The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-20
THE DEATH OF
R. ?. ELM0RE
VETERAN coal qtNCn,Nt or WISCONSIN
rA,StS MN,
loaq aud tssipl tll, rifm and Able sup
porter Of the Methodist lhsfsh--
Fought Disease.
Alllrsna.s wla,onsln.

NlNauhro " iA'"lhH'
After A remarkable atrJEs'' asa'"''
dsalh. Il A. Eimorc. tho plonocr coat
dealer of Ariaaukuo and FOR forD years
ono OF tho forysnns, fuol mrrvhania 10
tho ntatr ia,.s,si away lasl uight az %
o'clock at hla r-shirnco. 90 Milwaukee
strc-t 1lss asc MA y Year.. Mt El'
mofc's pifr and three of hia ohilircn
W,ro at his b,,ialdr Nhon ne cnd came,
4 sun. aamurl Elnrnfr. wil arrive from
Ariussa. or. tomorrow morning Mrt.
iiuntl,y reached the tly from Washing
tom last evening fuN hours b~fprc her
f,thor di~l Tho surviving members OF
tho family are thr Wirc ami fDnr rlGi.
drcn. Mrs urursv Ciaaon of Chicago.
Mrs y y nunticy ot Washington. sam
uri Elunro ~ Astoria. and Eiuogc E'
more. who has boon In tho coal hus,nrus
here rsth hls f,thw
ity-ruur Palmer Gilmore Nas for ncarly
half % ccnufy ono of the leading m"n IN
Mcihullrn In WisonHln. ilc wan a ma
tive uf Connecticut. hastrE hrtg born
Ia Sharon. tha, state. In April 1916, Ito
Naa a son ~ Samsel Elmorr. who tr.
mu,,,i wirY ias family ,o E~spt~ or ~.
mofc's corurrs, Ulster cpuHty. y. Y.
when thr subject of urs sketch was a
mogr k,i rngaEing ~ jhat place In bust
noes The sun spval h.s earlier years In
h,s ratbrrs rtuc. continuing Ia ,hc bus.
noe. ,hrrc uu,iI iNi. Wuu he removed
So Milwaukee, Ia company Nl,h his bto-
Wcr the late \ T.. iamorc. hv vngasrl
Tor short un.r Ia the grain cpmminsion
business AMI the sumo year tiicy s,arlrl
in thc cOal b,Hincvs hciuE uhc nrst rcgu.
lar dealers to establish uiat trade In the
state 1spcy br,amc lmpgussci with the
dca mat ,oai might be- introduced to
take III, place o. wool. whics, everybody
was burning at that time.
Tp,o nrst canso rnr the ri,m VI 5. l.. \
n T. Glmoro consisted VI Gio tone. wh.cA
was brought On a boat from Lake Erc
port lt In recorded of tho TWO cSprctant
y,,ung io1lyrs thu, when notified that
uhcir curso had arrlyrl-ln whIch they
had invested every dollar of their avail.
abla nulp they walked together down
ip the dock a., Walkers point, and exam.
mod tho coal. They went TO )hc hatch-
way. pccrrd down, sized up the appear
nncc of the coal and discovered Il 10 be
"a little bit 'Worso than any W. over
saw" as one or them later explained,
Without a wOrl. the bIUthcrs rctraccd
their STEPS up tuSO, never referring to
uhclr coal and they sqmmtcd for the
night c,ch going to NH, home without
expressing that feeding of disappointment
and uncertainty aa to the probable out
come wMlch they felt, Each knew that
rncy had been "sold' ns to the quality II
coal IN which they mad invested hcir
savings. aud they believed that the deal
meant their financial ruin, The follow
in, day thoy sorrowfully unloadcd The
cargo and-wyGtcd FOR Oustomem Pur-
,.hnacrs were hong time coming and the
dealers dcspalrcd many times before the
big pile Of poor coal disappeared, when
wna not for several months In the mean
time, the young doolcra solcmnly prom
lscd each other that II they ever got out
Of the trouble financially whole, they
would never be caught bringing coal to
milwaukee, for sale again. hut they were
soon into busIucps upon an Increased
scnle as the first cargo OF what would
now be called Il very poor grade of soft
coal had made people acquainted with coai
ns n fuel and started n demand
MIR. Gilmore was always active In church
work, and ho at once took u prominent
part in the mpbuldlng of Mcthodlsm In
milwaukee and throughout the state, lie
unltod with the old Spring street, now
tho Grand avenue NJ, E, church, lie was
prominent In the organization of the FIRST
East side church Of that denomination,
Summertold, ana II was largely owing to
his energy and devotion to tho cause that
the congregation became possessed OF
what was at that day one of the finest
edlHces II the city, He was made one OF
the first trustees OF the church, and dur
Ing succeeding years served as % lay
delegate to several general conferences,
being one of the first members sent when