Show WAS VAS PROPRIETOR OF A S 'S Ie PHILADELPHIA PAPER PHILADELPHIA March 2 Thomas Thomas B. B Wanamaker had Ion long b been en a sufferer from rheumatic gout complicated with i other ailments and about tho the first of 1 the iho ho year sailed roiled for Egypt On 1 February 1 l public announcement was made that L Mr Wanamaker had bad retired from tho the I firm rm o of John Wanamaker While Whilo it was known that Mr Ir r. r Wanamaker Wana Wana- maker was quite ill it was not Dot believed that his condition was dan dangerous erous until yesterday when the family received a a. cablegram am stating that ho be was din dying His Mis mother his sister Mrs frs Barclay H. H Warburton and his hia niece Miss Fernanda Fernan Fernan- da Wanamaker the dau daughter of his bl brother Rodman Bodman Wanamaker were with him when ho lie died Thomas Thom s B. B Wanamaker lk r was born bora in inthis inthis in inthis this city Sit and aa in his year jear Ho HoRr Rr graduated from Princeton and soon afterward af af- af became a member of the firm of John W Wanamake and was as the executive ti tive e head bead in the absence of his father vHo was interested d in many man enterprises f ses I and was the thc pr proprietor of tho Philadel phia North American in ba having purchased the newspaper from froni ton Clayton McMichael in 1890 Mr Wanamaker leaves a widow and two young tons sons Mrs irs Wanamaker did dM not JOt go abroad with her husband be- be eau e one of the children had bad been operated oper ted up upon n for appendicitis and it was deemed inadvisable to take the bo boy across cro s tho ho ocean at that time |