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Show DR. HOWARD CROSBY DEAD.". Th. Kmln.nt mlne Pau.d Away La.t Kt.u.dk uther Death, or th. Iy. Nkw y)KK, March 80. Dr. Howard Crosby diod at 5:15 yesterday evening. His end was peaceful. As the belli wero ringing for vesper service ior easier day, ho asked by a sign for paper and wrote a few lines to his loved ones, to his absent son and daughter in F'gypt, ami three members of his family at home. The first words of thi, hi, last writing, wero: "I know I have; to go." - . Howard Crosby -was borh In New V York City February 27, WW. lie wan cf a revolutionary family,! his grand- father, EbenezerCrosbsyirJj; surgeon- jrt neral of tb-MV$ fcyd- Hia father iirjs'.'-. A y, the philanl, pX'Vj i thA-' : ,inivfrsityiTJ Qj Jf , took tho v)rtrf t- I k Ave. , 7 nue'l'restj f I Which ;W Vr. oN)sbWs'ciiosrt' moderator f . of theTcm-rnl assembly of the t'r..hy.S. tel'iaH church in 1.h;u aud 1877. lit was a dtlegato to the lirst Presbyterian general gen-eral council at Edinburgh. In 1877 ha took a leading part in establishing tha society for the prevention of vice. As an author ho has written a number of scholarly books on biblical subjects. Dr. Crosby's interest in publio affairs was shown by the active part ha took in tlio interest of tho peopio' municipal league inovuuieut. |