The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-08
LORILLARD DEAD.
Millionaire THURMAN Reconciled
to His Wife at the End.

New York, July s.-Pierre Iorillard
died at 2:1O o'clock Sunday afternoon
He died at the Fifth Avenue hotel
where he was taken from the Deutsch-
land when that steamer arrived from
Europe July f. The members of the
family present at the bedside when the
end came were Mr.. LOrlllard's daugh-
ters, Mrs. T. Sufferin Tayler and MIS-.
William Kent and their husbands and
Pierre Lorillard, jr., and wife and also
Pierre Lorillard III.
Mr.. Lorillard's recent severe ILLNESS
dated from June 20. He was in Eng
land and went to his lodge at Ascot
hoping to see his horse David Garrick
win the Gold Cup. He was stricken
with an uraemic chill and was sick for
week. He was advised to come to
America, and boarded the Deutschland.
but his condition beceme graver each
moment. His physician DR.. Kilroy.
told him that ne did not think he would
live to get to New York, but the mag
nate insisted that he would. 1t has
never been thought he could recover
since his arrival.
The funeral will be at II o'clock
Wednesday from Grace church. The
interment will be at Greenwood.
Pierre Lorillard was the eldest son OF
Pieter Lorillard, founder OF the fortune
which made the family fan He in
herited much of the business ability OF
his father and marked success attended
planned and executed.
At the death of his father he received
about 81 900 900 and an interest Jointly
with his brothers and sisters in the
great tobacco house OF which MS
father had been the head. He at once
purchased from his brothers a control
of the house and by shrewd manage
ment greatly increased his fortune. he
built handsome residence at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-sixth street and en-
farfaiUQd in nrfnpalW
In 1874 he became interested in tho
turf. His first great horse was Parole.
With Iroquois is 1881 he was the first
American to win the classic English
Derby. He was also an enthusiastic
yachtsman and once raced his Vesta
across the Atlantic. He founded and
controlled at the time of his death the
fashionable resort at Tuxedo. He was
nearly 68 years old. He is survived by
his wife, son Pierre Iorillard, Jr.. and
daughters, Mrs. William Kent and Mrs.
Sufterin Taylor. He leaves large for
tune.
In the shadow of death. the separa-
ton that has existed for years between
Pierre Lorillard, millionaire sportsman.
and his wife, who was the beautiful
Miss Emily Taylor, ended.
Mrs. Lorillard. on hearing that her
husband was lying near TO death in the
Fifth Avenue hotel. FASTENED by ex-
press from Southampton, l.. J.. fearing
that he might pass away before she
reached here.
The reconciliation between the mill
Honaire and his wife, who, as Miss En-
lily Taylor. was famed for her beauty
before her marriage. is shrouded in as
much mystery as was their quarrel OF
years ago.
Members Of the family would not say
what induced Mrs. Lorillard to hasten
to her husband, but they conveyed the
impression that her Woman's love alone
brought her.
Mrs. Lorillard remained at the bed
side until the last The physicians and
nurses could not prevail on her to leave
or take any rest. She acted, according
to the attendants. as If she would
crowd into the few hours perhaps re-
naming the devotion she could have
shown during the years Of separation.
Society has never learned why the
Lorillards separated. She was a noted
belle, and. after her marriage, the mil
honaire tobaccOnist placed her in q lux
urious home in Fifth avenue, and the
splendor of the entertainments over
which she presided exceeded all others.
Suddenly,at the height OF social pres
tige attained by him and his wife, he
sold his Fifth avenue residence AMI
went abroad alone. To Mrs. Lorillard
was left the place at Southampton,
where she has lived ever since.
Various estimates have been made Of
the value of Mr.. Lori1lard's estate. and
while its exact value at the present
it is more than $25, 900 900. As long ago
as 1884 it was said to be from $4,000 QUO
to S20O00, 000-