[Marginal note: "at Massillon, Ohio."]
J. S. KIRKLAND DEAD
Death occurs Saturday Afternoon of Heart Failure.
James Sherman Kirkland was seized with heart failure while in the lobby of the Hotel Conrad, between 3 and 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and within a half hour he was dead. Mr. Kirkland had been a victim of consumption for the past year, and this disease was probably instrumental in causing his death. When first overcome Dr. W. H. Kirkland, his cousin, was summoned, and he was removed to the Kirkland residence, near by, where death occurred.
Mr. Kirkland was 23 years of age. he was born near Flint, Ind., and being left an orphan in his infancy, his uncle, D. E. Kirkland, at that time a resident of this city, took him to raise. Of late years, however, he has made his home with Mr. and Mrs. William Swihart, the latter being a daughter of D. E. Kirkland. Deceased was for many years employed in Russell and Co.'s office, and after leaving there was connected with the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway, About a year ago he went to Colorado, hoping to regain his failing strength, but returned to Massilon last December with but little improvement in his condition.
The funeral services were held at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Kirkland, monday afternoon.