Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-05-08
E. N. CnASE'S DEATH
The Well KnoWn jamestown Merchant
PassessAway at LIS D. m.
Saturday.
Suffered Extremely from Effects
of Former Injuries and'
Disease.
Sketch of a Busy and Honorable Car
eer. Pioneer Business Man Of
the James Valley.


The death of Edward NJ. Chase oc-
CURED at his residence Saturday
at l.15 o'clock. The end has been
looked for since Monday last when he
was taken with an unusually severe
attack OF illness. Most Of the time
since then he has been unconscious
and has been under the influence of
opiates to allay intense pain. Mr..
Chase has been in poor health for some
months due to complication Of kidney
trouble and from the effects of a Sc
we're fall from an icy roof last October,
which resulted in a broken wrist and
internal injuries. He was taken then
to the house for dead but recovered
after some weeks and has been attend
ing to business as usual until Monday
last. Saturday night he left his desk
in his business place in the best of
order and seemed as well as
usual. Since Tuesday he has
uot regained consciousness for any
length of time although has
occasionally recognized his wife at his
bedside and addressed her affection
ately as ''Kate." All knew that the
approaching end was near and every
thing that the best skill could do was
only to prolohg the fatal ending.
A great deal Of sympathy is felt for
the afflicted family in which four
deaths have occurred within a year,
that Of a husband, daughter, mother
and sister of Mrs. Chase.
e. nj. Chase was one of the best
known business men in the state, hav-
ing held an honorable and prosperous
place among the leading merchants OF
the James River Valley since 1888.
He came to the territory Of Dakota
in 1882 and, in company with another
ambitious and capable young New
Englander, the late E. D. Strong,
took course in practical business
training in the firm of Shoenberg
Bros, then large merchants OF this
city. With years practical exper-
ience, Mr.. Chase and Mr.. Strong
moved to Darlington, Foster county,
then practically unsettled. CARING
ton had at that time but one small
house, and with the advent OF the new
firm the place began to grow. By
enterprise, upright dealings and
strict attention to business Mr..
Chase rose rapidly to the position OF a
leading merchant. The firm had
branch houses at Tiffany, New Rock
ford and Sykeston and did an enor-
nous business in supplying the rapid
]y developing country with merchan-
disc. In 1890 Mr.. Chase moved to
jamestown, where the firm Of Strong
& Chase began business and has re-
sided here since.
On closing out the business of the
firm in Foster, Eddy & Wells counties
and concentrating the business at
Jamestown, the people and the press
Of those counties expressed the great
est regret at the loss Of the firm. Some
two years before the death of Mr..
Strong in 1900 the firm divided the
business, Mr.. Strong taking the dry
goods and Mr.. Chase the other depart
ments. In order to get assistance
which he felt his health required, he
incorporated the business short
time since, and Mr.. A. D. Grant Of
Duluth entered the firm.
In his long and successful business
life here as we'll as elsewhere the de-
ceased built upa a fine reputation for
business ability and an enviable char
acter as q man and citizen. Prompt
and methodical in his business habits
his private life was equally exemplary
and his friendships fast and
true. His loss will be greatly
felt by the people Of the city
and his presence missed from the
business and social life in Jamestown.
Mr.. Chase was born in Dedham, Mass,
Sept. IL, 1856. He graduated at the
Dedham High school and for a number
of years was head bookkeeper and
confidential clerk Of large -four and
grain firm in Boston. He married
Miss Kate Fl. Faunce, Of Boston, in
December, 1884, and leaves wife and
two sons, Russell and Edward Chase,
to survive him. While in Boston he
was q member of the church of Rev.
Edward Everett Hale.
Mr.. Chase was quiet, retiring