Evening gazette, Tuesday, December 1, 1896 · page 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WM. STEINWAY DEAD.

Millionaire Piano Manufacturer Pass-
es Away In New York.

HE REFUSED MANY OFFICES.

Declined Appointment of Secretary oi
State and Would Not Run For Gov-
ernor of New York—Brief Sketch
of His Eventful Career.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—William Stein-
way, the millionaire piano manufacturer,
died early today at his home, 26 Gram-
ercy park.

Mr. Steinway was attacked with typhoid
fever about a month ago. Three weeks
ago yesterday he took to his bed, and his
condition steadily improved until 7 o’clock
yesterday morning, when he suffered a re-
lapse. ‘

His physicians, Drs. Scharlan and Ja-
cobi, were hastily summoned, but Mr.
Steinway lapsed into unconsciOusness from
which he did not recover until he died.

His son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis von Bernuth, w '9 have lived
with Mr. Steinway ever smce his wife’s
death, two years ago last March, were
with him when the end 'came, as were also

his nephews and his associates in the cor-
poration of Steinway & 00., Charles H.

 

WILLIAM STEINIVAY.

and Frederick T. Steinway and Henry >

Zeigler; his nephew, Nahum Stetson; his
son, Theodore Steinway; his daughter,
Maude; H. D. Low and his physicians.

Mr. Steinway has two other sons, William
R., who is at St. Paul’s school, in Garden
City, N. Y., and George, who is expected
to arrive from Europe on the Trave next
Thursday.

Mr. Steinway’s fortune is estimated at
several millions. He was well known for
his charities. All of the salary which he
has received as rapid transit commissioner
has been turned over in advance to differ-
ent charitable institutions of this city.

Two years ago Mr. Steinway gave per-
mission to have his immense tracts of land
at Long Island City turned over to the
production of potatoes for the benefit of the
poor.

Mayor Strong ordered the city hall flag
to be hung at half mast out of respect to
the memory of Mr. Sminway.

Mr. Steinway’s Career.-

William Steinway was born in Seesen,
duchy of * Brunswick, in 1836. Before
reaching his fourteenth year he had mas-
tered French and English, in addition to
his native German.

In 1850 he came to this country and was
apprenticed to William Nunns & Co., piano
makers of this city.

After working with that firm for three
years and becoming a skilled piano maker
he joined his father and his brothers, Hen-
ry and Charles, in founding the piano house
of Steinway & Sons.

As the business grew the financial and
mercantile department came under Wil-
liam Steinway’s personal direction. In
this capacity he early gave evidence of the
ability that was destined to become a rul-
ing factor in the firm.

In 1865 his two brothers died, throwing
still more responsibility on the young busi-
ness manager, and six years later his father
also died.

Meanwhile Steinway had become inter-
ested in matters municipal and in 1871 was
a leading spirit in the famous committee
of 70 that so completely smashed the
Tweed ring.

He presided in 1886 at a Cooper Union
mass meeting for the purpose of indorsing
Abram Hewitt’s candidacy for mayor and
two years later was delegate to the Demo-
cratic national convention at St. Louis and
forwarded the second nomination of his
boyhood’s friend, Grover Cleveland.

Ofi'ers of public positions were repeated-
ly showered upon Steinway, but, under
plea of business or private affairs, were
nearly always declined. Among the .posi-
tions offered him were the subtreasuryship
of the United States, the office of secretary
of state, the governorship of New York and
the mayoralty of this city.

Accepted Small Positions.

Less distinguished positions, however,
he accepted readily. Thus he was for many
years president of the Liederkranz society
in New York and president of the German
music festival last year. He also served
some years as president of the rapid transit
commission. In the last named organiza-
tion he had been especially prominent,
working zealously in the interests of the
people in the face of personal anxieties, ill-
ness and bereavements.

Thousands of dollars were spent by him
from his private fortune in studying rapid
transit problems in London and Berlin.

Mr. Steinway also founded more than
one bank and was a director in many such
institutions.

By his personal efforts a model town,
with every comfort for employees, was
built up atout his Long Island piano fac-
tories. r.lhis settlement bears his own
name.

When the New York World’s fair fund
~was first projet ted, Mr. Steinway sub-
ncribed $50,000 toward it and encouraged
.nany other musical people to do the same.

Mr. Steinway was married twice, sur-
viving both his wives. In appedrance he
was tall, heavily built and of great per-
sonal strength.

The German emperor in 1892 appointed
him piano manufacturer to the imperial
court, and he received other marks of dis-
tinguished consideration, not only from

the kaiser, but from other crowned heads.

of’Europe. Mr. Steinway leaves two sons.

