S. C. Several of the Admiral's sons were conspicuous in this war. Col. Ulric Dahlgren was killed while making a gallant cavalry raid to liberate Federal prisoners confined. in Richmond; Capt. Charles Dahlgren served with distinction in the navy under Admiral Porter and under his father. Lieut. Paul Dahlgren served in the army and was afterward United States Consul General at Rome, where he died in 1874. Eric B. Dahlgren was the fourth son and John Vinton the fifth and youngest. The latter two married sisters, daughters of the late Joseph W. Drexel of this city, a member of the banking firm of Drexel. Morgan & Co. John Vinton Dahlgren was born in Valparaiso, Chile, April 22, 1868, and was graduated from the University of Georgetown, D. C., in. 1889, and from the law school of the same institution two years later. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and began to practice in the law office of Lord, Day & Lord, this city. In 1895-6 he was attorney to the Building Department of this city and compiled the Dahlgren Building Law Manual. Both Eric B. and John Vinton Dahlgren were hardly out of college when they married, the former Miss Lucy Drexel, the latter Miss Elizabeth Drexel, and their wives were yet in their 'teens. The wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Vinton Dahlgren was a notable social event. It occurred in St. Pat-rick's Cathedral, on Fifth Avenue, and they lived in a handsome residence at 20 West Fifty-sixth Street. Their entertained a great deal, and recently gave several elaborate dinners to Cardinal Gibbons, the Apostolic Delegate, and Archbishop Corrigan. Mrs. Dahlgren, because of her cleverness, is considered one of the notable hostesses of New York. Mr. Dahlgren was a member of the Catholic, Republican, and New York Athletic Clubs and of many literary and historical associations. Mrs. Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, the mother of John Vinton Dahlgren, is well known in the literary world. She has written a memoir of Admiral Dahlgren and other works.

Death List Of The Day. Gen. Edmund Lafayette Hardeastle. Gen. Edmund Lafayette Hardcastle died yesterday near Towson, Md., of apoplexy. He was born in Denton, Md., Oct. 18, 1824. He entered West Point Military Academy July 1, 1842, anal remained there until July 1, 1846, when he was graduated and pro-moted in the army to Brevet Second Lieu-tenant, Engineers. He immediately entered the service on the coast surveys, but was in the same year ordered to serve in the war with Mexico and was engaged in the siege of Vera Cruz, the battle of Cerro Gordo. the skirmish of Ama-zoque, the capture of San Antonio, the battle of Cherubusco, the battle of Chapultepee, the battle of Molino del Rey, and the assault and capture of the City of Mexico. He was breveted First Lieutenant Aug. 20, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco, Mexico, and was breveted Captain Sept. 8, 1847, for a display of courage at Molino del Rey, He held several responsible offices with the army in Washington after returning from the Mexican war, but resigned in 1856 and retired to a farm in Talbot Coun-ty, Maryland: where he lived quietly until his death. He was at one time President of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company, and was a member of the House of Representatives of the Maryland Legis-lature from 1870 to 1878. He was also a delegate to several Democratic National Conventions, but in more recent years he had but little to do with politics. Bishop James H. Cook. Bishop James H. Cook, one of the most prominent negro ministers in this part of the United States, died suddenly yesterday morning of appendicitis in the Presbyterian Hospital. He was born in this city fifty-seven years ago, and began his church work In 1866 as pastor of the Union Afri-can Methodist Episcopal Church, tlien lo-cated in East Fifteenth Street. Later he spent several years in Springfield, Mass., but returned to the Union Church in 1884, and was at the head of that congregation when it moved to its present place of wor-ship, in East Eighty-fifth Street. In 1889 he was elected Bishop of the Second District of Union African Methodist Episcopal Churches, comprising twenty-two congrega-tions in the States of New York, New Jer-sey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. For the last five years Bishop Cook had made his home in Wilmington, Del. He had been visiting friends at 217 East Fifty-ninth Street when he was taken ill last Monday. His son, James H. Cook, accom-panied by Bishop Ruley of Wilmington, ar-rived in this city last evening. The funeral will take place at 10 A. M. to-morrow from the Union African Methodist Episcopal Church. The body will be taken to Wil-mington, where services will be held also, probably on Tuesday. Dr. Charles Janeway Dr. Charles Janeway Stille, ex-Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, died at At-lantic City yesterday of heart disease. He became ill several months ago. The body was taken to his late residence, in Philadelphia. Dr. Stills was born in Philadelphia Sept. 23, 1819. He was graduated from Yale in 1839. After devoting himself for several years to literary pursuits, he was elected Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Pennsylvania May, 1866. His brother Alfred, famous as a physician, was also a professor in the university at the same time. Dr. Stine was elected Provost of the institution in September, 1868, suc-ceeding the Rev. Dr. Goodwin, and held this position until 1880. It was under his administration that the university was re-moved to its present location in West Phila-delphia... The degree of LL. D. was con-ferred upon him in 1868 by Yale College. Dr. Stille's writings were marked by gracefulness of diction, pure style, and log-ical reasoning and won high approval from literary authorities. He wrote several vol-umes on the civil war and the historical development of American civilization. Dur-ing the war he was a member of the United States Sanitary Commission. Lewis Radford. Lewis Radford, who died on Thursday at his home, 80 West Forty-sixth Street, was a prominent merchant in this city fifty years ago. He was born in Poughkeepsie in 1815. He arrived in this city with his two brothers about 1835, and started in the grocery business in what was then the Greenwich Village part of the city. When he was' thirty-six years old he turned this business over to his brother, Thomas Rad-ford, and did not again enter active life. His other brother, William Radford, was a Congressman from the Tenth District of this State during the civil war. Mr. Radford is survived by a son and two married daughters. The funeral will take place from his late residence at 2 P. M. Monday. Daniel W. Smith, Daniel W. Smith died at Oyster Bay, L. I., on Thursday. He was born in that village on Jan. 7, 1820. For several years his health had been poor, and he spent the Winters in the South. Mr. Smith for many years was engaged in the oyster business, and was prosperous. He owned valuable real etate at Cove Neck. Mr. Smith is survivdd by a widow, a son, and two daughters. The funeral will take place to-morrow at 2 P. M. from the Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at Cove Neck. Obituary Notes, MirtrA M. GROSS, the second woman to practice medicine in Chicago, and for many years the -oldest woman physician in point of practice in that city, died there yesterday after a long illness. She was born in Elmira, N. Y. in March, 1833, and went to Chicago in 1868. Ex-Judge WILLIAM It ZETARING died at Mackinac Island, Mich., Thursday. He was born in Harrisburg, Penn., about seventy-six years ago. He went to Chicago in 1843 and was an intimate friend of Stephen A. Douglass. He was graduated from the Har. yard. Law School and was a member of the Chicago bar ror a number of years. While a very young man he was appointed a Fed-eral Judge in Oregon. JAMES BRIGGS, Supervisor of the Fifth Ward, died suddenly yesterday at his' home in Rochester. For several years he suffered greatly from stomach disorders, which threatened a. year ago to result seriously. The same trouble was again experienced this Summer and resulted in his death. Mn Briggs was bons/ in Peekskill forty-three years ago. In 1875 he removed to Roches-ten He studied law with the late Martin W. Cook, Last Fall he was the Democratic nominee for Assembly in the Third District, and made a run against Richard Gardner.

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