Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1897-10-22
PULLMAN DEAD.
THE PALACE CAR MILLIONAIRE PASSES
AWAY AGED 66 YEARS.
Family Absent at theTime of the Tragic
Event.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-George M. Pull.
man, the palace car magnate, died at
his residence, Eighteenth street and
Prairie avenue, this city, at o'clock
this morning.
Mr. Pullman, who was in his 66th
year, had not been enjoying his usual
good health during the summer. The
extreme heat of last week greatly ag-
gravated his disease, known to medi.
cal science as angina pectoris. But
no serious trouble was anticipated.
Mr. Pullman was at his office in the
Pullman building daily, and dined
yesterday with his friends at his club.
Later in the evening be remarked
having a slight pain in the back. He
retired at his usual early hour.
AT 4 o'clock members of the house
hold were awakened by a disturbance
in Mr.. Pullman's chamber, and upon
entering found him dazed and appar-
emily suffering excruciating pains in
the region Of the heart. Rev. r. NJ.
Eaton, who was visiting MI. Pullman,
called DR.. Frank Billings, the family
physician. Restoratives were applied.
but to no purpose, and at 5 o'clock
the millionaire manufacturer and
philanthropist, passed away without
speaking, and with scarcely strug-
gle.
Mrs. Pullman, who, with her two
sons, George and Sanger, has been
on an Eastern tour, was wired at
once, and no funeral arrangements
will be made until she arrives.
George M. Pullman came to Chi
cago in 1859. He at once took a
prominent place in business circles,
In 1880, owing to the growing de-
mands of his manufacturing interests,
he put into execution a pet theory for
the establishment of model town"
as home for his Car works and the
thousands of employees A site was
selected on the shores of Lake Calw-
met, twelve miles south of Chicago.
Mr.. Pullman devoted his personal at
tentiou to the erection Of the little
city, and succeeded even beyond his
own expectations in making it "A
model town. Pullman now has a
population of IL, ,000
Mr., Pullman was married in 1867
to Miss Hattie Sanger, of Chicago.
Four children are living, George.
Sangar, Harriet and Florence. The
latter was married to Frank o. Low
den, of this city, two years ago.
Mr.. Pullman's fortune is variously
at from $30,000000 TO $50
000,000
George Mortimer Pullman was
born in Chautauqua County, n. Y,
March B, 1881. AT IA he began life
as clerk in a country store, later as
sociating himself with an older
brother in the cabinet making bust
ness at Albion. He came to Chicago
in 1859, and at first engaged in the
business of raising buildings, elevat-
ing entire blocks number of feet to
bring them up to the new street
grades. While riding in an old fash
ion sleeping car from Buffalo to
N. Y, it occurred to him
that there was a field for building
sleeping coaches. From
1859 to 1868 he made series Of eX-
periments on the Chicago & Alton
and Galena Roads. From these ex-
periments he worked out detail plans.
A work shop was rented, skilled me-
chanics employed. and Mr.. Pullman
threw himself into the task with the
ardor of man who moves from set
tied convictions. Although without
mechanical training himself he per-
sonally directed the work of others
IN all the minor details of putting the
IDEAS he had originated into material
iorm.
The first car, the "Pioneer" was
early in 1865, and imme~
1iately took rank as the most perfect
-ailway vehicle the world had ever
Ieen. This, was the beginning of the,
Pullman system, which has grown to.
present enormous proportions. Mr..
Pullman was identified with almost
very public enterprise in Chicago
The industrial town of Pullman,
within the city limits of Chicago, now
contains over IL 900 inhabitants. Mr..
pullman was a brother of the Rev.
Dr.. j. M. Pullman, of New York,
ormer editor Of the Christian
leader.
His financial interests were confn-
ID to few corporations, the bulk of
he holdings being stock in the Pull
nan Palace Par Company, of which
10 owned about one-ffth Some
took was also held in Diamond
Match and New York Biscuit. These
ecurities were somewhat affected by
he news of Mr. Pullman's death, but
he daclines were uuickIV recOvered