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Show REAR-ADMIRAL CONVERSE DIES IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON. March 29. Rear Admiral Ad-miral Gcorgo A. Converse died at his home hero tonight of uraomlc poisoning. Although placed on the retired list several sev-eral years ago, he was In active service at tho time of hl.s death, being president of tho board of construction of tho navy. It was under him as chief of tho bureau bu-reau of navigation that tho battleship fleet of sixteen vessels, which recently circled the globe, was assembled. Ills service to tho navy was largely Identified Identi-fied with torpedo and torpedoboats. lie was inspector of ordnance at thc naval torpedo station. Newport. Tl. I., vhn smokeless powder was Introduced in the navy. A prominent naval officer today. In speaking of Admiral Converse, declared that his influence In tho navy had been far-reaching, and that his career was In somo ways without parallel, ono of the.so being that ho sorved as head of three Important Im-portant bureaus. Admiral Converse was born In Norwich. Nor-wich. Vt.. In 1811, graduated at Annapolis In lS0f at tho hoad of Ills class, and during dur-ing tho Spanish-American war commanded command-ed the cruiser Montgomery, after which, previous lo being inado chief of tho bureau bu-reau of equipment, ho commanded thc first-class battleship Illinois. |