The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-30
WHITNEY is DEAD
Z. succumbs Within Ten Days
If His Mothers Death.
80 YEARS a LEADING CITIZEN.
..sa Fever Carries Him On-son Of
!. psssisr sished Canadian and IN
x.srretsc Business Msa.

nh has entered the family Of Harry
wh;tney. secretary OF the board Of
I....tson twice within two weeks. First
- ~.a,hsr. Mary Ballard Whitney, died
s-a1..lv Of heart disease on November
! 80 Yesterday his brother. Hew ID.
x.s,rev succumbed TO typhoid fever.
- n Whitney vas q member OF the
=. n Whitney Bros. q Co., general
-. for two prominent New York in
80 companies. He had lived In the
- .evsn years. and during that time
=. n, vay TO the front ranks of active,
's-..tio business men. he was confined
! Il bed for three weeks. during the last
-<sn dsys Of which he suffered from re-
....<6 internal hemorrhages- At the
80 a death, at the family residence.
r. Tvslffh street, yesterday morning at
sses9ck be was unconscious.
Hss D. Whitney, was born in Montreal
~s.riy a years ago, his father being ii. III.
Ebstnsy. who was one OF the most promi-
,.us figures for many years in the poiiti-
81 Iise Of the province of Quebec and of
r,dss2ssad reputation in connection with
h r.ns1s's commercial interests. The elder
Wb.srsy was q member of parliament for
~ yesrs. one Of the three commissioners
= he Montreal harbor for twelve years,
"A Enjoys the distinction of having, in
,omcsny With Ezra Cornell, first intro
1uer5 the electric telegraph In Canada.
n also obtained the charter for the Mer-
.essnss Bank of Canada and was one of
il Ess directors.
His son Hew was educated at McGill
University. Montreal. He then went 10
EssIand. intending to enter the English
srvics In India. His sight, however,
hisd him and he was constrained TO give
nc bis plans. He returned to his native
ety and subsequently went to Chicago,
WHARF he entered the insurance business,
unzlning until 1857, when he came to
,sis city. Soon after his arrival he went
INTO partnership with his brother. Harry
T. Whitney, in the same line of business.
Tie firm is known as Whitney Bros. 4
Co., the company being represented by
Charles s. Tourtellot. They were the
fspersl agents of the Proyident Savings
Lie Assurance Society. of New York, and
he Preferred Accident Insurance Com
psny, of New York.
Outside OF his business, Mr.. Whitney
ierived great pleasure from hunting and
fshing, especially the latter. He Was an
expert, and could send a fly across the
saisr with unerring accuracy. About the
tne be was taken sick he received letter
rom friend that lives near Cedar lake,
kIing him that fishing was excellent and
hat he must comc out for q few days
port.
lie leaves one brother. Harry +. Whit
bsy. and niece. Mrs. G. III. Kittinger.
rs brother. c. +. Whitney, was city
sastor Of the Ottawa Free Press. and died
boat two years ago Of appendicitis. He
sn taken i'll one day while reporting the
Parliamentary proceedings at Ottawa and
th within two days.
Although Mr.. Whitney did not take an
sesss part i'm Masonry in this city, he
bel taken his thlrty-seeond degree At
HaatTeaI. under the jurisdiction of the
Grand Lodge of England.
Funeral services will be held at ST.
kgks Episcopal church tomorrow after
suoa al o'clock, Rev. ID. c. Garrett OIL
eating. The interment will be made tenn
pararily IN Lake View cemetery.