The herald., 1897-01-03
DEAD EDITORS FUNERALS
To Be Attended by Fellow Members Of
the Craft
The Coroner's Jury Finds That McCul-
lagh's Death Was Caused By Acct
dent-Honors Ross jackson.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2.-The inquest over
the remains of Mr. J. B. McCullagh
the veteran editor of the Globe Demo
crat, was continued today. Louis c.
Bohle, the llveryman, who was Mr.. Nc
Cullaghs closet friend in life, was the
only witness examined.
He said: mo man can make me
believe that he was suicide"
DR.. Wise, the coroner, thereupon Or
dere6 a verdict to the effect that death
was due to fracture of the skull re-
ceived by fall from window while
under the influence of sleep and gas
the result of an accident"
It is not known whether the deceased
left will or not.
According to Mr. Bohle, who is in the
best possible position to know, the value
of the editors estate is about 100000,
consisting mainly of stock in the Globe
Printing company.
/ In memory Of the late Joseph B. Nc
Cullagh a meeting of representative
newspaper men of ST. Louis was held
today. There were present the heads
of the editorial and business depart
ments of the daily papers, representa-
tives OF the weekly press and others
who had been friends and admirers of
the dead editor.
The meeting promptly organized by
the choice of Norman ]. Coleman, edi-
tor Of the Rural World, to preside.
Then a committee on resolutions was
appointed, the chair selecting Charles
w. Knapp, editor and manager of the
st. Louis Republic; Frank r. O'Neill,
formerly editor of the old Missouri Re-
publican; Colonel Charles H. Jones, ed
itor of the Post-Dispatch; William
Hyde, who was succeeded by Mr.
O'Neill as editor of the Missouri Re-
publicau; George Garrett, city editor
of the st. Louis Chronicle; John Mil
ler, formerly of the Shoe and Leather
Gazette, and John Schroer of the An
zeiger des Westens, to draw up a fitting
testimonial of the grief of the asso-
ciates of the dead editor. When the
committee retired, w. w. Boyd, who
was present, was called upon for an
address. He responded and addresses
were also made by several others.
Resolutions were reported and adopted,
which in part are as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
newspaper men of st. Louis, in meeting
assembled, that in the death of Joseph
B. McCullagh, the profession of jour-
nalism, whose scope he extended, and
to which his genius brought an en-
larged influence wherever his work was
known, has sustained an irrepara BILE
loss; in the opinion of his co-workers
Mr.. McCullagh had won conspicuous
place in the foremost ranks OF the
journalism of the country and he won
not only by native ability and adapta-
ton for the work, but by that tireless
energy, diligence and exalted concep-
tion of his duty to his readers and the
general public that must inspire all
newspaper work that is at once great
and wholesome. 1t was decided to at
tend the funeral, which will be held
Sunday afternoon.
ROSS JACKsON'S FUNERAL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.-News-
paper men, judges, bankers and mer-
chants crowded the rooms of the Press
club this afternoon when the funeral
services were held over the remains Of
j. Ross Jackson, for twenty years prob
ably the most popular journalist in San
Francisco. In accordance with a wish
of the deceased there was no crepe, but
the rooms were filled with flowers, and
| THE bier was covered with violets,
Judge John Hunt delivered the funeral
| Grafton and brief addresses were made
| by Mr.. Jackson's former fellow work
| ers, Wells Drury, w. w. Naughton and
| Arthur Barendt.