Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-22
SUDDEN DEATH
OF COL. I. B.
MILLS
SUFFERS eTRoKE o. ApoPlENr
At CARNEGIE HALL lN NEW
YORK cfTN-FOHMER
NEW MEXICAN.

Ryron r Nils Of las vsgas wan
shocked yesterday morning hy tho
receipt uf a Telegram from New Nosk
conveying The sad and startling Intel
hEence that hN father. Colonel n. ~
Mills. n well known New York broker
and real estate man. bad auddpaly
passed away at a hospital in that ci,l
"wednesday night having been fatally
stricken with disease Wednesday A.
iefnoun Whno attending a hiH opufun-
ton at CnrarHl0 halt O. Do thought
that hls death was caused BY q stroke
Of anuplosy
COLONEL n. ID. Mtia. long an aoiigs.
Influential and puDllcssUifiiod clliann
uf Las Vegas. WA born in Aakiahuin
county, ohio. on she Arui day of lull.
1871 lils paiornai grandfather Col.
John Mills. was o native Of Albany.
N. ~ and had the distinction OF hay
Ing boon tho founder in 1905 of thn
republican artillery end mot hla 6slth
me- sacketia harbur on she 39ih Jas
oi May. 1913. at the head of hla roni-
mpni. while vailartiy engaged in tho
defense of his country.
The subject Of this sketch received
hla education iu tho common schools
aud at Obcflin college. o. IN 1857
he wont 90 Kansas and Wna There en-
gagged IN contracting ana building on
May u.s.. 1861. no enlisted as q mem
Der of Company A. Soc-ud Kansas
volunteer infantry. with which no
served al Wilson's ofook and with
which BE- vas mustered uut ui the ts
plraiion Of bis three months term az
enlistment Ho subsequently rn-gn.
N|HHa.I Lea.
volunteer cavalry. and was detailed
on recruiting service. o. which be-
nidUd ln Raising three Kansas f0Fl.
menia. after uhich ho was transferred
60 the Fourth Indiana regiment, in
which be served until iho close uf
the war. subsequently Do embarked
Ia the real estate bua'noHa at Topeka,
kna., whore he Vas also chosen pfes
ldont Of the King Bridge company.
in 1874 Colonel Mills served with dis
tlncilon as member OF the kanaas
legislature. after which be went io
Little Rock. Arb. continuing IN .hu
land and insurance business till 1875
when he removed 10 Las Vegas. lio
soon effected a conditional purchase
OF the Las Vegas hat rprlngs. dlappa-
ing ~ his rights IN the valuable prem
lNNa ~ INC NANiA ~ NAllWaN COMPANY
la 1879.
Deceased norved that constituency
In both branches Of the terriioria.
legislature, having been candidate
on tho republican ticket ia 1855 and
on Che peoples ticket "a 1891.
Colonel Mills was prominently
Identified with the Masonic fraternity.
having taken an the degrees OF the
York rite and having become q knlght
/ Tomplar in 1862. Ho stan holds
mombomhlp IN the las Vegas own.
mandory Of the knights Templar A
the worlds fair M Chicago Ia 1898
be was accorded n most honorable
and richly meriiod proiorment sory-
ling az executive commissioner for
New Mexico
Colonel Mills was % man 0s dlstinc-
i've intellectually. and his diarrlm-
mating knowledge ana mature lndg
ment were recognized and anproclat-
Cd by those who know him we'll 40
% survived By n wlfo. Rrandchild.
Jimmy" who were with him IN SOW
/ York. a son, Byron r. dllls of l.Ra
VeEaH; q daughter, Mrs ~ N. Wil-
llama Of Albuquerque, ~ a. and u
/ stopdauahtrr now Mrs Willie H0fncr
of ia Paso, Texas