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THE LATG JOHN J. FOOTE, Esq, 
 
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 FooTE. — On the morning of the 19th April, 1897, John 
 Jackman Foote, proprietor Quebec Morning Chronicle^ 
 aged 65 years. 
 
 {From the Morning Chronicle^ April 20th, 1897.) 
 
 THE LATE PROPRIETOR OF THE "CHRONICLE." 
 
 The ink was scarcely dry upon the copies of yesterday' s= 
 issue of the Morning Chronicle, when the sad news reacherl 
 the office of the paper that its publisher and proprietor waa 
 no more, and the afflicting intelligence that Mr. John Jack- 
 man Foote was dead spread rapidly throughout the city. 
 The late Mr. Foote was born in Tavistock, County of Devon^ 
 England, on the 15th February, 1832. In his youth he spent 
 some three years in Dublin, learning the wholesale tea busi- 
 ness, in which he was engaged for some time subsequent to 
 his arrival in Canada and his settlement in London, Onta- 
 rio. In 1864, or thereabouts, Mr. Foote joined his brother^ 
 Samuel B. Foote, in Quebec, where the latter had already 
 acquired the Chronicle from Mr. Chs. St. Michel. Mr. S. B. 
 Foote retired from the business here in 1878, and some time 
 afterwards established the Shareholder in Montreal. The 
 Chronicle has ever since remained the property of the 
 subject of this sketch, the man who has largely guided and 
 controlled the destinies of the paper for at least the last 
 thirty-five years. Mr. Foote' s history, since his arrival in 
 Quebec, has been that of this paper. He has watched over 
 its growth and expansion and aided materially in the 
 
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 development of its influence and public usefulness. His 
 genial manner and well stored mind made him a social 
 favorite. A careful commercial training formed him into 
 an excellent business man Well read and well travelled, 
 he was a typical English gentleman of the old school, free 
 from all narrow and insular prejudices, a lover of manly 
 sport, ever ready to relish a good joke, sympathetic withal 
 and kindly to a fault. The number of employes who have 
 lived and died in his employ, and the long years of service 
 to the credit of many of the present members of the Chro- 
 nicle's staff, testify to the very excellent relations that 
 have at all times existed between them and the deceased. 
 Each and every one of the present personnel of this estab- 
 lishment feel that they liave lost a fellow-worker and 
 friend. For those who were the more closely connected with 
 him in his daily work and in tlie conduct of an important 
 organ of public opinion, it is not easy to say what the 
 present separation means. Mr. Foote's death involves the 
 removal of a most familiar ilgure from amongs us, and the 
 loss of one of our most public-spirited citizens. In his quiet 
 and unobtrusive manner the lamented gentleman took a 
 strong personal interest in the various bridge and hotel 
 movements which some years ago engaged the attention 
 of our people, and was a leading member of the companies 
 formed in connection therewith. In fact his personal, as 
 well as his newspaper influence, was ever exerted in favor 
 of all plans proposed for the amelioration of Quebec's 
 commercial position. He had neither taste nor inclination 
 for either public or political life, although his name was at 
 one time freely mentioned in connection with a Senator- 
 ship. A devoted husband and father, he lived a life that ex- 
 pressed more eloquently than speech or song his belief that 
 ** there's no place like home "; though his name was to be 
 found in the membership of numerous Societies and Clubs 
 in this, his adopted city. A widower for some years past, 
 Mr. Foote leaves four children, a son eighteen years of age 
 and three daughters. To them will go out the respectful 
 sympathy of the entire community, and from no hearts will 
 
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 go forth more sincere prayers that tlie God of their father 
 will comfort and succor them, than from those who have 
 been associated with him in life in the editorial, financial 
 and mechanical departments of the Chronicle. The 
 deceased j^entleman was a steadfast adherent of the 
 Anglican Communion, a prominent member of the Cathe- 
 dral congregation, and also one of its Select Vestrymen, 
 llis accustomed place in the Church was rarely vacant at 
 Divine Service. The news of his death evoked feelings 
 and expressions of genuine sorrow, and the bereaved ones 
 are deeply affected by the spontaneous sympathy of which 
 they are the marked recipients from both far and near. 
 The Chronicle is specially desired to return grateful thanks 
 for all tokens of kindly remembrance of the bereaved ones 
 upon this sorrowful occasion, and its sincere gratitude and 
 that of the afflicted family are tendered to its local con- 
 temporaries for their generous and sympathetic references 
 to the deceased. 
 
 Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions 
 
 Not from the ground arise. 
 But oftentimes celestial benedictions 
 
 Assume this dark disguise. 
 
 We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; 
 
 Amid these earthly damps 
 What seem co us but sad funeral tapers 
 
 May be Heaven's distant lamps. 
 
 There is no death ! What seems so is transition ; 
 
 This life of mortal breath 
 Is but a suburb of the life elysian, 
 
 Whose portals we caU death. 
 
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 (From the Chronicle, April 20^//, 1897.) 
 
 At the annual Easter Vestry meeting of the English 
 Cathedral last night, a resolution was unanimously passed, 
 expressive of tiie great reirret of the Vestry at the loss of 
 the late Messrs. W. Rae and J. J. Foote, two of the oldest 
 and most respected and valued members of the Select 
 Vestry. 
 
 THE LATE MR. J. J. FOOTE. 
 
 The Shareholder, of Montreal, says : — '' In the death of 
 Mr. John J. Foote, the publisher" and proprietor of the 
 Quebec MoRNiN(j Chronicle, Quebec loses one of her best 
 known citizens, one who was held in the higliest esteem by 
 all classes of his fellow-men. This was forcibly shown by 
 the immense number which attended his funeral to pay to 
 his remains the last mark of esteem. The funeral cor- 
 tege was composed of all classes of the community, 
 high and low. The deepest regret was expressed 
 at his death, as was the general sympathy with bis 
 bereaved children, to whom he was fondly attached. His 
 disposition was a very kindly one, and his attributes were 
 shown in his kind-heartedness. Connected with the Chro- 
 nicle for a period of over thirty years, having been asso- 
 cia*'^d in its proprietorship for a period of about fourteen 
 years with his late lamented brother, Mr. Samuel B. Foote, 
 who subsequently became the founder of the Shareholder, he 
 had become intimately connected with the citizens of 
 Quebec and the surrounding districts, and won their 
 respect and esteem. To his four children we, in common 
 "With others, extend the heartiest sympathy in the severe 
 affliction which the removal of their guide and protector 
 involves." 
 
{From the Chronicle^ A()ril 22nd.) 
 
 Funeral of the late John J. Foote, Esq. 
 
 The mortal remains of the late John J. Foote, Esq., 
 publisher and proprietor of the Chuonicle, were consigned 
 to the grave yesterday afternoon in iMount Hermon Ceme- 
 tery, in the presence of a very large number of friends. The 
 cortefje left the late residence of the deceased at three 
 o'clock and proceeded to the English Cathedral, where a 
 splendid musical service was rendered under the directioa 
 of Mr. E. A. Bishop. Six clergymen were present and met 
 the body at the entrance of the church, the opening senten- 
 ces being read by llevd. Mr. Lloyd. The other clergymen 
 present in the church were the' Very Revd. the Dean of 
 Quebec, who read the lesson and prayers. Revd. H. G. 
 Petry, who read the psalms, Revd. A.J. Balfour, Revd. 
 Canon Richardson and Revd. E. A. Dunn. The hymns sung 
 by the choir were: "Peace. Perfect Peace," and "Jesus 
 Lives, No Longer Now Can Thy Terror's Death Appal Us." 
 At the conclusion of the service, Mr. Bishop played an 
 appropriate funeral march. 
 
 At the cemetery the concluding prayers were taken by 
 the Dean. 
 
 The floral tributes were very numerous and exceedingly 
 handsome and included a splendid cross from the children 
 of the decease and a large pillow from the staff of the Chko- 
 NiCLp] office, bearing the lettering "Our Chief upon it. 
 There were, however, very many other designs from different 
 friends of the deceased. 
 
 Amongst those who took part in the funeral cortege were 
 many of our leading citizens. 
 
