Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-12
PNEUMONIA FATAL
TO LAIRD OF SK|bO
Second Richest American Began
as "Bobbin Boy" in Cot
ton Plant.
TRIED TO GIVE AWAY WEALTH
Steel Baron Spends Final Days
at Shadow Brook" His Sum-
mer Home at Lenox, Mass.
(Rv Associaten Prew.,

CIV Associated Press,
LEMON. MASS. August 1l.-Andrew
Carnegie. ironmaster and philanthro-
pist, died today in his great mansion
overlooking a lake in the beautiful
Berkshire Hills. where he sought Sc
clusion when bodily infirm,ty overlook
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
days. a severe cold developed quickly
into bronchial pneumonia, the aged
patient lapsed into unconscousness,
and the end came as though it were
but the beginning Of a deeper sleep.
Ep ostentation will mark the funeral
Of the man who. when he began eigh-
teen years ago to give away his mil
lions. was reputed TO have the second
largest private fortune in America. y
will be held at the home. Shadow
brook" tomorrow or Wednesday. The
time had not been determined tonight
1t is expected that the body will be
taken 10 Pittsburgh. the city where
he laid the foundations for his wealth.
for burial.
Wife Was at bedside.
Mrs. Carnegie was at her husbands
bedside in the last hours of his life,
but ne did not revive sufficiently. to
Rermit OF any sign OF recognition.
April married Ensign Roswell Miller,
Of New York. was notified that. 1t was
ab ,has ,hs Illness would be
at: Millhrook, s.. Y, arriving a few
minutes after her father had died.
athoueh 1Ss @ ens with hata Grief G' S9S the
comparatively sudden death of her hus-
band: bore the shock bravely. Her
physician said tonight that she had
sible for her to go through the ordeal
OF The private funeral service.
summer home last spring 1t was evident
TO his intimates that the once great
nGuffriai and Sbai spS lsades was broken man
Of the Berkshires and the seclusion
peared to benefit him and he exhibited
occasional flashes. OF the old eXuberance
nnat nag made him cheerful com
panlon Tor SO many years.
ProScd Easy Prey 10 Cold.
Mr.. Carnegie proved an easy prey
TO cold contracted last THURSDAY.
ana a a., after 1t "a, futile attempt TO, shake
day. "'' u 'he wing
In his last days. whatever his
ahS%ghsd anneshsd may have been Mr. Carnegie
the affairs, of the world in which he
nan naa Played lay SO great part for more
physician he spoke only 'nf OF his hean1t'SS n1'S
and the, mode of living best suited
10 NJ w. he he always appeared cheerful.
NO guards were needed to induce
me people Of the countryside and the
occupants of the summer villas TO re-
lively wond wniSh ba sheX Ges1ss psne e.
"x' waI Sarnegiie nhie and her daughter.
Mai fhey of sne TO Mrs
mer Of 1917. as bearing e"e earty strcne sum ra-
Castle in bis 10 the ;Eoun,ry around skbo
- ,ronmaster decided to purchase the
nnna Visit the so f gfIba had his
made made such changes there that it was
MAKE 1aqersfGsd b}s cdhn that he had decided to
ioI the remainder OF his life
Plans Giving Away FORTUNE.
Andrew Carnegie began r
against time. when. in 1901. at the age
OF siNty-five. he resolved to give awav
!.G; aiS enormous ,,i fortune He held it
gathering idle millions. In the com.
paratively few years which the actuary
con,a NO nan m, had ever launched a philan.
rass himself OF practically all he had.
thropic campaign of such dimensions
sofn His eo" was then fortune of just about
by a foreign born American, second
only to the John D. RockefeIIer wealth
as the largest individual accumula-
iioR was as the of United lite States and built as
would, without so much as turning
over ones hands, have approached
S5oe,0O0.o00 by the time Carnegie
souid call himself an octogenarian on
To give tins stupcndous sum awav
IN about half tho time he had taken
70 gather 1t was n pirpose Carnegie
had fairi%, well fulfilled when death
nvertook him today. 1t was giving
money away at the rate of over 500
100000 year. or moro than $4,000
a day.
Hc declared, when he gave ND gath
erinE wealth and announced an era of
distribution that he expected to find
" moro difficult to give his millions
away than IT had been acquire them.
How. would YOU give $500. 600 900
away? hcc,ine such popular query
that an English advertiser who en-
rioyed u. received no less than $4,000
suggestions as to how Carnegie could
rid himself OF his wealth Twelve
thousand persons solved the problem
In part by asking for some OF the
money for themselves
The answers which Carnegie himself
gave and backed UP with millions have
(COutiDued on ThjrI