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Show r AMOUS OUNM AKf-n DEAD. I re Km pp. ihe Klrhm Has la Uerwuaar. Vm. Terr Krupp, the great gunmaker, nd the wealthiest man In Oermany, ,ed auddenly from apoplexy Saturday 'lernooo al hi. villa at llurgel. Hen Krupp hail been III for aeveral daya. At noon rumors were in circulation In Kssen that llerr Krnpp waa dying, hot Ihe public had no accurate Information Infor-mation regarding hla condition until the great worka which dominated lha elly and lurni.h employment to 43,OOG men waa closed. llerr Krupp waa ant regarded aa a bard master by hla workmen. Ha ee-tabll.hed ee-tabll.hed varloua ralabltahmrnta fur their benefit, and bnllt hundreds of bouaea on sanitary principle for their aa, charging moderate rental. Moderate e.tiinatee of the fortone of the deceaaeri place ll at ll'.'",. 1100,000, and hla annual Income during hla recent re-cent yeara uf proeperlly at 910,000,000. llerr Krupp made a great anrn by .applying .ap-plying armor plate for the new nary. Ileal, lea hla Iron worka and ah 1 p farde he had an Interest In many flnan tlal enterprises, 'and recently had acquired ac-quired extensive coal propertlea In connection with the North Uerman Lloyd Hteamahlp company. |
