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Show OIL FINANCIER HEARS SUMMONS , OF GRIJOEAPER William Rockefeller Dies From Attack of Pneumonia Pneumo-nia Brought On by Wetting Wet-ting in Recent Rainstorm WAS FOUR SCORE AND ONE YEARS OF AGE Had Just Completed Mausoleum Mauso-leum of His Own Design in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; Ceme-tery; One of Richest Men TARRTTOWX, N. T June 14 (Ily A. P.). William Rockefeller, oil magnate mag-nate and brother of John D. Rockefeller, Rocke-feller, died here today from pneumonia pneu-monia shortly before T o'clock. Five doctors, under the charge of Mr. Rockefeller's personsl physlclsn, A Dr. W. J. Robertson, were In sttend-sncs sttend-sncs when ths snd csms. Practically ths entire Rockefeller family were tj siasmblod at th death bed. Mr. Rockefeller, who contracted a heavy co'.d during tha rains of the last week-end, hsd Just completed building a t:30.000 mausoleum in the RIeepy Hollow cemetery. Ths mausoleum mauso-leum was constructed srcordlng to his own plsns snd under his personsl direction. Mr. Rockefeller, who wss II years old. hsd not recently been active In . business, although he wss active head of the Standard Oil company of New Tork from Ita establishment In 1845 until 1111. Although aemewhat ever-shadowed ever-shadowed by hla elder brother, John D. Rockefeller, William waa ons of . ths richest men In America. ATTRACTS N0TICI. Almost the only time when his activities ac-tivities clslmsd much newspaper spsce waa in 111 and 1111. when tha con- grasalonal committee Investigating the "money trust" combed the country for film as a witness. He wss finslly In-ested In-ested st Nassau. Bahama Islands, and returned to Florida. When an effort waa made to question him In hla cottsge there he waa seised with such spasma of coughinr that the committee was warned by his physicians that It might cause his death If the examination waa continued. con-tinued. It waa then admitted that he waa Buffering from cancer of the throat. Although he retained many of his directorships. Mr. Rockefeller of Iste years shifted much of hia business r reaponsibilltles to ths shouldera of his eon, Percy, af Nona of h!a Wall street ssancistes hav ventured sn estimate of his fortune, for-tune, but It was generally believed that he had between SIOO.OOO.OSO and 1250.000.000. concentrated In various standard Oil comnaniea. Anaconda Copper. Consolidated Oa. Brooklyn I'nlnn Gas, St. Psul snd National City bank. A friend recently eta ted that Mr. Rockefellers' death, when It came, ahoutd hav no appreciable effect on the atock market, as none nf hla holdings hold-ings would bs tossed on ths open msrket. Announcement of his death was received re-ceived In Wall street nearly sn hour before the market opened. Mr. Rockefeller returned to his home Isat Thureday after a vlait with his brother to the fsrm on which they were born st Rlrhford, In Tioga county. , IN HIAVY SHOWER. Friday Mr. Rockefeller complained of not feeling well, but th following day h Inaiated on going out and waa drenched In a heavy ehower. Sunday hla cold gave his family concern con-cern anit nneiimnnle onlcklv mi In During the week relatives were summoned. sum-moned. Mr. Rockefeller began to sink rapidly yesterday morning, but rallied about 6 o'clock last evening. loiter came another an-other sinking Mpetl. 1'hyslclans and surgeons, fortified with all the resources re-sources of science, kept a night watch, but It was obviously a losing fight. as John D. Rockefeller remained at his horn In pocantlco Hills, but waa kept aa constantly Informed of hla brother's condition. He reached Rock wood Hall s few minutes after the end came. At th deathbed were Mr. Rockefeller's two daughters snd two eons. Mrs. Rockefeller died about two years ago. |