DID EGGLES I DIES SUDDENLY I IK THIS CITY I Ogden Multi-millionaire Stricken With Heart Failure on South Tern- pie Street After Run- ning to Catch Train and Missing It; Passes Away at Emergency Hospital. jJ IDENTIFIED WITH H GROWTH OF WEST H At Head of Numerous Big Corporations and a Pioneer in Beet Sugar Factory Enterprises; Fortune Is Estimated at From $10,000,000 I to $12,000,000. H DAVID J3CCIiKS. of Ogdon, th.-millionaire th.-millionaire banker and lumbf-baroti, lumbf-baroti, died at 9:.'50 o'clock JaM night at tho emergency hospital ofythe Salt Lako police slut ion. follow ing a fatal attack of. heart trouble. Mi Keeles was stricken while walking along South Temple stroot, between First Wfjat and West Temple r.trcuK . Tht) fatal attack struck, down Mr, Kooles a few minutes after he had mis. od a Salt J.-flke & Ogde-uidrr for Og fl den. 3Jr. Kccloo probably over-everted himself trying to reach the station in t i m o for tho 0 o'clock train. Palling to catch his train Mr. Eccles started to walk back up town. After ho had gone a couple of bloc 1(5 thc reaction from his exertion apparently affected his heart. He was seen to stagger for a moment. Then he fell iuto thc amis ot Prank A. Hyde, of 22S Brown. 's Court. a passerby, who was attracted by Mr, "Cedes S apparently helpless condition. Taken to Hospital. Mr, Eccles was unconscious aud Mr. J Hyde, assisted by Patrolmen H. ( S'ehnuiz aud Ernest Lcsrcr, -who 5av Mr. Ecclcs fall, carried the stricken man into Chop's Cafe, Vo-V? Wotl South Temple street. Tho police sU tiou was immediately informed and Chauffeur Dennis Sullivan took tho pa J trol automobilo to tho scene. Mr. Ecclcs was taken to thc emergency hospital at the police station and was s-till alhe J when ho reached there, Police Surgeon H. U. Sprasue was at J thc emergency hospital, having been H called there ou another case. The doctor H could detect only the nllghtcst pulsation H ot the heart, and within a Tew moment" H Quickly Identified. The Identification of Air. Iwclcs wk- H made through hin Sank hook and other H papers and letters Dentin? his name, H which wore found in his pockuL Thll H IdcntlilcaUon was verified by poMce ffl- H ecrs. who were T--c)-sonaJI- acquainted H with Mr. ISccier. Chief of Police B. F. Grant notinrd 1 J)av1d C. Kcclci. a sou of the lat? mi.- H lionnlrc, who wss in Oden,. of tho dentij H of his father. A special cur 'over thc Salt H Laky & Oplcn railway was chartered, H and within hair an hour after Mr. He- H olefl'a dunth his three .ions, JDaiid ' H Ecclns, Ijftoy Heeler, and JoRcrph M. H licchuj v.erc on their way front Ojrdci H to Salt hake. They arrived in Halt LaKc H at 11 o'cloclc. .lust at tho moment th-t' H the thruo .sons r-aichod thc undert:iktnK H rooms of Joseph "Willi am Taylor. whUhc H thc body had been talten from thc polico H station, Mrs. VIdu Jiccli-K Davis and TJ'.i H . liccles, a student at tho University of H Utah, both dauchtcrs of tho late million- H aire, arrUed at thc undcrlaldn? ostab- H Ilshrncnt In Chief Gnmt's automobUc. H There whs an affecting ncune at ibe undertaking ioouih .when tho vona and H daughters Knzrd on tho lifeless form or H tho xrcat buulncFii man. H Friends Take Charge. I'.efoio Shu children of M-. eclcs ar- H rived. Bishop C. W. Sibley and V. W. H r.ller. llfolons friends iuid bualncM neso- H einten of Mr. Ecclcs. had learned of tho H sudden di;ath and they tool; charti of thc 'H body. W. Kt-cJus Bulfd of thn Allianco 1 Trmit company of ull Iike w;ia ono u H tlio flrf't- ot the relatives or .Mr. ISccJcs H to learn thc H It was learned that Mr. Kccles left O?- B den early yesterday afternoon and l-uiiip B to Salt Lake. He was apparently In hi? H uHual cood health, though members of H his family mid (hat he appeared a little H pale aud'that while ho won not at all ill H thev had expressed thc fear that he had H boon workinir too hard. Aftor coming to H Salt Luhe he visited Uk ffic-.s of thu H (OonUuued on Paae TwaJt, H ECCLES EXPIRES AFTER - BRISK RUN FOR TRAIN (Continued from Pago One.) : : 1 Utah-Idaho Sugar company, of which he was the largest Individual stockholder. There ho chatted for about an hour with Gcorgo Austin. ' ... Made Visit to Bank; Mr. Kcqles loft tho offices of the sugar company about o'clock and went directly direct-ly to the Dcecrct National bank, inwhl.?h. he was likewise heavily Interested. 