The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-06
WEYERHAEUSER
DEhD ON COAST
st. Paul Lumber Baron Vic
tim of Pneumonia.
AMASSED HUGE FORTUNE

Born OF Poor Parents in Germany, and
Himself a Common Laborer for
Years, He Passed Away Credited
With Being One of Worlds Richest
Men.
Pasadena, Cal. April 6.-Frederick
Weyerhaeuser, multimillionaire Min.
nesota lumberman, seventy years
old, died at his winter home at Oak
Knoll. Mr.. Weyerhaeuser was strick.
en- ten days ago with a severe cold
Pneumonia developed and several
times he sank to the verge of death
but rallied.
Mr.. Weyerhaeuser's body was sent
aboard a limited train bound for Rock
Island, Ill., his old home, for inter.
ment
Mr.. Weyerhaeusr caught cold Sun.
day, March %, while attending church
On the following Wednesday his
condition became so alarming that
his children were sent for. Three
physicians were called and remained
in attendance day and night
The final sinking spell came at a
time when it was believed Mr. Weyer-
haeuser would recover Several days
ago he appeared to be on the verge
of death, but resort to oxygen rallied
him and thereafter he appeared to
improve rapidly.
Death was due to a weak heart.
Mr. Weyerhaeuser was conscious
to the last and recognized each of his
children, bidding each of them good
by. Seven children survive Mr..
Weyerhaeuser. John p. lives in Spo-
kane. He is the eldest, and has
charge of the firms business in the
West. Frederick f. and Rudolph
live in st. Paul. Frederick is the most
active in charge of his fathers inter
ests. Charles A. lives in Little Falls,
MINI. The three daughters are mar
ried.
Dominated the Lumber Industry.
Frederick Weyerhaeusers stealthy,
unobtrusive climb to the eeriest height
of wealth, the progress of which was
only discovered by the people of the
nation when it had become a matter
of argument as to whether he was
richer than John ID. Rockefeller, will
lend his name more readily to the fic.
titious tales of mythology than to the
records of historical fact
He dominated the lumber industry
of a forest clad nation during the
years prior to the discovery by that
nation of the doctrine of conservation
of national resources. He is one of
several great figures of the last forty
years whose private life was unim-
peachable, but whose business meth.
DDS recently came under indictment at
the bar of public conscience.
Mr.. Weyerhaeuser was corn in
Germany, Nov. 21, 1894. He came to
America with his parents when eight.
cen years of age, settling in Penn.
sylvania, where he worked as a brew.
er The family came West in 1856,
where young Weyerhaeuser entered
the lumber business as an employe of
q sawmill. In 1870 Weyerhaeuser
helped organize the Mississippi River
Boom and Logging company and this
was the beginning of his career as a
lumber baron and at the time of his
death he was conceded to be the heav,
lest mill and timber owner in the
world, although little of his property
appears on record in the name of
Weyerhaeuser. Neither his wealth
nor his income could be exactly
known by anyone, himself included.
He declared recently that he did not
think he was richer than Rockefeller,
but competent judges affirm that he
was.