HON.J.ORME COLE DIES SUDDENLY
He Passes Away at Birmingham Wednesday
Telegram Received by Members of His Family Gave No Particulars of Death.
Birmingham Ala., June 2 - J Orme Cole, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who has been here nine months representing a New York life Insurance company was found dead in his room in the Hillman Hotel Wednesday evening. He had been in his room several days. He was a bachelor and 50 years of age. The Coroner is holding the remains owing to the mystery which surrounds the case. Physicians were not summoned until the man was dead. Mr. Cole was a man of polish and had many friends. He moved in good society circles.
A telegram was received by relatives here Thursday morning, stating that J. Orme Cole had died suddenly Wednesday night at 7:30 at his rooms in Birmingham, Alabama. Further than this, the telegram gave no details.
It is expected that the body will reach Portsmouth Friday afternoon on the C&O. Funeral arrangement have not yet been made.
Mr. Cole was a son of the late Senator A.B. Cole. His aged mother is still living at present residence in the city. Richard Cole, A. Spencer Cole are brothers of the deceased and Mrs. T.C. Anderson is a sister.
Orme Cole, as he was best known to his friends, was an exceptionaly bright and able gentleman. After attaining manhood, he left Portsmouth and for many years, has not been here, except for an occasional visit. He was in one of the departments at Washington for a time, and later was in the real estate business in that city In 1895 and 1896, he was a clerk at the Gibson House in Cincinnati. Then again, went into the real estate business in Washington, giving it up a year or so ago to take the Southern agency for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, with headquarters at Birmingham, Ala. He was in Portsmouth on a visit a few months ago, and never seemed in better health than at that time.
A few years ago, Mr. Cole advanced a scheme for the payment of pensions in a lump sum, that attracted a great deal of attention. His idea was to compute the amount of pension that a man was likely to draw, figure up the interest and pay the sum outright to the pensioner so that he could have his money on hands to go into business, in case he so desired. Congress failed to adopt the plan, however. Mr. Cole was a firm believer in free silver and in 1896, did some effective campaigning for Bryan in the great campaign.
Many old friends here will learn with regret, of his death.
--The Portsmouth Times - Saturday, June 4, 1904
He Passes Away at Birmingham Wednesday
Telegram Received by Members of His Family Gave No Particulars of Death.
Birmingham Ala., June 2 - J Orme Cole, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who has been here nine months representing a New York life Insurance company was found dead in his room in the Hillman Hotel Wednesday evening. He had been in his room several days. He was a bachelor and 50 years of age. The Coroner is holding the remains owing to the mystery which surrounds the case. Physicians were not summoned until the man was dead. Mr. Cole was a man of polish and had many friends. He moved in good society circles.
A telegram was received by relatives here Thursday morning, stating that J. Orme Cole had died suddenly Wednesday night at 7:30 at his rooms in Birmingham, Alabama. Further than this, the telegram gave no details.
It is expected that the body will reach Portsmouth Friday afternoon on the C&O. Funeral arrangement have not yet been made.
Mr. Cole was a son of the late Senator A.B. Cole. His aged mother is still living at present residence in the city. Richard Cole, A. Spencer Cole are brothers of the deceased and Mrs. T.C. Anderson is a sister.
Orme Cole, as he was best known to his friends, was an exceptionaly bright and able gentleman. After attaining manhood, he left Portsmouth and for many years, has not been here, except for an occasional visit. He was in one of the departments at Washington for a time, and later was in the real estate business in that city In 1895 and 1896, he was a clerk at the Gibson House in Cincinnati. Then again, went into the real estate business in Washington, giving it up a year or so ago to take the Southern agency for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, with headquarters at Birmingham, Ala. He was in Portsmouth on a visit a few months ago, and never seemed in better health than at that time.
A few years ago, Mr. Cole advanced a scheme for the payment of pensions in a lump sum, that attracted a great deal of attention. His idea was to compute the amount of pension that a man was likely to draw, figure up the interest and pay the sum outright to the pensioner so that he could have his money on hands to go into business, in case he so desired. Congress failed to adopt the plan, however. Mr. Cole was a firm believer in free silver and in 1896, did some effective campaigning for Bryan in the great campaign.
Many old friends here will learn with regret, of his death.
