Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1915 — JAMES H. S. ELLIS DIED IN ST. LUKES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JAMES H. S. ELLIS DIED IN ST. LUKES

Former .Mayor .and Business Man Passed Away As Result of Infection Which Poisoned Blood.

The funeral of James H. S. .Ellis will be 'held at tihe late residence on Front street at 2:30 o’'clock Sunday afternoon, being in charge of the Delphi Oommiaardery Knights Templars, of the Masonic order.

James H. S. Ellis, proprietor of Ellis theatre, former mayor and for mlany years associated with George E. Murray in the mercantile business, passed away at about 7:45 o’clock Friday evening at St. Luke’s hospital in Chicago, to which place he had been removed Tuesday from tihe home of his son, Dr. John D. Ellis.

The news of his death came as a terrible shock to the entire community, for in appearance he had been in the most robust health and many had not learned that he was in a condition that wa)s at all alarming. The Republican of Friday evening furnished tihe firSt indication that he was not getting along as wefll as was desirable, but it was not until that afternoon at 3 o’clock that he took a marked change for tihe worse. Dr. C. E. Johnson, who had been caring for Him here, was notified earlier in the day and hastened to Chicago and was witih Mr. Ellis when the end came. Mrs. Arthur H. Hopkins, sibter of Mr. Ellis, was notified in tihe afternoon that there had been a marked failing and she went to Chicago on tihe everting train, due here at 6:45. The train was a half hour late, however, and it was after 9 o’clock when she reached the city. Her brother had died soon after she had left Rcrtooc laer.

Undertaker W. J. Wright went tio Chicago on tihe early train this Saturday morning to prepare the body for return here and it will arrive this Saturday evening. Mrs. Hopkins returned here on the 1:57 train today and Dr. John D. Ellis and James, Jr., will come Sunday noon.

JAMES H. SI ELLIS.