New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-18
Complication of Diseases
Fatal to Former Mayor
at Summer Home.
HAD TRIED TO END
RAILROAD STRIKE
ry.President of Columbia
Raised University to
It's High Plane.

Co., Low. Mayor Of New YORK City
= 1000 20 1904. died yesterday at
.r--e- home, BroaabrOok Farm
o.sfo,s Hills. y. Y. A complication
sE.ssses which had kept b n an IN
ia since las; February nded his
-, +, It's sixty-seventh yea
e. ,bs las, week his con-ltion had
-. critical. On Saturday night a
Lion change for the worse came.
=. Hs5 shortly before sunset in the
- 20 which he had retired when
r,sss drove him from The city 10
-,,ss welfare he had devo.e his life.
r-on his early manhood seth Low
800 FOR all that was bes, p the life
=, no city. He was twice le honest,
.=.is,t Mayor Of Brock n When in
,oo, he was elected NJ yor Of New
v.,k bs gave 20 the Ct alter city the
=. wise. uprigh- adm -istration.
Served Eleven Years Il Columbia
T. vas as president Of Columbia,
,ov.ysr. that NJ. Low did his greatest
,,i most enduring work. He found
-. i,.itution in 1899. when he began
Il. eleven years o. srviee, a little
..sbbv college occur sing the block
bs.vee. Fifth and -aiison Avenues
ed Fo~-v-nir.h ana Fiftieth Streets.
Wber be res gned "a 1901. great uni
rsrs.tv stood on tie crest n Morning
..ss Heights. Us buildings tribute
"a his persistence and skill It's library
h. own gift. Its present power and
.-Aue-ce in the nation IS the most
sitting memorial 20 Seth Low.
The man began me lie that he was
"a give for the betrsIment Of New York
ri+v in 1880 lie Fas born in Brook
'vr re son &c Abel Abbott Low.
Behind him az birth ne had the heri-
are az long inc Of cultured and
distinguished fors0ears.
Alter preliminary work in the Poly
.4eiric institute. \ Brooklyn, the lad
ven % Co.umbia from which he was
--,Irs.e4 In ls-l He won for him
eli name bot as student and as
In athlete Dr.. Frederick A. P. Bar
RAID was attracted 20 the lad who was
sest,ne5 70 do even more for Column
bs than he himself was accomplish
i7r. IN le-tsr 20 a friend, ne spoke
.lgs OF Young Low:
En- - Fathers Employ.
81 have Just been having a long talk
ri,h wong Low" he wrote. "He IS the
rs. SCI "a OF the college and the
uos- n-n.- Dung fellow we have had
here To- many year.
On ms -ie Iuation Mr.. Low immedi-
,.ey snte'ed the tea importing house
Of his fatrer. He began as a clerk and
worked rs way up through all de-
rartments Of the business until he was
-sde heal Of the firm.
His attention. even az this time, was
-ot fxec entirely uDon ms own Tor
.g..s. l. was tie desire 20 help others
rsicn fr' turned him toward public
service. re became greatly interested
r ne 1.rities OF Brooklyn. Eight
ysars a..e- he left college he had or
gani-e5 and had been made the trst
preside OF the Brooklyn Bureau OF
Chant By this action ne became
o1s Of ne first 20 advance IN practical
form ideal Of cooperation and the
rfsysf Of waste and mendlcancy.
Txt ars later. in 1850, Seth Low
usde entry INTO politics. Always a
s.znr epubiican. he became deeply
inter- ~ the campo en- Of Garfield
.or f-s. dent. With him interest al
vsy, on an, action. and be organized
re o.nZ Republican Club. He was
ssr ed president and fought hard FOR
Car eli all through the campa On.
Fights Forces Of Extravaganza.
Tie political condition Of Brooklyn
,sece- Mr. Low too much 20 allow hlm
70 fes .. t1e close Of the Presidential
camp gu. The wave Of corruption that
.sl ,5r-e Tweed into power had not
ogi.e .obed away in the city across the
ryer Ire young man turned all the
DoHer o. his club against the forces
o. extravacc-ce and graft which were
t,er n control Of the municipality. he
Tough. Tor q clean administration OF
ne c.ty's affairs. urging that this could
Be attained only by complete disre-
Eard Of party lines and national issues
mile dealing with municipal govern
ne1t.
The principle was new az that time,
~. Nr Low preached 70 50 earnestly
sr1 pe-s silently that he was chosen
Mayor o. Brooklyn In 1881 and re-
slsctec again in 1853. He put the
.asory on which he had been elected
s7aArely into practice.
MS first act when elected Mayor was
OBTAIN from the heads OF his de-