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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-07
Millionaire Chicago Pork Packer Died Last
Evening at His Home in That City.
HE HAD BEEN AILING FOR A LONG TIME
Had Taken Frequent Trips to Health Resorts
on Two Continents but They Had
All Proven Futile.

CHICAGO, Jan. Especial Philip D.
Armour, for a quarter of a century one
of Chicagos foremost citizens, AMI enc.
of Americas most progressive manufac-
turers, died at 5:45 this evening at his
home on Prairie avenue from pneumonia
Just after the first snowfall of the
season, MIR. Armour played a game of
SNOWFALL with his grandchildren. the
sons of the late Philip D. Armour Jr,
whose sudden death last winter was a
great blow to the founder of the Ar
mour industries. The scene of the
sport was the spacious grounds sur
rounding the house built by the younger
Armour and now occupied by his widow
and two sons, at Thirty-seventh street
and Michigan avenue Mr.. Armour un-
dertook to show little Philip III. and
his brother Lester how boys used to
SNOWFALL one another at school when he
himself was a boy back in Madison
county, New York. some sixty years ago.
See grandpa do it," cried the
youngsters in delight as Mr.. Armour
gathered up the scanty snow, packed It
into balls and hurled it at the fence.
Guess that's enough, boys" he said
by and by. I'm cold. We'd better go
into the house.
Since that day Mr. Armour has been
shut up in his prairie avenue house in
Chicago under the care of a physician
and a trained nurse. This little expo
rience tea ches that 1t is not safe FOR a
man worth from $4,000, 600 to $50000, 900 to
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is incorporated under the laws of Illinois,
and is managed by board of five di-
rectors. 1t is said that the recent in
vestment associated with the mission
represents $3,000000. 1t is conducted on
self-supporting plan, the method being
to construct flats for occupancy by per-
sons pursuing their business in that i'm
mediate locality, who can, with their
families, have the benefit of all the edu-
cational, religious and social features
connected with the mission and the char
tiles associated with it. A certain stand
ard of care and cleanliness is exacted
from every tenant, while most elabor-
ate system of sanitary regulations is OBJ
served by those in charge of the trust
funds
Philip D. Armour has been the moving
spirit.
HAD MANY LARGE INTERESTS.
While Mr.. Armour's name was more
generally associated in the public mind
with the great packing and provision es-
Establishments, which do an annual bust
ness exceeding $100,000O0o. employing
10000 persons, he was actively interested
in many other big enterprises. AS the
owner of an important system of grain
elevators, and heavy investor in grain
Mr.. Armour was a heavy owner in TIE
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
companyand in the reorganized Baltimore
& Ohio. He was interested largely in
the Illinois Trust and Savings, Metropolt-
tan National and Northern Trust banks,
Of Chicago, and in the Armour. Bank CT
Kansas City. He Was=a director OF: the
Northwestern Life Insurance company
and was q heavy stockholder in the
company which controls the street rail-
ways of Kansas City, Mo-, and Kansas
City, Kan.
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before the grain department had been
incorporated under the title Of the Ar
mour Elevator company. The death
of Simeon 5. Armour, at Kansas City.
in March, 1883, caused no particular
change in the Armour interests there,
as they were operated as a stock COM
pany.
END HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED.
So carefully had the plans for the fu-
ture been made that the death of Mr.
Armour will have little effect on the
outward working of the great enterprise
with which he had been SO closely iden-
tilted. 1t is believed all the Armour
properties will be held intact until the
grand children come into their own.
Estimates of Mr.. Armour's own es-
tate run from $10,00000O to $25000,020+
of course, Goes I OF include the $l50J0,-
600 or coo owned by the younger
members of his family. For years every
enterprise he was interested in his been
making immense profits. His holdings
of stock have all advanced largely dur
ing the last three years.
DR.. Frank Billings, who was at Mr.
Armour's bedside when the end came
and who has been almost constantly in
attendance upon the sick man, stated
that he had heard Mr.. Armour make no
mention of his interest in or profits aris-
ing from the gigantic Milwaukee-Great
Northern deal by which he was reputed
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indulge in winter sports to amuse his
grandchildren, especially when he is of
stocky build with a lot of supert1uous
flesh on his bones, and has passed the
sixty-eighth milestone on life's journey.
The end came after two years of IL
ness, during which time Mr.. Armour Wis
ted 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 millionaire
had been living at the old family home
in Prairie avenue, the usual trip 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 increa $
ed, he did not come at all. 1t. was un-
derstood in the Office that he had had
an incipient attack of pneumonia, but
IT was given out no later than a week
ago that he was on the road to recov-
cry. 1t was noted, however, that the
constant attendance of DR.. Frank Bill
ings, the family physician, at the bed
side of the sick men did not corroborate
the favorable reports at the down town
office.
For several days>death had been feared
as the outcome by the close associates of
the great captain of industry. They
ASeAlANSO lIldl lue uScllHc from Qdy 10
day did not cease and that there could
be but one end. When death came his
grandchildren, who had SO close a place
in his heart, were at the family resi-
dence, as was ]. Ogden Armour, the sur
viving son.
SONS DEATH FASTENED THE END.
The death of his son, Philip D. Ar
mour Jr., in Southern California, on
Jan. %9 1900, was a great shock to the
health-broken man. The son had gone
on visit to his father and was taken
suddenly with pneumonia. His death
followed with scarcely a days warning.
The son had largely interested the
father and inherited the business abil-
ity of the Armours, and was closely fol-
lowing the footsteps of the head when
he was stricken down. His beautiful
home, completed but a year or two be-
fire at Michigan avenue and Thirty
seventh 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 direct
to OconomowOc and remained there un-
til the chill weather in the fall drove
the summer cottagers to their city
homes.
After the death of Philip D. Armour
Jr., the vast interests OF Armour & Co.,
which had been carried on as q CO.
partnership, were incorporated under the
Did name Of Armour & Co. This was to
provide greater stability in case OF death
Ind made no change In the practical
ownership Of properties. Some years
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TOWNS SINGED
BAD BLAzES AT BoTH WINNIPEG
AND BRANDON YESTERDAY.