--The Portsmouth Times - Saturday, June 4, 1904
HON.J.ORME COLE DIES SUDDENLY
He Passes Away at Birmingham Wednesday
Telegram Received by Members of His Family Gave No Particulars of Death.
Birmingham Ala., June 2 - J Orme Cole, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who has been here nine months representing a New York life Insurance company was found dead in his room in the Hillman Hotel Wednesday evening. He had been in his room several days. He was a bachelor and 50 years of age. The Coroner is holding the remains owing to the mystery which surrounds the case. Physicians were not summoned until the man was dead. Mr. Cole was a man of polish and had many friends. He moved in good society circles.
A telegram was received by relatives here Thursday morning, stating that J. Orme Cole had died suddenly Wednesday night at 7:30 at his rooms in Birmingham, Alabama. Further than this, the telegram gave no details.
It is expected that the body will reach Portsmouth Friday afternoon on the C&O. Funeral arrangement have not yet been made.
Mr. Cole was a son of the late Senator A.B. Cole. His aged mother is still living at present residence in the city. Richard Cole, A. Spencer Cole are brothers of the deceased and Mrs. T.C. Anderson is a sister.
Orme Cole, as he was best known to his friends, was an exceptionaly bright and able gentleman. After attaining manhood, he left Portsmouth and for many years, has not been here, except for an occasional visit. He was in one of the departments at Washington for a time, and later was in the real estate business in that city In 1895 and 1896, he was a clerk at the Gibson House in Cincinnati. Then again, went into the real estate business in Washington, giving it up a year or so ago to take the Southern agency for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, with headquarters at Birmingham, Ala. He was in Portsmouth on a visit a few months ago, and never seemed in better health than at that time.
A few years ago, Mr. Cole advanced a scheme for the payment of pensions in a lump sum, that attracted a great deal of attention. His idea was to compute the amount of pension that a man was likely to draw, figure up the interest and pay the sum outright to the pensioner so that he could have his money on hands to go into business, in case he so desired. Congress failed to adopt the plan, however. Mr. Cole was a firm believer in free silver and in 1896, did some effective campaigning for Bryan in the great campaign.
Many old friends here will learn with regret, of his death.
--The Portsmouth Times - Saturday, June 4, 1904
He Passes Away at Birmingham Wednesday
Telegram Received by Members of His Family Gave No Particulars of Death.
Birmingham Ala., June 2 - J Orme Cole, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who has been here nine months representing a New York life Insurance company was found dead in his room in the Hillman Hotel Wednesday evening. He had been in his room several days. He was a bachelor and 50 years of age. The Coroner is holding the remains owing to the mystery which surrounds the case. Physicians were not summoned until the man was dead. Mr. Cole was a man of polish and had many friends. He moved in good society circles.
A telegram was received by relatives here Thursday morning, stating that J. Orme Cole had died suddenly Wednesday night at 7:30 at his rooms in Birmingham, Alabama. Further than this, the telegram gave no details.
It is expected that the body will reach Portsmouth Friday afternoon on the C&O. Funeral arrangement have not yet been made.
Mr. Cole was a son of the late Senator A.B. Cole. His aged mother is still living at present residence in the city. Richard Cole, A. Spencer Cole are brothers of the deceased and Mrs. T.C. Anderson is a sister.
Orme Cole, as he was best known to his friends, was an exceptionaly bright and able gentleman. After attaining manhood, he left Portsmouth and for many years, has not been here, except for an occasional visit. He was in one of the departments at Washington for a time, and later was in the real estate business in that city In 1895 and 1896, he was a clerk at the Gibson House in Cincinnati. Then again, went into the real estate business in Washington, giving it up a year or so ago to take the Southern agency for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, with headquarters at Birmingham, Ala. He was in Portsmouth on a visit a few months ago, and never seemed in better health than at that time.
A few years ago, Mr. Cole advanced a scheme for the payment of pensions in a lump sum, that attracted a great deal of attention. His idea was to compute the amount of pension that a man was likely to draw, figure up the interest and pay the sum outright to the pensioner so that he could have his money on hands to go into business, in case he so desired. Congress failed to adopt the plan, however. Mr. Cole was a firm believer in free silver and in 1896, did some effective campaigning for Bryan in the great campaign.
Many old friends here will learn with regret, of his death.
--The Portsmouth Times - Saturday, June 4, 1904
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