 The principal mourner was Mr. Trevor Foote, son of the 
 deceased. The other relatives were Messrs. Smythe and 
 Dillon, of Montreal, and Mr. H. J. Pratten. Then came 
 Messrs. Daniel McGie and T. H. Oliver executors of the 
 estate, followed by the staff of the Chronicle establish- 
 ment, which was headed by Mr. E. T. D. Chambers, Editor 
 
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 of the paper, and Dr. George Htewart, F.R S. C, F.R. 
 G. S., ex-Editor. The other members of the staff present 
 were Messrs. A. M. Jackson, Business Manager ; David 
 Watson, Assistant Business Manager ; George A. Jackson, 
 Mechanical Superintendent ; Edward Little, Foreman of 
 the Chronicle ; P. J. Grenier, Foreman of the Job Print- 
 ing Department ; J. B. Dugal, Foreman of the Press Room ; 
 A. T. Duggan, Proofreader of the Chronicle, and the fol- 
 lowing members of the staff: — T. P. Morrissey, P. W. 
 Browne, V. Cote, T. H. O'Neill, S. Perreault, J. E. A. 
 Chambers, M.J. Crane, h. Bolduc, G. Cook, J. Rousseau^ 
 A. DeErnsted, T. Morritt, E. Lefebvre, H. L. Mctlugh, J. 
 Briere, Jos. Drapeau, P. Laperriere, J. B. Langlois, E. 
 Lauzier, J. L. Haberlin, T. Martin, Fred. Patry, Frs. Ger- 
 main, D. Simard, S. Gauthier, J. Pelletier, L. Vincent, M. 
 Duval, Geo. O'Brien, T Ryan and R. Canty. Amongst 
 others in the cortege were noticed the Hon. E. J. Flynn, 
 Prime Minister ; Chief Justice Sir Louis Napoleon Casault, 
 Hon. Judges Andrews, Blanchet, Caron and Bosse, Sir 
 James M. Lemoine, J. S. Fry, His Worship Mayor Parent, 
 Hon. Judge Angers, Hon. Jos. Shehyn, Lieut.-Col. Monti- 
 zambert, Lieut.-Col. Forrest, Lieut.-Col. Wilson, Lieut.- 
 Col. Evanturel, Lieut.-Col. Amyot, Lieut.-Col. Forsyth, 
 Lieut.-Col. Frost W. Gray, Lieut.-Col. Geo. R White, Col. 
 Lindsay, Major Farley, Major Sheppard, Major Laurin, 
 Major Morgan, Major Hethrington, Captain Turner, James 
 Dunbar, Q. C, E. J. C. Chambers, Revd. Mr. Fyles, Revd. 
 A. T. Love, Rev. E. J. Stobo, Victor Chateauvert, Esq., 
 M.P.P., Messrs. Edwin Jones, Chas. Pentland, Q.C., E. 
 Methot, E. G. Scott, John Breakey, Denasion Breakey, E. 
 Roumilhac, D. Rattray, John Laird, Jno. Laird, jr., Wm. 
 E. DugG^an, H. C. Austin, Fred. Wurtele, Ernest Wurtele, 
 S. S. Hatt, Barclay, M. Joseph, L. G. Desjardins, P. P. 
 Hall, Wm. Lee, C. Knight, T. Poston, Geo. Duncan, 
 Timms, Verret, W. J. Maguire, Frank Gunn, Dr. Rinfret, 
 Chas. Shaw. J. L. Bell, John Shaw, Noble Campbell, Jas. 
 Woods, Amos J. Colston, Simons, J. D. Gilmour, Thos. 
 Piddington, Wm. Lemesurier, Wm. Cook, Q.C., Geo. 
 Veasey, McLcod, J. Secretan Dunbar, A. Veasey, H. 
 
