The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-15
HIS DEATH VERY SUDDEN
Stricken With Apoplexy While
Away From Home on I'M
portant Business.
HIS WIFE AT HIS BEDSIDE.
Career of the Man Who Made the
Herald a Brilliant Western
Newspaper.

NEW YORK, N. Y, April 14.-James
w. Scott, proprietor of the Chicago Times
Herald and the Chicago Evening Post,
died this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the
Holland House this city. His death was
very sudden. He was taken with pains in
the left side this morning, and doctor
was called in. He said the pains arose
from the passage of a stone from the
bladder, and administered morphine. AT
o'clock Mr.. Scott became unconscious,
and the doctor was summoned again. He
found apoplexy had supervened, probably
brought on from the pain, and Mr. Scott
died without recovering consciousness.
Mrs Scott and little niece were the only
relatives with him.
DR.. Irwin, the attending physician, said:
s'Mr. SCOTS death was due to apopleXy.
He was short man and very stout. 1
have no doubt there was fatty degenera-
ton of the heart. Mr.. Scott had long suf-
fered from renal calculus This was
especially troublesome and Mr.. Scott
could not leave his room. The agony
caused him to thrash about in his bed and
the exertion burst blood vessel in the
brain and caused his death. The kidney
trouble had nothing to do with his death,
beyond the fact it caused the activity
which brought on the attack"
The funeral will take place in Chicago,
but no date has as yet been fixed. Mr..
SCOTS body will be conveyed to that city
tomorrow by the West Shore limited. The
newspaper men of this city will make ar
rangements to escort the body to that city.
They will hold meeting tomorrow morn
ing to complete arrangements.
CHICAGO, ILL, April Thames wilmot
Scott was born in Walworth County, Wis,
in June, 1949. When boy his parents re-
moved to Galena H., where they both re-
manned until they died. The elder Scott was
for many years Postmaster at Ga]ena, having
been appointed by Grant. James w. passed
the public schools of Galena, and was then
sent to Beloit (Wis.) 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 contributed to the press. While
thus employed he secured an appointment in
the Government Printing Office in Washington.
In 1872 he left the capital and started a small
weekly paper in Prince George County, Md.
Not finding this field broad enough, the
young man returned to the West, and at his
fathers home, Galena, started weekly paper
called the Press. One year later he left this
venture and came to Chicago. His first Under
taking in this city was to start trade daily
called the National Hotel Reporter. In this
publication, which has since grown to be of
considerable importance, Mr. Scott retained an
interest until his death.
After several attempts to convert the Hotel
Reporter into general newspaper, Mr.. Scott
surrendered the management to his partner
and joined number OF other young men in
founding the Chicago Herald in 1881. Two of
Mr.. Scott's associates were David Henderson,
the well-known theatrical manager, and Will
D. Eaton. In 1891 most of Mr.. Scott's asso-
ciates left the company to make way for John
r. Walsh, who had acquired controlling in
terest. Mr.. Scott and Mr.. Walsh remained in
the closest business and personal relations
until March, 1895, when Mr.. Walsh sold to Mr..
Scott his interest in the Herald and the Even
ing Post which had been founded by the Her
aid 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
business manager, but soon became publisher
and editor of both the Herald and Evening
Post. Meantime his life was filed with other
matters. He was for years president OF the
American Newspapers Publishing Association,
a body which he was largely instrumental in
founding. For three consecutive terms he was
president of the Chicago Press Club. He was a
member of every club of Importance in Chi
eago and also of the Glover Club of Philadel-
phia. In addition he was conspicuous in all
social and public movements of Importance.
Mr.. Scott was a member of the board of direc-
tors of the Worlds Fair at one time declining
the presidency. He was president of the IA
nous Fellowship Club, formed to entertain dis
tinguished guests to the fair, from its founding
until its death.
On March 3 last the Herald was merged with
the Times of Chicago as the Chicago Times
Herald, Mr. III. w. Hawley of the Times becom-
ing manager editor and Mr.. Scott the editor-in-
chief and manager, holding a controlling
interest in the stock. His death occurred Just
as he had contaminated the browning plan of
his life, to own and control absolutely great
newspaper, while he was on the crest OF wave
of popular favor.
Mr.. Scott married in 1876 Miss Carrie Green
of Lyle, Dupage County, ILL.,, who survives him.
He had no children.
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SURF END Erred THEIR CHARTER.