'J here lm talked informally about thu business of the bank with formlV Governor ,lohn C. Cutler and W. Y. Rlter. "Jlc remained at the bank until shortly after 5 o clock. Then ho looked at his watch, excused himself and Inn hurriedly. Friends of Mr. Kccles are unable to account, for his movements from then until un-til S o'clock. He spoko of several bus -ucss appointments In Salt Lake and It Is believed that he tilled one or morn or these appointment in the Intervening time. It has not been discovered where Mr. Kcclcs dined last. ovcnlnK. Ills l'-reguluritv l'-reguluritv at meals wan proverbial and his friends think pcrhapH he had not eaten dinner. . . ,. Shortlv aft or 8 o'clock he called at the hoK offlco of the. Empress theater ami introduced himself to D. F. McCoy, the manager of the thtatcr, and spoke to him reliitivo to the construction of a Sulll-van-Consldlno theater at Logan. Mr. ISccles spoke at somo length of the advantage ad-vantage of Logan as :l location for a vaudeville theater Then he suddenly Interrupted In-terrupted himself with tho remark that lie had to catclt a 0 o'clock train for Og-den. Og-den. Mr. McCoy looked at hlo watch and saw that It was S:'J o'clock, which giivo Mr. Fccles only seven minutes in which to catch lils train. Mr Kccle. then bur-; rled awav from tho theater almost In a run. Mr. McCoy said that Mr. Icclcs appeared nervous and looked tired, though ho was active and perfectly clear of mind. Collapse Soon Follows. That was the last trace of Mr. Eccles, prior to his collapse on West bouth Temple Tem-ple street a few minutes later, that his friends have been able to secure. It Is believed that he waited a few moments for the car and then started to run for tho station. That ho missed the train was evident from tho fact that he fell ten mlnutea after the train had left tor Ogden. It Is believed that ho hurried as rapldlv na possible to the station and then .finding he had missed the train, started to walk back up town. The exertion ex-ertion in tryinc to catch tho train probably proba-bly caused the severe strain on his heart that occasioned his death. The funeral arrangements will bo governed gov-erned bv the time of the arrival of children chil-dren or Mr. Ecolos. who aro out of tho state. It Is probable, however, that the funeral service will bo held on Monday from the Ogden tabernacle. Mr. Eccles 1s survlvod by two widows and twenty-one children. The death of Mr. Eccles Is the tlrst death In cither famllv. Mrs. Bertha Jensen Eccles, the llrst wife of Mr. Eccles. who livos at 25S0 Jefferson avenue. Is seriously 111 and has not vet been told of tho death of her husband. hus-band. She Is. being attended by Dr. Ezra Rich, who last night said her condition was critical. The children of David Eccles and Mrs, Bertha Eccles arc David C. Eccles of Ogden. Og-den. who acted as personal agent for his father in various business transactions; Lcroy Eccles of Ogden, general manager man-ager of the . Amalgamated Sugar company; com-pany; Mrs. VIda Eccles Davis, Covey apartments, Salt Lake, wlfo of George H. Davis, the attorney, who has ofilcos both in Salt Lake and Ogden; Mrs. Bertha Eccles Wright, wife of Arthur William Wright of the First National bank of Ogden; Royal Eccles of Ogden. Joseph M. Eccles or Ogden; LHa Eccles. a student at the University of Utah; Laura and Flora Eccles, twin sIstorH, students at the Cumnock School of Expression, Ex-pression, Los Angeles; Jack Eccles and Vivian Eccles, students at the Weber Stake academy, Ogden, and Homer Eccles Ec-cles of Ogden. Mr. Eccles's second wife is Mrs. Ellen Stoddard Eccles of Logan, The children of David Fcclcs and Mrs. Ellen Eccles arc Marrincr. Marie, Spencer. Jessie. Emma, George. Nora, Ellen and Willard Eccles. Marrincr Eccles, 22 years old, Is