The Irish standard., 1897-10-23

ing his health. During the past month
Mr.. Pullman has been ailing, but the
trouble was not sufficient to interfere
with his business, and Monday he was
ut his office as usual.
Word was at once sent to the various
members of his family, and they hur-
ried to reach his bedside. But neither
wife nor children were with him when
he died Mrs. Pullman, who is absent in
New York, at once started for Chicago
on learning Of the death Of her husband.
Mr.. Pullman was GO years old. Frank
o. Lowden, his son-in-law, reached the
death chamber within an hour after Mr..
Pullman's demise, accompanied by
Mrs. Lowden. OF the four children one
daughter died abroad some years ago.
The two boys, who are twins, are away
Mt school, but will arrive in Chicago
within q day or two.
Mr.. Pullman's fortune is varlously
estimated Mt from SIG 900, 900 to Sl5,O0O,-
900. lie had factories in many cities,
get he had maintained practical con-
troll OF every detail to the very day Of his
death.
t Particulars OF the snd Event.
The following statement Of the cir
cumstances surrounding Mr. Pullman's
death was prepared by Mr.. John S. Run
nells, chief counsel Of the Pullman COM
pany:
Mr.. Pullman died at five o'clock Tuesday
morning of angina pectoris. The extreme
heat of last week. together with perhnpa
more than his usual cxertlon in showing
DILL 1,,.1
him feeling Of debility, about which ho
spoke to one Of his friends, but which lie
did not regard as serious. He told one OF
them yesterday, who suggested hat he was
not looking quite as well as usual. that he
had been unable to sleep satisfactorily the
last two nights. and particularly on Sum
day night that he had some little difficulty
in breathing. but that lie felt much better
then. and he felt that n day or two would
put him all right. lie, indeed, was so well
that he intended to leave for New Yorl,
Thursday evening Death came to him
fery quickly. At about five o'clock In
the morning some friends who were stay
Ing ut the house heard noise in his room
as II he wished to call some one They
went to his room immelia tely, and found
him standing up. and evidently in great
pain. ono of them went to the telephone
to call his physician. DR.. Fittings. At the
same time Ii" himself attempted to walk to
the lounge, but before hc reached It, re-
quircd the assistance of his friends to get
there. He then became unconscious In
the meantime pr. Billings had arrived Mt
tho house and applied rcstoratives, but
without avail, and Mr.. Pullman quietly
passed away without rcganing conscious
hess
The Pullman Home.
Few men in the city have greater
number of warm friends among prom
inent people than had Mr.. Pullman. His
hnncn fjIrn hr1 onrl ,,rn,t,lnJ III l. ~
that could add to comfort or charm
the sense, is one of the most delight
full in Chicago. 1t is surrounded by u
garden of most beautiful flowers, in
which graceful palms occupy an impor-
tant place. AT the southern end of the
property stands the "Mussacrc mon,l-
ment," on the site of the old tree which
marked the destruction of so many cit
tzens and soldiers after the evacuation
Of Fort Dearborn in August. 1912. The
tree was removed some years ago to the
court of the Chicago Historical society
and the place where it had stood was
marked by bronze group illustrating
the rescue of Mrs Helm by Black
Partridge and some of the incidents OF
the tragic event. MIR. Pullman caused
the monument to be placed there, since
the tree had died and was fast cr,lm-
bling away.
News Received Mt Pullman.
Not until $3.50 o'clock was the news
telephoned to the Florence hotel, and
from there communicated TO the Office
of the manager Of the works, but in
few minutes every employee OF the big
corporation was aware that the man
who made it was dead
Although no orders were given by
the officials to close the works, opera
tons after the men had been told of the
death of Mr.. Pullman, were at n stand
still, the employees standing In front Of
the entrances and congregating in the
arcade discussing the news.
Soon after it became positively known
that Mr.. Pullman was dead, the first in
formation having been verified by tele-
phone from the headquarters of the
company in the Pullman building, the
officials at Pullman left their offices anI,
went to the Florence hotel for consulta-
ton.
At the hotel everything was in con-
fusion. The breakfast hour had been
forgotten, and the walters and other