Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-01-10

periods and not until Saturday even
ing did he give any sign of collapse.
The noted financier had an attack
of pneumonia following bad cold and
he was considered out of danger
Wednesday his heart, which had given
him some trouble, showed signs OF
weakness again, and the gravity OF his
ailment disturbed the physicians and
family.
Mr. Armour was not unconscious OF
his own condition. Saturday afternoon
he was attacked by intense pain, which
DR.. Frank Billings pronounced acute
myocarditis. His son, J. Ogden Ar,
mour, Mrs. J. Ogden Armour and Mrs
Philip d. Armour, Jr., were summoned
to the house and remained at the bed
side all night with Mrs. Armour.
He spoke to his family as one who
knew his hours were numbered AT
3 o'clock in the afternoon he sank into
a comatose state. His family stood
by the bedside and watched the ebbing
of his life. With them were DR..
Billings and DR.. J. A. Capps. For three
hours he fingered in calm and quiet
sleep.
The natural heir to the vast inter
ests that were controlled by Mr.. Arm
our is J. Ogden Armour, his son, on
whom the great burden doubtless will
fall
For two years Mr. Armour knew that
his days were numbered. Shortly after
his first attack of heart trouble his
brother, Augustus w. Armour of Kan
sas City, died and the shock affected
him greatly. He sought health at
the curative springs of Nauheim, Ger
many, and returned greatly improved
Last winter while in California his
son, Philip D. Armour, Jr., was strick
en- with pneumonia and died.
The aged packer never recovered
from the heavy affection. Last spring
he went to Nauheim again and return
ed in August and spent the late sum
mer and fall at Oconomowoc, Wis. He
returned to Chicago in October anc
seemed to have fully recovered his
robust health. In November, after {
fall of snow, he romped about the
lawn with his grandsons, Philip d
Armour III and Lester, children O
his dead son. The next day he wa.
confined to the house with a severe
cold, which marked the beginning O
his last illness.
Philip D. Armour had been a resi-
dent of Chicago since 1875, though hi
interest in the clearinghouse tina
bears his name dates back ten year
prior to that time. He was considered
by many to have been the wealthies
man in Chicago and one of the larges
employers of labor in the Unite'
States. In his various businesse
there are 10000 men on the pay rolls.
An estimate of his wealth wa
placed by one of his associates at $40
100000. The heirs to the bulk of thi
great fortune are his son, J. Ogde,
Armour, who will succeed his fathe
as the head of the vast enterprise
founded by the decendent, and the tw
sons of the late Philip d. Armour, Jr
who are 10 and years of age-Phili
D. Armour III and Lester Armour. Hi
"ilo" anu Tie WluOW OIL 1u1llp
Armour, Jr., will share in the estat
during their life.
Nothing OF Mr.. Armour's will
known by his business associate
Armour institute, founded by the wi
of his brother Joseph and develope
into one of the foremost technic
schools of the country, received fro
Mr.. Armour during his life 100000
and it is believed that further prov
sion has been made for it in the wi
AS to other beneficiaries of his wealt
nothing can be deduced from his a
lions in his life, as he was devoted e
tirely to building up his vast concer
and gave little attention to public
semi-public affairs.
His life work was his packir
house, which he guarded with SUI
Jealous care that he would not ,
linquish it to corporation until aft
the death of his eldest son. Then.
signed to the end that he believed W
not very remote, he personally
rected the creation of a CORPORATE
whose financial standing is so firm
rooted as to insure an indefinite c,
tinuance.