Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-02
SHIELDS
BROTHER-IN-LAW OF MARCUS
DAILY DIES SUDDENLY.
HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE.
Found Dead in Bed in Montana Hotel
--Expressions Of Sympathy.
An Irish Leader.

Anaconda was plunged into sadness
about s o'clock this morning, over the
news tina MI. James Shields, who had
been ailing for a week or more with
rheumatism Of the heart had passed
away during the latter part Of the night
and was dead in his rooms at the Mon
Clerk. Arnold Troeh. He was attended
during his last illness by DR.. ]. M. Sigh.
He was not confined to his bed, neither
did he require the services Of a nurse.
but his condition was bad for a week or
more. DR.. Sigh saw him last evening
and when he left Mr.. Troeh. h night
clerk promised to visit him at midnight.
which he did and found Mr.. Shields
asleep. This morning Mr.. Troeh called
at his room and oun him dead. The
new spread rapidly over the city and
expressions of sympathy and regret
came from all SIDES. Mrs. Shields and
daughter Lillian are in Paris. A cable
gram was sent them, but they cannot
Shields, a son Of the deceased, resides at
Missoula. He will arrive today. The
deceased was a brother-in-law of Mar
Gus DAILY. They married sisters. the
daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. z. e. Evans,
resided at 522 Hickory street. A mes
senger broke the sad news to them and
| Miss Matte Evans as s~ister-in-law of the
deceased and all three are nearly pros
trated by the sudden shock.
James Shields was a member of the
illustrious Shields family of Altmore.
; Tyron county, Ireland, which furnished
the United States Genera James Shields.
who was an uncle of the deceased. He
was about So years of age and came to
America when Is years of age. He was
| at that time, as was his uncle, the gen.
eral, connected with the Irish revolution
airy movement under James Stephens
and other Irish leaders. During the
French and Mexican war General Shields
went down to Mexico n engaged in tht
war and also in mining. The deceased
left New York and joined his uncle, TAX
ing his first experience in mining. Later
he went to California and thence to Ne
vada, where he met Marcus Daily. Abou
rs years ago he move to Utah n be
came a superintendent of mines ant
there married Jan Evans December 81
1874. Later he caIne to Butte and en-
gagged in the mercantile business will
John Caplice. He was internal revenu'
collector for Montana during Cleve
lands first administration. After sue
cessfully serving the government h
embarked in the wood huming bushes
at Elliston. the product being shipped t
the smelters in Anaconda. After tn
wood was exhausted he opened up tn
Belt coal mines and vas always success
full as a mining expert and superintend
emit. His residence in Anaconda Is tn
: best in h city and his pluck and energ
| has made him famous In more thar on
camp and town in Montana. His estat
consists of mines and and scattered a
over the northwest. His mother, who
said to be one of the most estimable la
dies in the north of Ireland, Is still aliv
and about 80 years Of age. A sister an
brother also reside at the old home: ar
other brother, L. E. Shields, at st: Pau
. and a sister at Carrollton, Iowa. The az
!, ceased was a cousin to John Hamill an
his brothers and sisters who reside her
The funeral will be held at Butte n er
, tarnent made beside his three or fol
e children who are buried there.