WINNIPEG, Can, ian. Especial y
Winnipeg was visited by a $4,000 fire
early Sunday morning. 1t started in S.
L. Barraclough's music store, on Main
street, and destroyed the brick block be-
tween Bannatyne and McDermott
avenues, occupied by s. Thurman, jewel
er. Loss, $4,000 Marcy, pianos, So. e4O; J,
Barraclough $1,000; w. Gfunday Music
company $1,000; w. A, Davis book store.
$1,000; Winnipeg theater box Office, $500;
Musical clubs hall and rooms; $780, The
block is owned by wv. R. Baker the G.
P. r. chief executive officer, whose loss
on office fixtures is $4,000.
The weather was terribly cold and the
f1remen had hard fight, but saved the
adjoining structures
A telegram from, Brandon says that
city also Suffered severely by fire early
Sunday morning, two Rosser avenue
blocks were destroyed and one damaged.
The sufferers are: D. A. Peesor, jeweler:
w. ]. Correll, confectioner; j. c. Todd,
w. ]. Young & Co., groeers; George Bot
ting, barber; D. H. sSeott, insurance
agent; Mcdonald & Calxerts gents, fur
nishings: DR.. Powers, Brandon college
and Brown & Mitchell The total loss is
$4,000.
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to have made from sS,OO0.OOO to $5, 200, 900
last week
He looked upon such holdings" said
DR.. Billings, "as investments rather than
from the speculative view point
1t was announced last night that the
funeral services would be held probably
at the Armour mission either Tuesday or
Wednesday. They will be conducted by
Dr. Gunsaulus, and, in keeping with the
life and habits of the deceased, will be
simple in character.
Philip Danforth Armour was born May
16, 1882, at Stockbridge, Madison county,
N. Y. His education was obtained chiefly
at the country school house, although
supplemented at the local seminary AS
a boy he was conspicuous for physical
and mental energy, as well as for genial
ity of disposition.
In the winter of 1872 he was seized
with the California gold mining fever, and
with others Joined in an overland trip to
the slope. Leaving Oneida, N Y, in the
spring Of 1852, the party reached Cali
fornia, after a journey of six months,
during which they suffered many trials
and dangers in the wilderness. For more
than three years, young Armour pursued
the rugged life of a miner. While sub
ject to all the temptations of his vicious
surroundings, the strict discipline of life
which had been maintained under the
paternal roof enabled him to withstand
every evil influence triumphantly He
returned to the East in 1856 to visit his
parents at the old homestead He had
met with some rewards for his labor,
and after a few weeks visit he started
West again, settling at Milwaukee, where
he engaged in the commission business.
This he conducted successfully until 1863,
when he entered into partnership with
John Plankinton in the pork packing in
dustry. Mr. Plankinton, the senior of
Mr.. Armour, recognizing the young mans
ability and business energy, induced him
tor dissolve the old faSn and form a new
organization. A younger brother, Joseph,
was placed in charge of the business in
Chicago. but his i'll health, in 1875, led
Philip D. Armour to remove to that city
to take active charge.
OF all the Armour brothers. Philip
probably attracted to himself more pub
lie attention than any of the others, by
reason of his remarkable personality and
his practical philanthropy, in which,
however, he was sustained by the liber-
atty of his older brothers. The Armour
mission, one of the most conspicuous in
stitutions in Chicago has been developed
through his activity and generosity from
tude. Joseph Armour, who died in 1881,
bequeathed 1000 for the founding of a
mission in Chicago, to be conducted on
certain novel lines. AS executor of the
estate, Philip D. Armour became pecu-
liarly interested in the carrying out of
the trust imposed on him. The mission
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-07
SCHOONER SUNK AT SEA
BY GERMAN LLOYD LINER