 

Max Alvary's Condition.

J ENA, Saxe-Weimar-Eiscnach, Dec. 1.
--—The reports circulated in the United
«States that Max Alvary, the tenor, is crit-
iienlly ill, are misleading. The singer re.
,cently underwent a successful operation,
which resulted in the complete cure of the
isuflerer. He is now taking long excursions
daily.

 

Fatal Boiler Explosion.
PARIS, Dec. 1.—Four‘ persons were
killed at Nanterre as the result of a boner

explosion in a carbon factory. The damage

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into the water.

THE EVENING e-Azn'r'r a

JANSEN’S SAD JOURNEY.
Sufl'ering, Peril, and Death on Greenland’l
Bleak Shores.

Jan Jansen, after almost four years
of adventure and hard luck, returned
to the United States on the steamship
Portia from Halifax.

Jansen, who is a native of Denmark,
and is about 30 years old, sailed from
New London on July 7, 1892, as the
mate of a whaling expedition sent to
Davis Strait by Wrightington &
Clisby. Captain Clisby, a famous
Nantucket Whaler, commanded the ex«
pedition. He was killed by an acci-
dent at Cumberland Gulf last August.

The party sailed on the ship Era of
New London. She landed them and
their two years’ supply of stores at
Cape Haven, Davis Strait, in good
time for the fall whaling. Captain
Clisby and Mate J unsen had no white
companions. They hired a crew of
thirty Eskimos, with the necessary
dogs and sleds.

The station was“ already built for
them by a New London expedition that
went out in 1886, which Wrightington
and Clisby had bought out. They were
to hunt whales in small whaleboats,
and, having secured them, to tow them
into the station, where the try-out and
removal of the whalebone could be
done conveniently.

During the first fall and winter the
men took no whales; they had
troubles in plenty. When they went
to Cape Haven they found there an
American named Duval. Jansen said
Duval was not a trader nor an agent
of any firm.

He lived up there in a country
where the snow covers the ground
nine months of the year simply be-
cause he liked it. It pleased Duval to
leave Captain Clisby’s camp about twc
months after he had been first em.
ployed there. Early in January an Es.
kimo came into the station with a note
from Duval for Captain Clisby, beg-
ging for help. Duval wanted to come
back to the camp as cook. He was then
twenty miles to the northwest of the
Clisby party.

“I took a sled and some dogs and
a native,” said Jansen, “and started
out to take him the things he needed
most and to bring him back. It took
us three days to get to Duval. He was
very weak. When .we were about a
third of the way the dogs gave out.
Next Duval gave out and we built a
snow house and put him in it. The
native and I tried to hurry along to get
a relief party. I was no good. Finally
I told the native to go on. A .little. af‘

ter he had gone the ice broke up and»

the piece I was on floated away. It
was open sky and ice, and I was out
for six days and five nights with noth-
ing at all to eat. When the ice closed
up again I tried to travel inland. I
met the relief party of four, two for
each man, that had been sent out after
Duval and myself.

“They took me to the station. On
the third day Captain Clisby decided
to amputate my toes and the heel of
my right foot. Almost all the flesh
on my feet had to go, too. He had
four instruments, a razor, a fine saw,
made from a piece of watch spring, a
file, a butcher’s ‘backsaw,’ and a car-
penter’s chisel. Every surgeon who
has seen my feet since says that with
the best instruments in a hospital the
operation could not have been done
better.”

The second year and the third were
equally unprofitable. Mr. Jansen re-
covered'sutficiently to be able to tramp
thousands Of' miles across the frozen
fields after deer, bears, foxes, and
other Arctic game, camping night after
night in snow huts hundreds of miles
from the station. The men went down
to the Scotch stations at Cumberland
Gulf in 1894 and ordered fresh supplies
from Scotland. During the last year
they made up their total to 250 barrels
of oil and an even ton of whalebone,
besides a lot of furs.

Captain Clisby was in a hurry to
come home, and went down to the
Scotch stations in August. \Vhile out
salmon spearing with Dr. Perkins, a
missionary, and Mr. Hall, the head Of
the Scotch stations, and four natives,
the main-boom of the boat got caught;
all except Captain Clisby were thrown
He went forward,
freed the boom, and attempted to on
step the mast. The mast. fell upon
him, breaking his neck instantly. The
others were drowned in sight of the
station.

Mr. Jansen came down to St. John’s,
Newfoundland, with the returning
Peary expedition.

Overreached Himself.