the eldest of the family Tic Is foroman of construction work at the new Eccles powei" plant In Blacksmith Fork canyon. William Eccles, father of David Eccles, Ec-cles, died about cl-rht years ago. and Sarah Hutchinson Eccles, his mother, about four years ago. Brothers and slaters sla-ters of Ir. Eccles who survive him are William Eccles of Baker City. Or., prominent promi-nent railroad and lumber man, who wan closely associated with David Eccles In several business enterprises: Stuart Eccles Ec-cles of Offden. who Is prominent ecclesl-asticallv ecclesl-asticallv in the Mormon church, having served ten years in the Scottish mission field and at present preparing to leave again for the same mission field: John Eccles of Baker City, Or., a prominent lumberman: Mrs. Sarah IT. Balrd of 721 East Eighth South street. Salt Lake, who is at nresent visiting in Baker City, Or., and Mrs. Margaret E Schwinghor of Baker City. Or. Brilliant Career. David Eccles was the foremost figure In business circles In three western stales. Ho was one of the richest men in the entire west, and his business connection included many of the largest enterprises In Utah, Idaho and Oregon. Ho was a man of wonderful business acumon and made a success of practically everything he undertook. Ue had a keen mind, good judgment and tlrcleus energy. I-TIs Industry In-dustry was a great factor In Use success suc-cess of his undertakings. Born and reared In poverty. David Eccles rose through dint of perscvor-oncc. perscvor-oncc. During the last forty, years Mr. Eccles accumulated a fortune of from len to twelve millions. Tie gave every one of his big business Interests hia close personal attention. Ills capaciiy for work passed all understanding of his associates. as-sociates. , Forced by circumstances to onaume early responsibility, Mr. Ecolcs was most particularly of Hint typo that may be designate as self-made. Jlo mado his fortune, estimated at many million" dollar", dol-lar", wholly through commercial projects and was ono of tho few wealthy men of U'taji .who Jjad , never at any time been a mining speculator. While lie accumulated accumu-lated his tiicaiiH les rapidlv than many, he was the owtuir of no Inllatcd property, prop-erty, every holding at tho time of his death being that In n. reliable concern. Hln position was a commanding one In the western world of finance and com-uiercc- Mr. Eccles was tho son of William and Sarah Hutchinson Eccles, both of whom were born In Scotland and who became members of tho Mormon church In their native land In IS 1(5. Born at Palsloy, Wrorifordshlre, Scotlnnd, May 12, ISM, David Eccles came to America with his parents In 1S63, when he was 11 years of age. Family's History. Tho Eccles family came to America on the old sailing vessel Synesuro, which brought to this country about -100 Mormon Mor-mon converts from various parts of l.lwj British Isles. It took this company eight weeks to make tho trip across t jig Atlantic. At-lantic. The immigrants landed at Cautlc Garden. New York, and from thcro went to Hannibal. Mo, Tho company arrived In America during the darkest days of thu civil war and waa forced to travel through Missouri l;i cattlo cars. The company outfitted at Florence-, Neb. for the long trip across the plains, which was made by ox team. The Eoclcs family lived hi Ogden tho first year artcr arriving In Utah and then moved to lluntsvllle In- Ogden -valley. Tho pangs of poverty wero keenly folt by the Eccles family during tho first few years after their arrival In Utah. William Eccles, the father, was totally blind. He wan a wood turner by trade and operated a small lathe. Rather an adept In turning out wooden tensll8 with his lathe, tho Ijlind father, assisted by David, managed to keep the family from starvation. David Ecclca became a woodsman at an early ago. During the first winter in Ogden ho climbed the hills around tho city and cut maple logs. He carried sections sec-tions of these maple logs down the hills on ills back and from them his father fashioned potato mashers, rolling "pina and other wooden