Show JOHN WIMCKAY DEAD I The WellKnown American Passes Away in London HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE Stricken Last Tuesday He Had Improved Im-proved Up to Saturday When a Change for the Worse Occurred Ho Vas Unconscious Most of Day Sunday ahd the End Which Was Very Peaceful Cnme nt Six Oclock Lnst Evening Short Sketch of His Life and Career oJ London July OJohn W Mackay of onn Francisco who has been stiffer InS from heart prostration since Tuesday Tues-day last died at bin residence at Carlton Carl-ton House terrace at half past C oclock this evening Mr Mackays condition as slated yesterday yes-terday 1 bad Improved but the patient hud a bad night I and this morning a consultation was held by three physl l clans Mr Mackay grew worse aa the lay progressed He I was unconscious most of the time and died very peacefully fully The Immediate cause of his death c r4 = I f rTVV I iI i I I i J 1 Joi k 1 j 1 U 17 j I < 0 t t r V 1 f t t f V i ej ii IJNo r t J I 10 r a 1 > f r 1ft J r tl JI Y tO = c t li t < tlr 1i < r1 I Pt > ik ii 4 i 1r I j j i W11Ji tl uiflt I = I t iJ i t i g J firJir l ttj L n t > 1 i 1 iUi1iI J 1ij I o i r j 1 r I I T I I i c I r t i I N JIt t t John W Mackay was heart failure The right lung was found to be congested and the symptoms symp-toms indicated pneumonia I Mrs Mackay her mother and Countess Coun-tess Tclfencr were present with Mr Mackay when he died and Princess Galitro Colonla arrived from Paris half an hour after her stepfathers dealh II MACKAYS LIFE AND CAREER Biographical Sketch of Man Who Worked His Way to Top John William Mackay was born In Dublin November 2S 1S31 His parents par-ents brought him to New York In 1810 and their home during his boyhood was on Park How In that city Ho wns among the first to embark for California when the discovery of cold offered such attractions to adventurous Industrious and hardy men His acquaintance ac-quaintance In the Pacific coast was vt ry extensive and probably no citizen citi-zen of that section was more popular if as much so as Mr Mackay Although somewhat brusque In manner and short and decisive In speech he was a very approachable man and possessed pf great kindness of heart To this c latter lat-ter peculiarity may he charged most of whatever mistakes he may have made in hits business transactions I om and alliances He 1 nil rmt > s had 1 a warm Interest In-terest In the welfare of all who were in any wny connected with him and appreciated and recognized Individual rights to I an extent that Is true t i of raw men who occupied positions of control and had large numbers of employees He was ieci I > Kiilrcd everywhere ajf the soul of honor and It was oflen said of him that his word was as good as the I bond of other men WAS THOROUGHLY AMERICAN Of all the millionaires nf this country coun-try no one was more thoroughly American I Amer-ican than t Mr Mackny and no one among them t all derived his fortune mon legitimately Ills I I money did l not come from speculations watered stocks nor gambling I in I any form but from years of hard aervlcc beginning with praclicul work with I the t pick and rip hog because OL his ability and hIs Industry In-dustry to the superintendence of mining min-ing operations and thence to the t ownership own-ership uf such propiitlcw He I was already a wealthy man when he hecaiutt the principal owner of the famous Comstock immInent of Virginia CIty Nov which In the courtsc of a few years added many millions of dollars dol-lars to the gold and silver product of the country I and which gave him the tlllii of the Donanm ICIer Mr Mackay went to California in 1851 via Panama Hi at once entered a mine worklng with pick and shovel In the jilacurs of Die American rlvor nnd at Downlcvllle In 1SVJ he went to Virginia City Nov and began mining V min-ing on the ConiKtoek with varying success suc-cess His first real I start toward success suc-cess was made when Ue became superintendent super-intendent of the Kentucky I mile In Gold HID OPENING THE BONANZA I In 1SGU Mr Markuy formed a partnership I part-nership with Flood OTJiieu nnd Fair In lil 1 thin famous mining quartette purchased the site of tho Bonanza ter I notary north of tlieOphlr mltlcr 1 i on the celebrated omnioclc ledjre l v They begon work on a lode fftpnn doned by l Sharon and other largoypc rotors The enterprise was a fruitful source of rldlculo In mining circles nothing but financial disaster liclng l freely predicted Without losing1 heart or patience the four mtn continuedex pending half a million dollars In prospecting pros-pecting operation The ledge waa struck and over 110000000 was added tod the worlds stock of precious metals No accurate estimate of MrMack ays holdlngs In California can ho made but It will run up unto time millions mil-lions 1I0nHe He was the owner of vahiiblc real estate In San Francisco and had Interests Inter-ests In mines throughout California and Nevada jf V INTKHKST IN TTSLEGRATH Mr Mackays Interest In thetele graph business may almost bo said to have lfcn tIme result of accidentrather than of design on his purl He Imdjlong been deeply Impressed with the twou deriul progress of the telegraph and the vast