Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-12
R. R. CABLE DIES
| AT CHICAGO HOME
End Comes to Great Railway
Man After Illness of
One Week.
BECAME POWER IN NATION
Having His Beginning in Life Work
in This City-FuneraI to BE
Held Here Sunday.

ing an acute attack OF Dladder Irou-
{ BILE with which he was seized one
week ago Mr. Cable, whose extensive
business cares necessitated his alter
mating his time between Rock Island
and Chicago went to the latter city
10 days ago While he was not well at
/ that time his condition was not such
7 as to occasion any alarm on the part
of himself or his family Soon AFTER
the attack the danger of fatal termln-
alton was realized, and the relatives
and friends here were prepared for
the worst However, the people of Mr..
Cables home city were unaware of his
condition. and consequently the an
nouncement of his death came as a
great shock 10 them.
The body will arrive in Rock Island
tomorrow evening at Z O'Clock, and
will be taken to the late home of de-
ceased at 91S Second avenue. The fu-
neral services will be conducted at the
home Sunday afternoon at o'clock by
Rev Granville H. Sherwood, rector OF
Trinity Episcopal church. Interment
in Chippiannock cemetery will be pri-
yate.
18th Anuiversa In September.
Last September Mr.. Cable observed
the 18th anniversary Of his birth in a
formal celebration at his home in this
city. While not unconscious of the
oncoming Of infrmities attendant upon
advancing years, yet he remarked to
his concentrating friends that he
never felt better in his life and believ-
ed he had before him a number OF
/ healthful and happy years.
Mr.. Gable was born in Athens coun-
ty, Ohio, Sept %, 1884, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Hiram Cable. His family
settled in Illinois in 1857 In this ear
ly year the son turned to railroading,
determined to make it his life's work, al
though he was for few years engaged in
the coal business in this city. His first
railroad employment was as a conduc-
tor on the old Rock Island &c Peoria
road, then running only as far as Coal
Valley. This was in 1868. He rapidly
rose in the company's confidence and
was identified with the extending of
the road into the Mercer county coal
fields, and later with the completion of
the main line to Peoria. While after
wards officially connected with the
Rockford, Rock Island & st. Louis, now
of the Burlington system, and of the
toiiS q 81 IoulS' ne CiulIs ~
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'ilu was l'9 oiilei S'oCAIioIuoI "IiGn -
wa Ineieeu Will 'ne rocA 1SLaiiu
some years ago.
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Gees 10 ,a2 Rock Island.
In 1S'G IL. i7'-e WIS elected di-
rector ana vice 2E@S-Ee-t Of the Chi
Gao, Eock ls.;E.t :. Pacific railroad.
Is 1e'- 25e2 var 20 he pest Of as
eat to iIcs.d-Ht and general
sc-oF n 1853 he vas elected to
r. s.-ency o. the road, serving
1883 from which year
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sra q olel ola. The Rock
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- 49,. l--~e' INC per
= $50 - "a, - MS last
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q - az en- az Oh 'Ae board OF
&c. ore after repeated requests 10
a iot.eV2a Oh the cu'.eS cI t1is posi-
- 'hs .'ii - -i1I@.'s' j Ie" years
as G, scq@iesSed' ou~ reluctantly, appre-
Gazing the nestina-le value Of the ac-
..va counsel CT the gro at railroad chief
acd fnancicr. Until the day of his
Cc-sh, however, Mr.. Gable was in close
toech with the affairs of the big svy-
ten whose upbuilding he more than
any other one man was responsible
for. He remained a director in the
Rock Island and associated lines
Mr. Gable was one of q ga1a,,, 90
Dook Island mon v,bo 49,