household utensils. Those David so)d among the neighbors. Frcnnontiy ho walked as far as Brlgham City, selling theso utensils. Early Enterprise. As he grew older David Eccles secured employment from David James, who owned a small sawmill not far from Ogden. Og-den. He chopped logs in the Paradise hills on the divide between Weber and Cache valleys. Later he secured a team of oxen and engaged In tho logging and woodchopping business in a small way for himself. This proved to be tho foundation for the Eccles fortune. He practiced frugality frugal-ity and saved a small sum of money In addition to supporting his oglnp parents and brothers and sisters, In 1867 he went to Oregon City, Or,, where he took a contract to supply the Oregon Woolen mills with cord wood. Since that time Mr. EccIcb had becomo more and more Interested Inter-ested In a business way in Oregon, until at tho time of his death ho was heavily interested In vast lumbering enterprises and in several Oregon railroads. j In 18C9 he returned to Ogden. For several sev-eral years after his return Mr. Eccles ; operated a small .sawmill In Ogden canyon. can-yon. In 1S73 he became associated with H. E. Gibson and William T. Vanrioy In a lumber yard on the present site bt the Eccles lumber yard. Ho organized tho Eccles Lumber company in 1S00 and had been president sinco that tlmo. The previous year he was Instrumental In organizing the Oregon Lumber company, com-pany, devoting much time to the concern, until now It has grown to be one of the leading corporations of tho northwest. TTc first became prominently Identified with the banking business In 1892, when he was elected to the directorate of tho Commercial National hank of Ogden. Shortly afterward ho became an official of the First National and Ogden Savings banks. From that time his rise in tho world of finance was rapid. Tn 1900 he purchased the Ocden street railway system, sys-tem, then In n badly crippled condition. Tho present efficlencv of tho svstcm Is duo almost entirely to his efforts. His Sugar Projects. Tho most Important enterprise with which he became connected was the sugar industry, In 1898. He was one of the promoters of the Ogden Sugar company. com-pany. In the same year be organized a. susnr company at La Grande, Or. In 1901 he built the sugar factory at Loan. The next year these factories were consolidated con-solidated under tho namo of tho Amalgamated Amal-gamated Sugar company, which Is capitalized capi-talized at $1,000,000. Mr. Eccles remained president of this company at the tlmo of the consolidation. In tho past year he gave much attention to electric lines and, it Is believed, would have eventually been at thu head of one of the larscst electrical systems of the intcrmoun'tain country. Mayor of Ogden. Mr. Eccles was a lifelong Republican. However, ho seldom took an active part In political affairs' and always tried to avoid holding public oftlco. He aorved from 18S5 to 18S7 as a member of the Ocden city council and from IS87 to ISMi was mayor of Ogden. During his administration the Ogden city hall waa constructed. Mr. Eccles was a staunch Mormon and was actively interested In many church corporations, though ho never held any ecclesiastical office aside from being an elder and .a seventy. In 1S75 ha married Miss Bertha N. Jensen, a. native of Denmark. Ten years later Mr. Ecclea took a3 his second wifr-Miss wifr-Miss Ellen Stoddard of Wellcvllle a slater sla-ter of George Stoddard of Salt Lake. Hi a first family lived In Ogden, while Mra. Ellon El-lon Eccles and her family lived the greater part of tho time in Baker City, Or., moving to Logan a few years ago. Both Eccles families reside in magnificent magnifi-cent homes. Mr. EccIcb wae unassuming and easily approached. He detested ostentation In every fprm and never desired luxury for himself. His greatest pleasure appeared to be in workfu.g' hard. Occasionally his friends would suggest that he should retire. re-tire. Mr. Eccles, however, appeared to fenr the time when he would havo to retire re-tire and frequently expressed the hopa