Influence It exercises In the development de-velopment of commerce and civilization but his llrst Investment In connection with It was made without the expectation expecta-tion of becoming a leader and much leG a controlling spirit Ills original purpose was rather lo help others whom he was led lo believe well understood the merit of their projects but who lacked the capital for carryIng them out V outThe The laying of the Commercial cables was followed by control of the Postal Telegraph company ut It was round necessary to the complete success of the cable service to establish land connections con-nections particularly with the copters of trade and commerce throughout the country Ills desire to accomplish this result I quickly made him the more ready to listen to persons who were secklhg to control certain of the fragmentary system of telegraph that were In operation ope-ration In 1SS1 Instead however of I these alliances facilitating the expediting expe-diting the growth of the telegraph system sys-tem which he desired to construct they proved a source of serious trouble litigation lit-igation disappointment and loss But this did not prevent l his going forward with the work to which be had put his hand and the new lines and splendid equipment of the Postal Tele graphCable company are the result of his faith and his efforts WAS MOST LOVABLE MAN Judge Goodwin Talks of His Loyal Friend of Bonanza Days John W Mackay was the most loveable V I love-able the most generous the fairest and I the bravest man I ever knew OC all the mining men of the West who became be-came millionaires he was the king In the above words Judge C C Good win last evening prefaced an interesting V interest-ing talk concerning hit loyal friend of I the old Bonanza days in Nevada I first knew of Mackay I Judge Goodwin said as a placer miner in V California When he llrst came to NeV ada about 3SGO In the great Comstock rush he was employed as a tlmburmau he was an export workman and was paid 1 per day more than the other men Ho had known Flood and OBrien InCallfornla and eventually these three and Fair and Walker organlzcvl time Bonanza company and acquired tho properly that made them all Immensely rich Mackay made 300000 In a few years and lost It In a venture In Idaho In the development of the great properly prop-erly ill Virginia City they went down 1200 feet and then drifted In all directions direc-tions If they hail drifted 100 feet higher up they would not have struck the Bonanza As It was they took out Sim000000 and paid 507000000 in dividends divi-dends lac cay had bought out Walker arid owned twofifths oC the property TOOK CARI1 OP POOR After Virginia City wan destroyed by fire and everything swept away In 70 or 77 Mnckay went to Father Monogue who afterward bccamu bishop and said to him Father there nro many In need of help but If T undertake to help thorn t I will ba defrauded de-frauded by h grafters and then I 1 will get mad and Insult conic worthy man wash my hands of the work oC distribution dis-tribution but you may draw upon me for what you need for the relief of the people I Father Monogue hew upon him to the extent of SlfioOOO said Judge Goodwin and he honored every draft And it was only through an accident that we hoard of thin This was before he had become rich I HELPED TWO TRAGEDIANS At one LIme Barrett aud McCullough caino to Virginia City They had bad u bad sonxon and were stranded and i discouraged Mackay suggested that the people get up a benefit for them i and promised to take his share of F I tickets When they came around 1 to soil t him tlokots for the benefit he tool I three and paid S1000 for them PRESENT TO DESERVING WOMEN When the men of the company were paid their wasea they passed a little window of the ofllce the money wan piled up on tho Inside as In u bank the 520 gold pieces wcro piled up in piles of tiOO One pay day Mackay happened to bu In tIm oflicc talking to a L friend from San Francisco au the men filed past getting their Py An old Irish voman came up to the window and told a story of poverty and sufforlnt at home Mackay stepped up picked up three piles of the 20a and then told her lo hold her apron lIe tossed the SICO Into her apron and said Now go right away home I am very busy HIS GUT TO SIC ACTOR Before Mackay hud become rich Adarns the great Australian actor came to Virginia CMty lie was without money and was dying from consump lion He made the I rounds of the place trying to get something he could do and then went home completely worn out and discouraged r There came a tap at his door In the evening and when It wis opened Mackay slopped l In Ho told Adams lo bejif good chcor that all would ome right After ho had talked to the sick man till he felt much better he arose to go Hut before he went out he said to Aadms Your pillows dont nccm to he comfortable and he stopped up and llxed them then tolling him to Iceep up bin courage he left Later In the evening when the col oivd servant was preparing Aclamn for I ho night a letter was found under his sofa pillow It was from Mackay mud said as well as I can remember My Dear damnsI I am greatly your debtor Many and many a tome by your