TRAGIC TERMINATION.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 10 August 1917, Page 1

TRAGIC TERMINATION.

OF AN EVENTFUL t AKEEIL ■ WAR AFFECTS CAHN EC lE"S BRA IN. , Advices from New York (writes an ; American correspondent} tell of the men- ; tal brgbk-down of Mr Andrew Carnegie. the vtfortd-known philantrophist. one time -master of a colossal fortune, aud the universally recognised Apostle 'uf Peace. On Majr 24 application was made to {tie Courts to'appoint .<t trustee t«> administer the; vast interests of Mr Carnegie in the United States ami elsewheve. "and at a result Dr Henry .Smith PritelK-tt was appointed to the responsible position. The amplication was heard in camera. It is ■declared that, the once powerful pitmatster of Pittsburg is to-dav bereft of reason; and is no longer able to recognise h-ft closest.friends. It is the saddest of ■"■ i

spectacles: to witness this once powerful and_ masterful mind completely shattered. "■"Wife.*" he wails in a weary' voice, as the aged partner of his joys and Wic-<-esses tries in vain to soothe him. " Is" the war ended ? When will peace come ?" are his distressful and constant inquiries. •ii«: gloria transit inuiidi!