May 3 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, Czech composer, dies at 73 May 4 George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 May 14 Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 May 14 Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65 May 23 Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman, dies at 87 1892 Famous Deaths by Year 1894