The Nevada County picayune., 1908-06-04
HON. JAMES K. JONES DEAD
Sudden Death Claims Ore Of Arksn- sas' Most Prominent ard Respect
 cd Citizens at Washington, Q. C.

Washington Former United States Senator James K Jones died at s:3e o'clock Monday afternoon at his home on Nineteenth street Apparently in perfect health Sunday night. he re tired with no outward sign of ap- preaching death iHdisposed Monday morning. he preferred to remain in bed for the day. as the day wore away Senator Jones was more indisposed. although death was not considered im- minent. II Is believed the sudden sum mons came coineidenily with an al. tack Of heart trouble. though a, a late hour Monday night James K Jones Jr said that t had not been accurate | ly determined precisely what was the cause of death
 Senator Jones had been visiting his daughter. Mrs $. <. cafftgan al Hope. Ark. having returned 70 his home here last Friday Since hts arrival. he had given his customary close at- tention 10 the large law practice which has absorbed his time since his re- tirement from public life in 1903. up on the accession of James P. Clarke to the senatorship He had been dur ing Saturday at his offices tn the Colo rado building. and as usual attended services at the Mount Vernon Metho- dist church on Sunday.
 1 During the session of the Congress Senator Jones had carried extra heavy | .4F Hs. gal interests had been entrusted 10 him and his son, and who had been here during the presence of the legis- lators
 Another strain on Senator Jones had been the anxiety he felt for the politi. cal party with which he had been af- filiated during his long life. as con gressman from 1881 10 his taking seat in the Senate in 1885 as senator until 1903, and as chairman of the Demo cratic National Committee in the 1896 and 1900 campaigns.
 Funeral Arrangements. l Arrangements were not perfected for the funeral. It Is thought. however. that the body will be buried here In | Rock Creek cemetery.
 Judge Brundldses Tribute.
 Judge Brundidge. congressman from Arkansas, was seen at his apartments | in Stoneleigh Court He was inform ed of Senator Jones' death. and said:
 T am deeply moved 10 learn Of l Senator Jones death. James K. Jones was a great man. great statesman. Arkansas and the nation lose heavily by his removal. Not only the state but also the country. should mourn his departure. because he was cred it alike to the commonwealth which had honored him, and which he had honored and to the whole United States, which he served with distinc tion and high patriotic ardor was a very great admirer of Senator Jones and regarded him as a valued friend He was a pure man, and stright-for- ward; and, with all Arkansas. shall mourn his departure very sincerely" :" | From Congressman Macon. | Representative Macon was seen al his apartments in Congress hall. just as he and his family were about to step into carriage to go 10 the In ion station, en route home. He said:
 q personally thought much of the late Senator Jones. He was a man of high mark in the nation. His ser vices had been distinguished. his life on an exalted plane. and his name will live as that of one of Arkansas large characters. Through all the vicissi- tudes of political contests. sometimes brought by passing exigencies into an | opposing camp, nevertheless l retain | memory of a man whose measure will be writ large on the country's history page"
 His Large Place in Politics. It was only on Saturday in the clos ing hours of the congressional session | that reference was made to the late | Senator Jones' activities as senator Senator Owen of Oklahoma, discuss ing financial legislation, referred to Jones' foresight in attempting to pro vide reform of the currency laws and to the Arkansan's high ability in that | realm Of thought.
 | It was commonly said Monday night in Washington by officials of the sev- eral departments that Senator Jones was one of the potent forces in direct ing the course of public business, re- gardless of the fact that he was at po- litical variance from the present in cumbents. His counsel was listened to here as that of man who was pos sessed of wisdom. seasoned by long experience in public affairs; and 1t IS thought his death was hastened by the exactions of the large concerns whose Washington affairs were left in his care.
 Sketch of Senator Jones. Senator James Kimbrough Jones was | horn in Marshall county, MtSS1SStppl,