Henry C. Whitney, formerly one of Chicago’s leading lawyers, dies at Salem, Mass., aged 74.
Richard A. Donnelly, Quartermaster-General of New Jersey since 1890, dies at his home in Trenton, aged 64.
March 1.—Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, widow of Leland Stanford and famous for her gifts to education, dies suddenly in Honolulu. Subsequent investigation shows she was poisoned.
Edward O. Wolcott, former United States Senator from Colorado, dies at Monte Carlo, Monaco, aged 56.
March 4.—H. L. Muldrow, Assistant Secretary of the Interior under President Cleveland, dies at Starkville, Miss.
Gobbled It All
SMITH—Some of our rich men claim it isn’t right to leave anything behind them.
Smythe—That’s their way exactly. Wherever they have been they have left mighty little behind them.
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