Telegram-herald., 1890-02-23

Death Tskes Away John Jacob
Astor. the Multi Millionaire.
TEE SUMMONS CONES SUDDENLY.
Heart fsiisre tl.s C.oss .f Ha nesnlss-
fals tnsaeass Fort0ns 81 e. SO ooa.-
ooe lEhsrited by his osis Sea
william N. AstoE.

NEw NoEK Feb se-JoLn Jacob
AsIor died a. his residence 0n fiftb
avenue THIS morning. % heart failure
ME Astor complained Friday morning
that be MAS not feeling vel bot in the
evening lie Went out 10 dinner Soon
after has return home he became 50 iu
that his family were greatly alarmed
and sent for their physician. Dr. Fora yos
Barker, " 10 resides near by al s. East
Thirty ghth street lie al once hast
ened * NJ Ast0r's bedside, but ~ hen he
reached - be found his patient already
dying Hardly any pulse wss percepu
bic. Mr.. AstoF continued 10 sink slowly
untll o'clock this morning. when lie
died. There vere preseHS st his oeath-
bed William Waldorf Ast0r ana tsso
other relatives.
itoin Jacob Astor was TIE eldest son oi the
late William Astor and grandson of the erf'n.
81 soal Jscof Asfor nao faundcd TIE fcr-
unes ~ ihe isuHy fle was the head of The
thira generation ~ the Astof famfT Tie
vas born soopt siHiy ate yeau aga Ia
1870 h-s fat1er 0ied leaving gahu
Jacob two trfrir SHARE ~ his csiat. rafned
az seo p40o D-r.uF the ciVl va ldr Asior
wSst .o tAe frQ-t su- sCrTst Wigh creau as an
rlec g Mlss Gibbs of South Carolina WHO died
abau, mo year ago. BE IS succeeaea Ia ais
only son. William W@ilo-f Ast0l. Nlu nal q lr-
lister % Italy sorae wears ago
Joha Jacob Aston TIE first was bern IN i7sS
The ihlro son az paof peasants 90 Waldorf lu
Baden, and tht-r uasae was ussa'y " spelled
"Ashcoer" He care 20 America in
l'ol' and beginning WITH STOCK o.
trade consisting ~ slK flutes ana
Two other naslcal Instruments he en-
tered tie employ 81 furrler ir tLls
city, and ln . feN monihs r1GstereG the trade.
which was extremely profitable as carlcd %
with the Irclaus Aetor visited the Canadian
Wooos going on .o1t llu carrying in racs ~
MS back baulies such a. delighted the sb-
origines Re Traded them for furs and carried
the furs home ca his back lie made
money. enlarged his business. using pack
sieeds ard The like aud IN lev
years was doing az immense trade. setting The
skins for literally nothing % The Indians aad
serdiug them 70 the orient where they we're
exchanged Tor most valuable goods teas spices
Indian and Jspsaese silks. and the like
The pronts averaged $4,000 70 every
cruise. ana when. 10 1880 the Old
man died he LEFT 5000 90 He founded the
Astor library 81 the urgent request of Wash
ington Irving. F4tz Greene Haneok Sue al
old ard trusted commercial friend he lad
been extremely penurous, even 70 mesnness
aho ueliE iir1 iA SiN4hk pennies c'tt Nhch Ae
was millionaire
he had three sons. The crst died babe
/ The second, named after himself John JACOB
Astor. was demented. and wac kept IN 8 fine
residence IL West Twenty .kire street al bis
fathers expense and. after lis fsthers cesth
on the income a fund of ti0o 600 set apart
I fo- that purpose.
/ That John Jacob passed away Sgec 20 years
some thirty years ago The Astor millions had
1 been handed down 70 third sou. William n
7 Astor, and ne il was who began the movement
for better tenement houses iu New York
( When william b Astor died he left the vastly
increased family fortune 10 his eldest son, JohT
( Jacob Astor th> third. who Is nov desd
Thomas 9. Sherman. in the Forum for No.
! yernber last set down John Jacob Asfors fort
une az $500 ooo, making him the Americas
Cr0esus.
The Astor" was known for half . century ss
/ New York's landlord. II has been estimated
that the estate included more than thousand
dwelling houses