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CARL MORTON.
Oarl Morton , president of the United
States Sugar Refinery Company , died at
5:45 : o'clock this morning from heart
failure which followed a severe attack
of pneumonia.
Mr. Morton's death is a shook to the
whole city. His illness dated from the
day before New Years though for two
weeks he had suffered with a severe
cold. His recovery was expected though
he was very weak , but Saturday night
it was evident that his heart , which had
withstood the ravages of the illness , was
giving way to the after effect of the
disease.
Specialists were summoned from
Chicago and all that medical skill and
loving care could do was done , but to no
avail. This morning , surrounded by
his family , he died. Calmly and peace
fully and with no murmur of regret he
passed from the busy world as if his
eyes were but closed in slumber.
By the death of Mr. Morton Wanke-
gan loses a citizen whose ability is every
where recognized. He was a man of
great promise. Temperate , alert , ener
getic and able , his life was a success and
his future was unlimited in its possi
bilities. The family mourns the death
of a loving husband and kind father ;
his friends mourn for an ideal com
panion ; his business associates mourn
the loss of an able leader ; and the city
mourns the passing of one of its most
representative men.
Carl Morton , eon of J. Sterling and
Caroline Joy Morton , was born in Arbor
Lodge , Nebraska , the family homestead ,
February 18 , 1865. He was educated in
Nebraska college and was first engaged
in business with his brother Joy in
Chicago in 1884. In 1888 he returned to
Nebraska City and entered the firm oi
Morton & Stafford , live stock commis
sion dealers , with whom he was asso
ciated at the time of his death. In 1890
Mr. Morton established the Argo Starch
Manufacturing Company in Nebraska
City and he made it a success.
It was in February , 1900 , that the
deceased came to Waukegan , having
been elected to the office of vice-presi
dent and general manager of the United
States Sugar Refinery Company. In
November he was elected president of
the company. During the eleven
months that he was the head of the
local plant its business has prospered as
* never before. New buildings have be en
* Q added , improvements have been made
and the refinery , under his aggressive
leadership , has taken first place in the
front rank of trade.
Mr. Morton was married in 1889 to
Boatie , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rober
Payne , of Nebraska City , who with two
children , Wirt , aged ten years , and
Martha , aged three years , survive him
His father , J. Sterling Morton , of Ne
braska City , and three brothers , Joy
Paul and Mark , all of Chicago , surviv
f the immediate family , Mrs. Morton
receding her son to the grave in 1881.
The name of Morton in the financial
world is synonimons of honesty of pur-
> ese ; integrity in business and success
n every endeavor. The father is
Nebraska's leading citizen. Of the sons ,
Paul is vice president of the Santa Fe
Railroad ; and Joy and Mark , associated
n business under the name of Joy
Morton & Co. , are known the country
over ; but none of the quartet of brilliant
and successful men bad the promising
future of the one whom death has taken
Tom their number.
The funeral which will be private
will be held from the residence , corner
Sheridan Road and Gillette avenue ,
Tuesday at two o'clock. The body will
be taken to Nebraska City for burial ,
Paul Morton's private car being attached
to the three o'clock train. The family
will accompany the remains. The pall
bearers will be employees of the com
pany. Waukegan Gazette , Jan. 7 , 1901.
The news of the death of Mr. Carl
Morton brings to the citizens of Wauke
gan generally a sense of deep sorrow
and a recognition of an irreparable loss.
In his brief residence in Waukegan ,
as the president of the United States
Sugar Refinery , Mr. Morton had mani
fested himself a man of most estimable
attributes , and his splendid business
attainment was but the reflection of an
especial ability and fitness. Warm
hearted , and with an innate courtesy ,
he attained the sincerest friendship of
his associates , and the warm regard of
those with whom he came in business
contact.
His business career has been one of
success , and the affairs of the great
corporation of which he was the active ,
responsible head have prospered under
his able' direction. In his demise the
United States Sugar Refinery Company
loses a most competent and valued
official.
In his sterling manliness Mr. Morton
was a most appreciable factor in Wauke-
gan's social and municipal life. His
demise is a serious loss , and the multi
tude of warm and intimate friends he
had gained in Waukegan is swelled to
the breath of the city's entire citizen
ship in an universal expression of sorrow
in the untimely visitation which brings
to a close a life and career of unusual
brightness and promise. Waukegan
Gazette.
The death of Carl Morton is indeed a
severe blow to his father , J. Sterling
Morton. He was the youngest , the
baby , for no matter how old , the young
est is still the baby in the heart of the
father. He lived at home and asso
ciated with his father in business , after
the older sons had gone out into the
world. Like his older brothers he had
made a success of life , and had prospects
before him , such as very few men are
favored with. Mr. Morton may feel
whatever consolation that he can draw
from a knowledge that in this dark hour
he has the heartfelt , sympathy of all
who know his family , and who have
loved and honored him through the
years that are passed. Beatrice Demo
crat.
Oarl Morton , son of J. Sterling Morton ,
and founder of the starch factory of
Nebraska City , one of the most im
portant industries in the state , is dead.
He was one of Nebraska's brainiest and
most successful business men , and his
death is a positive loss to the whole
state. It was such men as Mr. Morton
who gave the state of Nebraska its
present standing in the business world.
Ashland Gazette.
Carl Morton , youngest son of J. Ster
ling Morton , died at Waukegan , 111. ,
Monday morning. He was a brilliant
business man , and to his energy and
ability are due much of the business
success that has aided so materially in
in the upbuilding of Nebraska City , and
the favorable advertising of Nebraska
and her enterprises all over the nation.
Wherever the Morton name is known it
stands for honor , industry and philan
thropy , and all Nebraska sympathizes
with the Morton family in its unspeak
able sorrow. York Republican.
The earnest , sincere , tender sympathy
of the citizens of Nebraska will go out
to J. Sterling Morton in this hour of his
great bereavement" in the loss of his son
Oarl , who died at Wankegan , Illinois ,
last Monday morning after an illness of
only three days. The young man-
hardly thirty-six years of age a fine
specimen of physical and mental man
hood and with a career of prominence
and usefulness before him , equal to
that of his distinguished father and
brothers , was a victim of that dreadest
of all diseases , pneumonia. Columbus
Times.
The sad news of the death of Carl
Morton reached Auburn on Monday and
many were the expressions of sympathy
for the father , the wife and the brothers
who have lost a loved son , husband and
brother.
Oarl Morton , youngest son of J. Ster
ling Morton , was born at Arbor Lodge
about 85 years ago. He had lived nearly
all his life in Nebraska City and died at
Waukegan , Illinois , January 7 , 1901
He leaves a wife , one son and one
daughter. He was for manr years
superintendent and manager of the Argo
starch works at Nebraska City and at
the time of his death was vice president
of the sugar refinery and general super
intendent of the factory at Waukegan.
With wife and children he spent the
holidays with his father at Nebraska
