The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-13
President of the AmaIgamated Cop
per Company and Owner of Sew
eral FamOus Race Horses.
HENRY WILLARD ALSO DEAD
NEWSPAPER REPORTER, LATER
CORRESPONDENT IN WAR DAYS,
And Afterwards Financfer and Rail-
way Magnate-Made and Lost
Two Great Fortunes.

of the leading mine owners of the world,
sixty years old, died in his apartments in
the Hotel Netherland, at o'clock this
morning. Dilatation of the heart and
Bright's disease of the kidneys, with result
ant complications. were the immediate
cause of death, though Mr.. Days illness
dated back several years. He had suffered
severely during the last two months, but
the end was painless. While he was sur
rounded by members of his family. his life
went out so peacefully that only the physi-
clans in attendance knew that he had found
rest.
Marcus Days death assumed form in
keeping with the strenuous life he had
lived. His physical strength and vitality
were great What would have been hard
labor for another little fatigued him. His
soul was In his work. Years ago he rigidly
supervised the operations in his mines and
smelters. His men were all constantly un-
der his direct observation. His motto was:
do yourself that which you would have
done right"
Breathing fumes of arsenic, in smelters
where copper ore from his mines was
treated, and living in the high attitudes of
Montana weakened his heart. He realized
that his constitution had broken, but did
not soon enough give himself opportunity
to recuperate. He at last came to New
York and consulted three eminent special
lists In diseases of the heart. They all made
the same diagnosis and advised him TO for
sake active business life. Fretting under
these orders. MIR. DAILY, contrary to theii
advice, went to take the baths at Mannheim.
These are said TO be too stimulating in
cases of dilatation of the heart. Upon be-
ing told that death could not long be de-
layed, he hurried back to this city, hoping
against hope that those who had previously
helped him might again prolong his life
Mr.. Daily returned from Europe about the
middle of September. 1t was then told that
his physicians had confirmed the opinion of
those at Mannheim, that his days could not
be many. He wished to be taken to his new
home at No. US Fifth avenue, but 1t was
thought best that he should remain in the
apartments in the Hotel Netherland.
whittier he had been taken from the steam
ship.
His physicians told Mr.. Daily that they
could guarantee life only from day to day
and that he might pass away at any time.
He accepted the decision with full resigna-
ton, asking only that he might live until
his family could be with him. Two of his
daughters were then in Europe and Mr.
Days pleasure was great when they ar
rived. 1t was the irony of fate that upon
the day when Mr.. DAILY was told that death
could not be avoided. his political and per-
sonal enemy, William A. Clark took apart
ments in the Netherland Hotel.
Mr.. DAILY. during his last two months.
was subject to sinking spells, each of
which threatened death, but between them
he was bright and strong mentally and
physically. He busted himself preparipe
new will. consulting the members of his
family as to details. At the DAILY home
il was said that the will was finished and
signed less than twenty-four hours before
his death. No other information was given
except that the DAILY holdings in the Ana
conda Mining Company had not been dis
posed Of as reported several years ago.
but would change ownership under the
will.
Mr.. Daily failed rapidly on Sunday after
noon, and he and the members of his FAM
lily were told that his strength had been
SO depleted that he could not rally. Most
OF Sunday night he was unconscious, but
he awoke at o'clock yesterday morning
and asked for his wife and children. .'On-
Is little while more. only a little more,
and then peace" were his words to Mrs.
DAILY when she went TO him.
With Mr. DAILY at the moment of his
Death were his wife, his three daughters
Mary. Margaret and Harriet: his son
Marcus Daily, jr.; his brother, Patrick;
his attorney. William scallon; DR.. W. H.
Thompson. DR.. Dillon Brown and the Rev.
Father NJ. ]. Lavelle.
Plans for the funeral are not yet COM
piete. The body has been removed to the
family residence. rs Fifth avenue. The
funeral services will include a solemn high
mass or requiem in St. Patrick's Cathedra,
Ak IL o'clock on Thursday morning, Father
Iaveie officiating. The body will be
placed temporarily in the receiving vault
OF Calvary Cemetery. Interment will take
place there after a family vault has been
erected.