The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-08

merchant, died late Sunday afternoon.
He was unexpectedly stricken at 3
o'clock this afternoon and expired at
$50 without once having regained con-
seriousness. He had been ill three
weeks
Gathered about the bedside when
death came were Mrs. Palmer. Honore
and Potter Palmer, Jr., Mrs. b. l..
Honore, Adrian and Lockwood Honore,
DR.. Marquardt and the nurse who had
been with Mr.. Palmer during his III
ness. All of them, with the exception
of the doctor, were IN the house when
the collapse came.
Among the many achievements in
which he took pride was the building of
the new palatial hotel which bears his
name several costly residences in vari-
ous STYLES of architecture on the Lake
Shore drive and his own home near
Lincoln park,
He was known us q liberal giver to
public institutions and for all charlta-
BILE objects He contributed generously
to the promotion of interest III art IN
Chicago. He was active i'll securing
the location of the Worlds Columbian
exnosition at Chicago and to his efforts
was largely due the adoption of the
great plan for the exposition which
made it a success.
Potter Palmer was born of English
stock. His ancestors were among the
first settlers of New Bedford, VT. His
father was Quaker farmer, who
settled at POtter's Hollow in Albany
comfy. N. Y, early in the last century
There Potter Palmer was born the
fourth of seven sons and daughters, IN
1926. OF the seventy-six years of his
life fifty were spent in Chicago.
For Chicago, Potter Palmer was
creator of State street, promoter of the
citys magnificent park and boulevard
system and chief of the little army of
undaunted men who raised a new city
from the ashes of 1871. A smaller man
Wtulu nave ChuoNicuSou to'N"' ''H"
retired. Potter Palmer borrowed
S3, 400, 600 at 10 per cent interest ana
raised new host of buildings more
splendid than his lost editices. He
finished the Palmer house in 1713 at
that time one of the greatest and most
sumptuous hotels in the world.
He declined place in Grants first
cabinet-that of secretary of the inter
ior in 1869.
Potter Palm was born in Albany
county, New York, in 1925 and until he
was Is years old he worked upon his
fathers farm His first business expert
ence was clerk in a bank at Durham,
Green county, New York At the end of
three years he was placed in charge of
the establishment. Like so many New
Workers, he was a natural trader and
soon he was in business on his own ac-
count at Lockport, N. Y, and was very
successful He wa3 then attracted by
the possibilities of the west and moved
to Chicago when Lake street was the
principal business thoroughfare of that
city. He invested all of his money in a
dry goods store. He met with success
as q retail dealer and in II short time,
realizing the demands of the trade, he
opened wholesale department.
As wholesale merchant he was one of
the few who fully appreciated the OPP
portunities furnished by the war Of the
rebellion He was in mercantile
business in Chicago for thirteen years,
retiring from. that in 1865, when he
was 40 years of age. At that time his
business had increased from $4,000 in
1852 to more than 81, 600 0OO
The magnificent silver service made
from silver coins taken from the Span
ish cruiser Crstobal Colon, to be pre-
sented to Admiral Winfield Scott Schley
by his friends in this state and
in Washington. has been completed and
is on exhibition in the show windows of
the manufacturers in Baltimore. The
service consists of one center piece, one
soup toureen and ladle, four vegetable
dishes with covers, one gravy bowl and
ladle, one roast platter, one game plat
ter, one fish platter, nineteen desert
plates. Upon each plate is engraved
Admiral Schey's initials in monogram
and each bears this inscription:
Made of Spanish silver taken from
the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon de-
stro' ed in the naval battle off Santiago
de Cuba, July 3, 1899.
The weight of the coin used was about
1000 ounces, and at the present price Of
silver represents u value of 5000, but
nearly six times that amount WAS re-
CURED to purchase the coin from the
government.
The presentation of the service will
he made next "Wednesday Mt the homa