Charles H. Schwab, a retired official of Selz & Schwab, wholesale shoe manufacturers, died at his home, 3301 Michigan Avenue. He was eighty-three years old. Mr. Schwab was comptroller of Chicago during the mayoralty of the elder Carter Harrison. He was also a member of the board of directors of the World's Columbian Exposition. He was born at Muehlhausen (Mulhouse), Alsace, Germany, and came to Chicago sixty-four years ago. His widow, two sons and a daughter mourn his departure.