The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-09-22
GREAT CAREER
ENDS IN DEATH
Seth Low, Educator and States
man, Passes Away
ONCE MAYOR OF NEW YORK
Twice Mayor Of BrookIyn-Was
Eleven Years President Of Co.
iumbIa UniversIty.-66
Years of Age.

New York.-Seth Low. former
mayor OF New York and one time
president of Columbia University
died late Sunday at his country home,
Broad Brook Farm. Bedford Hills. N
Y. at the age of &c years.
He had been iii several months
from a complication OF diseases.
Mr.. loves most recent activities
solution OF the differences between
the railroad brotherhoods and the
railroads. He had long been consult.
ed by the heads OF the brotherhoods.
His illness was attributed by his
friends to general breakdown.
Since the outbreak Of the European
war he had been specially active as
president OF the New York Chamber
OF Commerce and president OF the Ma.
tlonal Civic Federation. He was
chairman of the executive committee
Of Tuskegee Institute, delegate-at-
large to the recent New York state
constitutional convention and a mem
ber OF government commission ap-
pointed to investigate labor troubles
In Colorado.
Seth Law was twice mayor Of
Brooklyn. once mayor of New York
and for IL years was president OF
Columbia University. In each Of
these Offices he become distinguished
for public service and was known
throughout the country as one of the
leading figures in New York city life
Born in Brooklyn. Jan. 1S, 1850 he
came of a long line of merchant
princes and men of culture. His
grandfather, for whom he was named
was a Harvard-bred merchant, who,
previous to his settlement In New
York, conducted prosperous busi-
ness in Salem. His father. Abiel Abbott
Low founded big business In the i'm
portation OF tea aud silk in New York
and at one time had feet of more
than a dozen clipper ships engaged in
the China trade.
Young Low was educated at the
Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn and
then at Columbia, from which he was
graduated in 1870, at the age of 20.
II was during the campaign OF Gar
field for President, in 1850, that Mr.
Low first became prominent In poll
tics. A Young Republican Club"
was organized in Brooklyn to promote
the Garfield campaign. and Mr.. Low
was selected as president OF the club,
Municipal affairs in Brooklyn were at
that time in a bad way, suffering from
ton that had been set in motion by
the Tweed ring in New York. Mr..
Low and his club insisted that the
Improvement of civic government
could be accomplished only by disre-
garding party lines and national Is
sues, so far as municipal affairs were
concerned The principle at that
time was a new one, and Mr.. Lows
leadership in the movement resulted
I'm his election as mayor of Brooklyn
by the regular Republican and inde'
pendent forces In 1883 he was re
elected for a second term.
Mr.. Low was nominee OF the Citi'
gems Union for mayor OF New York ir
1897 but as there was no fusion Il
the campaign. the Tammany force
defeated both Gen. Tracey, the Re
publican nominee, and Mr.. Low. IL
1900 Mr. Low ran again on reform
ticket and was elected. He gave thu
city a clean and progressive admins
tration along the lines which he haC
so successfully introduced years be
fore in Brooklyn.