Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-29
EX-SENATOR FAIR.
He Passed Away at Midni'ht at The
Lick House.
DIABETES AND BRrGnrs DISEASE.
The Estate Valued at SiO,OOO,OOO viii
Probably be Divided Equally Be-
tween His Children.

was surprise 10 the community, the
seriousness Of his illness having been
kept secret.
He passed away at bis apartments ia
the Lick house, the hotel being part Of
his va6t possessions. Fair had been In
bed since Monday. For several hours
before the end came no was uncon'
sclous. Tho doctors said that death
was due 10 diabetes aud brighps dis
ease.
Charles Fair, his son, was a, the bod
side whom the old gentleman breaIhoi
hls laet.
When It was obvious that life could
not last long irtquen, bulletins were
sent 10 Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and
Miss Virginia Fair, the daughters who
are In New York, by Charles Fair.
This eon was tho only relative OF the
sH.senatoT present when ho died.
James q. Fair WAS fashioned ia n
strong mould, and was vigorous,
large man. He was till iOtvd
with diabetes for dozen yeaIs
aud then Bnght's dieeaso developed.
He stood the siege OF these ailments for
long period Aud though his physi-
clans say he was getting weaker for
some years he kept attending 10 buhi.
neas and carrying himself sturdily.
Up TO this end OF last week no wac
locking after the affairs pertaining to
his immense Interests without any
outward indication that no would 10.
l,Hso his control over them Tor long
time.
'.Four days ago." said DR.. Living.
iion, his family physician, "he became
uaable TO leave his room, He had
bean failing for Considerable tlmu,
nnG.nr months he WAS fully aware OF
III condition, npprcciatiug the raw.
ageccF the disease. Yesterday he
rec y Improving and hopes were on.
teitNgN Of his recovery. About
noonN had relapso and sank steadily
until y deAth.D
DIR. =, siDgslou, who was Fair's
nearest send rs well as his physician,
says thAtJhe ex-senator LEFT no special
message No any OF his family or other
persons. lJeiore the fatal attack came
ON him HI made will In which no
revoked pIe action no had taken TO
disiin Tsfit his son Charles.
A 10 the value OF the estate, the
doctor said that two years ago
when .us ex-aarator was cnurlain-
ing OF his physical sufiurings, 10 re-
marked; al would not pass another
such y night for every cent Of my
S3S,O00, OO0." The doctor added that
Faif knew almost exactly what he was
worth ct that time; the estate would
now aggregate about $4,000, 900 al a
moderate estimate.
In the early seventies Fair was a
poor man. lie had no prospects In his
mines aud no ono hgd the hnrdihOod
10 predict fortune for him. He went
into the stock market with Flood,
Mackny and O'Briun. The world
knows the rest. The great manipu.
latOrs won fabulous wealth. Fair
never gave up his mining interests, but
he abandoned the speculative feature
Of them and turned 10 other fields. He
began 10 invest Ia local real estate anu
owned acres Of IL before he died. He
owned the Lick house, but Il was sim.
ply an item Ia long inventory. lie
possessed some OF the best business anu
Iesidence property la San francisco.
His rent roll each month was fortune
for an ordinary man. He was one OF
the heaviest taxpayers in the city. He
owned forty blocks OF land ia the
northwestern part OF the city. For
months he has employed hundreds Of
men improving IL Gnd establishing a
desirable water front. South OF Market
street Fair owned several mhnufaO.
turtles, some Of which lie was directly
interested In 70 the extent OF hundreds
OF thOusanuA OF dollars.
Most VI his wealth, however, was In
his mines. He had exclusive owner.
ship OF many, not only in this state,
but in Nevads. He owned them at the
time OF his divorce from his wife.
Then they were considered OF little
value. In the last TOW years, how.
ever, sudden boom gave them value.
Nine years ago IL IL said that Fair was
worth no more than sB,cOO,OJ0.
The disposition OF the estate IA n
matter OF exceptional interest. A few
months ago, when Charles Fair, the
only living son VI the dead millionaire,
married, his father decided TO disinheriI
him. He tore up the will which he
had made and drafted another, IN
which no left his son nothing and tho
bulk OF his property TO charity. Tho
matter became pubic property because
the elder Fair made It such.
When Chas. Fair returned from his
wedding tour, efforts were made 10
effect reconciliation with his father,
Dr. LivinRiton acted ~ mediator, aud
father ana sou were once more made
friends. The senator determined TO
mako new will. Two months aao
he asked for the document In which
he had disinherited his son. 1t was
given TO him anu also destroyed.
Fair then made another will; IL was
Geographic anu was not witnessed by
any one. In handing II 10 mis- secretary,
Fair said:
"phis is pretty fair division, l
thinh; share anu share alike"
Fairs iriends know that he treated
his son Charles 40 fairly as he treated
his other children. Thuy believe, from
what they know Of his purposes ami
words, that he left very Hltlo, n any
thing NJ all, 10 charitable Institutions.
They oOnstrue his remarks TO his
secretary 70 mean that no divided his
immense fortune among his three chill
drrn, share ana share alike. These
children arc MIS-. Herman Oelfiohs
Miss Birdie Fair anu Charles J.. Fair.
Messrs. Breeze anu Angus are the
managers OF Fairs business mat.
tiers. They have acted In
that capacity for years and have
teen also the EprivRte tcere-
tarieB Of the deceased. The Geographic
h In the possession OF Mir. Breeze, who
sAys no will take no stops regarding 1t