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Show Famous Turfman, Plunger and Multi-Millionaire Passes Away. MADE HARD FIGHT FOR LIFE, BUT FINALLY LOST His Career One of the Most Spectacular Spec-tacular and Noteworthy in West's History. LOS ANGELES, March 1. Elias J. Baldwin, tho famous plunger and turf-man, turf-man, known throughout tho countr3' and Europe as "Lucky" Baldwin, died at his residence at Arcadia, on tho celebrated cele-brated Baldwin ranch, fifteen miles from Los Angeles, at 7 o'clock this morninc. Ho was SI 3'cars old. The end camo after a lingering illness of several weeks. Ho passed quietly awaj surrounded by his family and friends, after having been unconscious most of the night. At his bedside, this morning were Mrs. Baldwin, their daughter, a niece aud other relatives. The illness which finally resulted in the death of Baldwin began on February Febru-ary 2. At that timo ho experienced a serious sinking spell, nearly resulting in his death, but from which ho finally rallied ral-lied and made a gallant fight for life. Previous to this attack, however, ho had suffered for several weeks with influenza in-fluenza and had refused to bo attended attend-ed by a physician, and when Dr. ,T. W. Truoworth3' of this city was called, on tho night of Februar3' 2, ho found Baldwin Bald-win much enfeebled and in a highly nervous condition. M.bllJli. 111 J3.UU.ll IlUUUli;, The wonderful vitality of the aged millionaire and his grim determination to get on his feet again carried him through several recurrences of tho heart trouble, but ho grew weaker and less ablo to resist tho next one. At tho timo Mr. Baldwin was first seriously stricken, Mrs. Baldwin, whom ho marriod t.wcnt3'-thrcc 3'ears ago, when she was but 113 years of age, was in Sacramento, and' did not learn of her husband's Ecrious condition until two days" later. She then hastened to hiB bedside, and has been his almost constant attendant from that time until un-til tho cud. For tho greater part of the twenty-throe years of her married life Mrs. Baldwin has remained in San Francisco, while Baldwin has divided his timo between his ranch at Santa Anita nnd tho north. Some times ho has boon at Lake Tahoe, other times in Alaska, and again in San Francisco. IIo preferred Santa Anita, however, and one of tho greatest ambitions of his life was to see tho raco track there become the greatest; in tho eouuto. Burial in San Prancisco. Baldwin will bo buried in San Francisco, Fran-cisco, but the tlate of tho funeral has not been determined. A' conference of relatives was held, lasting most of tho day, in reference to this and other matters. Tho bodj' will bo broucrht to Los Angeles and bo taken, probably 1.3-special 1.3-special train, to the placo of interment. Tho fortune left by "Lucky" Baldwin Bald-win is estimated by TJ, A. TJnruh, his manager, at $25,000,000. Tt may be a million or two on cither sido of this sum. Little is known of tho details of tho will left b- tho noted turfman disposing of this vast amount. It is certain, however, that his wifo and daughters have been liberally provided for, but no announcement has been mado regarding his other bequests. Many rumors of impending contests of the will havo been rifo during Baldwin's Bald-win's illness, but they havo not 3'et appeared in tangiblo form. It is reported re-ported that tho will contains a specific speci-fic statement, denying tho existence of more than a single widow, thus providing pro-viding against a possible contest from that direction. Horsemen Pay Tribute. Out of Tcspcct to tho memory of Baldwin, the Los Angeles racing association asso-ciation will close its race track at San-tn San-tn Anita park tho day of tho fun oral. This stati-ment was made b3" Dr. Gardner, Gard-ner, manager of the track, this afternoon. after-noon. "We would have closod lod.iy," said Dr. Gardner, "but Mr. Baldwin passed away at such an hour as to make it impossible for us to stop racing tort to-rt a v." |