that he would die, as he did, In harness. har-ness. Among tho business connections of Mr. Eccles were the following 'twenty-seven corporations, the first seventeen of which he was president and tho rest a heavy stockholder: Ogden Rapid Transit com- pnnv. Ogden: Eccles Lumber compnnJ. Utah Construction company, Oregon Lumber company, Amalgamated Sugar company, Lcwlaton Sugar company. First National bank of Ogdon. Ogden Savings bank, Wyoming Coal company. Lyon Coal company. Union Fuel company, ogden og-den Milling .t Elevator company. Vineyard Vine-yard Land & Cuttle company, all of Ogden, or having headquarters there Sumptcr Valley Rtillway company, Bukor City, Or.; Mount Hood Railway company, Hood .Ulver, ,Or.: Anderson Sons company. com-pany. Locan: High Creek Power company, com-pany, Logan: Logon Rapid Transit company, com-pany, Blacksmith Fork Power company, Logan. t . , Ho was director i) the following: Ltah-ldnh'o. Ltah-ldnh'o. Sugar company. Home Fire Insurance In-surance company. Utah CondoiiHcd Milk company, Richmond: Thatcher Brothers Banking company. Logan: State bank. Brlgham City: Dcflcrct National and Iicseret Savlng9 banks In Salt Lake City. Consolidated Wagon company. Utah Implement Im-plement company and Utah Lumber company, com-pany, all with local headquarters. Besides these interests, Mr. Eccles wad heavily Interested In tho Knight Sugar, Land & Livestock company, a Canadian corporation, with hcadntiartcru at Alberta, Alber-ta, Canada. Friends Are Shocked. When the news of Mr. Ecdcs's doath became known In Salt Lake sorrow was expressed by hlo many friends and business busi-ness associates, mnny of whom had known him for nearly half a century. Among those nioNt shocked at tho nowa was C. W. Nlbloy. presiding1 hlohop'of the Mormon church, who had been closely close-ly anHOclatod with Mr. Eccles, both socially so-cially and In a business way. during practically his entire lifetime. He said: "Mr. Eccles won a true frlond and a model citizen. Ills death In a great blow to Utah and io the west. Ho had the keenest and most analytical mind of any man I have ever known. Ills Judgment was almost always unerring. Me had n, rugged constitution and I never knew him to bo III. I never thought H possible that I should outlive him.'7 W. W. Ritcr, an old frlond of Mr. Eccloa. who was also closely associated with Mr. Eccles In many business enterprises, en-terprises, said; "I Waa inexpressibly shocked at the nowe of tho sad death of my lifelong frlond. Yesterday I went to Ogden to ace him and with him attended a meeting meet-ing of the board of directors of the First National bank of Ogdon. Toduy he camo to sec me at the Doscrot National Na-tional bank. He talked to Bishop Rom-ney. Rom-ney. Governor Cutler, Ehus A. Smith and myself concerning severnl business enterprises en-terprises in which wc had a mutual interest, in-terest, and discussed various other matters mat-ters Informnlly. On both occasions I marveled at the stupondoua energy that has always been his predominant characteristic. char-acteristic. He was always a man of steel, physically and mentally." Boyhood Chijm Talks. J. T. McAllister, who knew Mr. Eccles Ec-cles as a boy, said: "I cannot realize that David Eccles, easily the foremost figure of the western llnanclal world, has passed away. As a small boy I came to America from England Eng-land on tho samo ship with Mr. Eccles. During the long ocean voyage we played together. Wc were boyhood chums In Utah and had been lifelong friends. We were never closely associated In a business busi-ness way, but were always close friends. I regard the death of Mr. Eccles aB a great loss to the state." "This Is a shock to the community." said W. S. McCornlck, tho banker, when told last night of the financier's sudden death. It is all the more a shock because he socmcd in such good health when I saw him last. His cTeath Is a great loss to the community. Ho had a large fortune, Just how much I could not say. However, How-ever, I do not think his sudden death will have any effect on the financial situation here."