The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04

Thomas j. Moore, manager of the
stores of William Connell & Co, died
at IL O'Clock last night at his home, $40
Adams avenue. The immediate cause
OF his death was a ruptured blood ves-
sci at the base of his brain. The rup-
ture followed a fall on the icy side
walk near his home about two weeks
ago.
Though not a man of great wealth,
nor one who tried to force himself for
ward in public affairs, few will dispute
the statement that Mr.. Moore was as
much respected, and trusted and ad-
mired for rare personal virtues as any
business man in Scranton. For years
| his quiet, common-sense advice and
| willing and valuable aid have been
| sought in the management of nearly
every important movement of semi
| public character that has been brought
| forward for the city's good.
1t was his nature to remain in the
| background and on this account he was
| prominently known in only those af-
| fairs where the duties of his offices
demanded that he should be known.
| To this personal desire, always evil
| dent, to escape thanks and credit, is
| due the high esteem he enjoyed among
| his fellow-men, an esteem which VIII
| lead to profound sorrow when this ex-
| cellent gentleman's death is made
known about the city this morning.
WENT TO HIS OFFICE.
On the day that Mr.. Moore sustained
| the fall he complained OF pain in his
| head, particularly near the base of the
| skull, where it came in violent con-
tact with the ice-covered sidewalk.
| However. he went to his office at the
| Meadow Brook store, on Cedar avenue,
on the South Side. He went out the
next day, but was found wandering in
dazed condition about the streets
and was brought home by the friend
who found him. Since then he did not
leave the house.
| DR.. A. ]. Connell attended Mr.. Moore.
His condition was not considered criu-
cal until yesterday, when DR.. COnnell
| called DR.. L. NJ. Gates for consultation.
Their joint opinion did not alter the
| previous diagnosis that there was a
ruptured small blood vessel near the
base Of the brain. All that the best
medical knowledge could suggest was
| employed, but the physicians were
| powerless to save Mr.. Moore's life and
| he died an hour before midnight.
AS store manager for Connell and
| Company Mr.. Moore was entrusted
with the active management and direct
supervision of four stores. He had
been in the employ of the company for
nearly thirty years, ever since he came
| to Scranton.
Mr. Moore is survived py a wife, for
merly Miss Margaret Mcintyre. He
| brotherj jJames, died about two months
ago.
| SKETCH OF MIR. MOORE.
Mr.. Moore was born in Dublin, Ire
land, fifty-seven years ago. He was
a son of the late Thomas and Hannah
| DOyle) Moore, natives of that city. His
| father who spent the whole of his life in
| Ireland, was government superintendent
| of public work ana a leading business
man. The deceased was reared in Dub
| lin, where he received a common school
education. For time he was employ
ed as a cashier for railroad in South
Wales.
Coming to America in 1870, through
acquaintance with William Connell,
Mr.. Moore was employed as a book
keeper for the Meadow Brook and Mi
nooka stores of the Connell coal COM
pany. On the death Of William Con-
nell's brother, Alexander, Mr.. Moore
was promoted to the position of super
| intendent of the two stores. Since then
two stores have been added, one at
Duryea and another at Connellton.
Mr.. Moore was connected with other
business enterprises. He was one OF
the originators of the Scranton Axle
works, organized March II, 1892, and
incorporated with a capital stock of
sl50,000 One year later he was chosen
president, position he held until now.
By Mayor John II. Fellows Mr.. Moore
was appointed a member of the board
of park commissioners and was its Sec
retary. He was treasurer of the Sheri-
dan Monument association. In the
South Scranton board OF trade, which
he was active in organizing, he served
as it's first president. He was a men,
ber of the Heptasophs, Catholic Mutu-
al benevolent association and a past
officer of the Royal Arcanum.
HIS CHARITABLE WORK.
Perhaps Mr.. Moore's fine character
was as truly displayed in the board Of
associated charities as in any of the
many public organizations with which
he was identified. Charity is some
thing which appealed to him strongly.
Rarely did the associated charities put
in operation any important plan or
policy without consulting the calm and
shrewd and almost invariably proper
judgment of Mr. Moore. In such work
he was tireless and invaluable and was
largely associated with the late Will
liam T. Smith in many a charitable en-
terprise Of which the public knew
nothing.
Mr.. Moore's personal means did not
permit him TO draw heavily upon it,
but he ungrudgingly gave his Just por-
ton and distributed aims in q most