The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
SPRECKELS Is DEAD
END COMES TO asUGAf9 KING" OF THE pAcTEECs
He Was Eighty Years OIa aAd Rieh- est Aaan. of Sad FFanciseo--
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San Francisco, Dec 2e.-&Claus spreckles. widely. known as s'the sugar
 king,s Of the Pacific coast, died early today at -nfs; home ih this city in his eightietfi year. .*t.. ffH T The immediate cause of death was ah aattack of pneumonia. which had ' Sd&V64oped with alarming symptonS -hAfiag the last few days Y HIS condition last night indicated that the end was near and relatives remained at his bedside until the hour ,of his death.
 Rudolph Spreckeis, who Returned from Honolulu yesterday on board the steamer Nippon was one Of the num- bert John D. Spreckels, proprietor of The San Francisco Call and head of the oceanic Steamship Company, was also in attendance at his fathsrs- bed- ssfde, as were Mrs. Harry Holbrook aud Mrs. D. Alexander Hamilton. fda Hghters of John. D.. Epreckels. F Despite his advanced age. Mir. SppeckeIs had devoted a large share Of attention to the various enterprises, in which he was interested and 1t is not more than q month since he ap- pSared before the ways and means .bsmmittee in Washington as an, au-. 4hority on the subject of sugar duties. j Two years ago he was attacked by Q savere illness but his vigorous con- stitution enabled him to withstand his sickness and he was after & time re- stored to his usual health
 Mir. Spreckels' family has for many years been one of the most prominent In the State. John. D. Spreck els. his eIdest son. has been a supporter of the graft prosecutions in this city to. the amount of thousands of dollars in ad- dition to his active participation. 2 Claus Spreckels was born at Lamst- adt, Germany, in 1928 and came to the United States in 1S46. After being employed for some time at Charleston, S. C., and New York he came to San Francisco, reaching this city in 1858. He establis store here and later conducted a brewery.
 In 1888 he built the Bay Sugar Re- fnery and began tho importation or raw material from Hawaii Prosper ing in this business he established other refineries and promoted the beet sugar industry by establishing refine- rles and engaging in tho farming of heets on a large scale
 Many of his interests in Hawaii are reported to have been disposed of by his son. Rudolph, during. the latters recent trip to the islands. They in- cluded the banking house of Claus spreckels and Company and some real estate
 ]. Superior Judge Graham today ap- pointed Rudolph Spreckels and c. A. Sprsckels executors of the will of their father, Claus Spreckels, fixing their bonds at $5OO.00O. which was furnished. In applying for letters of administra- ton, ait was stated that some matters connected with the estate needed irfi- mediate attention. 'f et . The will is in the possession of the widow Mrs Anna Spreckels, and will be filed on Monday. Itfis, believed that all the dead capitalists children are mentioned in the will and each given a share of the estate, the value of. which is variously estimated at from S40.000,O00 to S50,O0O, 900. It was stated in court that the income from the estate. exceeded quarter of a million dollars a year.