Machin, A. Joseph, L. Z. Joncas, Andrew Thomson, T. H. 
 Dunn, George Lampson, E. G. Meredith, Capt. Pennee, 
 Wm. Dean, E. Benson, P. B. Casgrain, T. Ledroit, J. C. 
 More, E. E. Webb, Ilamel, T. Ayhvin, Jos. Archer, David 
 Smith, A.J. Messervey, Chs. PhiUips, A. McGie, G. Max- 
 ham, G. E. Allan Jones, li. Patton, W. C. Scott, VV. B. 
 Scott, Paul, R. Campbell, Arch. Campbell, Smith, W. 
 Tofield, Bennett, F. S. Stocking, D. C. Thompson, T. 
 Mahony, McMichael, J. K. Boswell, E. H. Taylor, Geo. 
 Robinson, Alex. Richardson, Dr. Coote, H. J. Beemer, H. 
 G. Beemer, Dr. Chas. Parke, Dr. Geo. Parke, Timmons, 
 Storey, W, H. Anderson, A. D. Pfeiffer, Bolduc, J. G. Scott, 
 E. B. Scott, R. Ackerman, C. J. Dunn, Leitch, Seaton, Dr. 
 Casgrain, Dr. Lemieux^ Jos. Gingras, A. E. Swift, 0. L. 
 Richardson, 0. B. C. Richardson, E. Pope, P. Huot, A. J. 
 Charlebois, D. Macdonald, Barrow, W. McWilliam, G. W. 
 Parmelee, G. M. Fairchild, Eug. Chinic, W. E. Simpson, 
 Jules Tessier, Ulric Tessier, Capt. Carter, W, W. Martin, 
 Lamontagne, Harcourt Smith, S. W. Ryder, Brousseau, G. 
 Hossack, Glackmeyer, Mitchell, C. P. Champion, W. 
 Champion, Jas. Maguire, H. Blanchet, T. J. Molony, W. 
 J. Eraser, Hamlet Jackson, A. Robertson, Carrier, R. 
 Turner, L. Bruneau, Jos. AV^infield, J. Matthews, II. J. 
 Carbray, Henry 0' Sullivan, Eugene 0' Sullivan, II. J. 
 Lamb, A. W. Swift, A. Henry, A. Young, W. Hall, P. 
 HoUiday, A. Woodley, W. Woodley, Clint, Aldermen Griffin, 
 B. Leonard, S. Bussiercs, Hearn, Boisvert, I. Lavery, G. 
 Madden, and Cook, and Chas. Baillarge, F. S. Foisy, Brous- 
 seau, J. Gallajrher, Peter Wright, Doctors Rinfret, Delaney, 
 Wells, Ives, Fred. Judge, A. Piddington, Chas. Jones, 
 Chas. Pentland, Chas. Levey, L. Seeburg, Arch. Laurie, 
 J. E. Treffry, J. Sullivan, \V. W. Welch, Chas. Bergevin, 
 and hundreds of others v»'hose names escape us. 
 
 Mr. G. A. Lafrance, book-binder for the Chronicle 
 office, closed his establishment for the occasion and attended 
 the funeral with his entire staff. The office of the Chro- 
 nicle was also closed during the afternoon, and at the 
 [Jnion and Garnison Clubs, of which the deceased was a 
 member, all the windoAvs were blinded. 
 
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 {From the Qwibec Daily Telegraphy April lOth). 
 
 OBITUARY. 
 
 Death of Mr John J. Foote. 
 
 Of the many duties which devolve upon the p'lhlic jour- 
 nalist, there is none more painful than that which requires 
 him to record the passing away of the old friends and 
 acquaintances, the familiar fic^ures, vith whom he ha3 
 associated or contended in the battle for life. Yet it is a 
 duty unfortunately which has to be performed and, in an- 
 nouncing? the death of Mr. John J. Foote, the well known 
 proprietor of our contemporary, the Quebec Morning 
 Chroniclw, which took place shortly before seven o'clock 
 this morning, we do so with a pang of the sincerest regret 
 begotten of the memory of old and kindly personal rela- 
 tions and a friendship which has never been shaken by the 
 competition of business or the bitterness of party warfare. 
 In this regret we are sure that our whole community will 
 heartily join, for Mr. Foote was essentially a gentleman, 
 whose kindly, sympathetic nature and genial manners 
 commended him to all, and few in our midst were better 
 known and more universally beloved and respected. In 
 fact, Quebec loses in him not only one of its foremost citi- 
 zens, but one who h^is wielded great influence and done a 
 great deal towards shaping the public opinion and the des- 
 tinies of the Ancient Capital during the last thirty-five or 
 forty years. As the proprietor and publisher of the Morn- 
 ing Chronicle, either in partner3hip with his brother, the 
 late Mr. S. B. Fooie, or on his own account, Mr. Foote 
 filled with remarkable acceptance a position of power and 
 public usefulness among us, which gave him exceptional 
 prominence and which b^ used in a way to v/in the general 
 esteem. We may have differed with him at times on public 
 or local questions, but this difference of opinion has never 
 blinded us to the fact that the deceased was a well wisher 
 and a sincere friend of Quebec and its population, and that 
 
