James Bailey, 59, owner of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, 11 April 1906.

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, 70, creator of the Statue of Liberty, 4 October 1904.

Maurice Barrymore, 57, British American actor, father of John, Lionel, and Ethel, 26 March 1905.

David Braham, 67, songwriter of the 1870s and 1880s, wrote minstrel songs and urban songs, 1905.

Kate Chopin, 54, novelist {The Awakening), 22 August 1904.

Frederic Church, 74, landscape artist of the Hudson River School, 4 July 1900.

Stephen Crane, 29, journalist, poet, short-story writer, and novelist {The Red Badge of Courage), 5 June 1900.

Jean Margaret Davenport-Lander, 74, first actress to play Camille in the United States, 2 August 1903.

Jessie Bartlett Davis, 39, much-admired American actress, 14 May 1905.

Paul Dresser, 49, music...