Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-19
J. w. SCOTT DEAD.
Proprietor of the Chicago
Times-Herald Expires
Suddenly. .'
VICTIM OF AP0PLExy.
Stricken in New York While
Seeking Rest From His
y
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NEW YORK, April 15.-James w.
Scott, proprietor OF the Chicago Times
Herald and the Chicago Evening Post,
died at p. IN. at the Holland House,
this city, while on his way to Old Point
Comfort, Va. His death was very sud-
den. He was taken with pains in the
left side during the, morning and q
doctor was called. He said the pain
arose from the passage Of stone from
the bladder, and administered NOR
phine. At o'clock Mr.. Scott became
unconscious and the doctor was hastily
summoned again. He found that
apoplexy had supervened, probably
brou ght on from the pain, and Mr.
Scott died without recovering conscious
ness. Mrs. Scottsand a lite niece were
the only relative with him.
aIne.$SVil,not scott
was born III Walwor:h county. Wis, In
June, lS49 When IL boz his parents
removed to Galena, LIS, wlere they
both remained un v!l t-.oy died. james
w. passed t44rou1h the pubic schools Ut
Galena and Was then selt to Belolt
(Wis) college, where he spent two
wears in the academic course. Leaving
college he went or short time to New
York city, where he was engaged Ill
business, but occasionally contributed
to the press. While thus employed he
secured an appointment in tine govern
ment printing Office in Washington. In
1872 he left the capital and started
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 a weekly paper called The
Press. One year later he left this ven
ture and came to Chicago. His first un-
dertaking in this city was to start q
trade daily called The National Hotel
Reporter. In this publication, which
has grown to be of considerable i'm
portance, Mr.. Scott retained an inter-
est until his death. After several at
tempts to convert The Hotel Reporter
into general newspaper, Mr.. Scott
surrendered the ma nag nt7a++to Al his
partner and joined a number of other
young men in The Chicago Herald in
1881. Later most of Mr.. Scott's associ-
ates left the company to make way for
Mr.. John R. Walsh, who had acquired
a controlling interest. 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 Evening Post, which had been
founded by The Herald company in
1890.
Conspicuous in Many Movements.
Mr.. Scott was for years president Of
the American Newspaper Publishers
association, a body which he was
largely instrumental in founding. He
was a member Of every club Of import
ance in Chicago and also Of the Clover
club of Philadelphia. In addition he
was conspicuous in all social and public
movements of Importance. On March
3 last The Herald was merged with The
Times of Chicago as the Chicago Times
Herald, Mr.. H. w. Hawley Of The
Times becoming managing editor and
Mr.. Scott the editor-in-chief and man.
ager, holding a controlling interest in
the stock. His death occurred just as
he had consummated the crowning plan
of his life, to own and control abso-
lutely great newspaper, and while he
was in the crest of the wave Of popular