St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-15

expressing my belief that under his
direction the paper would be sue
cess financially and prove a great
factor in the public interest"
Gustav Baumann, proprietor of
the Holland house, said: II looked
on M. Ccott not merely as a guest
when he came to the Holland house,
but as one of our family. His gen
ial and affable disposition endeared
him to every one who knew him."
Mr.. Wellman, the Washington cor
respondent of the Times-Herald, vis-
tied Mr.. Scott on Saturday in con-
nection with the Washington bureau
of the Times-Herald, and spent
some hours with him. The funeral
will take. place in Chicago, but no
date has as yet been fixed. Mr..
Scott's body will be conveyed to
that city tomorrow afternoon by the
West Shore limited. The newspa-
per men of this city will make ar
rangementS to escort the body to
that city. They will hold meet
ing tomorrow to complete arrange
mentS.
DR.. Irwin said: Mr.. Scott's death
was due to apoplexy. He was
short man and very stout 1 have
no doubt but there was a fatty de-
generation of the heart Mr.. Scott
had long suffered from renal cal
culus. This was especially trouble
some this morning, and Mr. Scott
did not leave his bed. The agony
caused him to thrash about in his
bed, and the eXertion burst a blood
vessel in the brain that caused his
death. The kidney trouble had moth
ing to do with his death beyond
that 1t caused the activity which
brought on the attack"
BIOGRAPHICAL.
James Wilmot Scott was born in
Walworth county, Wisconsin, near the
Illinois line. in June. 1849 When a boy
his parents removed to Galena, Ill.
where they both remained until they
died. The elder Scott was for many
years postmaster of Galena, having
been appointed by Grant. James w.
Scott passed through the public schools
of Gaiena~ and was then sent to Beloit
(W1s) college, where he spent two
years in the academic course Leaving
college, he went for a short time TO
New York city, where he was engaged
In business, but occasionally contribut-
ed to the press. While thus ernpIoyed
he secured the appointment In The gov
ernment printing office in Washington.
In 1872 he left the capital and started
q small weekly paper in Prince George
county, Maryland. Not finding this
field broad enough the young man re-
turned to the West, and at his fathers
home, Galena, started a weekly pap 4
called the Press. One year later he
left this venture and came to. Chicago.
His first undertaking in. this city was
to start trade daily called the Ma
tlonal Hotel Reporter. In this publ
cation, which has since grown to be of
considerable Importance, Mr.. Scott re-
talned an interest until his death.
After several attempts to convert the
Hotel Reporter into a general news
paper, Mr.. Scott surrendered the man
agement to his partner and Joined a
number of other young men in the
Chicago Herald in 1881. Two of Mr..
Scott's associates were David Hender-
son, the well known theatrical man
aSer, and VIII D. e ION. In 1881 most
of Mr.. Scott's associates left the com
pany to make way for John r. Walsh,
who had acquired a controlling inter-
est. Mr.. Scott and Mr.. Walsh re-
mafned in the closest business and per-
sonal relations until March, 1895, when
Mr.. Walsh
SOLD TO MR.. SCOTT
his interest in the Herald and the
Evening Post, which had been founded
by the Herald company in 1890. The
intervening years saw the growth of
the Herald from struggling sheet
to large and influential newspaper.
Mr.. Scott began as a business mana
ger, but soon became publisher and
editor of both the Herald and the
Evening Post. Meantime, his life was
filled with other matters. He was for
years president of the American News
paper Publishers association, a body
which he was largely instrumental in
founding. For three consecutive terms
he was president of the Chicago Press
club. He was member of every club
of Importance in Chicago, and also
of the Glover club, of philadelphia.
In addition, he was conspicuous in all
social and public movements of i'm
portance. Mr.. Scott was member of
the board of directors of the worlds S
fair, at one time declining the presi-
dency. He was the president of the
famous Fellowship club, formed to
entertain distinguished guests to the
fair, from it's founding until his death.
Mr.. Scott was the originator of many
important changes in journalism,
which are known to all newspaper
men. On March last, the Herald was
merged with the Times of Chicago as
the Chicago Times-Herald, H w.
Hawley, of the Times, becoming man
aging editor. and Mr. Scott, the edi-
tor-in-chief and manager, holding a
controlling interest in the stock. His
death occurred just as he had con-
summated the crowning plan of his
life, to own and control absolutely a
great newspaper, and while he was in
the crest of the wave of popular favor.
Mr.. Scott married in 1878 Miss Carrie
Green, of Lyle, Dupage county, Illi-
nois, who survives him. He had no
children.
AN HONEST MAN.