The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-25
DEATH CAME 70 THESE.
Heart Disease Carries On Two
Well-Known Men.
Co,. Lowell sinks I'm His Chair .. the
.m ard ps..e. wfthont
s,<b - John Kingston Dies nj
Providence Hospital After shof'
uun.s.-T-h~ Last sieknes. brings
Her Parents 90 an Errihs "f's

co, Frederick Lowell. nephew OF John
ravesI of the Lowell Arms Company. ex-
pgrea snsdeniy yesterday afternoon az the
window of the general delivery system N
the uassofssee. from heart failure. he "a@
ssrlrhea a. 10 O'Clock. ard although Ut.
r;ofr,sn vas az MS side ln a few mo-
,,,,..,s he xas then breathing bis last lie
s,s nof yuesk from the moment he sank
.so.sn IN his chair. lie died a. he had eS-
,ee.s.a 70. and while the news was reeeiF~
"a with regret By bis friends and basi-
,...a associates. i, was not totally unex-
pectsd.
rog Lowell has been a familiar figure q
thousands o. Seattle people for i've years.
Day after day he stood ~ the general de-
uyery window handing out mai. making
....,..,,.,,s frsSua. and row and then an
sn.n.g He VA a flne-apgeaEang old gen
ftarr.au. wen educated ard Of uncommon
Isl fine mangeFs. Ia Tact. he came from
one II the best families Or aiassat.i isssts7.
one II his u4ost intimate friends ~ Sc
gu. ,va@ Assistant Postmaster ".
l.alkett and it was 10 him that he saia
thai he expected 20 be carried OF SUI
s.rlv some day b. heart trouble. About
a week ar 50 aga tue colonel suffered
great desE from neuralgia u the hsaft
and WAS compelled 10 be absent from ms
posi ~ duty MANY inquiries were mpde
fsf him bY the people uho arc ~ the n3 p
IL Of receiving mall through the genefai
.le.gyagy regularly asa lhey we're told that
he H4s s.ek. little thinking that wien tae
uexf lngu!ry came the answer would b.
sEtead =
Isl "Wednesday Cot. Lowell returned 70
work bat ne was gtiH faE from his 5sst
health. The continued and severe pains
from his heart had toll uppn him. aud 81
conveyed the idea ia bis conversation ~
come Of the employees az the postoiiiee thai
he waE nag long foF this world.
Yesterday /. ernlng however. the colonel
y.A On hand as usual anu took his accns-
tened place al the first window or the
laff ~ one enters the posiofiice from Co
luulbgn street When there was luli IN
the rush for expected letters the colonel
would Sit down lu chair that he has h3d
convenient since his health commenced
falling. AT noon ne took his lunch and
then returned 10 work Al lao o'clock he
suddenly sank down tn his chair with 5ut
utteriug a word Thomas j. Ferguson.
who has charge OF the second window 81
the general delivery. perceived immedl-
ately that something was wrong he
spoke 90 the colonel aud received no an~
swer. moments glance told the story
1.-THE colonel WIS., dying. The news spread
almost instantly throughout the buidtuE
and white some Of the men were placing
the body on table and doing what ther
could 10 revive him. word had been sent
10 Dr. Samuel J. Holmes. whose Office Is
I'm the adjoining building. The physician
arrived In a few mumtuts. but found ti1st
the eoioneis heart had stopped beating.
A few more rsaplrations ef the lungs and
Gel Frederick NJ. Low ~ was dead.
Col. Lowell was horn in Massachusetts
IN May isss he was member OF the
Lowell family. that Is among the best
known IN the old Bay state. lie was a
nephew OF John Loyen. OF the LoveH
Arms Company. During the civil wag b.
served as a seldies Ia the Union army and
rose 20 the rank Of major, subsequently,
being bretette1 colonel II i possible that
The title 3s slieuteaant colonor .nsteal
but he has been known for gears col
Tel" After the war he was clerk II 'he
Tfitsd States senate committee on natu
affairs, lie Travelled "a great deal while m
the government employ. and from casual
remarks he made from time 10 time 20
Mr.. Coikett Il Il safe 20 say that ne ha
been ia most every part of the world
Eventually he made his home IN cali
fefnla. most II the time. as near as can
he learned. ia san Francisco. lie was
aise Well known ira stockton. Hc took au
aefive part 81 politics and was sent % the
legislature for several terms while a.
San Francisco he was prominent IN fhe
f.eyai teglon and g. a h. Affairs Ecn-
orally.
About the time things commenced to De-
lively in Taeosna he moved there from
California and invested heavily IN roai
estate. not confined exclusively 10 Taco
ma In this way his financial Affairs he-
came So Involved that IL VAS necessary
for him tn secure employment Tie was
appointed clerk In tee Seattle postoiHce
November i iNss and was assigned 20 me
general delivery window Where he con-
tinued IN service until the day Of als
death
he leaves a wife and one daughter NJ
Ross b1eil. 81 stockton cal Mr. Rusu
Is "a large mill owner. Severed months aso
Mrs. Lowell went 60 san Faucis %
Ia visit her sister She was mott
fled yesterday 81 her husbands sudden
death. and lhe remains VIII be held peftf-
ing instructions from her. col Lowell
WIS brotheran-iaw u Charles NoV
aeecial agent Of the United states trcns-
rry department AZ SAN Francisco
Joha EinE.ton Dead.
John Kingston a holder of large .nret,.
ertv interests in Seattle and Miuneaus'.s
arc timber iand> ia Skasst county s.-.f
yesterday ~ Providence hosa,tal ~ heart
fail8fe. Severed weeks aeo he was tst.,f
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