The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-01-11

The Head Of she Great Packing ssrn see
MuitimiilloaA'rs Has rssssd
Away.


Away.
Chicago, Jan. Phillip Danforth
Armour philanthropist financier and
multimillionaire. head of the vast
commercial Establishment that bears
his name-died 1t his home, sils frai-
RE avenue, at 5:45 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
A muscular affection Of the heart.
known to the medical profession N
myocarditis. was the immediate cause
Of death. He had been slowly recov-
ering from pneumonia that Tor three
weeks had threatened his life. At nine
o'clock yesterday morning his heart
rave way under the strain of his re-
cent illness, his pulse running up 10
1913. That was the beginning OF the
end.
Mr.. Armour was surrounded by his
family when he died. Those At his
bedside besides his physician ana
nurses were his wife, Mrs. Philip -.
Armour, Jr.. and Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Ogden Armour, and Rev. Frank W.Gun-
saulus. The millionaire regained con-
seriousness until within an hour OF his
death.
During the day he had realized that
death was near. To those around him
he had said: II know l am very sick.
and am ready for death when -
comes"
Soon after luncheon. and just be-
fore the physician forbade his talking
more. Mr.. Armour in feeble tones, said
that he would like to hear the Lords
prayer read.
One of the trained nurses who had
been attending him drew chair 10
the bedside and slowly read from the
Bible the prayer for which the dying
man had asked. 1t was read sentence
by sentence and each was repeated by
Mr.. Armour. When the amen" had
been repeated by him he sank back on
the pillow and closed his eyes restful-
ly. 1t was the last word the great
financier spoke except feeble fare
wells to his family little later.
The end came after two years OF i'll.
ness, during which time Mr.. Armour
visited German baths, passed the cold
months in southern California, and de-
voted himself largely to an attempt
to restore his health, which. however,
had been broken never to be regained.
For several weeks the dead million
aire has been living at the old family
home in Prairie avenue, the usual trip
TO southern California not having
been taken this winter. He came dowr
TO the Office in the Home Insurance
building but seldom, and as the cold
increased he did not come at all. TWAS
understood in the Office that he had
an incipient attack of pneumonia, but
it was given out no later than week
ago that he was on the road to recov
cry.
1t was noted, however, that the CON
slant attendance of DIR. Frank Billings,
the family physician, at the bedside Of
the sick man did not corroborate the
favorable reports at the downtown
Office.
For several days death had been
| feared as the outcome by the close as
sociates of the great captain of indus.
try. They realized that the decline
from day to day did not cease, and
| that there could be but one end.
When death came his grandchildren
who had so close place in his heart
were at the family residence, as wal
j. Ogden Armour, the surviving son.
The death Of his son, Philip ID. Ar
mour, Jr., in southern California, or
January 30, 1000, was a great SHOCK
to the health broken man. The sor
had gone on a visit to his father ane
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 Armouri
and was closely following the foot
steps Of the head when he was strick
en- down. His beautiful home, com
pleted but year or two before al
Michigan avenue and Thirty-seventl
street, told of his love of art.
Mr.. Armour was not able to accom-
pany the funeral party to Chicago
When he did return here he went eli
rect to Oconomowoc, and remained
there until the chilly weather in TIL
fall drove the summer cottagers Il
this city.
After the death of Philip ID. Armour
Jr., the vast interests of Armour az Co.
which had been carried on as co
partnership, We're Incorporated undo
the old name of Armour a. Co. Th
was to provide greater stability il
case of death and made no change ii
the practical ownership of the prop
critics.
So carefully had the plans for TIL
future been made that the death o
Mr.. Armour will have little effect oil
the outward working of the great en-
terprise with which he had been s.
closely identified. 1t is believed al
the Armour properties will be held in
tact until the grandchildren come int
their own.