The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-02

Strong was one Of the leading spirits in
the movement for the Republican parade
tomorrow.
though Mr.. Strong was strongly oppos-
ed to the supremacy of Senator Platt in
the Republican party management. he
took an active part in the present cam
paign and acted for his party as Chair
man of the Financial Committee Of coun-
y committees. 1t is said that his Po-
litical labors combined with his attempts
to retain supervision over his private af-
fairs, resulted in undermining his health
After throwing himself with ardor into
the campaign, Colonel Strong was com
PEELED TO take to his bed on October TO
by severe attack of gout, an enemy that
had given him great trouble during his
occupancy of the Mayors office He
never completely rallied from the attack,
though he has since been able at times
to attend tc business. During the rast
ten days his family had been very appre-
hensiye and have been constantly at his
bedside
The opinion of the family is that Mr..
Strong died of heart failure, brought about
The family doctor was not present at
the time, as the suddenness Of Mr.
Strong's death gave his family no time to
summon medical aid. He was resting
easily last night, but suffered a relapse
at midnight. He died in the arms of his
wife, who with the other members OF the
family-his son, Major Putnam Bradiee
Strong and his married daughter, Mrs.
Shattuc-were by his side.
When news of Colonel Strong's death
reached the city hall an order was sent
out 10 have the flags on all the municipal
buildings half-masted
William Loudon Strong was born in
Loudonyille, Ohio, in 1926. His father was
a poor New England farmer from Con-
necticut, who drove his wagons ever the
Alleghanies TO the Western Reserve in the
early days of the century. Colonel Strong
had little early education. His father died
when he was thirteen, and he went to
work in a village store. At sixteen he was
a clerk at Wooster, Ohio. Then he went
to Mansfield, where he stayed for ten
years, until, in his twenty-sixth year. he
went TO New York. He secured employ
ment with the dry goods firm of L. O.
Wilson & Co., remaining with them for
five years They failed just at the time
he had hoped to attain coveted promo
ton
When Mr.. Strong was married. he was
still poor salesman. In 1853 he en-
tered the employ Of Farnham, Dale & Co.
On January /, 1870 Mr.. Strong started in
business for himself and the firm of ". l..
Strong & Co. was organized. From that
time one of the most successful dry goods
concerns in the country rose into promi-
nence and Mr. Strong grew TO be a mil
lionaire many times over and a director
in numerous banks and corporations He
also became President of the Central Ma
tioual Bank and made it one of the
strongest financial institutions of this
country.
He vas a director in the Merchants As
sociation- He was vice president and
trustee of the New York Security and
Trust Company and trustee of the New
York Life Insurance Company.
Mr.. Strong was elected Mayor of New
York in 1894 on a reform ticket by a
plurality of 471S7 over Hugh J. Grant.
AS president of the great charitable or
ganization of st. Johns Guild he had at
tained some prominence as pubIfcfst
When the reform movement that hsgan
with the ParkhuTst crusade and cuIrnfE at
ed in the Lexow investigation resulted in
the appointment of the Committee of
seventy to select a mayoraIty candidate
regardless of party, Colonel Strong was so
strongly endorsed by reform societies that
his nomination was approved by the COM
mittee.
Colonel Strong was President of the
Ohio Society and was member of the
Union League, the Downtown, the Mer-
chants, the Republican, the Colonial. the
Riding, and the Metropolitan Clubs.
Mr.. Strong's last public appearance in
New York was on June Il las, when he
unfurled the first Mckinley and Roosevelt
banner OF the campaign in this city 1t
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former Mayors place of business at No.
Is Worth Street, New York
Mr.. Strong's son, Major Bradlee Strong.
served in the Spanish American war in
Cuba and later in the Philippines. He
had previously been a captain in the Six
ty-ninth Regiment, National Guard, in
New York.