Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-11-07
JOHN DOLE IS DEAD.
Sick Less than Twenty-folir
Hours and Dies Very Tn
expectediy.
The Remains, will be Taken TO
His Old Home III n. III. for
Interlnent.
sudden Death ot, John A. Dole.

sudden Death Of John A. Dole.
John A. Dole, one of Jamestown's
Oldest residents and most prominent
business men, died last night at 7:30
o'clock, after brief illness. BAD news
travels ia It, and in short time the sim
pie statement John Dole is dead was
OH eyeryone;s tongue. The news was
brought to the council meeting just as
the aldermen were assembling for the
regular monthly meeting. Mr.. Dole was
an ex-alderman and out of respect to his
memory the council adjourned, after
adoption resolutions OF coincidence.
The suddenness of Mr.. Doles death
was sad shock to his friends. He had
been i'll less than :weuty-four hours and
many who had seen him the day before
were incredulous and loalh to credit the
lnwelcome news. Sunday morning he
was in comparatively good spirits. He
was tronbled with slight hoarsenes,
but neither he nor anyone else antici
/ pated snch sudden aud fatal consequen
ces.5 He came down town Sunday for
his mail. read President Harrison's ad
mission proclamation and seemed to feel
particularly jubilant over the admission
OF the Dakotas. About three o'clock
Monday morning he was taken suddenly
/ i'll and DR.. Rankin was sent for. The
doctor found alarming symptoms OF
laryingltis and administered remedies
4 which afforded temporary rslief. This
ailment, however, in its most pronounc-
| ed type, is one of the most insidious with
which the medical profession has to deal.
i It is in some form or other inflammation
of the larynx and frequently terminates
fatally in the sutfocation or choking to
death oil the patient, as it did in the case
(. OF Mr. 'ple. His end was qliet, peace
fu} and without a struggle.
/ The remains will be taken to Clare
mont, New Hampshire for intsrrment
and will be accompanied by Mrs. Dole
and Fl. c. Flint. Mr.. Dole was promi-
nent in the Masonic order and knight
Templar. The local commandery will
have charge of the obseqnies here, and at
/ four o'clock this afternoon the ceremony
1 will occur. The remains, 1T is then ex-
pected. will be escorted to the depot by
the con- mandery and the cornet band,
| where a watch will be placed over them
4 until the arrival of the $3.50 a. m. train by
| which they Will be taken to New Hamp-
| shire.
! John A. Dole was horn at Washington,
I N. H.. February Is, 1876, and at the day
4 of his death was aged 43 years, 8 months
/ and II days. He received his early edu-
cation in his native town and afterwards
moved to Claremont. There he engaged
in the hotel business. having under his
charge the Sullivan house. When yet a
Young man he removed to Milwaukee.
but returned after short time to New
Hampshire. In the fall OF 1879 he came
I to jamestown and has since been Que Of
! our leading business men and most en-
bterprising citizens. In connection with
the late j. j. Flint he was one of the
early proprietors of the old Dakota
house, but upon selling ont, engaged in
! the mercantile business with &: A. Lie
| Der, under the firm name Dole Il Lieber.
| While taking a lively interest In politics
t he never was an oftice-seeker. The only
elective Office he ever filed in jamestown
| was that Of alderman for the First ward,
he having been elected without oppo-
sltion in 1856, and IN that position he
served for two years in a manner alike
! creditable to himself and to his ward.
/ 1t needs no encomiums of tongue or
pen to enshrine the memory of John A.
/ Dole in the hearts Of those with whom
! he associated. To them his sterling worth
and manly qualities are we'll known.
Often blunt and outspoken, but With
warm. honest heart and a capacity for
true and enduring friendships such was
| he for whose loss his friends are today
mourning. In the death of John Dole.
! North Dakota loses good citizen and
the city of jamestown an enterprlslng
promoter of her substantial interests.
! The sympathy of the entire community
goes out to the ,bereaved wife.