Evening journal., 1893-05-22
DUPONT A GREAT MAN.
The Late Alfred VS.. Name
Immortal in Kentucky.
BIG SCHOOL WILL BEAR HIS NAME.

Louisville's School Board, Composed of
Her Most Respectable and Sensible
Men, Say the Community Has Lost
Man So Valuable and Beloved Tha
His Loss Can Not BE Measured with
Words.
The facts of the death Of A. V. Dupont,
the handsome Delaware Kentucky mil
lionaire, have leaked out in spite of all
the efforts that were made to conceal
them and they are not so bad as the
stories Of his death which were the out
come Of the concealed circumstances.
The Louisville papers. it is said, all
published afidavits on Saturday from the
chief of police. DIR. McDermott the un-
dertaker, and others connected with the
affair. They admit what was at first
strenuously denied, that DUPONT died in
the house conducted by Maggie Payne.
The claim now made is that the woman
was a poor widow whom DUPONT be-
friended, and that while on an errand Of
charity he was stricken with heart disease
That the Delaware-born man was
prominent among the most prominent
and highly.respected men of Louisville
is fully confirmed by the editorial com
ments and stories published in the news.
papers there. In the Courier. Journal
appears the following:
The City Sustained Great Loss.
81. S. Phelps, who knew the late A. V.
DUPONT well, and who had been asso-
ciated with him in business enterprises,
in speaking Of the dead man last even
ing, said he was secretly very gener-
GUS man. Mr.. DUPONT never cared
TO have it known that he had
given, but his purse could be, and
was. freely commanded by those who
knew him well. He had helped dozens
of poor car dri vers and other street rail
way employees out of his own pocket,
and had been a large but secret giver to
religious enterprises Mr.. DUPONT was
singularly Indifferent to the opinions of
men, but he tried to do what was right
He was one of the clearest headed bust
ness men ever knew, Mr.. Phelps con-
tinued. He was a thinker, and his
ideas we're always worth listening to.
Sometimes, but rarely, he would ask a
day or two to consider a matter, and
when he had once made up his mind his
opinion could be depended upon as abso
lutely reliable esteemed him highly,
and think the city has sustained great
loss in his death
A Club Of Genial Men.
"Mr Dupont was a member of the old
Union Club, which has for many years
had its headquarters at Seelbachs. Here
the same set of men have met year after
year. Mr. Dupont was very fond of a
quiet game of poker, aud was one Of the
best players in town. He and his fellow
| go IvrL Al
together for so many years that eacf
. knew his adversary's weak and strong
points to a dot, but the advantage wa.
equal and the game never lost its zest
The club had not many members and few
visitors, but they were all cOngenie
spirits who were growing old together
and who, like Goldsmith's inimtablt
Hardcastle, like old friends, old houses
and old wine better than the new, nC
matter how fine
The Louisville School Board met by
special call yesterday at noon. large
number were present. Mr.. Stoll sub
y mitted a set OF resolutions which he haC
, prepared in advance of the meeting They
were as follows:
The death of A. V. DUPONT having
r been officially announced to this body
j. be it
e Resolved, By the Board of Trustees o
: the Public Schools Of the city Of Louis
Q vile, that the city of Louisville has los
a distinguished and valuable citizen, thl
public schools an ardent admirer, al
,. earnest supporter and a cheerful dOno
of what we believe to be the most com
. pletely equipped manual training schOo
in the world.
"The loss a community sustains in th'
l. death Of a man so valuable and beloved
n cannot be measured with words. w
10 leave the impartial aud just to place hi
# memory as his recognized services ma
entitle him.
I'VE offer to the people Of our city on
% sympathy for the loss we have sustaine
le in common, and to his family, expression
of coincidence for their bereavement
70 which not even time can fully alleviate
le That A. V. DUPONT was man who's
II admirable traits of character warml
Il attached everyone to him who had th
good fortune to be an acquaintance.
!, "His high standing and reputation s
Justly earned, were widely known an
"A appreciated while he lived, and tn
remembrance of his rare gifts an
r. services will long be cherished by
a. grateful though sorely- grieved people.
I'd while he priced highly just and IA
estimate Of personal worth, yet to L
rs one was flattery snd fulsome laudatio
"A more distasteful. Be it further
Resolved, By the Board of Trustees
v the public schools of Louisville, thl
q these resolutions be spread upon I'll
- journals of this board, and that a COZ
u. be engrossed and forwarded to Il
'iV family of the deceased, and an add
tional copy be framed and placed
the Manual Training High School,
which he was the founder.
an "win Name the School After MIR. DuPOH
The members informally discussed Il
ais propriety of changing the name of Il
NJ Manual Training School to the DuPO
~ Manual Training School. There was
nl unanimous sentiment in favor Of thi
om and at the next meeting of the Board
.o' may be done. Mr. DUPONT was oppos
Ar to having the school named for him, b
now that he is dead the general opini'
eaems IN favor the chanQp