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With Nathan Straus In R. H. Macy & Co. And L. Straus &

Sons,  A Member Of The Firm Of Abraham & Straus In Brooklyn,

And Has Been Well Known In Politics And Charitable Work.

He Was A Member Of The Fifty-Third Congress From 1893 To

1895,  And As A Friend Of William L. Wilson Was In Constant

Consultation In The Matter Of The Former Wilson Tariff Bill.

 

Mr. Straus Was Conspicuous For His Works Of Charity And Was

An Ardent Supporter Of Every Enterprise To Improve The Condition

Of The Hebrew Immigrants. He Was President Of The

Educational Alliance,  Vice-President Of The J. Hood Wright

Memorial Hospital,  A Member Of The Chamber Of Commerce,

On One Of The Visiting Committees Of Harvard

University,  And Was Besides A Trustee Of Many Financial And

Philanthropic Institutions.

 

Mr. Straus Never Enjoyed A College Education. He Was,

However,  One Of The Best Informed Men Of The Day,  His Information

Having Been Derived From Extensive Reading. His

Library,  Said To Be One Of The Finest And Most Extensive In

New York,  Was His Pride And His Place Of Special Recreation.

 

 

 

 

 

{Illust. Caption = Actual Photograph Of The Iceberg That Sunk The Titanic

 

Lady Duff Gordon,  A Prominent English Woman Who Was Aboard The ...}

 

 

 

 

 

{Illust. Caption = Heart-Breaking Farewells

 

Both Men And Women Were Loaded Into The First Boats,  But Soon The

Cry Of "Women First" Was Raised. Then Came The Real Note Of Tragedy.

Husbands And Wives Clung To Each Other In Farewell; Some Refused To Be

Separated.}

 

 

 

 

 

George D. Widener

 

The Best Known Of Philadelphia Passengers Aboard The

Titanic Were Mr. And Mrs. George D. Widener. Mr.

Widener Was A Son Of Peter A. B. Widener And,  Like His

Father,  Was Recognized As One Of The Foremost Financiers Of

Philadelphia As Well As A Leader In Society There. Mr.

Widener Married Miss Eleanor Elkins,  A Daughter Of The

Late William L. Elkins. They Made Their Home With His

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Father At The Latter's Fine Place At Eastbourne,  Ten Miles

From Philadelphia. Mr. Widener Was Keenly Interested In

Horses And Was A Constant Exhibitor At Horse Shows. In

Business He Was Recognized As His Father's Chief Adviser In

Managing The Latter's Extensive Traction Interests. P. A. B.

Widener Is A Director Of The International Mercantile

Marine.

 

Mrs. Widener Is Said To Be The Possessor Of One Of The

Finest Collections Of Jewels In The World,  The Gift Of Her Husband.

One String Of Pearls In This Collection Was Reported

To Be Worth $250,000.

 

The Wideners Went Abroad Two Months Previous To The

Disaster,  Mr. Widener Desiring To Inspect Some Of His Business

Interests On The Other Side. At The Opening Of The

London Museum By King George On March 21st Last It Was

Announced That Mrs. Widener Had Presented To The Museum

Thirty Silver Plates Once The Property Of Nell Gwyn. Mr.

Widener Is Survived By A Daughter,  Eleanor,  And A Son,

George D. Widener,  Jr. Harry Elkins Widener Was With His

Parents And Went Down On The Ship.

 

Colonel Roebling

 

Colonel Washington Augustus Roebling Was President Of

The John A. Roebling Sons' Company,  Manufacturers Of

Iron And Steel Wire Rope. He Served In The Union Army

From 1861 To 1865,  Resigning To Assist His Father In The

Construction Of The Cincinnati And Covington Suspension Bridge.

At The Death Of His Father In 1869 He Took Entire Charge Of

The Construction Of The Brooklyn Bridge,  And It Is To His

Genius That The Success Of That Great Work May Be Said To

Be Due.

 

William T. Stead

 

One Of The Most Notable Of The Foreign Passengers Was

William T. Stead. Few Names Are More Widely Known To The

World Of Contemporary Literature And Journalism Than That Of

The Brilliant Editor Of The Review Of Reviews. Matthew Arnold

Called Him "The Inventor Of The New Journalism In England."

He Was On His Way To America To Take Part In The Men And

Religion Forward Movement And Was To Have Delivered An

Address In Union Square On The Thursday After The Disaster,

With William Jennings Bryan As His Chief Associate.

 

Mr. Stead Was An Earnest Advocate Of Peace And Had Written

Many Books. His Commentary "If Christ Came To Chicago"

Raised A Storm Twenty Years Ago. When He Was In This Country

In 1907 He Addressed A Session Of Methodist Clergymen,

And At One Juncture Of The Meeting Remarked That Unless The

Methodists Did Something About The Peace Movement Besides

Shouting "Amen" Nobody "Would Care A Damn About Their

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Amens!"

 

Other Englishmen Aboard

 

Other Distinguished Englishmen On The Titanic Were

Norman C. Craig,  M.P.,  Thomas Andrews,  A Representative

Of The Firm Of Harland & Wolff,  Of Belfast,  The Ship's Builders,

And J. Bruce Ismay,  Managing Director Of The White Star

Line.