nmcmucent actIng you wive driven away the I clouds from my mind and Illlod mo with renewed murage Pious actopt inc I Inctoacil as purl payment of mv debt In the loiter was a chick for JLCflO WORD AS GOOD AS BOND Mackay would light anything on earth and ho was dead straight In all his business relations His associates In New York say they never saw him elated hut once It was with reference to the Postal and the Gould telegraph lines Mackay decided to unload 5000 OUt worth of the Postal I stock and gave InKlrucMons to put It on the market In Paris for one hour In lees than thirty minutes It was subscribed for five times over because John W Mnckay said it was all right V BEGAN WITHOUT A DOLLAR He began i without a dollar and died worth SrooOOOOO He built an Independent Independ-ent cable across the Atlantic and then doubled It He put the figures for messages mes-sages at m half what they had been and he refused to put the prices back to the < old standard when he had the power to do it He was a man of perfect In tegrity a man with a great head and a great heart a man who would have boon a power In any business I knew him when he was the Bonanza King and I knew him at the other extreme when ho and Flood lost S12000000 on wheat a deal Uiit killed Flood and iceniod to sweep evety lhIJ a tsav Mackay only laughed at this he rai led and became i richer and stronucr than ever I was with him myself and ConrfresFinan DaggeUTjmvn In the mine and Daggett asked him how much he was worth V I am worth 51SOOOOOO and have txventytlvQ years of good work In me yet LiiWns time anBXXor IJc wan horn In Diibl ltm of the Hlfebinml Mackey Clan find landed in Now York In18IO He was in California III is in t ori rrriE NUTS TRIBUTE Some Hemniscenccs jVTaclray by Old Virginia City Man Another S0od friend of Mackay Ilv lug In SnltTnlco a man who hl2 known him Intimately for many years and who was very clone to him In the stir ring times In Virginia City said or him InsL evenlnir John W Mnckay was the best I ever knew min there was nothing South ahout him He was absolutel honest lhelc was nothhlb llIow In his un lUle 1C a man had ItlJled n dcizcn 05dm men In the heat 01 pallon he might still hope CQr the bIlCIIg of racltm bUl If theme was authIIlS SinaI on mealln1 of mean In him Maelm had no use for him no mm ter who lie was Another tiling about him was that lie was absolutely free from race and re V UBlous rejudlce J No man ever heard him say that he did not like a man bocausp he was a Dutchman or any tnlnj like that At the same time he was Intensely American I have heard V him say that he did not care whether his sons Wllllum and Clarence mar V ried rich girls or poor girls high or low but he did hope and wlah they would marry Americans As Is well known he was guardian for Virginia Fair and It was amusing to hear him tell how he had to scheme and light to keep tilled foreigners away from V her 1 He was happy when she married a Vanderbilt not because he was rich but because he was an American WAS VERY CHARITABLE Mackay was very charitable and there I Is a woman still living In Salt V Lake who draws 3000 regularly every year from his everyV estate Ills private see V rotary told me that t he distributed t from 5230000 to H50000 In charity every year bul that I It would be as much us his head was worth to tell where any of It wenrWAS WAS A SPLENDID MIXER It IB I a grave mistake to consider John W Mackay an Illiterate man He had no coliepro education t It I IK true t but I he was a brainy wellread man He started In which a common school education V edu-cation then t learned much In the school of experience and finally ho was a great reader of the best books ho never read trash t and he remembered uid L digested what he read He was a thorough thor-ough democrat and could mix with all classes of people Ho never Intruded I his money and no one ever thought of his money while in his presence Laboucherc said of him He ia the only rich man I ever met that I would like to meet If lie were poor and this gives a good idea of his character ANXIOUS FOR A ROUND tlr saw Mackay In New York last May He was than In perfect health lie shaved while I was with him and whfn he came out In his shirt sleeves he squared off at me arid ordered me m to put up my dukes and go him around a-round 1 which r 1 refused to do Ha then told mc he was the best 70yearold 1 boxer In the country that he had not lost a tooth that his sight wns first eluhs amid that he had no pain or ailment ail-ment of nil = kind except a little gout And you know well i never earned that1 ho ild SAN FRANCISCO SHOCKED News of Mr Macluiys Death Announced An-nounced in IDs Old Home San Francisco July OThe news of the death of John W Mackay In London Lon-don caused quite a shock here notwithstanding not-withstanding the public wore In a menu uro prepared for It by the prvlous announcement of his Illness Mr ½ Mack ay wan the last surviving member of the four bonanza kings Flood 0 3I1clI and Fair the I other throe t members nt lie I quartette having long since died For the past eighteen years Mr Mackay has not been actively Identified Identi-fied with the life of this city but has Continued on Page 2 |