Emery County Progress | 1907-04-20 | Page 3 | James Eckels Called

JAMES ECKELS CALLED former comptroller of currency found dead in bed chicago james H eckels dent of the commercial national banh of this city and former comptroller of the currency died here sunday ol 01 heart disease mr eckels died while asleep in his bed the tact that he was dead was dis covered by the butler who enter d mr eckels room after hearing a telephone within ring continuously with out receiving an answer other mem bers of the family were summoned dr frank S churchill gave it as his opinion that mr ackels had beel dead for some hours mr eel els was born at princeton november 22 1850 and most 0 his 1 fe had been spent in illinois he received an early education in the school of his native city later taking up the tudy of law at albany N Y graduating from the albany law school in 1880 he practiced law at ottawa until appointed by dent cleveland to the post of comp of the currency in 1893 mr eckels during the agitation of the currency question became aromi nent as an advocator of gold stand ard always a democrat he became affiliated in 1896 with the gold stand ard democrats he retained the office of comptroller of the currency until tho end of president cleveland s term in 1897 when he became president of the commercial national bank of thi city