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Kaiser Maria Their
esa, which arrived today, was in collision
with the schooner Pavia, of Luenbers,
N. S., in midocean, and damaged the
latter so badly that the crew abandoned
her. All hands, the captain and five sea-
men, were brought to this port.
The White Star liner Cymric arrived in
this port today after an exceedingly
rough voyage. The vessel left Liverpool.
Dec. %, and during the trip the weather
was very rough and tempestuous seas
and heavy westerly gales prevailed. Fri
day three valuable English stations,
which were being brought to this coun-
try for breeding purposes, died of pneu-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-07
BRITISH ARE IN FLIGHT
RESIDENTS ARE LEAVING DUTCH
VILLAGES IN THE VICINITY
OF CAPE TOWN
DUTCH UPRISING FEARED
No Important Military Movements
Reported to the War Office Yester-
day-POrtuguese at LOurenzO
Marques to BE Reinforced.

LONDON, Jan. This mornings news
from Cape Town is again unsatisfactory.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Malmesbury and would have been pro-
claimed in other districts, but that the
cabinet meeting called Saturday was un-
able to agree as to its adyisability.
The vagueness of the situation con-
cerning the movements and position of
the invaders has sent fresh cold fit
over the colonists, and Cape Town calls
loudly for strong reinforcements from
England on the ground that the greater
part of Lord Kitchener'S available force
is employed in protecting the lines of
communication and the Rand mines, the
latter extending for a distance of hfty
miles.
AFRAID OF THE DUTCH.
It is asserted by one Cape Town cor
respondent that unless the forces in
Cape Colony are increased, a most un-
desirable state of affairs may exist as
the success in arms of the invaders,
however slight, might be the signal for
a Dutch rising. e
AS it is many British residents have
had to leave the Dutch villages near
Cape Town, their lives being unbearable,
according to a native report.
CALL FOR 10000 TROOPS.
-l IuS cape 1OWn correspondent OIL IHS
Daily News who calls for 10000 fresh
troops, says: Prominent Afrikander
loyalists declare that the rebellious col
onists will construe the colonial call to
arms as a challenge, and that the omi-
nous silence OF the pro-rebels, combined
with the fact that members of the pro-
Boer junta in Cape ToWn have been
touring in the disaffected districts, enl-
phasizes the necessity for martial law.
- fra
dispatching reinforcements. Already
there is proof that colonials are leading
one commando"
The military movements reported are
quite unimportant though Portugal is
sending reinforcements to Lourenzo Mar
ques.
DR.. Leyds, according to The Hague
correspondent of the Daily Mail is
recruiting in Holland, Belgium, France
and Germany and his recruits will be
sent out to Namaqualand, ostensibly as
emigrants, each man receiving $50 down
on starting.
DUNRAVEN GIVES WARNING. s
In letter to the Times this morning
the earl of Dunraven, emphasizing the
"very grave situation in South Africa,
warns the country to distrust the
opinions of experts on the spot and to be
ready for the unexpected. He complains
OF the Inertia of the authorities" and
urges the necessity of large reinforce
ments
The Cape town correspondent of the
Times, who confirms the reports of the
multiplicity of the Boer commanders,
says:
Nearly fve-sixths of the British troops
are employed to guard the lines of COM
munications and to garrison towns, leav
ing very small number, partly mounted,
to pursue the enemy. Large reinforce
ments are advisable, and these would be
cheaper in the end.
The damage which the Beers did to
the Kleinfontein is officially estimated at
e210,OGO.''
po,t,~.I Sa,ds Moro T,roors
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OCEAN LINERS.

