The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
DID SCANDAL KILL KRUPP
RICHEST NAN IN GERMANY DEAD
AFTER AWFUL ATTACK.
Early RuInOr Of Suicide Not sustained
--Apopiesy Folowed q Newspapers
Attack Upon Hin, - sold His Ord.
nance TO An Countries But France
Special Caos Despatch 10 THE SUN.

Special Cahs Despatch 10 THE SUN
BERLIN, Nov. % Friedrich Alfred Won
Nupp. the son aui successor Of the late
Alfred KrGpp IN" great ironmaster. died =
suddenly at hi. villa near Essen to-day
Herr Krupp had n severe stroke of apo
plexy on Friday night and anol her one thi.
morning. lie died this afternoon.
The news 81 lis death caused n sensation.
The municipal Councillors of Essen held
meeting tonight and prot es,ed against the
serious charges Of gross immortality on the
part OF Krupp which were printed in the
Socialist newspaper Iort d -fs last Saturday
in an article entitled "Krupp on the Island
| of Capri" The police Conf-caiCd this
number of the paper because of TIA" article
Nevertheless, many peoplc beloved the
| Iorrdcrts story was correct, and this gave
| rise To rumor that the great gun manu-
, facturcr had committed suicide because
| he was afraid TO face the impending revcla-
| tons.
Herr Krupp leaves two daughters, who
| vill inherit his vast wealth
| II is stated that his nephew, Arthur
! Kripp, will continue the business in partner
ship with several others.
! The d,a'L Of ii .rr krupp Is generally
! discussed here IN connection with the re-
/ cent art icles in the IOrudrts. alleging
I that Herr Won krupp had been expelled
! from the island of Capri on account of in
famous practices.
| A de-patch from Berlin on Tuesday of this
week said the previous days issue of the
| Vorudrts had been seized by the police on
account of publication rejecting upon
Herr Won Krupp, the richest man in Germany
1, i. l., IL loaf i,, Na In.
,iallssyeI- ~ M extraordinarily Sensational
actions for criminal liNcl agains, tho pro-
| prietors and editors Of the paper.
Friedrich Alfred krupp was Of the third
generation Of the family whose members
have mad, he name famous throughout
the world The Krupps have scorncd hon
ors of nobility ami Lave at the same Time
! held themselves free to sell the products
OF their genius all over the world. The
Khedive OF Egypt was one of the first patrons
of the Krupps. The only country to which
the Krupp firm refused TO sell was Ger
many's avowed enemy. France, with which,
it was the belief OF the father Of the late
! Herr Krupp, Germany must sooner or later
cross bayonets in n final national conflict
Friedrich Alfred krupp received through
, Inheritance steel business which his
father and grandfather had struggled to
establish on broad grounds of utility and
| profit and he invented a gun which ;urEed
the seat of his enterprise, Essen. in q. rInany,
! into one of the most important seats of the
| steel industry.
| krupps grandfather started his steel
| foundry In Essen in 1870 and he endured
| hardships which were bequeathed, as IT
were. to his son, who took possession of
| the business in 1876 and endured similar
| hardshios for prolonged period.
In 1882 there were nine men in the en-
ploy Of the krupp works al Essen. Last
year there were more than $4,000 men
employed there. The London Exposition
OF 1851, otherwise known Ms the Crystal
Palace Exposition, made the fortune OF
this German mechanic. The krupp works
had made good steel and good implements
before that, but ct that, the first of the
modern great eNposiuons, the works Of
tho Krupp mandatory received their
first recognition.
The business became 70 large that the
krupp concern had to buy various prop
critics for its own protection. Coal mines,
coke ovens, blast furnaces and iron mines
were purchased The father Of the late
Herr krupp owned ~ iron ore diggitgs
ia 1872 and the late krupp, who has Just
died, owned moro han 800 Most Of the
hrupp stce. IS made from ore owned by
Nrupp, -meit"d by means Of coke obtained
from krupp'r own coal.
Half q dozen years ago Herr krupp
was known Ar the wcathicst man IN Ger
many His income was estimated at that
tino al between 5000. 900 and s8,Ooo,coO.
The present kai-cr had becn more sue
cessful with the late Herr Krupp than any
Of his roval predecessors had been in the
matter Of retaining for Germany any ',i-
prcmacv which the inventive genius Of her
! pnGple might max" DOs-iho. The Emperor
| William. partly through operations with
Herr Krupp, was credited with the largest
degree of success In III" noGc'iat ions which
led to tn" elective opposition Of H." German
steamship lines TO the great International
steamship continuation which was lately
| ef'Cc cj.
1nouSanos Of 'aborors and their wives and
children foil we'd to his grave H. body of the
late Herr hrupp'S fCthcr, and il is expected
that a. many mOurrers will attend the
body Of his son. The workmen AT Essen
been differences at Es-en letwecl employer
aud employee, but hose differences have
always been settled 10y arbitration. ard
unionism knows no place there.
The X iscr h1- maze II "A custom for severe
years to visit krurp zach season before il
Journey 10 the Nlr'h. Somct lines Fr.pp
has had as his guest 'ho Mayor of Clpri
Whose. hotel has been the gunmaker's
succccdrl ~ making the people respect
his wish To 10 left alone, ana he bestowed
upon sntisi tc,ory servitors his Insignia
of n ColA-rrmc5 bullet,
nc vas fond Of deep sra cyrlora ion and
had Yacht fitted expressly for this work,
and his col. ction Of specimens Of denzens
| OF Tho deep wa one Of tho best known Of
pri, u @ collect ions. Will, in pursuit Of
Ihcs. specimens lie was often lccorlDani~d
by friend from the Naples Y illogical
Museum. Again he would go upon the
lax, OF sea wit bout cai conrad >. bit
accompanied by couple 81 music iGns, to
whose Guitar iva Fings he would listen "a
he loled back in the stem Of Tie beat.
Al Capri an artist approached krupp one
time and told him 81 an nacccsstl 10 place
Of interest, which has come TO be known
a. the G-otto di Fra Fe!ice, krlpp ordered
that money be provided to make it access
s,hlc.
II is said that like his forebears he did
not coyet honorS Of nobility or rank, and
that he accepted the dignity which gaze
him tho right to write inns II "von Krupp"
only because of his friendship and adrli-a-
ton for the Kaiser
ira, cling DOctGr Lost In n 0uicksa
NEW ORLEANS, Ia, Nov. 22.-A travelling
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