Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-12
JOHN JAMES,.
Assistant Superintendent ofthe Peni-
Tertiary Dies at Santa Monica,
BURIAL AT CARTHAGE TO-DAY.

John James assistant .up,riutcnd-
out of Tho N.W Mexico pcuitortiary AT
santa II, died at Santa Monica. cal
last Friday evening of heart trouble
ana other complications which set in
on account of "a severe cold contracted
some tow months ago. The deceased
had been sick I'm bed at the pcuitrn-
tInry for something over four months
and upou advice Of his physicians he
was taken 10 California a few DAYS ago
In order 20 srnk "a lower altitude with
tho hopes that De m.-ht obtain relief
Tie stood tho trp well considering his
Dnlcchlou condition and 10 was thought
at the start that b, was ON the way to
recovery. lie afterwards had a relapse
from which h, was unable To rally and
gradually hccam, worse until the end
came, At his bedside during the last
hours were his wife Mrs. AGNES James.
ana son. John James. Jr All that med.
i,dl skill ANA faithful nursing could do
was done Nut without avail. Or David
Knapp, the pcuitcutary physician. ac.
"umpaul,d the deceased TO the coast
and attended him until thu last
MIR. James was an old resident OF
this Territory. having located here in
/ lNN2 when lac came from Braidwood.
ILL., and assumed charge of the Car
thaGy Goa, mines then operated hy the
San Pedro Coal & Coke company
which property hp successfully man
al q Tor several years. tie afterwards
assumed the '.H..al management Of
the Santa Fc coal properties at Rock
dale, Colo. and later ON acted as super
intcudcnj for che Aztec Coal company
at Gallup After leaving Gallup he re-
tired from active coal mining and took
mp his residence AZ Albuquerque and
engaged In the hotel business. running
/ the Highland house for number Of
years. He was elected and served
with credit as member of the school
board al Alhuuuorquc. In 1899 he was
] appointed assistant superintendent of
/ the New Mexico ponitcntiary hy super
| intondont II. O. Bursum. place which
he has successfully and faithfully filled
up 20 the time Of his death He was
al one time a prominent member OF
the National Federation Of Miners I'M
ions. being the first secretary of the
. organization in the early cos and rem
. dercd valuable service To the cause of
union labor
He had exceptional talent as an or
ganizor of men. was thoroughly famil-
lar with the needs of the miners and
his ability and efforts in behalf of the
miners were recognized throughout
the United sta os He was always true
to his friends and his motto through
life was honesty and fidelity To the
trust rCposed in him. by his death the
territory loses valuable citizen Mr..
James was about 90 years of age. He
was born i'm Scotland He leaves "a
widow and two children Mrs. Mary l..
ScrugEs. of Albuquerque, and John
James. Jr. OF East as Vegas, also n
brother. Harry James, of San Antonio.
SocorrO county.
Note Mrs Scruggs received the sad
news OF the death Of her father last
Saturday. She LETT last night for San
Antonio and from there went over Ia
Carthage, where the funeral occurred
this afternoon, Mrs. X. II Clark. wife
of the depot agent and operator at
Wingatc. who is niece OF the de-
ceased came In from the west and &C
Companied Mrs Scruegs on her sad
mission Mrs Robert Mckinley. sis.
ter Of MIR. james, arrived here from
Madrid Saturday and continued south
10 san Antonio that evening. John
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