NEW YORK-Arrived: Steamers La
Bretagne, Havre; Trier, Bremen.
via st. Michaels; Cymric, Liverpool
and Queenstown. Sailed: Prestoria,
Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cherbourg
ENSTOWN-Sailed: Steamer UNI
bria Grom LIVERPOOL, New York.
NEW YORK-Arrived: Kaiserin Maria
Theresa. Bremen, Southampton and
Cherbourg.
LIVERPOOL-Arrived Grecian, Halifax.
n. S.. and st: John, N. B.. Sailed:
Georgia, New York.
LONDON-Sailed: Manitou. New York.
SAN FRANCISCO-Arrive Steamer
South Portland, Portland; steamer
Borieta, Newport. Sailed: Steamer
Umatilla, Puget Sound.
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ALL EUROPE IS FREEZING
SEVERE COLD AND HIGH WINDS
PREVAILING THERE.

LONDON, jan 7.-Severe cod has sud-
denly set in throughout Europe. In Eng
land it is accompanied, by northeaster-
ly wind amounting to a gale over the
channel. AT Dover a boat was capsized
four persons being drowned and probably
other accidents will be reported.
On the. continent the weather is still
more severe Snow has fallen as far
south as Naples and in St. Petersburg
the cold is SO intense that the police in
the streets have had to be frequently re-
lieved and the schools to be closed At
Moscow the temperature. is 20 degrees be-
low zero Fahrenheit
Tremendous gales are blowing over the
Adriatic. Terrible blizzaEds are report
ed from Austria and Southern Russia,
eXtinguishing signal lights and resulting
in the derailing CT the Orient exp;ess at
Altpasua.
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CLUE TO TIE IBDUCTORS
CUDAHY AND DoNAE8UB ACCEPT AN
OFFER OF INFORMATION.

OMAHA, Neb, JAM ga letter has
been turned over to Chief Donahue, of
the Omaha police department, in which
an offer is made to deliver certain in
formation to him regarding the abductors
of Edward Cudahy Jr. upon his compli
ance with certain conditions. The chief
and Mr.. Cudahy evidently considered the
letter authentic and of enough impor-
tance to justify reply, because the fol-
lowing advertisements appeared in the
columns of locals paper this morn
ing:
''Your request, asked for in letter mail
ed at Lincoln, on Jan. 4,to he answered
before Jan. 7, will be. granted. e. a.
Cudahy, J. A. Donahue,"
Both Mr.. Cudahy and Chief DonahUe
declined tonight to say what the contents
of the Lincoln letter were or to refer to
the conditions prescribed therein.
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monia. which they had contracted while
on the voyage.
FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
LONDON. jan 6.-The British bark
Beechbank, Capt. Buchanan, from San
Francisco, Aug. Is, bound for Queens
town, was spoken on Jan. 8, in latitude
Sc north, longitude So west, with loss of
foretop mast and main top gallant yard.
The bark Beechbank was reported at st.
Helena, on Nov q, damaged by gale and
tidal wave, and on Dec. passed Ascen-
sion island, rugged with jury foremast.
The German steamer Hispania, Capt
Luenfala, from Hamburg, Dec. %, bound
TO Mexico, has puts into st. Miehaels,
Azores, with machinery disordered.
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BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for st. Paul:
Colder

