The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-26
7. 4. HAVEMEYER dead
The Sugar King Succumbs
to Complications Fol-
lowing an Attack
of Grip.
HE BECOMES A ROMAN CATHOLIC
Leaves a Fortune Estimated at
About s15,OOO,OOO to His
Widow and Nine Child
rem.
he BECOMES A ROMAN CATHOLIC

Theodore A. Hayemeyer, Vice-Presi-
cent OF the greatest sugar refining con-
Germ IN the world, The American Sugar
henneries Company died at his home,
NO. IA Madison avenue, at three o'clock
TINS morning, arter an illness of two
weeks. Five hours before his death he
was converted to the Roman Catholic
ld,.n anu was Dapeizeo py rather FAR
,Ili VI cue onurcn Oh the Holy lnnocents.
80. eAp4 e. eS9eu q uesire eneh 70 De spurleo
f,,,,anoI -, a. Gnu siie
oso1oa1~ ms,,,ae sAe 80 ioii 'iieto a. 'elA
w. ,,h,,ssa,o ..ss
roo-.s.. - - a,.., e 4i'
little hone of his recover,, - srd - 80
felt that the And was mar - n-a. +1a,,
that he expressed q desire +o ~ bar,-
tized into the Catholic fattb and Tra+har
O'Farrell was sent for. while NE ma
tient was dying at ten o'clock last night
Father O'Farrell administered the rite OF
baptism, the members of the family
standing about the bedside. There were
present Mrs. Havemeyer, three SONS, c.
E., II. .. and f. c. Havemeyer; three
daughters, Mrs. Duncan. Mrs. Tiffany
ana MISS Dora Havemeyer, and Mr.. Have
meyers protner, II. Q. Havemeyer. Two
OIL MS chlloren are now In Europe. They
were hotineo OF ms serious illness, but
oouio MOI reaen nome before the end
eane Inc other chiioren gathered ar
- -Ae "nen II WAS Known tnkl the
"49 Aeei.
.,.-4. ,iiiieSS was caoseo Dy
".is.ns iroHi stomach
10 ne'u oeen diiins iof some
'e wv "As aso tne ttoupie
NAoseiano anu LIZ
o.'onoeo niiii' aiio iof nours De-
were eons.ane ~ nis
1.i night un.n sne eng cams
enos Aous"' Ia VAIN nope 10 keep nun
Aive
'on!i d. oearies Oh tne american sugar
i,enns Coiipany saio Inns inoriiiHs
~ eneyeis uouoes s7 uassa
DaoA severa4 months. ne tooA Iip
'ou'n ano was iiucii Deneii.eo' ous oli A-s
fe.ufn snort one ago ne was seizeu
Win an ATTACK OF grip. he ralhea ana
| last week was aDout MS room' pu. com
pica.iohs hao set IN ana on Sunuay
came the iatai relapse.
~ hhA' enieyer was u eno
, ,o N,e1-,.,1 se'-1s s's'
80 ~ 'nei sieae susAr inuussrs = -
s..a,- ~ @ ene 80 -
r, -, - -
HaVemeyer' with nus orother, W1iiiam D,
started a rennery IN VanderVeer street,
| this city, in 1900.
F,redericl, q retired from, tba hus;ness
:. ,o,v -. :, ,oro ...-,......
IL io''' ou' III Ao'o "ene iiieo psas'saS
AGAIN Ior sons, purchasing an interest," IN
| the williamsburg Husse warehouse prop
ertv From that beginning grew the busi-
| go, +,,o+ +o5a,, ,,,,,+,,o1,,r oo,,t,a, +,,,
ness eiiat 'ooas pfac.Scaiiy coHerois lne
L
| a marked influence on that of the world.
| Every wear the large brick factory he
+oo,, co,,+, 1,h;ra go co,,t,, rro,,.t,,
."ee1 anu ooosn "a
stfeets was improved, ana the tour sons,
| associating in business with their brother
in-law established +ba fir,,, of IJaya,,,x,,,.,.
| o 1,.a T.o g.
~ H-ioer ne ifni 'ooh ieso N 'ne
sugar refining business from the sta1t-
| They had fifty men in their employ at
| first and the business Increased nntil he.
| 80 - - ~
loie 'iie Ieoen. coisoius''ioii oh niaHys re-
nnerles throughout the country oy them,
the factory there employed near 4,G9a
| man
VI lhe iour prothers WHO started IN sne
rer,s,ns George EJavemaver vvos li,,aas a.
| 100 ~ - -
tiie relihery III IooN ana Ihonas' nave
meyer afterward retired from the busi-
ness
Tba uavanevsrs ;nyan+ad ,n.n,, .,bor-
| o.,i,e, ,1,oohinas ad ,,'ethaas 80 -,
aans of thasa "a +ha anu ~ y,
a-,,1.1o,ed r,,a.r S-b;ah 80 tssi -. PAes. -
et. eLnpioyeu @ susaL, "nicn i was 1elineq "a "a
~ sdiell slailuialned .llie on mars p ~
1v ~ Gents pouno, anu ~ theiI !athsr =
siIne a. cenes pouhu' Is looaV sre-
nned at cent pound.
twas not aIone IN the sugar refining
business that Theodore A. Havemeyer was
prominent. his banking and real estate
interests were enormous.
He was greatly interested in agricul-
ture, and had one of the finest stock farms
| in the country at Railway, N j. Besides
his handsome residence in this city he
had magnificent summer home at New
port He was interested in golf. and was
really the father of golf in this country.
He was President of the American Golf
Association at the time of his death.