The searchlight., 1911-11-03
PULITZER IS DEAD
PASSES AWAY WHILE HIS sEcRE.
TARY READS HIM DEATH
OF LOUIS xI.
THE END CAME SOFTLY"
Great Journalist sueeumbs TO Heart
FaiIure.-Was Owner Of New
York World and ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch.

Charleston. So. Carolina. - Joseph
Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York
World and the st. Louis Post-Dispatch
died aboard his yacht, the Liberty, in
Charleston harbor. The, immediate
cause of Mr.. Pulitser's death was
heart failure. He had been In i'll
health for several days, but until a
few hours before the end, none sus-
pected the gravity of his condition.
Mrs. Pulitzer, who had been sent
for. reached the yacht shortly before
her husband died. At his bedside
when the end came also was his young.
est son. Herbert, who has been cruis-
ing with his father. The funeral will
be held at Woodlawn cemetery In
New York.
Mind Clear Near the End.
Up to an hour and a half before his
death Mr.. Pulitzer's mind remained
perfectly clear. His German secretary
had been reading to him an account of
the reign of Louis XI of France. in
whose career Mr.. Pulitzer had always
taken the liveliest interest.
As the secretary neared the end of
his chapter and came to the death Of
the French King. Mr.. Pulitzer said to
him:
'Leise. ganz leise" (Softly, quite
softly.
These were the last words he spoke.
Leading Figure in Journalism.
For more than a quarter of a CEN
! ha0 nf
the leading figures in American jour
nalism. Born in Hungary in 1s47 and
educated there, he came to this coun-
try in 1868, enlisted In the Union
army, and served as a cavalryman
until the end of the war, when he set.
tied in st. Louis. which for many
years was to be the scene of his jour.
nalistic activities.
His early newspaper training was as
a reporter and afterwards city editor
managing editor and part proprietor
of the Westliche Post, edited by Carl
Schurz. He bought the st. Louis Dis
patch which. under his management
known and most widely circulated
Journals OF the section.
Mr.. Pulitzer's entry into New York
Journalism occurred in 1888. when h,
bought the World, then a paper OF
small circulation. Its circulation and
prestige grew rapidly under his gen
eral direction. A building to house II
which he erected in 1890 on Park Row
was, until overtopped by the skyscrap
ers of later years, one OF the mos
striking OF New York office buildings
Became Totally Blind.
Mr.. Pulitzer's sight began to fai
him in the late eighties and after 1
time he became totally blind. Eve
since. he had been a partial invalid
but up to the last had kept genera
supervision over his newspaper prop
critics here and In st. Louis. and takei
! pronounced interest In civic affairs
Much of his wealth has been given TO
/ educational purposes. He donates
100000 to Columbia college to es
tablish and maintain a college OF jour
nalism and established scholarships Il
that institution for deserving boy grad
yates of New York public schools.
During his residence in Missouri
Mr.. Pulitzer served as a member O
the legislature and was a delegat
from that state to the Democratic na
tional convention In 1880. He Wa
elected to the 49th congress from
New York district, but resigned afte
few months service.
Before becoming a reporter. Pull
ger, after leaving the army, worke
successfully as a deck hand. loni
shoreman. hostler. waiter. coachmai
grave digger and member of the Mi
souri, legislature.