The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-12
WIN. ". ASTOR DEAD.
He Was the Richest Man In
America and the World.
INCOME NINE MILLIONS A YEAR.
The Family Keeping the Death secret
Kate CastIeton. the Actress Deso
At Providence, e. I.

Nsx Yorx. JaIv r.-An advertiser ens
in 3 morning paper seems 70 conIa.fn WIN !.
OFT do-bs the death o. NL4il2n " 2-oofi
Astor. II IS as follows:
ASroR-As Lo-doa. July II, so Wlt-.an
wss1o-f As.o-. soD o. tae La.s 1oA- @ssoo As'l'''
u he ga yez- Of rs sEa
Notice o. tzzs-ai hereafter
LoxpoS, jay lL-WlLliara Waldorf
as-or died a. Ian5s6oSne house today-
For some mysterious reason there seems
70 De disposition on the part OF the
Asso- family 20 suppress the cause Of
Assor's death.
fwEIz-n Waldorf As,o- vss 8 greai-sra-1soa
OF sas 5-ss Asto-. s2e wss tie head OF me e1aeE
branch OF tie rouse he was oosa
n $50 &c vsx educated for
tie b4-. graduating AZ Collrao-a iss
seaoo. IN - He vas never prominent a. re
bar, anu aeiore his fathers death S&s eEap4oSee
chiefly n looking after the lsEai I1Isr=-ss Q.
t1e vss. estate walca Re vas lsEer called upon
- s4EIu.ste- ne Vas always an
o-afva.o2s rsa.e- an shortly s.
Ter be graduated from the la~ se2osA
- began tie plolicGtlo1 o. sE2- E1sZsz-ae,
with TIE assistance o. several friends, and E-,sf
tie aCsp css o. EIe BssiSteax Cub. E1Icn was
o-s4alzssi % Mr. Aston his mothers POSI- s1oa
IS soessl leader brought hlra into fsEoL2l-
hence sz6 IS eAe heir 20 tas Asto.
millions Re wss naturally 81 oa.eci O.
matchmaking zEnz&s- He VAS Tot over
fa-d o. society 81. MS ketE1s made -IE1 ap-
ear somewhat sxkSsr4. while rs 1ear-
ss1tezaess s.so gave him s1e reputation q
being say and Ezal3 he x&s 1oc graeeiu-
6Szes-. and se41o2 &trsLp,a1 TIE WA4sz
EQeh e<s t2e more energetic 20 8A- p-sfe-ri1s
4.wsys Conversation alIa soza4 nan friend or
soz,e older wo1aA@ Il 81 he vas elected 70
TIE New Yerk Assembly, sat 81 TIE exRl-~tioa
cf rs -s-E- 70 re state >e2a1e- II -s,0
ka wAs nominated f0- Confess
from the Sevsasa district OF View
YORK city OF tbs Republican ticket but wss de-
ses-ed :. re s.ec..o1 bE PAI-lP Henry Durgo
b Ia votes TIE SZecesl11- AE-.g1Z1 Es wzs
-or1. nz.ez again. rs tine rom Ire Ninth 13s-
;-ieE, &@1 BIS o3Yo ae2s was Roswell ?. F.OEer-
Tbs contest o1s o. me Ecss
exciting ever known II e5.y district Mr.
A-sor vas 6sse&cs1 5y zeoe a!a.lsy. Ia=
winter 6: 80 s1< ~ NJ A-Esr met Mss
AS-y P21l - Nsw YoE2 81 t-e Pasr.s-ca's
tersst -zA-r.sge2b.s daughters Ths Pauls
we're oze Q. re Eloss prominent 0: Phla6sl-
pas families. s1d Mss Mary, who lc91e her
csol. Il G1e Centennial yeGr, vas the -s!gai1-
he e. sic was bEC1=Ele. WITH zen, olive CON-
p.sI4o1 all nos. graceful io-n- Her cowry
vas n0t lz-ss TIE co1rtsAip WAS ret
3 long ore, ard me following sutEnn NJ.
As.o- wss nz-rIe. 20 Miss Paul a. PaiIase phia
TAres eaIIdrs2-.wo Toys ssd q gill
we're born o. sae union. TIE eldest Of WHOM,
William Wzl1orf- : about . years Old.
II l,S2 President Arthur rendered NJ.
Astor IRE appointment minister 70
LAY, Eaie2 - accepted and served Il
t1st CAPACITY Until shs appointment az his
successor II President Cleveland On his
return 70 tAs United states lie published
his fr<E aovaI, Valentino" story Of
history and romance II Italy, .he material Q:
wa1ea BE hac gathered during lis stay i Rome.
The Work e&le: fos1h much criticism
Ire general verde, vas that, while writ
ts2 IL good s-yls. :. vas 70. = greS. vor1
sn1 O. ~ ~1oie vas so-1awhzs dull since
t1s1 Nj Aston 1ss continued ais literary lahars
ard azs published numerous short sketches ard
lis second work. '@>gOrEs. Romance o. Milan"
WIlizz-1 zidorf AstoE's caIeE ehz-sccsris-
tics were tease4ty 81 purpose, srroag viii.
literary tastes. domestic &t-schme2ts and
2t1eeg.o2 TO- hi. friends. bis circle OF in.i-
E,ste seqEzin-szces was comparatively small
bat those who knew hIm vel we're devoted 70
him. &n4 he had tss respect AMI esteem OF IRE
community Ike bis father aud zress.s -s, ne
wss conservative prudent &n. somewhat ex-
elusive Il his dealings with nsa- Ais home
lie vzs azppF o2s Re w4s ss-o2s Epls-
ecpal.s2.
HIS o11ce n Tve9.y-slItA street. ;1sf west o.
Broadway. where his re2ts we're received. was
Ike bank More business wzs 1o1s there than
II "a the b21SS Il New YORK rs income
Was ss,lS5-o0o yez-- Re vas tie richest nsa
z Ia vs.1-t.S