The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-12
ANDREW CARNEGIE
DIES OF PNEUMONIA


aniums because OF their pungent doors.
One Of these flowers was his daily choice
for wear In the lapel OF his coat
In the summers of 1917 and 1918 he
did much fishing. He had a power craft
built to make these excursions COM
Portable. He was on the water for the
last time last Thursday. He passed the
afternoon under the shadow of group
Of pines near the shore trying for black
bass.
Before his last illness Mr.. Carnegie
played much of what Ia known as 'clock
golf" For long time he had been &C.
companied to the links only by an at
tendant. He used always the club he
bought from Tom Morris. whom he once
called 'the greatest man in the world"
Prior to this summer he was an active
golfer. playing nearly every morning in
golf weather.
Never Discussed Armistice.
The war has long Been ignored as
subject of conversation In the Carnegie
household. So far as Is known. no one
ever discussed the signing OF the ar
mistice with him or the developments of
the peace negotiations.
The funeral service will take place
Thursday morning, probably at IL
o'clock The Rev. Benson N. Wyman,
pastor OF the Lenox Congregational
Church, where Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie
had q pew, and the Rev. DR.. William
Pierson Merrill. pastor of the Brick
Presbyterian Church, where the Carne-
gles attended services In New York, will
officiate.
Other details had not been arranged
last night 1t was the opinion at Shadow
Brook that that the body will be taken
on special funeral train on Thursday
afternoon to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at
Tarrytown, whe1e there Is a Carnegie
burial plot The New York house will
not be opened by Mrs. Carnegie. 1t was
said.
According to members of his house
hold, the ironmaster had hoped to go
to Skibo Castle for this summer. He
changed his plans and went to Lenox
when he learned that It would be impos-
sible to take the servants who had been
with him long and whose presence was
necessary to his comfort. Restrictions
Of the Government limited him to taking
one automobile and one chauffeur.
The only social event Mr.. Carnegie at
tended during the last year was the
marriage of his daughter to Ensign Mil
Ter. April % last The wedding took
place in the Fifth avenue house. There
gramme Scotch bagpipe players gave the
national music that the ironmaster loved
30 well
Took Special Joy In Wedding.
The bridegroom was the son of a
former president Of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Railroad. He left
Stevens Institute, in Hoboken. In 1916
to drive an ambulance with the French.
When the United States became n bel
ligerent he entered the navy and was
made an Ensign. He Is "a years old.
The former Miss Carnegie Is % years
old.
The wedding brought particular Joy
to Mr.. Carnegie. He had been bust
ness associate of the bridegroom's
father. The elder Miller and Mr. Car
negie. long before either had attained
the measure of success that was to be
their ultimate lot. and while the son
Of one and the daughter of the other
were very young. had exchanged the wish
that their families would become con-
nected by marriage.
Besides his wife and daughter, Mr.
Carnegie left three nephews, Andrew.
Morris and William c. Carnegie of New
York. and niece. Mrs Ricketson OF
Boston.
At the time that Mr.. Carnegie pur-
chased Shadow Brook. In the hills Of
the beautiful Berkshires, 1t was said that
he did 50 because OF the resemblance Of
the surrounding country to that around
Skibo Castle.