That'story of a Caribou potato raiser
who refused an offer of 48 cents a bar-
rel for eleven barrels of potatoes, de-
claring that he would have $5 or noth-
ing for the load, is matched by a yarn
that comes from Grand Lake Stream
of» a man who recently went after a
calf that he had pastured out all sum-
mer, and asked what he owed for the
pasturing. “Well,” says the farmer,
“I’ve got a bill of $7 against you, but
I will take the calf and call it settled,
provided you are willing.” “No, sir,”
was the answer. “I will not do that,
but I will tell you what I will do: You
keep the calf two weeks longer, and
you can have her.”—Lewiston Journal.

“'hat Hurt Him.

“.1 man who isn’t his own physician
at forty is a fool,” said the great Dr.
Aberneth y, and the remark has a
measure of truth. Experience ought
to teach us what we can do and what

we can eat, but it does not always, as

in the following case:

Thus, according to the Roxbury Ga-
zette, a man ate three cucumbers, a
few radishes, a saucerful of currants,
and drank a glass of ice water, and
then went to bed. The next day he
said to a friend: '

“Well, I have learned one thing; a
person has no right to drink water just
before retiring.” ,

 

 

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- A Plague of Starfish.

NEW HAVEN, Nov. _ 30.—The most de-
structive starfish scourge in the history of
the Connecticut oyster industry is now in
progress. Mammoth swarms of the pest
gather and extend a mile Or more, seaward.
At Stamford the damage is particularly
great, and the entire crop is threatened:
The boatmen are working night and day,
and one boat alone has a record of raising
ten tons of starfish. The loss to the
Stamford oystermen is estimated at $50,-
000, and the total loss thus far is thought
to be $100,000.

 

Fined $400.

BOSTON, Nov. 30.—-A fine of $400 has
been imposed by Judge Forsaith upon
William A. Barton for negotiating a $10,-
000 life insurance policy without having
obtained the necessary authority to do so
from the insurance company. Barton
claims that’ he acted as the agent of the
Security Trust company of Philadelphia,
and he appealed from the decision of
Judge Forsaith. .

 

Plenty Of Mackerel.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Nov. 30. —- The
mackerel season for 1896 is ended. The
catch this year has been better than any
year since 1885. The total catch of the

New England seiners amounts to over

100,000 barrels.

Two Drowned.

BATH, Me, Nov. 8‘).-—Henry M. Todd,
aged 70, and his grandson, Palmer Todd,
were drowned yesterday while on afishing
trip on the Kennebec river. The boy fell
on the gunwale of the boat, capsizing it.

The Uruguay Rebellion.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov. 30.—Dis-
patches received here from the interior re-
port that most of the insurgents have
been dispersed, and the rebellion is now
believed to be at an end.

Lieutenant Earnhardt Dead.
MORGANTOWN, N. 0., Nov. 30.—Lieu-
tenant George C. Bernhardt, U. S. A., re-
tired, is dead.

 

Professor Freeman President.

'ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 30.—-The As-
sociation 'of Teachers of English of the
' North Central States has elected Professor
Freeman of the University of Wisconsin
president and Professor E. Lewis of Lowis
institute, Chicago, secretary and treasurer.

Bitten‘by Rabid Dogs. ..—
~ NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Philip S. Forth
of Hurricane, W. Va, and Jesse Stricklin
of Rutledge, S. C., have been admitted to
the Pasteur institute for treatment. Both
were bitten by rabid dogs.

Princeton Declined.

OTTAWA, Nov. 30.—Princeton has de-
clined to meet Ottawa college, champions
of Canada, in an international football
game this season, but has promised to play
next season.

 

Iron Works Go Under.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 30.——I. H. Brooks has
been appointed receiver for the Phenix
Iron Works company. No statement of ii-
nbilities and assets has yet been filed.

 

 

Too'k Paris Green.

MIDLETOWN, N. Y., Nov. 30.—Mrs. Mar--

garet Madden, 67 years of age, committed
suicide yesterday by taking paris green.
N 0 cause is known for the act.

Frozen to Death.

FARGO, N. D., Nov. 30.-—Frank Vack
of Chicago was found frozen to death yes-
terday two miles north of Fargo. He was
out in the blizzard.

Lost In the Snow.
MOOREHEAD, Minn, Nov. 30.——Thomas
Anderson, aged 18, was lost in the blizzard
Thursday night. His body is still in the

snowdrifts. ’

Mayor Sauven Acquitted.

PARIS. Nov. 30.—Mayor Sauvan of Nice,
who was charged with electoral corruption
and the peculation of poor funds, has been
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