The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-19
DEATH OF JOHN NJ. cANNApY.

Inat LEe AEfSTONE chronicles the
death of Auditor and Recorder
John M. Cannady. After a painful
illness Of four weeks he breathed
his last on the morning of the 18th
inst, at his home in Haley. His
disease was a complication of rheu-
matism and liver trouble, with
which he had been afflicted in a
chronic form for several years.
Once before, over two years ago,
his friends watched with painful
anxiety for several weeks fearing
that the disease would end his life,
but he rallied and seemed to almost
entirely regain his health. So this
time, those who watched with affec-
tionate care the struggle against
the disease, chopped against hope"
that his fine constitution would
conquer and his life again be spared.
But it was not to be. He is dead,
and the community has sustained
on irrepairable loss.
Mr.. Cannady was a native of
New York, and was about IS years
of age. He had never married, and
his only near relative is a sister,
Mrs. Mary J. Burtis, who resides in
Brooklyn, New York. Though this
sister is the only member of his
immediate family left to. mourn his
loss, who can number his friends +?
They can be counted by the hum
dreds; those who feel thatin losing
him they have lost brother and a
true friend.
Mr.. Cannady came to Idaho in
1861, and ever since has been iden-
titled with the territory, and has
exerted himself in every way to
promote the best interests of this
western land he loved to call his
home. He has held a number of
positions Of trust, the duties Of
which he discharged with a fidelity
and honesty that won the conf
dence and respect of every one. He
was the first democratic candidate
for Delegate to Congress from Ida
TO His opponent was a man named
Wallace, who no doubt secured his
certificate of election through fraud,
as it was then generally conceded
that Mr. Cannady was legally and
justly entitled to his seat. He
was several times elected to the
Council. He was commissioned Of
Boise county two terms, and repre-
sented the county in the Council in
1884, and was elected Auditor
and Recorder Of Alturas county
three successive terms. His second
term expired the very day he died.
Before he could take the oath of
Office for the third time, God
said Come" and he answered the
summons. In all of his public du-
ties and in all the relations Of his
private life, he proved himself hon
orable, upright and just, and man
"who never sold the truth to cave the hour"
There will be sorrow in almost
every mining camp in the territory
when the sad news reaches them
that John NJ. Cannady is dead.
He was true and faithful friend
to the miner and the prospector,
and many a one has been indebted
to him for help and encouragement
when they had sore need of both.
His heart and purse were ever open
to the cry of distress.
The Free Masons, of which he
was member, telegraphed to his
sister in New York for instructions
in regard to the funeral. She di-
rected that her brothers remains
be inferred in the cemetery at Hal
ley, and that he be buried with
Masonic honors. She requested
that the 25Gth hymn of the Episco-
pal Hymnal be sung The beauti-
iul and appropriate hymn begins:
MY God, my Father, while stray
Far from my home, on life's rough way,
0 teach me from my heart to say,
Ihy Will be done. ,"
The funeral took place on Thurs
day at l o'clock, and was held in
Masonic Hall. The solemn and
impressive ceremonies were in &C
cordance with the ritual of the
Masonic fraternity. A large num-
Der Of friends from all the surround
ing towns and mining camps were
in attendance to pay the last trib-
ute Of respect to their old friend
and comrade. Over fifty people
vent down from Ketchum, num-
Der were up from Shoshone, and
many from Bellevue, Broadford,
Bullion, Deer Greek, Elkhorn and
East Fork, while there were others
from more distant parts of the ter
ritory.
The pall-bearers, selected from
the order, were: Geo. w. Richards,
V. S. Anderson. J. NJ. Burkett, w.
G. Tatro, P. S. Swim and Michael
Mccormack, all old pioneers who
had known the deceased for the
past twenty-five years, and who had
shared the hardships and vicissi-
tudes of "early days" with him
they bore.
The number of people who es-
cOrted all that was mortal of their