Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-30

Great Northern Railway company tC
pay their respects and take a last
farewell of their old employer
THE active pallbearers will be: NJ
| r. Brown, Ralph Budd, Charles w
Gordon, ]. NJ. Gruber. p l.. Howe. w
+. Kenney, Charles Maitland, George
A. Macpherson. Theodore Schultz and
J.. j. Toomey.
THE honorary pallbearers will be
announced later
Infection Cause OF Death.
DIR. Giifillan, describing the progress
! OF the disease, said.
mfr. Hill has suffered from intes-
final catarrh and hemorrhoids for a
| number of years. On May Is he had
a chill. II was followed by fever
| due to infection of a hemorrhoid.
THE fever passed away next morn
ing and It appeared the trouble was
over. Three days later slight fever
was present and on May 90 DR. Will
liam J. Mayo saw Mr.. Hill. At the
time there was evidence of infection
of the skin Of the bullock.
This infection progressed slowly
and Friday Dr. William j. Mayo made
small incision in the infected area.
Saturday Drs. william J. and
Charles II. Mayo returned and opened
freely the area Of infection. From
this time on the infection spread dowr
the right thigh to below the knee and
Mr.. Hill gradually lost strength"
EuIogy from Archbishop.
| Archbishop John Ireland. comment.
| ing on James ]. Hill's death, said:
"A great man has gone from earth.
ly life. Not only a man of rarest tai
ent of mind, a genius such as is sci.
dom to be seen amid the movins
scenes of humanity, hut also one who
has put his wondrous talent to th'
service of fellow men, whose whole
career was marked with strict integ.
rity and highest sense Of honor"
This much. too. must say is sim
plest truth that he loved and respect
ed religion and held the Christiai
faith to be the supreme principle o
human righteousness and human life.
Governors Tribute.
| Governor J. A. A. Burnquist order
| ed all flags at half mast on the CAPT
tai and other state buildings. II
honor Of Mr.. Hill. Later the govern
, or issued a statement saying:
! In the passing of James J. Hill
| the greatest constructive genius of tn
northwest is gone. He was acknowl
edged as it's foremost railroad builde
and business man.
"He was ever heartily interested Il
agriculture, art and education. TIL
loss which his city, state and natiol
has sustained through his death can
not be measured
Gifts for Education.
MIR. Hills last public requests wer
gifts for the advancement of educa
ton in which he was deeply interest
cd throughout the latter years Of hi
life.
| one of his most important dona
| tons was a $4,000 gift to the Colleg
OF Puget Sound at Tacoma. Wash
made shortly before the beginning o
his last illness. Another beQuest o
$4,000 was promised Marquette uni
versity at Milwaukee at the sam
time.
| His gift to the Tacoma institution
| was regarded as being of great sig
nificance. For many years, almost
feud existed between the Tacoma an
| the Hill interests. The Hill steamer
never were permitted to enter tn
1 "a IU n
that the Great Northern railway ex
tended its lines to Tacoma.
Teud With Tacoma.
Mr.. Hill was credited in the earl
DAVIS with having said that he woul
see the grass grow in the main street
of Tacoma before he would run hi
trains there.
The Ill feeling started in the earl
days of railway construction in IN
lwest when Tacoma, having bee
|chosen as the western terminal OF tn
Northern Pacific, showed its courte
sizes TO that road.
His gift to the school was taken
an indication that Mr.. Hill was wiliin
to forget the earlier feud.
NOftn SgUU.uvU,VVu.
Mr. Hiifs wealth IS estimated a
the way from $l00. 600. zoe to $500
0OG, 900. He was probably worth be
tween $500, 200, 00e and s25O,Ooo,oo'
An estimate of Mr.. Hills wealt
was furnished when at the opening
1.-THE European war he called ms pans
ers together and displayed a mass
his securities. More than s1o0.oo0,oO
| was said to have been in the box'
Inc laid before his bankers.
, "I'here should be no trouble" sal
= Mr., Hill. "but If there is, this amour
T is at your disposal
r 4 stO,0O0.000 Loan.
q The First National bank borrowe
:. from Mr.. Hill s1000O.O0o worth
I Great Northern railway bonds The'
!, were placed with the treasury depar
. rent in Washington and s6,VoO,ot
worth of emergency currency above
; under the .Aldrich act was shipped
once 10 the First National bank.
: Twas found necessary to place on
ets125,0O0 worth OF this in eirculatlo
T. In q few weeks the entire amount WI
: returned to Washington.
MI. Hill had the absolute contr
: of the First National bank aud Il
> Northwestern Trust company, WINK
Ihave a. combined capital ana surpi
4 of s6,50O,O60.
Interested in Many Concerns.
j Mr.. Hill was "a large owner OF sto'
!, In the Chase National bank OF ne
!. YORK. First National bank of Chlcas
u ..-s.-. Av.ti.annl In