Show I JAMES H Ht ECKELS CALLED TO DEATIE I former E Comptroller of th the I Treasury Found Dead in Bed BedI I I by His Butler I VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE WIFE AND DAUGHTER IN EU EUROPE EUROPE EUROPE ROPE I I April HJames II Eckels o Commercial National nt of Of th the lid formerly comp compI bank gnk of thi cit rity of the currency Curr ney died h here re today ol of 0 I heart disease Mr Eckels died while bed Md I in his sleep ep P I a dead ead disco Tilt Tho ft fact that he hI WitS was was by h b the butler who entered Mr lr lrI I room after hearing a without receiving within ring 1 i answer Other members of the uie family i wr err summoned Dr Frank Franl S Churchill that Mr r Eckels his opinion f it as a s id had dead for far some hours bourg Mr II fn and her daughter Phoebe I ars old ohi lire aie in Paris where the lat hit latr I attending a Jl finishing school for foi is Tir ir Irl r Thy have han been heen n abroad since lusti lust si fall laIl i and find planned to return to Chicago ir in iri i few w They fly were at once com corn communicated with by h cable It Is s under un cr flood tooL will m sail H from France for New Newy Ne y lr rk tomorrow tn Died on Eve of Party Till The of ot Mr Eckels came cama on the tiu theof of a party which he hae ha CM tinned for a 1 number num r of his hi friends am and andi lames Judge K I M Landis of the th theal i 1 al district court Mrs Irs Landis Judge Judg pod md Mrs Yrs E II H Gary of New York Mr lr II anil Mrs Irs George M 31 Eckels brother ant am and of Lf the deceased and others vf fI p 10 to have hae been his hw guests Jame Jmes A of Princeton father tather ol of 11 H Eckels died two months ago aJo H in III the Ih morning of the death of the elder the he son was wn a host of former forme nt Cleveland The former dint 1 nt and Mr Eckels were at breakfast of the tile fathers death was re at the Eckels residence resilIence Mr 11 Eck Eckl the fact foi for of it l i wa oa kept kIl in Ignorance hours until Mr Ir Cleveland had left the tt cit city Organic Heart Hear Disease it during the day da that the th ther ther r r I ii who was trying to communicate ti ill III il Mr Ir f kels over the telephone the thi 1 ging gin of which led to the discovery discover ol of kath dath was George GCOrge M 1 Eckels a aIK i IK r Half an hour later Inter he was callec called n 1 I his own telephone and notified of his hh s death A post mortem ton was WiS held and a statement issued gi III ig the he cause of death as organic or heart henrt cist a e A formal coroners inquest will willi t i IK Id tomorrow morning The funeral ill he h b liPId hold Tuesday afternoon from thc the Fourth church Rev Ro Wm will conduct the services Inter nt t will not take place at once It hav hay havi Jg if i s been hwn decided to place the body bod In a avault avault vault aull until the return of ot lies Airs Eckels and andI I when a private funeral will be Prominent in Business Life Mi 1 was a stockholder and was in the management of several HIM cerns ni among them being the Hewitt company and the Union company of which he was vice the Featherstone Foundry and 1 company the Chicago Real Es Estate tate talt Trustees association the m r company the American and British S s company compan the Bankers Trust compan of New Ne York and the First Na a bank of lie He was a mem mom tor tr of the tho th Union League the Merchants ind od the Commercial clubs of Chicago and andI I vf f various arlous clubs dubs in the east Mr Ir Eckels va ra one on nn of 01 the receivers of the Union company compani appointed by b Federal Judge Grosscup several se eral years ago Biographical Sketch Mr dr r Eckels was born at Princeton III op b r 22 2 1856 and most of his life lite lad iad been spent stent in t Illinois He received an n early education In the schools of 01 his ath cit city later taking up the study of aw at Albany Alban N c Y graduating from Albany law school In II ISSO 1850 He i law at Ottawa ilL 1117 III until appointed m II President Cleveland to the post of r of the tho currency In Mr r K kels during the agitation of the question became prominent as asIl n jl of gold standard Always Ih nio rat he became came affiliated In 1896 with ith the gold sold standard Democrats He lie retained the office of comptroller of 01 the until th the end of 01 President Cleve htA I Und ands s term t rm in 1897 when he became pres pros prescient of the Commercial National bank of cf this city Mr Ir Eckels leaves only four near rela relates tes They are his wife and daughter bis his brother George M 11 r Eckels and a ar 11 r or Mrs Mr Jane E Eo Palmer of Princeton 11 1 Gorge George M l Eckels Is an attorney of this thu tit City it CLEVELAND TOUCHED Former ormer President Pays Tribute to His Former Associate Pi m r ton N J April 14 Former Pres President ident ri iv veland land was deeply deep touched when lie be e learned of 01 the death of 01 Mr Ir Eckels He lie said saidI I l was closely related to Mr lr Eckels nd hi death como comas to me with a pe ular shock In important public work T larned to know him intelligently and he devoted himself to duty sit nhi nd in the Intimacy of close friendship I Darned amed to know and appreciate his rare od nd id attractive qualities of 01 heart hoort These Those indents dents have personal touch with my mO mOi Ceased laed i friend and cause use me to mourn his Lis is dath as a great personal sorrow Mr Mrs r rJ J kl s illustrated the traits that make the est American Amerlan citizenship Deeply In Int t ted m in every er question connected with The HI public welfare he studied them with I IQ Q erness to the end that he might In Inease rp ease f his usefulness He lie was a public d man who saw duty dut all about tm Lm and whose influence was Impressed Continued on Page 2 JAMES JAM ES H ECKELS CALLED TO DEATH Continued from Page 1 on all aU his surroundings for good There was nothing frivolous about Mr r Eckels In n every relation of oC life lite as a citizen as asa asa a n business man and as a friend he was earnest and wholehearted Neither the Immediate community in which he dwelt welt i inor nor the country countr at large can well afford to lose a man like James H Eckels I |