, 1905-11-30
DIED YESTERDAY, A. M.
Went to National Capitol Several
Weeks Ago Believing the Low
er Altitude Would Ben
eft Him.

of Cody and northern Wyoming as one
per men, died in Washington, ID. c.,
yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, of
heart disease. The sad news of his
death came as a great blow to the cit.
liens of Cody, whose respect and good
will he won from every heart. He has
been in the national capital but Il short.
time where he had recently gone hop
ing hat the lower altitude and change
of climate might aid his efforts to
bring a renewed of good health. But
this move was of no avail. He loved
Co6y, and believed that u brilliant flu
ture lay before it. His letters from
Washington expressed the fact that
it was his intention to return to the
grand little city and county which he
! had done so much to promote and shape
for Il great distiny. Now that we learn
of his death and realize that his last
departure took him away, never to re-
I. turn, a shadow of sadness hovers over
the city and stamps m indellible mark
4 of mourning upon the mind of every
citizen.
1 ]. II. Peake was born in northern
! Virginia, in 1919. He spent his early
4 life in Thai state, and when the wal
4 broke out his true American spirit, his
keen desire to see the right prevail,
\ prompted him to enlist in the fight for
1 the North. His age was not sufficient
l to allow him to enlist when the wal
] broke out, but in 1864, when it became
] necessary to enlist more men to guard
! Washington against an invasion by the
l southern troops, Young Peake, who
4 listed in a regiment of Maryland infan-
|: try, as a drummer boy. In this regi-
| ment he served to the end of the war.
\ After the war he remained in Wash
: ington until 1870, when fields opened
/ up in the west, and he came to North
1 Platte, Nebraska and purchased the
\ North Platte Diamond. This paper he
] edited for six years, when he was call
ed to Washington to enter the mail
] service. His run was from Washing
ton to New York which he held until
1883. At this period of his life his
health failed, and he entered the gov
eminent printing office, afterward ac-
cepting a position on the Washington
Star. He remained in this capacity
until 1890 when he went to Duluth,
Michigan to edit and manage the
Duluth Press for Col. w. f. Cody and
Mrs. Wetmore.
Mr.. Peake remained in Duluth until
1897, when he returned to Washington
where he remained but two years when
Col. Cody procured his services to edit
the Enterprise in Cody, Wyo.
This paper he established in 1899, and
has been with it until health failed
him this fall. Beginning with his
office in a small room in the Buffalo
Bill barn he has labored hard and dill
igently, and has finally brought it to
it's present establishment.
Colonel Peake was n man Of power
full editorial ability. He was decided
ly pointed and brief in his arguments
and won the respect of all that perused
his columns, whether his views were
theirs or not. He was well liked by
everyone and his honest, s%traight-for
ward manner, his keen desire to ad
minister justice to all made him a ia
vored counsel to the people.
Col. Peake leaves a wife and one
daughter to mourn his death. Mrs.
Peake is in Washington and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. d. Blaine, who resides in
Cody, left yesterday to join her mother.
The Enterprise which owes so much to
Col Peake, expresses its sincerest SYM
pathy to the many friends and relatives
in their bereavement.