St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-04
QUAKER CITY MOURNING.
MUCH SORROW 0VER THE DEATH or
GEORGE W. cHiLDS,
EDITOR AND PEaELANTHROPISE

His Fortune Estimated at Ten
Millions-Much OF 1t VIII Go
to Charity and to the People
Dependent on His Bounty-Ar-
engagements for the Funeral
His Last Moments.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.-The Childs
residence is located III the aristocratic
quarter of West Walnut street, and the
presence of Grape upon the door this
morning appraised the passerby of the
fact that the great editor and philan-
thopist had passed away.
| With the exception of the occasional
gatherings of group of men 10 discuss
the sad event, there was nothing OBJ.
servable outside the house to indicate
that anything unusual had happened; at
the Ledger building. at Sixth and
Chestnut streets, knot of black ribbon
was attached to the knob of each door,
to each knot was pinned one of Mr.
ChildS' engraved visiting cards. Writ
ten under his name was the announce
ment: Oiled FeD. 8. 1891.
Mr.Cmlds' private secretary, by direc-
ton of Mrs. Childs, telegraphed to her
husbands hundreds of friends in this
country and abroad the sad news of his
death. AS early as 10 O'Clock telegraE.s
OF coincidence began to pour into the
Ledger Office. These. as fast as they
were received, were sent to Mrs. Chllds.
The arrangements for the funeral are
in the hands of James Nj. Paul Jr.,
son-in-law of the late A. j. DreXel, and
close personal friend of Mr.. Childs.
1t will probably be late this
afternoon before it will be
decided whether the funeral will be
public or private. If the wishes of Mrs.
Chiids prevail. the ceremonies will be OF
a private character. Friends of the
dead man are urging, however, that
since Mr.. Childs was enc of the best
known pnblic men IN the country, the
obsequies should be public.
1t is belle we'd that the remains Of Mr..
Childs will be placed in the Drexel
mausoleum in Woodlawn cemetery, be-
side those of his lifelong friend and
business partner, A. j. DreXel. This is
believed to be the wishes of both Mr..
and Mrs. Childs.
Nj I. Childs was changed man from
the day of the sudden death of his life
long friend and bosom companion, An
thony j. DreXel, in June of last year.
Those who were close to him. and capa-
BILE of noting his everyday life saw
that
THE BLOW FELL.
and there was a loss of buoyancy-a
gradual lesSening Of the old spirit and
vim. The loss Of his friend was more
than he could bear. Close friends
feared the worst, and looked sadly upon
the oncOming disaster.
About two years ago Mr.. CbildS met
with an accident while walking on
Che smut street. He slipped on the ice
and badly sprained his ankle aud it
was feared his inj must prove fatal.
He entirely recovered from the etfcts of
his fall, however, and beyond few oc-
caslonal witches of rheumatism, in
his legs, had not complained of any ma
terial illness up to the time of the un-
expected attack which caused his death.
The change for the worse came uneX-
pectedly. Those i'll position to know
said as late as yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Childs, while certain to die,
would live four Or five days yet.
Present at the bedside at the time of
his death, in addition to the physicians,
were Mrs. Childs, Col. +. De V. Morrell
and James w. Paul Jr., son-in-Iaw Of
the late A. j. DreXel, George w. Childs
DreXeI and W. p. Steele, Mr.. ChlldS'
private secretary.
One of the phycisiaus III attendance
OH Mr.. Childs made the following
statement this morning to representa-
tive of the Associated Press:
"Mr. ChildS suffered no pain, and his
end was peaceful. He had been uncon-
scious for the past three days, except at
intervals. The change for the worst
became manifest about $3.50 last even
ing.
Ibis PULSE FALTERED
and he grew rapidly worse. 1t was
then apparent that the end was near,
and that his death was only QueS-
ton of few hours. Mr.. Child's
lower limbs were not paralyZed. as
has been stated. The stroke only
affected his right side, he having lost
the use of both his right arm and leg.
Mr.. Childs during his last hours lay
like a child asleep, and when ne grew
so much worse about midnight every
attempt was made to rouse him, but
without avail
MT. CUllQS' fortune Is D6ll6VeQ 10 De
large one, but whether it be one million
or ten is question that only those
intimately associated with his affairs
can say He was in receipt of a very
large income for years, and he made eX-
cellent investmentS,ln many ways, But
while his income was so large, his
expenditures were great, especially in
support of educational and charitable
institutions, and in direct charities. The
profit from the publication of the Ledger
is said to have averaged as high as
$1,000 day. A large interest in the
Public Ledger will be absorbed by
the Al. Drexel estate, and it is
probable that both his wishes and those
of his partner in the ownership of the
paper, the late A. j. Drexel, will be
carried out by the present publisher,
George w. Childs DreXel. The latter
young gentleman was associated with
Mr. Childs as publisher in September
last.
1t has been said, indeed, by many who
were well acquainted with Mr.. Childs
that he would make his namesake his
heir. particularly i'll view of the fact
that he had no children. 1t will
probably be found. however, that
Mr.. Childs has left many specific
requests in his will, and provided that
the large number of people dependent
on his bounty, both in and out of his
busine SIS. shall be continued in their
good fortune while they live. His valu-
able collection of manuscripts and relics
he gave To the DreXpl Institute ahOut