Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-05
WARREN r. LELAND DEAD.
The Landlord OF Windsor Hotel. New York.
Dies OF Appendicitis.

New York. April Warren +. Leland.
proprietor of the Windsor Hotel which
Was destroyed hy lire, March Il. died, IA
55i ,hiS evening. Ut TIM Hotel Grcnoblc.
Mr.. irland'S death followed an operation
for appendicitis performed. FRIDAY py
his family physician, DR.. Leonard +. PIT
kin. in consultation with DR.. IN. l. Bun
aud Or Jancway.
Mr. Leland had apparently been in good
health IN to Thursday Last. notwith-
standing the amount of work he had 20
al in connection with the burning Of his
hotel ana The grief ne had AL the loss Of
his wife and daughter who were among
the victims of the tire. ON that day he.
in conjunction with Rev. DR.. II. Parker
Morgan, pastor Of the Church of the
Heavenly Rest. had completed arranS"-
mcntS for IN" memorial services. reward
evening. he began 10 complain, and rs
his illness was evidently serious 4 con
SuItation Of physicians was held. and.
Friday il was deemed advisable to per-
form an operation.
After the. operation the patients cUndi-
ton was satisfactory. buj lac had Il re-
lapse on the following day. and Il second
relapse. today. At I O'Clock this after
noon. no began ~ sink rapidly ana ne
when the end came was Mr.: Leland
son. Charles Leland of Chicago, his
physicians and nurses.
Mr. Lcland's son Ralph ana his dauSh-
ter Fannie. who had been summoned
from Chicago. were unable to reach their
fathers side in time To see him alive. His
only brother Charles T.. Leland, Is az
present at Mount Clements. Mich. where
III il under treatment for rheumatism.
There hav- been many callers at the
Hotel Grenoblc during the past tire"
days and it was thought that MY IT,
land would recover His phYisician. how
ever. realized that the shock which Mr..
Leland had suffered from the loss q h:s
wife ana daughter had enfeebled his ~
tality ana lcsSened mis- physical powers
for resisting the disease. 1t Was evident,
this morning. that Mr. Leland could not
recover.
NJ, Leland was Il member of the Lotus
club. Riding and Driving club. Hotel
Mems Association, Knight Iemplar.
ana 4 member Of many similar organlza-
tions. Ills home was IN the DrcNeI
Boulevard. Chicago. ana h" accounted
Chicago Az his place Of residence
Warren +. Leland was essentially a
self-mdde man. As proprietor OF no
tells he was. known the length ana
in Londonderry. Vi. i'm August. 1919. In
early Youth he removed with his father
To Ohio where he worked on has fathers
farm. H. attended school ahd a1ttf"ara
attended Hiram College, where the !atc
President James a. Garfield was one OF
his preceptors. He was an APT student
and Il quick observer. He had q faculty
for knowing men and was very popular
Early in the COS. Leland received an IN
vitatiun from his uncle. simon Leland I"
come tn New York. Simon Leland was
Hotel! corner If Broadway and Prince
street He remained in his unc!e,,s en-
plov aS clerk for several years. When ne
left the Metropolitan he entered on the
MANAGEMENT Of the Leland Hotel IN
Springfield. i'll, with his brother, Horace
s Leland. This hotel is now managed
by Noble =. Virgins, brother-in-Ia"'
ana MIR. Leland had an interest N il.
III lX.p Mr.. Leland married Miss lSa-
bella cobb Of Cleveland. About the same
time he and his brother took the Deia-
.istt.n III
van House in AlbanN' re4alhihs III coz
troll for l. or . years. la 1871. he hecdm'
proprietor of the old Gardiner House m
Chicago. remaining II the Leland iiotGl:
IN 1902 before the Worlds FAR, rs soIu
fhp Leland ANA acquired the chicago
Beach Hotel near tho fair grounds Whlcn
br maintained during the exhibition.
During the summer seasons OF iH'l ana
1>95 he had the Ocean House AZ NVW pr ',n'
and during the winters of 1873 ana IN;'b'
me Windsor Hotel at JackspnNllic. fll.
In May. 1896, he succeeded uaWk 4
Wcfhcrbce in the lease Of me WINDSOR
Thr destruction Of the Windsor Hotel
~ ira was he greatest hotel fire in the
ti.tnrv of New York shortly after the
Establishment of the control of the Delo-
van Hotel at Albany by Mr.. Leland, that
I,nst,.i,.v was destroyed By hrc, me
ocean House was also destroyed bE nrc.
M leland at one time, discussing thr
nrnbabilnA of fire il The windsor, saio
he thought any great ire u was A. in ndoinlo
- tnn time the fire broke out most OF
he employees had their attention diverted
'hy he passage of the ST. fatrick DAY
Thc funeral services vii be held in N.
church Of the Heavenly K Fac,or 4 PcI J.
. ci Don.,.a, Morgan. The remains will De
- t,,, ! a. m ~ chicago. leaving at | r. NJ,
i Jahen p Frdav. the final services, will be
held at o'clock from the LEAN leland r Ia
r uoii i.,r,inn of the family to inter the
rem 1lai = Of Mr.. Leland in Lakewood Gem
etery. Chicago