The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-08-12
Died at His Summer Home.
shadow Brook" in the
Berkshire Hills.
INTERMENT AT PlTTSBURG
When Bodily Infirmity Overlook
Him, He FOresaw End i'm
Spring and Sought Seclusion,
With War Saddened Mind.

LenoX, Mass, Aug. 11.-Andrew
Carnegie, ironmaster and philan-
thropist, died today in his great man
sion overlooking a lake in the beauti-
full Berkshire hills. where he sought
seclusion when bodily infirmity over
took him and his mind was saddened
by the entrance of his country into
the world war.
Although he had been in feeble
health for more than two years, his
final illness was brief-a matter of
days. severe cold developed
quickly into bronchial pneumonia.
the aged patient lapsed into uncon-
sciousness and the end came as
though it were but the beginning or
a deeper sleep
No ostentation will mark the fun
eral of the man who, when he began
Is years ago to give away his mil
lions, was reputed to have the second
largest private fortune in America.
simple service, attended only by
Will be held at the home. Shadow
brook, tomorrow or Wednesday. The
time had not been determined to-
night. 1t is expected that the body
Will be taken to Pittsburgh, the city
where he laid the foundations for his
wealth, for burial.
Mrs. Carnegie Present
Mrs. Carnegie was at her husbands
bedside in the last hours OF his life,
but he did not revive sufficiently to
permit Of any sign of recognition
Their daughter. Margaret, who last
April married Ensign Roswell Miller.
OF New York, was notified that it was
apparent that the illness would be
fatal, and she hurried from her home
at Millbrook, n. Y, arriving a few
minutes after her father had died.
The widow vi the laird of skibo,
although overcome with grief at the
comparatively sudden death of her
husband, bore the shock bravely. Her
physician said tonight that she had
recovered sufficiently to make it pos
sible for her to go through the ordea&
OF the private funeral service.
When Mr.. Carnegie returned 10
his summer home last spring. it was
evident to his intimates that the
once great industrial leader was n
broken man and that any slight in
disposition might have fatal end
However, the air of the Berkshirea
and the seclusion afforded in his
beautiful estate appeared to benefit
| him and he exhibited occasional
flashes of the old eXuberance that had
made him a cheerful companion for
so many years
Mr.. Carnegie proved an easv prev
| to cold contracted last Thursday
and after Il futile attempt to shake II,
on he took 10 his bed the followine
day
Far Removed From AfTairS.
In his last days whatever his
thoughts may have been, Mr.. Car
noEie appeared as one far removed
from the affairs of the world in
which he played so great a part
for more than the average lifetime.
To his physician he spoke onIv or
his health and the mode of living
best suited to it, He always appeared
cheerful
NO guards were needed to induce
the people of the countryside and the
occupants of the summer villas to re-
spect the privacy which they instinct
ively understood would be desired by
Mrs. Carnegie and her daughter.
1t was chiefly due to Mrs. Car
negie's description of Shadowbrook.
after visit to the estate in the early
summer of 1917, as bearing a strong
resemblance to the country around
Sklbo castle in his native Scotland
that the ironmaster decided to pur-
chase the property. The war had pre-.
vented his annual visit to Skibo and
indeed had made such changes there
that it was understood that he had
! decided to make his country home in
America for the remainder of his
life
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