Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-22
GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN.

GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN.
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
at his office as usual.
Word was ut 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 66 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
at school, but will arrive in Chicago
within day or two.
Mr.. Pullman's fortune Is variously
estimated at from SIS, 100000 to SIS, O00,-
900. He had factories in many cities,
vet he had maintained a practical con-
troll Of every detail to the very day of his
death.
( Particulars of the Sad 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
phny:
"Mr. Pullman died at five o'clock Tuesday
morning Of angina pectoris The extreme
heat Of last week. together with perhaps
moro than his usual exertion in showing
some friends about Pullman, had caused
him feeling Of debility, about which he
spoke to one of his friends. but which he
did not regard as serious. He told one Of
Them yesterday, who suggested that he was
hot looking quite as well as usual, that he
last two nights, and particularly on Sum
day night: that he had some little difficulty
In breathing. but that he felt much better
then, and he felt that day or two would
put him all right. He, indeed, was so well
that he intended to leave for New York
Thursday evening. Death came to him
very quickly. At about five o'clock in
the morning some friends who were stay
Ing at the house heard a noise in his room
- II he wished to call some one. They
Rept to his room Immediately, and found
him standing up, and evidently in great
pain. One Of them went to the telephone
10 cali his physician. DR.. Billings. AT the
Same time he himself attempted to walk to
the lounge. but before he reached it, re-
Quired the assistance OF his friends to get
there. He then became unconscious. In
the meantime DR.. Billings had arrived at
the house and applied restoratiyes. but
without avail, and Mr.. Pullman quietly
passed away without regaining conscious
ness
The Pullman Home.
Few men in the city have greater
number of warm friends among prom
inent people than had Mr.. Pullman. His
house, furnished and provided with all
that could add to comfort or charm
Ahe sense, is one of the most delight
full in Chicago. 1t is surrounded by a
garden of most beautiful flowers, In
which graceful palms occupy an impor,
tant place. At the southern end of the
property stands the Massacre monu-
ment," on the site of the old tree which
marked the destruction of SO many cit
liens 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. Mr.. Pullman caused
the monument to be placed there, since
the tree had died and was fast crum
bling. away.
News Received Mt Pullman.
Not until $3.50 o'clock was the new!
4elephoned to the Florence hotel, ant
from there communicated to the offic'
Of the manager of the works, but in ,
few minutes every empioye of the big
corporation was aware that the maj
who made it was dead.
Although no orders were given b,
the officials to close the works, opera
lions after the men had been told of thu
death of Mr.. Pullman. were at stand
still, the employees standing in front o
the entrances and congregating in tn
arcade discussing the news.
Soon after it became positively know
that Mr.. Pullman was dead, the first in
formation having been verified by tele
phone from the headquarters of tn
company in the Pullman building, til
officials at Pullman left their offices an
went to the Florence hotel for consulta
fion.
At the hotel everything was in cor
fusion. The breakfast hour had bee
forgotten, and the walters and oths
employees were standing on the bi!
veranda in front, while many of tn
men had come up from the works ant
o{ood e., <r,.o,,pc around tho hotel