The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-01-10
PHILIP D. ARMOUR DEAD.
The Head Of the Orrai fs'hins iEsn aud
MultIsnliilsnai'- Has fEssyd
AwAv

his nauie==dtFd nj his home Sllo i'Tii-
RE avenue, at 5.t5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
A muscular affection Of the heart,
known to the medical profession ns
myocarditis, was the immediate cause
Of death. lie had been slowly rccov-
ering from pneumonia that for three
weeks had threatened his life. Al nine
o'clock yesterday morning his heart
gave way under the strain Of his re-
cent illness, his pulse running up 10
100. That was the beginning of the
end.
Mr.. Armour was surrounded by his
family when he died. Those ut his
bedside besides his physician and
nurses we're his wife. Mrs. Philip d.
Armour. Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Ogden Armour. and Rev. Frank W.Gun-
sauIus. The millionaire regaincd con-
sriousncss until within an hour of his
death.
During the day he had realized that
death wns near. To those around him
he had said. II know ! am very sick,
aud am ready for death when 1t
comes"
Soon after luncheon, and just he
fore the physician forbade his talking
more. MIR. Armour in feeble tones, said
that he would Ike to hear the Lords
prayer read.
One Of the trained nurses who Ind
been attending him drew a chair 20
the bedside and slowly read from the
Bible the prayer for which the dying
man had asked. II was rcad sentence
Ly sentence and each was repeated 10y
Mr. Armour. when the "Vmrn" had
been repeated by him hc sank back on
the pillow and closed his eyes rcstful.
ly. II was the last word the great
financier spoke except feeble fare
wells to his family little later.
The end came after two years Of III.
ness. during which time Mr. Armour
visited German baths, passed the cold
months in southern California, and dc.
voted himself largely 10 an attempt
10 restore his health, which. however,
had been broken never 10 be- rcgaiurd.
For several weeks the dead million.
nirc has been living at the old family
home in Prairie avenue, the usual trip
"a southern California not having
been taken this winter. lie came down
iu the office in thu lium" Insurance
building but seldom. aud ns the cold
incrrascdhc didno come al all itwut
understood In the Office that he had
an incipicnt attack uf pneumonia. hui
u was given out no later than q week
ago that he was on the road 10 rrruv
cry.
II was noted, however, that the con.
Etnnt Attendance Of DR.. Frank billings
the family physician, AT the bedside Of
the sick man did not corroborate the
favorable FrF0Fis at the 1owu.pvu
Office.
For several days death had been
feared a. the outcome by the close us
Enciutcs ~ the great captain Of indus.
try. They realized that the decline
FROM day TO day did not cease. and
thnt there could he but one end.
When death came his grandchildren.
who had 80 close place In his heart
were at the family rrHidrurc. ~ wns
J, Ogden Armour. the surviving son.
The death of his son, Philip y. Ar.
mnur. Jr., In southern California, on
january 20, 1900 wAs great shock
to the hcalth-hroken man. The son
had gone on visit TO his father and
was taken suddenly with pneumonia
His death followed with scarcely q
days warning. The son had largely
interested the father and inherited
the business ability Of the Armours
and was closely following the foot.
steps o! the head when he was str!ck.
en down. His beautiful home. com.
pleIed hut year or two before al
Michigan avenue aud Thirty-sc,cuth
street, told of his love of art.
Mr.. Armour was not able To accom-.
pany the funeral party to Chi.ago.
When he did return here he went di.
rect tn OconOmowoc, and remained
there until the chilly weather In the
fall drove the summer cottngrrs to
this city.
After the death of Philip D.Armour,
Jr., the vast interests of Armour 4 Co.,
which had been carried on a. CO.
partnership. were Incorporated under
the old name OF Armour a Co. This
was TO provide greater stability in
ease of death and made no change in
the practical ownership Of this prop
critics.
So carefully had the plans for the
future been made that the death of
Mr.. Armour will have little effect ON
the outward working of the great en-
terprise with which he had been 80
closely identified. II is believed all
the Armour properties will lie held in
tact until the grandchildren come into
their own.
Estimates of Mr.. Armour's own en-
tate run from $iO,000,0oO to s25.OOO, 900.
This of course does not include the
sl5.OO0.O 600 or s20,0O0,OOO owned by the
younger members of the family. For
years every enterprise he was inter
estcd in has been making immense
profits. Ills holdings of stock have all
advanced largely during the last three
years.
Philip D. Armour. who was In hia
sixty-ninth year, made his own life
on lines unique and wholly original
with himself From not over rich
Oneida county. N. y, farm to tn, po-
sition of paying more freight and con-
trolling more provisions than any
other man in the world were the two
extremes of his life.
The ancestral Armour's were Con-
necticat people. but Philip Armour
was not born until after the family
had moved TO Stockbridge, Oneida
county. n. Y. His birth date was May
I6, 1859.
The California gold fever struck
western New York In issp and young
Armour was the first In stockhridge
20 determine TO visit the Pacific coast.
He rrceived the per.nisslon of bis pa
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