Show G F SWIFT IS CALLED President of Swift Packing Company Dies at His Homo in ChIen goof go-of Internal Hemorrhage Chicago March Gusitavus Franklin Swift president of the Swift Packing company died at his homo JfcS Ellis avenue ave-nue curly today of internal hemorrhages resulting from a surgical operation per formed fccvcral dsiys ngo for abdominal troubles Mr Swift was i3 years old VI to hemorrhage which canned Mr i Swlfti death dcaullcd from an operation for nn Infection of tho gall bladder per formed March 22nd Ills death was 111 tlrely unexpected both by Mr Swifts family and nisi physicians Jlo hnd given every Indication of recovery and all danger dan-ger was considered past In fact so hope ful was everyone including himself for his speedy recovery that his son Herbert IJ I Swift who had boon summoned from Upflton left Saturday night to I return to the East I This son was intercepted at llarrlsburg I Pa today with a telegram announcing the death of hla father Mr Swift had been Huffcrlng for sometime some-time with bladder trouble and a week ago tin operation was determined upon to give I him relief It was not expected that the operation would prove especially danger otis and nothing happened to cause a change in this hopefulness until thin morn log his Improvement was stopped sudden ly I by a hemorrhage which the doctors were unable to check and which caused his death In a short time t No arrange ments for the funeral hove yet been l made Gustavus Franklin Swift began his buul nes career as a butcher lie loaves a fortune estimated nL from 7003000 to 10 OOOOCO iniulo In the course of fortylive years JIu wan born nt Sandwich Mass In lE SO lIe opened a small butcher shop In his native town lie removed to Iloston when ho was lrtss than t t years of age lio remained In Boston until 1S75 when he came to Chicago In J thin t city he engaged en-gaged In the same business which he had left 1 in Massachusetts and developed the department of shipping live cattle to East eni markets in 1ST i he evolved plans for the first refrigerating car and drcsHod meats instead of Jive animals I were shipped to Eastern cities lie was the pioneer In this kind of business and it was not long before others saw tho advantages of his method and imitated him Mr Swift was not only the oldest packer nt the time of his denth but he was the originator of the methods that have made many large fortunes From the small plant started In 1877 has developed a great corporation with branches at Kansas City St Joseph St Louis Omaha St Paul I and Fort Vorth Tex and with ells trtlu thug offices In every Important city and town in the United Stales antI with representatives In leading cIties of the United States Asia and Africa Its employees em-ployees number i2C07 Its capital stock Is 2SjCOOOC Thrf sales of lHC exceeded 200 OCOKO |