The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-07-11
PIERRE LORlLLARD DEAD.
millionaire Tobacconist Passes Away Il
New York

Millionaire Tobacconist Passes Away in
New York.
| New York, July 9.--Pierre Lorillard
died at 2:10 yesterday afternoon at the
i Fifth Avenue hotel. The members of the
| family present at the bedside when the
end came We're Mr.. Lorillard's daugh-
| ters, Mrs. T. Suffern Taller and Mrs,
VIM. Kent. and their husbands. and
| Pierre Lorillard, jr., and wife, and also
| Pierre LoriHard 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 Carroll
win the Gold Cup. He was stricken
! With a uraemic chill and was sick for
! week.
| He was advised to come to America,
| and boarded the Deutschland but his
condition became graver. 1t has never
| been thought he could recover since his
arrival in New York. The funeral will
| take place Wednesday from Grace
| church. InterInent will be at Green
| wood.
More than seven years ago Pierre
Lorillard left New York for the south
OF France, advised by his physicians to
| take a protracted rest. He spent the
| time quietly abroad.
| Lorillard's connection With the turf
| began in 1873 when he was advised by
| his physicians to seek an outdoor life.
| Before that he had been closely con-
| fined to business, as he had bought out
| his brothers in the tobacco trade and
| succeeded to his fathers business. The
| Lorillards had been the first in Ameri-
| ca to make snuff Their original shop
| was at Peck Slip and Water street.
| Here the foundation of the Lorillard
| fortune was laid. During the first part
| of his life Lorillard showed fondness
| for hard work, in spite of the fact that
| he had inherited millions. 1t was said
| that when his father, Peter Lorillard,
| died each of his chidren-there We're
| five sons and three daughters-received
| a million. Pierre was the only one who
| kept up the business.
He married Miss Emily Taylor, noted
| for her beauty. He bought a house on
| the northeast corner OF Fifth avenue
| and Thirtysixth street, which for
| years was the social center of New
| York. In spite of entertainment, in
| elaborate outlay and unchecked eX-
| pendirure, the social affairs of Pierre
| Lorilard eclipsed all others. 1t was
| during this time that he bought Ochre
point at Newport, and erected there a
| cottage marvellous for it's design. This
| he afterward sold to Cornelius Wander
| hilt
In yachting Lorillard was famous
| for time. He built the Vesta,
schooner that entered the race from
| Sandy Hook to Cowes, Eng. He built
| the Panda and other famed yachts.
| When he went into racing Lorillard
| picked up a colt, for which he paid $3.50.
| This was a raw boned specimen named
| Parole. This horse soon beat every
| thing on this side Of the water. Iie
was sent to England, and in one year
won the New Market handicap, the
| City and Suburban, the Great Market
| handicap, the Epson and Gold Cup.
| This was the beginning Of a series Of
| notable achievements on the turf. fol-
lowed by the victory of Ircquois IN the
| English derby
Lorillard was the founder of Tuxedo
| in the Ramapo hills. Some years ago
! lorillard sold his Fifth avenue home
and left suddenly for England. While
there had been no legal separation nor
any application for divorce, for some
| years Mr.. and Mrs. Lorillard had lived
apart
Various estimates have been made Of
| the value Of Mr.. Lorillards estate and
While it's exact value at the present
time is not known, it is believed that
1t Is more than S25,000,000 AS long ago
as 1884 1t was from $15 900 to $40.
| 100000.
1 London. July 9.-The morning papers
contain long obituaries of Plcerre Lor-
| lizard He will stand out as the man
who opened up the possibilities of the
| British turf to his fellow countrymen,
says the Telegraph.
|
James Yeatman.
| st. Louis, July 9.--James +. Yeatman,
| the we'll known philanthropist, died
| yesterday, aged "a years.
| MI. Yeatman came to St. Louis from
| Tennessee in 1912. For several years
he was in the iron business, but in 1850
entered the commission business. That
| same year he founded the Merchants
bank, which afterward became the
| Merchants National bank. When the
| civil war broke out Mr.. Yeatman en-
| deaVored to maintain peace, and Ia
bored earnestly to that end. His sym
! pathies were With the union and when
/ war could no longer be averted he be-
came one of the commission sent from
| here to President Lincoln.
In 1864 the western sanitary COM
| mission was called into existence by
General Fremont and Mr. Yeatman
| Was appointed on the commission.
Mr. Ycatman is believed to be the
| original Of the character Mr.. Brins-
made in Winston Churchills novel,
THE Crisis" The philanthropist and
| novelist We're great friends. Mr.. Yeat-
man was married twice, but his wives
are both deGu.
vito OF Julius Hubbard.
| Omaha. Neb,, July 9.-Mary Elliott
J Hubbard q prominent CLUB woman