| Show MARCUS DALY DEAD ramons ramon copper king Succumb it to heart trouble in now how york marcus daly one of the leading mine nine owners of 0 the world died in his apartments in the tha hotel netherlands new york at 8 monday morning november 12 aged agaj 00 years dilation of the be heart artand and brights disease of the kidneys with resultant complications cat ions were the immediate cause of death though mr dalys illness dated back several years lie he bad suffered severely during the last two months but tile the end was painless while he be was surrounded surround cd by members of 0 his hii family his life went out so peacefully that only the physicians in attendance know knew that lie he had found rest breathing tume fume arsenic in smelt ers where copper ore from ills his mines was treated and living in the high attitudes altitudes of montana weakened his heart ile he realized that his constitution hod bad been broken but not soon enough give himself opportunity to recuperate ile ho at last went to new york and consulted three eminent specialists in diseases of the heart they all made the same diagnosis and advised him to fort fore sake salto active business life fretting under these orders mr daly contrary to their advice went to take the ilia baths at nauheim these are arc said r to bo be too stimulating simulating in cases of dilation of tho the heart upon being told that death could not long be delayed he hurried back to new york hoping against hope that those who had previously helped him ini lit prolong his life I 1 mr daly returned fram europe about the middle of september lie he was then told that ilia his physicians had confirmed the opinion of those at nauheim that liis his days could not be many he wished to be taken to his new home at fifth avenue but it was thought best that he should remain in the apartments of the hotel netherlands whither lie he had been taken from tile the steamship mr daly during his last two months was subject to sinking spells each of which threatened death but between them he was bright and strong mentally and physically ile he busied himself making a anew nevy will consulting the members of bla big family faintly as ai to details detail at th the daly home he was said eald to have hart finished the will and signed atless it than twenty four hours before his death no other information was given except that the daly holdings holding in the anaconda mining company had bad not been dis posen of as reported several years ago but would change ownership under the will marcus daly was wag born in ireland in 1612 1842 ue he came to the united states state early in ufa life and since 1876 has been it citizen of montana lie he became general manager of the alice silver mine and later camo came into control of tha th a anaconda copper mine at the time of his death lie ho was president of tile ilia amalgamated copper company no mining property lias has achieved greater fame as a producer of dividends than the famous anaconda originally bought as a silver mine it became famous for its copper and to it both daly and clark largely owe their vao vast t fortunes hack back in the severities seventies two miners named from st lawrence coun county ty new york went to montana they selected a hill overlooking tho the little mining camp of butto butte and began to sink their shaft they struck a fair vein of silver but lack of funds fund made them stop work and offer to sell marcus daly bought tile the property for ile he acted for J U B jagla of california who had sout rent him to butte to buy him film some good mining property As aa the newcomers ran their shaft down they opened one of the worlds greatest copper mines with silver enough to pay all expenses and leaving the copper as clear profit daly atas was superintendent lad and part owner of the great mine ue ile bought the adjacent properties lie founded the town of anaconda in a valley twenty five miles distant dia tant and located where there I 1 is an exhaustless supply of water and a great dealoe deal of wood two for the smelling smelting sm elting and reduction of ores oraa at that place ho he erected the greatest grea tet copper plant in tho the world in politics he was a democrat the differences between mr daly and W A clark have attracted much attention the trouble started years ago over some water rights near butte butle which daly wanted and which dark clark had bou bought glat forcing the other to pay a very high figure I 1 if MARCUS DALY DALT president of the amalgamated copper company |
