The San Francisco call., 1895-10-19

he fastened at once to the Office of the
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company,
diagonally opposite, and every effort was
put forth by General Manager L. w.
Storror to obtain further Intelligence re-
garding the condition of young Mackay.
But the click of the instrument which
sounded the cable messages remained OBJ
stinately silent till near the midnight
hour, when the most heartrending news
to the father clicked slowly off that death
had robbed the mining magnate of one of
his most cherished earthly treasures. The
facts were meager, but only too much to
the point. They came from Clarence at
Paris and stated that:
Willie was thrown from horse yesterday and
never recovered consciousness. He died last
evening.
There were no further particulars. but it
was enough and too much for the nearly
heartbroken father.
Those few hours of anxiety made greater
inroads on his mind and body than years
of toll and trouble. 1t was almost more
than he could bear. He sat in a chair in
the private Office of Manager Storror and
held his bowed and sllyered head in his
hands, and his silent, quiet grief effectu-
and none were attempted.
When the fact of the bereavement was
realized by Mr.. Storror he dispatched
messengers for John Rosenfeld and Ed
mond Godchaux, two of Mr.. Mackav's
most intimate friends, but not even with
them would ne vcuchsafe word regard
ing his deep sorrow. They could simply
sit by and mourn with him in silence.
Finally at about 1 A. M. after all attempts
to secure additional particulars had failed.
tho lone and saddened man was prevailed
upon TO retire to his room at the hotel. to
which he was escorted by his two friends.
Deceased was about % years of age, hav-
ing been born at the Grand Hotel in this
City IN 1870. He and Clarence, aged about
%, were the only children of the million
aire, the Princess Colonna being a STEP
daughter.
For The past six months the young man
who met his sudden death Thursday and
his brother have been spending their vaca-
tion IN Europe, partly with their mother,
partly with their step-sister Eva, the
Princess Colonna; and at the time of the
fatality the two bro theirs and the Princess
were together in Paris
IL thOSC VIII dWdT6 OI CQ6 TeDuld-
tion the young man had for fine horse
manship, the news of how he met his
death will be a great surprise, and the
details of the accident will be awaited with
unusual interest.
Mr.. Mackay's education was ACQUIRED
altogether in Europe under the superyi-
sion OF his mother, but for the past three
years he was more closely associated with
his father, and has attended to much of
the business attendant on his vast finan-
cial interests, more particularly to mat
ters connected with the cable company.
Both in his business and social relations
he vas ever genial, and was conseauentIy
seceedingly popular with all who knew
him. In fact, he is credited with all the
virtues of his father in this regard, and his
friends were friends for purely friendship's s
sake, his manly and sterling qualities
being generally appreciated.
He was also favorite with the fair seq.
and during the past few years has been re-
peatediy reported as being engaged to one
or another of the millionaire bellies of this
country, among others to Miss Birdie Fair.
What added to his social popularity was
his unusual ability on the violin, an instru-
ment that he was exceedingly fond of and
to which he devoted considerable time.
Owing to the deep grief of Mr.. Mackay
1t was impossible to learn what disposition
is to be maze of the remains.
AS already stated for the past three years
father and son had been much in each
others company, and the natural
pride OF the father in his eldest
son was intensified by the closer
bonds created by their being so much to-
gether of late. 1t is welI-known fact that
Mr.. Mackay, who is now well advanced in
the vale of years, looked forward to seeing
his pet projects maintained and furthered
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