Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-11
CARNEGIE DIES
SUDDENLY AFTER
BRIEF ILLNESS
Steel Magnate and Philanthro-
piSt SuccumbS to Bron-
chial Pneumonia
WAS S5 YEARS OF AGE
Had Given Millions For En-
dowments of Libraries, to
Teachers and Pensions

LenoX, Mass, Aug. II. - Andrew
Carnegie, S5 years old, the steel
magnate and philanthropist, died at
his LenoX summer home Shadow
Brook" at 7.10 this morning. after
an illness of less than three days
with bronchial pneumonia. So sud-
den was his death that his daughter
Mrs. Roswell Miller was unable to
get to her fathers bedside before
he died. His wife and private Sec
retary were with him at the end.
Enjoyed Fishing Trips
Mr.. Carnegie had spent most of
the summer in LenoX, coming here
late in May and up to a few weeks
ago enjoyed himself in almost daily
fishing trips on Lake Mahkeonac,
which borders his big Shadow
Brook" estate, and in riding about
his grounds. He was taken i'll Fri
day night and grew steadily worse.
His advanced age and lessened
powers of resistance fastened the
end.
Mr.. Carnegie came to Lenox to
make his home in May, 1917, and
had spent the past three summers
there. He came UP from New York
late in May, this year.
Mr.. Carnegie leaves his widow,
who was Miss Louise Whiteheld, or
New York, and his daughter, Mar
garet, who married last April, En-
sign Roswell Miller, of New York.
Speeds to Bedside
Mrs. Miller was at her home in
Mill Bank, n. Y, when word came
of her fathers approaching death.
She hurried to LenoX but did not
arrive until a few minutes after her
father died.
Although Mr.. Carnegie was taken
ill Friday, it was not until early to-
day that his condition took critical
turn On Saturday it was said that
he was suffering from a severe cold,
but it was not different apparently
from other attacks he had endured
and no fear was entertained that IT
would prove fatal. 1t was announced
that he was remaining indoors un-
der the care of the nurses who had
been in attendance of him most of
the time since he came to SHADOW
Brook"
According to members of the
household Mr.. Carnegie had hoped
to go to Skibo Castle early this
year, but changed his plans when
he learned that under governmental
restrictions he would be unable to
take a retinue of servants that he
desired, the regulations limiting him
to one automobile and one chauf-
feur.
Resolves to Give Fortune Away
Andrew Carnegie began a race
against time when, in 1901, at the
age of 65, he resolved to give away
. his enormous fortune. He held it
"disgracefur' for a man to keep On
gathering idle millions. In the COM
paratively few years which the ac-
tuary could allow him, he would
disemb barrass himself of practically
all he had. No man had ever
launched a philanthropic campaigI
of such dimensions.
His was then a fortune of just
about a quarter billion dollars, the
largest ever acquired by a foreign
born American, second only to tho
John d. Rockefeller wealth as the
largest individual accumulation in
the United States, and, built, as it
was, of five per cent. steel bonds, Il
would, without so much as turning
over ones hand, have approached
half a billion by the time Carnegie
could call himself an octogenarian
on November 25, 1915.
To give this stupendous sum
away, in about half the time he had
taken to gather it, was a purpose
Carnegie had fairly we'll fulfilled
when death overlook him to-day.
He had distributed about 100000
900. 1t was giving money away at
the rate of over 20,00O,000 a year,
or more than $4,000 a day.
10000 Offer to Help
He declared, when he gave up
gathering wealth and announced ar
era of distribution, that he expect
ed to find it more difficult to give
his millions away than it had been
to acquire them. How would yo,i
give $500, 100000 away?" became
such a popular query that an En-
glish advertiser who employed IL,
received no less than $4,000 sug
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