The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-28
ICY HAND OF DEATH
LAID WITHOUT WARNING ON WILL
lam M. SINGERLY

Violent Coughing Fit Suddenly and
Fatally Terminated by the Run-
ture of Il Blood VesseI-RrfIIiant
Business and Political Career
Thus Brought to an End.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb 27-Wil-
liam NJ. Singerly died at his residence.
1tO5 Locust street, this afternoon. Heart
disease was the Immediate cause of
death. Mr. Singerly had been suffering
for about ten days from a cold and had
remained at home since last Wednes-
day, although his indisposition was in
no way serious. While sitting in his
led room smoking a cigar he was seiz-
ed with a violent fit of coughing and
Immediately afterwards fell over dead.
In the room at the time We're Mr. Sing
erly's granddaughter, Miss Mabel
Singerly Meredith, and two servants.
His son-in-laW, James S. Mccartney.
had left a few moments before the sud-
den end came, leaving Mr.. Singerly ap-
parently in good health, apart from his
Slight cold.
The physicians say they had fire.
quently cautioned Mr.. Singerly that his
heart was weak, as result of excessive
smoking, and of late his custom was
to take a dry smoke Today, how
ever, his cigar was lighted and it Is
thought that the smoke brought on the
coughing spell, the severity Of which
ruptured a vessel of the heart
Mr.. Singerly leaves a daughter, Mrs
f. S1ngerly Balch, who is at present
touring Europe.
William NJ. Singerly was proprietor of
the Record Publishing company, pres
ident of the Chestnut Street National
bank and the Chestnut Street Savings
Fund and Trust company, which re-
Gently collapsed; and president of the
IL ID,11yN 4 TDr,N
q member of the Fairmount Park COM
mission and until lately the treasurer,
and a trustee of the PHILADELPHIA Com
mercial museum.
He was born in this city on Dec. 81.
1892 and with the exception Of a brief
period in his early manhood, when he
conducted a commission business in
Chicago, has lived here ever since. His
father, Joseph Singerly, was one Of the
originators Of the street railway sys-
tenn of Philadelphia, and William re-
turned here to assume the mana cement
of the Germantown Passenger Railway
company. In 1877 he bought the Record,
= then a comparatively feeble journal
and brought it to it's present standard
of excellence.
In 1887, upon the retirement of Gov
Pattison from office, Mr. Singerly took
an active part in establishing the
Chestnut Street National bank, of
which eX-Gov. Pattison became the
first president. Upon Mr.. Pattison being
called for a second time to the govern
orship of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Singerly
succeeded him as president of the bank,
and also became president of the Chest
nut Street Trust and Savings Fund
company.
In seeking relaxation from the cares
of business, Mr.. Singerly had for many
years taken a keen interest in farming
and stock raising. His herds of hogs
and cattle at his large farm at
Gwynedd, in Montgomery county, were
famous for years, and he was also
owner of the Elkton stock farm, near
Elkton, Cecil county, Md.
Mr.. Singerly was always an active
Democrat. In 1894 he was unanimously
made the Democratic candidate for
governor of Pennsylvania, and entered
with great energy into the canvass,
speaking in nearly every county in the
state. In all he made over seventy
, speeches in upholding the cause of
Democracy. The natural Republican
majority of Pennsylvania was too great
to be overcome, however, and his com
petitor, Gen. Hastings, carried off the
prize.
During the last national campaign he