Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-02
One
Who WAS A
KING IN
World Of NewspapeTdOm.
Jas. E. SCTlppS Passed
From Life Today.
REMARKABLE CAREER
OF REMARKABLE NAN

DctroH, Mich. May 2s.--James 4.
Scrippa. founder. and for many years
publisher OF the Evening News ef this
city. now combined with the Ifibune
and Detroit News, and a formar d..
rector OF the Associated ProtA died
a. his home today, after a long ulnpss
aged N years. MyCiitia, or aNnn.
nation of the spinal cord, from when
be had been suffering for q year. was
the cause u death.
James Edmund ocripps was hqrn In
London. Eng, March 10, 1885, Of Nor.
oughly English ancestry, which exhib-
tied IN several generations preceding
biz birth che gifts and tastes wkiGh
distinguished his long, active iife.
About the middle Of the olghteeHih
century, Scripns rebuilt the famous
dome and lantern Of Ely Cathedral,
ana fOar generation later James ~
Scrlpps viewed the work OF hia ances-
tor with uncOncealod admiration. Ona
OF the caihodral ropairer's sons emit
grated DO America In 1891. and SEE.
tied az Capo Girardeau. No. while ans
other remalned in England and eslab-
llahed the London Daily Sun and the
Literary Gazette. the latter ing the
lrst OF les cinss to be published in
England A son OF this pioneer pub
Usher became a .ook-bInder. and was
the father of JAMES H. Scripps
Young James father followed his
brother to America, and after e long
journey. their farm, near Rushville.
IN schuyler county, Illinois. waa
reached, and the hard conditions Of
American pioneer life were imposed
on young Scripps when DO was
years old. His tenth year was spent
entirely IN the hard labor OF the new
farm. IN his eleventh winter, and
until he was lb years old. he wns A.
corded the moager advantages 81
short winter terms IN country
school Before be was q man In years
he had taught school two winters
while he continued 10 labor on the
iarm in summer,
Early Ia 1857. a. the aro of %
years, he made his way to Chicago
lnd prepared himself for commercia,
work BY taking a course In a busi
losa college.
His first employment. which lasted
lnly a few months, was % keep book,
or a lumber company. iiia rule wa
save hair his salary. n rule he %
orupuiOusly followed that within
i've years be had accumulated enough
O purchase q small interest IA q busi
ness.
Leaving the lumber company d,
made his entrance into newspaper
Rork. he was collector. proof readel
and general utility man about the %
| dee OF the Chicago Tribune iils ca
pacity and industry soon secured fol
/ aim an appointment as commercial
aud marine reporter, Leaving there
he went 70 Detr0lt the following yeal
and became commercial editor OF the
Daily Advertiser, % tho duties o
which position were soon added moss
0l rows editor. This waa speedily
followed by a partnership In the buai
ness.
To had dctorminci early THAI hl
would not marry until he had an as
surod income of az least 81 900 q year
and as this was nov realized he topA
/ into his anaira a lite partner. Mist
Harriet j. M0Mlnger, Ol Detroit, with
with whom his domestic lie has beer
aingularly happy one.
/ In the same year. 1869. he brought
| about the consolidation OF the two re-
publican papers OF Detroit. the Trib-
une. an afternoon payer, and the Ad
vertiscr, the morning paper, and be-
came business manager and latol
managing editor Of the new enterprise
Z From bis time forward the huainue,
! was highly successful. la February
1873, he founded the Evening News
/ Success with this encouraged him q
similar onterpriaea elsewhere. IN 1871
"The pgea' was established in CleYo-
land. in 1850 the Chronicle in 81
I Louis. and ln 1881 tho Post was pur.
/ chased and re-urganixcd in Clncin.
matt From thnt time on ngwHpapor'
founded on the Scrlpps idea and b'
men who wire associated wllh th,
Nows were established ln many 81
\ the principal cities Of tho country
/ Perhaps nu hmtnr ideH ui the extent
uf ar. scrlpps influence and en.
IferprIse in tho newspaper wOfI,
can he given han Ga this llHI of news.
rnpora and kindred enterprises whlel
mo the diroc result Of the Foundation
venture mndp ou August 23. 1873 Th0
I Detroit Nowa. fdo neirul Tribune
fhe Cleveland Press tho Clnclnnat
Post tho 30 Louis STAR Chronicle. th
{ C0vingion tkyl Post mo Akron 90
/ Press. me Toledo News HCO ihc 20