 

J. Bruce Ismay

 

Mr. Ismay Is President And One Of The Founders Of The

International Mercantile Marine. He Has Made It A Custom

To Be A Passenger On The Maiden Voyage Of Every New Ship

Built By The White Star Line. It Was Mr. Ismay Who,  With

J. P. Morgan,  Consolidated The British Steamship Lines Under

The International Mercantile Marine's Control; And It Is

Largely Due To His Imagination That Such Gigantic Ships As The

Titanic And Olympic Were Made Possible

 

Jacques Futrelle

 

Jacques Futrelle Was An Author Of Short Stories,  Some Of

Which Have Appeared In The Saturday Evening Post,  And Of

Many Novels Of The Same General Type As "The Thinking

Machine," With Which He First Gained A Wide Popularity.

Newspaper Work,  Chiefly In Richmond,  Va.,  Engaged His Attention

From 1890 To 1909,  In Which Year He Entered The Theatrical

Business As A Manager. In 1904 He Returned To His Journalistic

Career.

 

Henry B. Harris

 

Henry B. Harris,  The Theater Manager,  Had Been Manager

Of May Irwin,  Peter Dailey,  Lily Langtry,  Amelia Bingham,

And Launched Robert Edeson As Star. He Became The Manager

Of The Hudson Theater In 1903 And The Hackett Theater In

1906. Among His Best Known Productions Are "The Lion

And The Mouse," "The Traveling Salesman" And "The Third

Degree." He Was President Of The Henry B. Harris Company

Controlling The Harris Theater.

 

Young Harris Had A Liking For The Theatrical Business From A

Boy. Twelve Years Ago Mr. Harris Married Miss Rene Wallach

Of Washington. He Was Said To Have A Fortune Of Between

$1,000,000 And $3,000,000. He Owned Outright The Hudson

And The Harris Theaters And Had An Interest In Two Other

Show Houses In New York. He Owned Three Theaters In Chicago,

One In Syracuse And One In Philadelphia.

 

 

 

 

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Henry S. Harper

 

Henry Sleeper Harper,  Who Was Among The Survivors,  Is A

Grandson Of John Wesley Harper,  One Of The Founders Of The

Harper Publishing Business. H. Sleeper Harper Was Himself

An Incorporator Of Harper & Brothers When The Firm Became

A Corporation In 1896. He Had A Desk In The Offices Of The

Publishers,  But His Hand Of Late Years In The Management Of

The Business Has Been Very Slight. He Has Been Active In The

Work Of Keeping The Adirondack Forests Free From Aggression.

He Was In The Habit Of Spending About Half Of His Time In Foreign

Travel. His Friends In New York Recalled That He

Had A Narrow Escape About Ten Years Ago When A Ship In

Which He Was Traveling Ran Into An Iceberg On The Grand

Banks.

 

Francis David Millet

 

Millet Was One Of The Best-Known American Painters And

Many Of His Canvasses Are Found In The Leading Galleries Of The

World. He Served As A Drummer Boy With The Sixtieth

Massachusetts Volunteers In The Civil War,  And From Early

Manhood Took A Prominent Part In Public Affairs. He Was

Director Of The Decorations For The Chicago Exposition And Was,

At The Time Of The Disaster,  Secretary Of The American Academy

In Rome. He Was A Wide Traveler And The Author Of Many

Books,  Besides Translations Of Tolstoi.

 

Charles M. Hays

 

Another Person Of Prominence Was Charles Melville Hays,

President Of The Grand Trunk And The Grand Trunk Pacific

Railways. He Was Described By Sir Wilfrid Laurier At A Dinner

Of The Canadian Club Of New York,  At The Hotel Astor Last

Year,  As "Beyond Question The Greatest Railroad Genius In

Canada,  As An Executive Genius Ranking Second Only To The

Late Edward H. Harriman." He Was Returning Aboard The

Titanic With His Wife And Son-In-Law And Daughter; Mr. And

Mrs. Thornton Davidson,  Of Montreal.

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The Titanic Strikes An Iceberg!

 

Tardy Attention To Warning Responsible For Accident--

The Danger Not Realized At First--An Interrupted

Card Game--Passengers Joke Among Themselves--The

Real Truth Dawns--Panic On Board--Wireless Calls

For Help

 

Sunday Night The Magnificent Ocean Liner Was Plunging

Through A Comparatively Placid Sea,  On The Surface

Of Which There Was Much Mushy Ice And Here And

There A Number Of Comparatively Harmless-Looking Floes.

The Night Was Clear And Stars Visible. First Officer William

T. Murdock Was In Charge Of The Bridge The First Intimation

Of The Presence Of The Iceberg That He Received Was From The

Lookout In The Crow's Nest.

 

Three Warnings Were Transmitted From The Crow's Nest

Of The Titanic To The Officer On The Doomed Steamship's Bridge

15 Minutes Before She Struck,  According To Thomas Whiteley,

A First Saloon Steward.

 

Whiteley,  Who Was Whipped Overboard From The Ship By A

Rope While Helping To Lower A Life-Boat,