Daily Republican., 1885-07-29
>~.-Dss. Moses, Mont. o..

] LONDON, July 2s.-5ir L.oses Monte.
fore died at his home at Ransgate at
| hall. past 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The great philanthropist preserved
his intelligence to the last. He failed
so gradually after the brilliant cele.
bration, last Autumn, OF his Tooth
birthday that his growing weakness
was hardly noticeable; but within a
few weeks the extreme feebleness of the
old benefactor of bis and all other
races of the human family has caused
his countless frinds to fear that the end
was not far of. Dispatches this morn.
ing gave cause for regretfltl anticipa-
tion that the death of the venerable
baronet might be; removed only
for period to be reckoned in days; but
the sad news of this afternoon haslcome
to all as real surprise and shock.
Sir Moses was born October 24tb,
1884, at Leghorn, Italy. Els father was
an English merchant. The public
career of Sir Moses commenced 10 1914,
when he was elected Gaboy, or Treasur.
or, of the an ncieut ShepharJi Synagogue,
iu Bevis Marks, London. Two years
before this he had, by his union with
Judith Cohen, become brother in law 10
one of the ablest fiEancjers Of that day,
". M. kothschild. In io-T he gratited
long cherished desire OF visiting the
Holy Land.
Upon his return he was elected a
member of the Board of Deputies of
British Jews. In 1885 he became its
president. He assisted in the drafting
of the bill for the removal of Jewish
disabilities, carried by the House of
Commons in 1886 and the following
year, with Lord John Russell, he con-
certed a plan by which he threw open
to jews all municipal offices. His
solicitude for the condition of his
foreign brethren was equally earnest.
In 1887, when he paid second visit to
Palestine to distribute relief to the
famine stricken inhabitants of Sated
and Tiberias, he obtained permission
from Mehemet Ali for Jews TO acquire
and cultivate land.
He made seven pilgrimages tthe last
about nine years ago. 10 the Holy
Land, and personal visits to Damascus,
Constantinople, Morocco, Roumania,
st. Petersburg and Rome have attested
the inexhaustible extent and sincere
nature of his benevolent activity. On
his return to London he was elected
Sheriff of London aud Middlesex and
knighted by the Queen. The massacre
at Damascus and the persecution and
outrages which followed in 1910
aroused great sympathy for the Jews
throughout Europe; $1,000 were sub.
scribed in London, of which sum Sir
Moses contributed .e2,400, and went at
once to Egypt and successfully pleaded
the cause of his co religionists before
Mehemet Ali, and afterwards went to
Oonstan tinople.
On his return from this mission the
Queen showed her appreciation of his
work by granting him the distinction
of wearing supporters to his family
arms. The patriarch's un firing efforts
with Gar Nicholas in behalf of theRus-
sian Jews, his able and successful labors
with Louis Philippe, King of France,
in references to the persecution of 1847,
and his pleadings with the Grand She
reef of Morocco in 1868 in regard to the
massacre there, are all remem bered
with gratitude by the down-tredden OF
his racewhohave been, ben eftted through
his exertions. On his return from Rus.
sia in 1916 he was made q Baronet by
The death Of Lady &oofntshhtdae, &oft shhtdae fwAcu
occurred September %, 1862, was great
blow to her husband, TO whom she had
been beloved helpmate and compRn
ion for 90 years. In her memory ht
built at Ramsgate a college, wher,
venerable rabbis, maintained by hi,
goodness, pass their days in prayer ant
lpeace. He founded also in her memory
lprizes and scholarships at all the Jew
ish public schools, and the jewish com
munity established In her honor ;
Home for Convalescents at South Nor
wood. A perpetual lamp burns in he
tomb, which is an exact copy of tha
of Rachel, on the road from Bethlehem
10 Jerusalem.