New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-09
OBITUARY..
CHARLES HAUSELT..

Charles IIauselt, one Of the besthho"h "o'i''
citizens and a leading business man oi'New orA' ueu
suddenly Oh Friday night at his nome no Nv ''''
Twenty st.. from heart failure, resulting from 4
severe attack Of influenza lie had been Ill for about
"A week and was thought to be cOnyalcsccnJ on lhuIH
day The announcement yesterday Of his death
caused widespread regret, for the dead man was
widely known, not only for his business ability anu
wealth. but for his philanthropy and benevoen'e'
ont Of respect 10 his memory the several banking eS
Establishments and business enterprises with WHO" "0
was connected were closed yesterday
Mr. Iau,clt was born I'm bavaria, on May 20 l0-7'
and received thorough mercantile education az
Worms. where he began his business career }"
the employ II DOrr. Rcnhardt q CO., leather ue"cr'
when he was twenty three years old he came 10
America for his firm. opened branch house IN 'li'
CITY, and Tor several years acted as saes-agent Tor
| tte Worms establishment. lie seized the hrst OPP
! rortun'ty 10 embark in business on his own a'-
| count and when about thirty years OLD iohhdeu
| leather house here In his name. His beginning
wa, a small one but through the enterprise industry
and sayacty Of Mr. IIause it grew steadily ana tho
establishment Of Charles IIauselt has now for years
Lcen known as one OF the most hohoIcu anu '""'''
! i'm the leather trade.
If, did not coninc himself g. a single business, nov"
| eyer Int contributed literally to the launching Of
other legitimate enterprises, and for the last ht'ch
ar twenty years was nearly as prominent IN
banking a. he was in the leather trade MI llaus'lt
| though an American by adoption, and one VINO ieIt
| = keen interest in the advancement Of his adopted
! country retained his love OF his native land and OF
| his countrymcn and was member Of nearly all the
| Lcst-known associations Of German Americans DC
voting much Of his attention to the question Oh III
migration and to the protection OF Immigrants "er-
mans especially in the spring OF 1850 he was ee'eu
nresldcnt Of the German Society OF the state oil Nc"-
York. thus becoming. eNofclo member VI unc
Hoard of Emigration His services, both a pfcSlucht
|
| Emirration have been Of incstimabe value u MS
/ countrymcu and cndearcd him especially 10 tho'o
/ ybosc oiscurity aud poverty, but Tor MS pF't'c
/ tou would have made them subject To many haru-
/ -hip, His philanthropy was not confined 10 hmm
! .r,rts only for he was always ready t. give 70 a
deserving charity, and at the time Of his death wa,
president OF tho Wortburs Homo for orphans at
| Al, Vernon. y y. vcc-prcsldcnt OF the Isabella
Home for cd People, and member oil the directory
~ a number OF other organizations oil Ike 'l'r V''
A. tb. celebration Of the centennial of the German
,oclctv December I, 1856, lac was decorated 10y TIC
! Emperor Of Germany with the cross oI l"' ''"'
NJ the Crown lor his services IN behalf OF Germans
! rb, had come 10 America. Every summer until
. ,.,r aeo. when III health prevented, Mr. lau'elI
/ visited lI, home in Germany, where hc was a.
| uu,n esteemed a, bee was M America, ana ""c'' H'
.nioycd the friendship OF even Bismarck himself
! rvo wear, ago Mr.. llau,elt decided TO resign the
nm i,,c ,f the German society, as DIS duties 90 tlAt
! nrcc and a, Commissioner oi tmlSFAu'"' 60
-ctAcr Wltn the multiplied calls Oh MN lto,' "
| 49, Ell on MI, health lie WIS prevailed on to flyc
| up H.' ''t ' y7,',n n'. ,n,r.t, had iced him 10
t,-lilIc. and 3d. hi, friends no" uInk' impaired h,
uitn tn -I,cn A degree that A., death - ,on'd'rva
inr.ly due 10 the continued tax Ae "I1h-} put Ola
I'm adit.on u the active MANAGEMENT Of
lis leather lu-luc~-. conducted AZ No. - spruce
''' ' n,tatl. ~ which are Oh. Chatham National
\ Ga.