It is not very long since Mr. W. S. Wetmore, then the head of the firm of Frazar & Ca., left Shanghai, and there was always hope that he—one of the: very'old residents—and his charming wife' would return here; but fate has decreed otherwise, and the news has been received by telegraph by the Hongkong and Shanghat Bank of Mr. Wetmore's death, the telegram being dated the 25th instant.
Mr. Wetmore came to Canton in 1848 as a member of the firm of Wetmore Ca. which had been founded early in the thirties by his uncle, also a Mr. William S. Wetmore. In his " ttecollections" published in our columns in 1890, Mr. Wetmore mentioned that: he came to Shanghai first in 1851, when he had been joined by a cousin, Mr. Wetmore Cryder, the firm being Wetmore, Cryder & Ca. He took part in the Battle of Muddyflat in 1854, and some years ago wrote an interesting account of it for our columns. In 1855 he paid a visit to the United States, returning in December, 1856, and was one of the victims of the poisoned bread in Hongkong in January, 1857.' Very fortunately," as Mr, Wetmore wrote, the charge put in the bread was so heavy—there being enough arsenic in an ordinary'slice to kill three or four people—that its presence was felt in an unmistakable way before it had time to get absorbed into the system, so that in most cases it was removed without much mischief being done, though several deaths that occurred soon after were attributed to the poisoning." Mr. Wetmore returned to shanghai in 1867 in the Antelope, the chief officer of which was the celebrated General Ward, and in 1859 made a trip to Japan, of which he has left a very graphic account. After some years, Mr. Wetmore, who had in the meantime named his cousin Miss Oryder, joined the firm of Frazar & Ca., the firm' of Wetmore, Cryder & Ca. having ceased to exist; and of this he remained the head in Shanghai until his departure for home in November, 1895.: We may well repeat now what we said when he left us then: "He was a successful man of busitiess, but besides that he took a great interest in all the local questions of the day, and did excellent service on the Municipal Council, of which he was one of the surviving ex-Chairmen. He was a frequent contributor to our columns, and an earnest student of the Currency Question, being President of the Eastern Bemetallic League. His investigations into this difficult question have resulted in writings which have been eagerly studied by bimetallists all over the world." Mr. & Mrs. Wetmore's hospitality, geniality, and kindness made them most valued' members of the society of Shanghai, and the very deepest sympathy willie felt with his widow, who must feel her loss most acutely. Mr. Wetmore was about seventy-three years of age.
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