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Show Sudden Death of Joseph Pulitzer Owner of New York World Dies of Heart Disease Aboard His Yacht Liberty Was "Discovered" In SL Louis In 1870. New York, Oct. 29. Joseph Pullt zer, proprietor of the New York World died or heart failure today on board his Yacht Liberty in the harbor of Charlestown, S. C, attor an illness of two days. . The news was received here In a telegram rrom his secretary. Mr. Pulitzer, accompanied by his younger son, Herbert, left New York aboard his yacht Oct. 20, Intending to tnke a leisurely voyage to Jekly Island near Drunswiqk, On., where he had a winter home. Aside trom a heavy cold, which prevented pre-vented him from taking his customary drive In Central park for a day, Mr. Pulitzer was In his usual health when he left this city. Ho was taken HI on Friday and the yaeht put Into Charleston. Charles-ton. Ills Illness proved to be serious ii telegram was sent to his wire, who loft New York for Charleston yesterday, yester-day, arriving shortly before ho died. Tho body will bo brought to Now York to morrow, when funeral arrangements arrange-ments will bo made. For more than a quarter of a century cen-tury Joseph Pulitzer had been ono of the loading figures in American Journalism. Jour-nalism. Horn in Hungary In 1847 and educated here, he camo to the country In 18C3, enlisted In the union army and served ns a' cavalryman ,untlj tho end of the war, when he settled in St. Louis, which wns for many years the scene of his activity. For many years his newspaper training was as a newspaper reporter, and afterward ns u city editor, managing editor and part proprietor ot tho Wcstlolsch Post edited by Carl Schurz. He bought tho St. Louis Dispatch in 78 and united It with the Post as tho Post Dispatch, which under his management became in a few years one of tho best known and most widely circulated Journals of tho section. Mr. Pulitzer's entry into New York Journalism occured In 1883, when he bought tho World, then a paper of small circulation, its circulation and prestige grew rapidly under his general gen-eral direction. A building to house it. which he erected In 1890 on Park Row, was, until over topped by the skyscrapers of later years, one of the most striking of New York's oMco buildings. Mr. Pulitzer's sight began to fall him in tho late eighties and after a timo became totally blind. Ever since ho had been a partial Invalid, but up to tho last had kept a general supervision supervi-sion over his nowspaper properties here and In SL Louis, and taken pronounced pro-nounced Interest in civic nffalrs. Much of his wealth has been given for educational edu-cational purposos. He donatod f 1,000,-000 1,000,-000 to Columbia university to establish estab-lish and maintain a collego of Journalism, Journal-ism, and established scholarships in that institution for doservlng boy graduates grad-uates or Now York public schools. During his rosidmico in Missouri, Mr. Pulitzer served as a delegate from that state to tho Democratic national convention In 1880. He was selected to tho Forty-ninth Congress from a Now York district, but resigned nfter n row months service |