Show AS THE WORLD REVOLVES GREAT EDITOR IS DEAD demise of will van benthuysen re fretted g retted by all who knew him will van benthuysen of the editorial staff of the new yori world died at bis his borne home in that city last week mr van benthuysen was born near Dra brakeville keville in davis county la on dec dee 1 1855 his father who la is still living Is judge william van benthey sen of bloomfield bloom field la the family Is of dutch descent at the age of 13 mr van be thuy sen be ame a printer printers a apprentice in a small country office at bloomfield after thoroughly learning the printer printers s trade he went to california in 1873 where he worked as a compositor returning to bloomfield after a few years ears absence he purchased the bloom field commonwealth later he dis posed of that property and purchased the observer at carbondale ill in 1878 mr van benthuysen sold his newspaper interests and went to leav benworth kas where he joined the editorial staff of t e press after a year years s connection with that newspaper he attracted the attention of col D R anthony owner and editor of the Lav ensworth times who invited him to join his staff it was there that mr van benthuysen newspaper ca reer practically began col anthony held the young editor in the highest admiration and soon placed him in en tire charge of his mews newspaper paper when col anthony saw that he could not offer to mr van benthuysen the in du cements he deserved he re becom com 0 r WY JW mended him to joseph medill editor of the chicago tribune mr van benthuysen joined the tri bune Is staff as reporter on april 7 1883 in chicago his rise to nence was rapid within a year he became telegraph editor of the tri bune next he was promoted to the night editors desk and within two years took charge of the paper as managing editor in this position he remained for eight years mr van benthuysen was called to new york in march 1898 to take the position of editorial manager of the world and for five years was a valued member of the staff where his services were highly appreciated and where by his never falling failing kindness sympathy and courtesy he earned the esteem and affection of all his associates DEATH OF MAJOR J B POND k well Known Lecture manager the vie vic t m of gangrene major james burton pond the veil ell known lecture manager died at his home in jersey city N J last week the result of the amp tation of his right foot Car gangrene grene set in causing major pond was as born in cuba alle cheny county Y june 11 1838 in ii 1844 his parents moved to illinois and an in 1847 to wisconsin he ile learned thi the printing trade and published the mar besan wis journal in 1860 61 he H served as major of the third WIs coasin cavalry through the four year years of the war and was one of the seven teen survivors of who were mas sacred at baxter springs by quantrell october 1863 in 1874 he bought the lyceum lee lec t 1741 5 B POND ture ure bureau he ile was twice married first to ann frances lynch who died in 1871 and to martha marion glass march 10 1888 girl makes plain statement miss maude vaude anderson an in depend ent missouri young woman has taken a direct and unmistakable method of extricating herself from a false position she publishes this card in a local paper I 1 take this method of informing the pub ic that the rumor going over the country that jesse hen derson and I 1 are going to marry is without foundation I 1 never in tendel to marry him chicago chronicle AAA |