Me. Plankinton Dead

1ÍILW4UKEE, Wis., March 81. - John Plankintón, Milwaukee's foremost Citizen, is dead. He built upa great fortuin; in ihe packing business, in wbich he was loug associatud with P. D. Arnioui- of Cuicagu. He was the owner of tlie Plaukinton house and manv of the lurge business blocks ia the city, uud liis furiui, wus couuted in the millions. two yeurs past he had been out of active business, a paralytic stroke having nearly caued his death and forced his rutireniénl from active business 1 1 te. From this, however, he partially rullieil, uid whilu he had lost the use of his voice he was able to walk out as recently as a week ago. A severe cold takn last ïhursday developed into pneumonía and iinally caused his dfati). John PinUerton was bom in New Castlo coiinty, Ueleware, March 18, 1820. He landfcd in JMilwaukee Sept. 8, 144. und at once opened a malí butcheif-shop at what is ijow 8 Grand avenue. li mul just, $4o0 to start with, but sucli uas lus sucoess tliat his tirst j'öiir's salas aiiiounttd to nearly lü,U00. J ' In 1849 lie wentiuto partnership with Fi'etlti'R k LiyUnj, w;lh ivliOQi lie uirtineu associa'ed uutil lSüO. He cotílinued 10 bur-niess ulone until 1863, wheu i:e formed a partnership witli Philip i. A: luour, theu ti youug man wlio was knowü lo be possessed of sagaciiy, liewciutt,s anl business i ability. T1)h immense success of tha firm of Plmikmtoü & Aiiiioiir is well known, and sonie idea can begaiued froni the ' lact Ihat in 1880 it did a business exceeiiin- f 13,000, 000. ïo .iohu i'iiin ,mtun Milwuukee is ! debib.i lor more line L'eeide fices ihau to any olher one nian. In the sumirior of 1889 while in Milwaukee lie was stricken with nis ürst struke of jiaralysis, a very light attack which was feit in his hglit hand and arm alone. Shortiy af ter he Ift on a trip to California, which proved a disastrous one. He returned much vvorse than vvhen he lef t and had never been a well man since. The Flankinton house, in which he i took especial pride, he ian lor vears at a loss siuipiy because he was bound I that Milwaukee should have a hotel second to none in the United States. Oí' late years. however, th hotel has paid a bis dividend and it ís estirnated that lie eventually got back all the money that he liad put into it. Mr. Plankinton never held a public office. His wealth was estiraated at about ! $10,000,000 and he was known to possess in the tieighborhood of $3,000,000 vvorth of property in this city.