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: Il looked
on NJ. 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, WIS.,
tied MIR. 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 a meet /
ing tomorrow to complete arrange
mentS.
DR.. Irwin said: Mr.. SCOTS death
was due to apopleXy. He was a
short man and very stout l 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 it caused the activity which
brought on the attack"
BIOGRAPHICAL.
James Wilmot Scott was born in
Walworth county, Wisconsin, near the
Illinois line, in June, 1S49. When 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
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 employed
| he secured the appointment in The gov
eminent 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 a trade daily called the Ma
| tional Hotel Reporter. In this publ
| cation, which has since grown to be of
| considerable importance, Mr. Scott re-
| tanned 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.
SCOTS associates were David Hender-
son, the well known theatrical man
aser, and VIII D. e ION. In 1881 most
of Mr.. SCOTS 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
| ENuanintr xubio H.
by the Herald company in 1890. The
intervening years saw the growth OF
the Herald from a 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 fol-
years president of the American News.
paper Publishers association, a body
which he was largely instrumental il
founding. For three consecutive terms
he was president of the Chicago Press
club. He was a member of every clut
of Importance in Chicago, and alst
of the Glover club, of Philadelphia
In addition, he was conspicuous in al
social and public movements of i'm
hOSONI
the board of directors of the world:
fair, at one time declining the presi
dency. He was the president of tn,
famous Fellowship club, formed t.
entertain distinguished guests to tn,
fair, from it's founding until his death
Mr.. Scott was the originator of man.
important changes in journalism
which are known to all newspape
men. On March 3 last, the Herald wa
merged with the Times of Chicago a.
the Chicago TimesHerald, H. w
Hawley, Of the Times, becoming man
aging editor. and MIR. Scott, the edi
tcr-in-chief and manager holding
controlling interest in the stock. Hi
death occurred just as he had con
summated the browning plan of hi
life. to own and control absolutely
great newspaper, and while he was il
the crest of the wave of popular favor
Mr.. Scott married in 1878 Miss CARR
Green, of Lyle, Dupage county; Hi
nois, who survives him. He had n
children.
AN HONEST MAN.