Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-29
REMOVES One
WHO WAS A
KING IN
World Of NewspaperdOm.
Jas. E. Scripps Passed
From Life Today.
REMARKABLE CAREER
OF REMARKABLE MAN

Detroit, Mich, May 29.-James E.
Scripps, founder, and tor many years
publisher of the Evening News of this
city, now combined with the Tribune
and Detroit News, and former di-
rector of the Associated Press, died
at his home today, after a long illness.
aged II years. Myelitis, or infam
nation of the spinal cord. from which
he had been suffering for a year, was
the cause of death.
James Edmund Dcripps was born in
London, Eng, March 10, 1885, of thor
oughly English ancestry, which exhib-
tied in several generations preceding
his birth the gifts and tastes which
distinguished his long. active life.
About the middle of the eighteenth
century, a Scripps rebuilt the famous
dome and lantern of Ely cathedral,
and four generation later James Z.
Scripps viewed the work of his ances-
tor with unconcealed admiration. One
of the cathedral repairer's sons emf
grated to America in 1871, and set
tied at Cape Girardeau, Mo, while an
other remained in England and estab-
lished the London Daily Sun and the
Literary Gazette, the latter being the
first of its class to be published in
England A son of this pioneer pub
Usher became a .ook-binder, and was
the father of James E. Scripps.
Young James father followed his
brother to America, and after q long
journey, their farm, near Rushyille.
in Schuyler county, Illinois, was
reached. and the hard conditions of
American pioneer life were imposed
on young Scripps when he was 8
years old His tenth year was spent
entirely in the hard labor of the new
farm In his eleventh winter, aud
until he was Is years old, he was ac-
corded the meager advantages of
short winter terms in country
school. Before he was a man in years,
he had taught school two winters,
while he continued to labor on the
farm in summer.
Early in 1857, al the age of %
years, he made his way TO Chicago,
and prepared himself for commercial
work by taking a course in a busi-
ness college.
His first employment, which lasted
only few months, was TO keep books
for a lumber company. His rule was
to save half his salary, a rule he so
scrupuously followed that within
five years he had accumulated enough
to purchase "a small interest in a bust
ness.
Leaving the lumber company he
made his entrance into newspaper
work. He was collector, proof reader
and general utility man about the of
fee OF the Chicago Tribune. His ca
pacity and industry soon secured for
him an appointment as commercial
and marine reporter. Leaving there
| he went to Detroit the following year
and became commercial editor of the
Daily Advertiser TO the duties OF
which position were soon added those
of news editor. This was speedily
followed by partnership in the busi
ness.
He had determined early that he
would not marry until he had an as
sured income of at least $1,000 a year
and as this was now realized he took
into his affairs a life partner, Miss
Harriet j. Messenger, of Detroit, with
with whom his domestic life has been
a singularly happy one.
| In the same year, 1862, he brought
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publican papers of Detroit, the Trib-
une, an afternoon paper, and the Ad
vertiser, the morning paper, and be-
came business manager and later
managing editor of the new enterprise
From his time forward the business
was highly successful. In February
! 1873. he founded the Evening News
! Success with this encouraged him tC
similar enterprises elsewhere. In 1875
I"The Press" was established in Cleve-
land; in 1880 the Chronicle in St
Louis, and in 1881 the Post was pur-
! chased and re-organiZed In Cincin-
natl. From that time on newspapers
founded on the Scripps idea and by
men who were associated with the
News. We're established in many oi
the principal cities of the country
Perhaps no better idea OF the extent
,of Mr.. Scripps' influence and en-
terprise in the newspaper worlC
can be given than in this list OF news
papers and kindred enterprises which
are the direct result of the foundation
venture made on August %, 1878: The
/ Detroit News, the Detroit Tribune
the Cleveland Press, the Cincinnati
Post. the St Louis Star Chronicle, the
Covington tKyD Post. the Akron 90.
/ Press, the Toledo News Bee, the To
\ ledo Times, the Columbus Citizen, the
Grand Rapids Press, the Bay CITY
Times. the Baltimore World, the In
ldianapOlis Sun. the Kansas Ciu
| World the Omaha News, the St. Pau
News. the Des Moines News, tn,
Minneapolis News, the San Dieg'
sun. the Los Angeles Record, th'
! Seattle Star, the San Francisco News
the Tacoma Times, the Spokane Press
the Sacramento Star the Fresno Tri'
bune. the Denver Express, and adde'