Weather Forecast for st. Paul:
Colder.
Phillip ID. Armour Dead.
Eight Perish in Fire.
British Hard Pressed.
Chinese Uprising.
Severe Ocean Weather.
2-BattIe on the Flats.
Stranger Badly Beaten.
Union Label and Labor.
News of Minneapolis.
3-AII Over the Northwest.
Gamble Made No Compromise.
Sioux Falls Mystery.
Forecast of Congress.
Cardinal Gibbons Sermon.
4-EditOriaI Page.
5-SpOrting News.
Senatorial Gossip.
6-What Women Want to Know.
Popular Wants.
7-FOreiGn stock Markets.
S-MoIIy's Fortunes.
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SETTLED A YEAR AGO.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE outlines of the
Russo Chinese agreement regarding Man
churia were settled with Ii Hung Chang
in December, 1S99,'' says the Vienna cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph, land
prior to that Russia had concluded
treaties with the emirs OF Bokhara and
Khiva and the shah of Persia, arranging
for neutrality for military assistance in
the event of difficulties arising between
Russia and any Asiatic power. In fact.
all the steps toward the practical ac-
QUESTION of Manchuria had been careful
lv nrena red -
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WANTS RATHBoNE PROPERTY
ohio Brewer Asks Court to Set AsiO~
the Sale.

UHIO bTeWeE -AsEAS OOUHt 70 Set 1ASIV
the Sale.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 6.-Judge Thompson,
of the United States court, has set aside
the sale of property at Hamilton, O., in
volved in the suits against Estes G.
Rathbone, late director of posts in Cuba.
The property included two blocks, and
sold for $11300O. An affidavit was filed
by Charles Sohgen, a brewer who said
that the property was easily worth $780,
600, and that he was willing to pay that
amount Judge Thompson ordered that
he put up a certified check for at least
one-fourth of the amount. 1t was fur
ther ordered that the property be read
vertised for sale, and that if it did not
bring more than offered by Sohgen 1t
should be turned over to him.
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DIE FROM COLD IN STREETS.
Terrible Pr1vations Are Endured by
the Parisians.

PARIS, Jan. 6-Severe cold is reported
throughout France and Italy. foot of
snow fell at Marseilles last evening and
the mercury shows IS degrees of frost in
Paris today There have been a number
of deaths in the streets. Trains from
a long distance are greatly delayed.
Snow has fallen even in Southern Italy
and the city of Rome and surrounding
country are snow clad for the first time
in many years. Crowds assembled on
the Pincio to witness the rare panorama.
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MARCHING ON The REBELS
CHINESE ARMY DISPATCHED TO
TIE YANG TSE DISTRICT.

SHANGHAI, Jan. Sit is reported
from Sian Flu that the empress dowager
has ordered Gen. Feng Use Tsei, COM
mander in the province of Yum Nan, to
proceed with his army to the Yang Use
valley and from that section to move
northward. His force is said to consist
of $1,000 men armed with modern weap-
ons. Count Won Waldersee, it is assert
ed, has arranged with Prince Ching and
Ii Hung Chang that the allied troops are
not to operate in the prefecture of Shun
Te, Huang Ping and Ia Ming, in the
nroVince of Chi I'll
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BAD FIRE AT MANIsTEE.
Unknown Man Burned in Collapse
of Dwelling.

MANISTEE, Mich. Jan. S.-The livery
barn of Henry Radamacher was burned
today with its contents, including twen-
ty-nine horses. The fire also burned
block of buildings adjoining. While the
fire was in progress an unknown man
was seen to rush into a burning dwelling
to assist in saving goods. Just as he
entered the building it collapsed, and his
remains were found in the ruins. Total
loss $25, 600; partly insured.
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OVATION FOR GOV. ALLEN.
orto R1cans Did Him High Honor

Porto Ricans Did Him High Honor
Everywhere.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan. Gov.
Allen, who left San Juan Thursday to
visit the towns in the western part of
the island, returned to- the capital to-
day. He visited several places never
before visited by any governor of Porto
Rico. Everywhere he was most enthus-
iastically received. AT Lares 250 mount
ed citizens turned out 8to provide him
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Portugal Sends More Troops.
LISBON, Jan 6.-Additional reinforce
ments have been ordered to Lorenzo
Marques.