The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10

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Sudden Death Of His Son ans t
| Namesnke nearly . Year Ago
Hung Heavily ON Him During the 1p
Closing Months Of His Life
wealth yarIously Estimated.
Chicago, Jan. 8.--Philip p. Armour
died at his residence In this city Az
5:45 o'clock Il last evening. lae END
came after two years Of illness. during,
which time Mr.. Armour visited German
baths, passed the cold months n
Southern California and devoted HIM
self largely to an attempt TO restore
his health, which. however. had been
broken never TO be regained-
For several weeks the dead million
aire had been living at the old famliys
home in Prairie avenue, the usual IT'D
to Southern California not having been
taken this winter. He came down TO,
the Office In the Home Insurance build
ing but seldom, and as the cold In
creased he did not come at all. 1t was
understood in the Office that he had
had an incipient attack Of pneumonia,
but it was given out no later 5than a
week ago that ne was on the road to'
recovery 1T was noted. however. that
the constant attendance of Dir. Franz
Billings, the family physician, az the
bedside Of the sick man did not corTon~g
crate the favorable reports at the down
town office.
For several days death had been
feared as the outcome by the close AZ
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 grandchild ren. who
had SO close place In his heart. were
at the family residence, as was y. Og-
den Armour, the surviving son, IT
Mr.. Armour had lost strength stead
lily from day to day since the com
mencement OF winter. The pneumonia.
was checked, but strength was not re-
gained. The firm grip he had SO long
maintained upon the business OF Ar
mour & CO., whether at the. office Of
thousands Of miles away, slowly re-
Taxed. Reports no longer interested
him as they were wont to do during
the first months of his declining health
The sudden death Of his son and name
sake nearly a year ago, hung heavily
on him td,iring thes closing months of
his life. In fact, he naver recovered
from the shock he experienced from
thatsevent.. 1t stopped his progress to-
ward recovery in his winter home at
Pasadena, and its sorrow remained
fresh until the end. III
Philip d. Armour was born in Stock
bridge, Oneida county, N. II, May IT,.
1882. His early life was spent on Al
farm. III 1919 the California gold fever
struck Western New York and young
Arm our was one Of the first in Stock u
bridge to determine to visit the Pacific
coast. 18th three OF four companions
from the same neighborhood young
Armour made the trip to the gold
fields, walking almost the entire dis
tance Armour made money from the
start and at the end Of six years re-.
turned home with fortune. Becoming
dissatisfied with the quiet life OF his
native town he came West again and
III Ggether with a Observation-Disclosures. estab-4
Iished q large wholesale grocery house
lin Milwaukeed. This venture was also
successful, and In a years time he
purchased the largest grain elevator
in Milwaukee. This led TO more elet-.8
vators and railroad stock. In 1856 he.
came to Chicago to take charge Of the
Chicago branch Of a New York packing
esta blishment. The result was that
the Chicago house ceased to be q
branch and the West gained the largest
packing and provision plant in the
world.
" The property interests for which Mr..
Armour stood are estimated at $3.50. 000,-
900. His personal share Of this prop
erty is variously estimated at from
$3.50 900 to $50, 0o0, COO.
In works of charity Mr.. Armour
monument will be found in the Arr
mour institute. to which he but q short
time ago gave s75O,o00 In one remem-3
brance. Asked once what he consid-
cred his best paying investment, he
replied: .The Armour institute. The
institute to-day represents an invest
ment on the part of Mr.. Armour and
his brother Joseph of $3.50, 600 and q
yearly expense for maintenance OF
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