The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-08
PHILIP D. ARMOUR
DIED ON SUNDAY
Muscular Affection Of the Heart the
Immediate Cause.
MOST REMARKABLE CAREER.
From Very Modest Beginning He
Amasscd Fortune Of. Many Mil
lions = Walked from New
York TO California.
MOST REMARKABLE CAREER.
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fBy Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Jan. Phillip Danforth Ar
mour, philanthropist, tinancier and multi
millionaire. head of the vast commercial
establishment that bears Ills name, died
at his home, 2l15 Prairie Avenue, at 3:i9
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
a muscular affection of the heart, known
to the medical profession as myocardttis,
was the immediate cause Of death. >fle
had been slowly recovering from pneu-
monia that for three weeks had threat
ered his life. At O'Clock this morn
ing his heart gave way under the strain
of his recent illness. his pulse running
up TO 103. That was the beginning of the
end
Nh Armour was surrounded by his
family when tle died. Those at his bed
side besides his physician and nurses
were his wife, Mrs. Philip D. Armour, Jr..
and Mr.. and Mrs j. Ogden Armour, and
Rev. Frank w. GunSauuS The Million
airc retained consciousness until within
an hour of his death During the day tlc
had realized that death was near. TO
those around him he said:
II know l am very sick, and am ready
for death when it comes.
Soon after luncheon, and Just before
the physician forbade his talking more,
Mr. Armour in feeble tone. said that he
would like to hear the Lords Prayer
read
SAID THE LORDS PRAYER.
One Of the trained nurses who lad
been attending him. drew chair to the
bedside and slowly read from the Bible
the prayer for which the dying man had
asked. 1t was read sentence by sentence,
and each was repeated by NJ. Armour.
When the "Amen'' had been repeated by
him ne sank back on 1tle pillow and clos
ed his eyes restfully. 1t was the last word
the great fnancier spoke, except feeble
fareWells to his family little later
Estimates CT Mr.. Armour's own estate
run from Sl0.0oO.o0O to S25O00.o0O. This,
Of course, does not include the s15,00o,0oo
or $50. 000.0oo owned by the younger mem
bers Of his family. For years every en-
terprise he was interested in has been
making immense profits. His holdings
of stock have all advanced largely dur
ing the last three years.
Philip D. Armour. who was in his six
ty-ninth year. made his own life on lines
unique and wholly original with himself.
From Il not over-rich Oneida county On.
V farm to the position of paying more
freight and controlling more provisions
than any other man in the world were
the two extremes of his life.
The institute to-day represents an in
vestment on the part of Mr.. Armour and
his brother, Joseph, of $2.l5o.oG0 and
YEARLY expense Tor maintenance OF SlpO,-
600
TWO YEARS OF ILLNESS.
The end came after two years of illness.
during which time Mr. Armour visited
German baths. passed the cold months in
Southern California and devoted himself
largely to an attempt to restore his
health. which, however, had been broken
never to be reEained.
For several weeks the millionaire had
been living at the old family homo i'll
Prairie Avenue the usual trip to South
ern California not having been taken this
winter He came down to the office in
the Home Insurance building but seldom
and as the cold increased 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 than a week ago that he was on the
road to recovery. 1t was noted however,
that the constant attendance of DR.. Frank
Billings, the family physician, at the bed
side of the sick man did not corroborate
the favorab bic reports at the downtown
Office.
For several days death had been feared
as the outcome by the close associates of
the great captain of industry They real
lied that the decline from day to 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 We're at the family residence,
as was J. Ogden Armour, the surviving
son.
SONS DEATH \ SEVERE BLOW
Mr.. Armour had lost sertngth steadily
from day to day since the commence
ment of the winter. The pneumonia was
checked, but strength was not regained.
The firm grip he had so long maintained
upon the business of Armour & Co..
J, Tho al IN, Office thousands OF
miles away slowly relaxed. Reports no
longer interested him, they were wont
TO do during the first months of his de-
clining health. The sudden death of his
son and namesake nearly a year ago
hung heavily on him during the closing
months of his life. In TACT, he never re-
covered from the shock he experienced
from that event II stopped his pro-
gress toward recovery in his winter nome
at Pasadena and its sorrow renamed
fresh until the end.
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
After the death of Philip D. Armour,
Jr.. the vast interests of Armour d Co.
which had been carried on as co-part-
nership. were incorporated under the old
name of Armour & Co. This was to pro-
vide greater stability in case OF death,
and made no change in the practical own
ership of properties. Some years before,
the gram department has peeii iiiSoi ~
rated under the title of the Armour Ele-
waiting Company. The death of Simon
r Armour, at Kansas City, in March.
1899. caused no particular change in the
Armour interests there, as they were OPP
Grated as a stock COMPANY. SO carefully
had the plans for the future been made. !
that the death of Mr.. Armour will have
little effect on the outward working of
the great enterprise with which he had
Sn1 IC
all the Armour properties will be held in
fact until the grandchildren come into
their own.
WALKED TO CALIFORNIA.
The ancestral ArmourS We're Connecu-
-. ,Al,n,,ln hut Philin Armour WAS not