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 in him his colleagues of the pres^ had a sympathetic bro- 
 ther and friend, and hig antagonists a foeman worthy of 
 their steel. Mr. Foote was, we believe, a native of Devon- 
 shire, England, where he came of nn old and much respected 
 family. Early in life he engaged, we understand, in 
 mercantile pursuits in England and Ireland, residing for a 
 number of years in Dablin, of the wit and fun loving pro- 
 pensities of whose population he used to tell many a racy 
 story. Coming to Canada, he took up his residence for a 
 short time in London, Out. Pie then removed to Quebec, 
 where he resided aown to his death and where he became 
 associated with his brother, Mr. S. B. Foote, in the owner- 
 ship and publication of the Chronicle, which had been 
 purchased by Mr. 8 B. Foote some time previously from its 
 founders, the late Afessrs. Middleton and St. Michel, and 
 which was for a long time the only daily paper published 
 in the Ancient Capital. The partnership between the 
 brothers continued down to 1878 or 1^79, when Mr. John J. 
 Foote bought out his brother's interest in tlie papei', and the 
 latter removed to Montreal, where he founded and pub- 
 lished the Shareholdei until removed by death. Since then 
 Mr. John J. Foote's history has been the history of our 
 morning contemporary. Three weeks ago he was suddenly 
 stricken down by paralysis, lingering until this morning, 
 when he passed away, at the age of 05 years, quietly, and as 
 a good Christian, relying on the Saviour and the reward 
 of a well spent and useful life. Deceased was twice mar- 
 ried, but had been a widower for some years past. He 
 leaves four children, three daughters and a son, to mourn 
 the loss of a loving and respected father. To them and to 
 all his other afflicted relatives, we offer the homage of our 
 most sincere sympathy in th3ir great bereavem3ac. 
 
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 {From the Daily Telegraphy April 22nd.) 
 
 LAID AT REST. 
 
 Interment of the late John J. Foote. 
 
 The funeral of the late Mr. John J. Foote took place yes- 
 terday afternoon from his late residence to the English 
 Cathedral and Mount Hermon Cemetery, and was attended 
 by all the most prominent c'tizens of Quebec, including the 
 judiciary, bar and military, the mercantile and trading 
 firms, the medical profession, <tec. The principal mourner 
 was Mr. Trevor Foote, and the other relatives were Mr. H. 
 J. Pratten, and Messrs. Smylhe and Dillon, of Montreal. 
 These As^ere followed I y Messrs. D. McGee and T. H. Oliver, 
 executors of the estate, and the whole staff of the Morning 
 ChTonicle. The opening sentences were read by Reverend 
 Mr. Lloyd, the lesson and prayers by the Very Reverend 
 the Dean of Quebec, and the psalms by Reverend Mr. Petry. 
 The Reverend Messrs. Balfour, Richardson and Dunn were 
 also present. The hymns ''Peace, Perfect Peace," and 
 *' Jesus Lives " were sung by the choir, and a funeral 
 march was played at the conclusion of the service. 
 
 The blinds of the Union and Gairison Clubs, of which 
 Mr, Foote was a member, were closed during the ceremony. 
 
 [From the Mercury^ April l^th.) 
 
 Death of Mr. Foote, 
 
 Proprietor of the Morning Chronicle. 
 
 DECEASED GENTLEMAN, WHO HAD BEEN ILL FOR SEVERAL 
 WEEKS, PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING. 
 
 We regret to announce the death of Mr. John Jackman 
 Foote, proprietor of the Morning Chronicle^ who passed 
 "Bway early this morning after a few weeks' illnesss. 
 
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 Mr. Foote was born at Tavistock, Deron, England, on 
 the 15th February, 1832. He left home when a youth and 
 went to Dublin, where he was engaged for three years in 
 the grocery business, after which he emigrated to Canada. 
 He lived for several years in London, Ontario, coming to 
 Quebec in the early sixties and purchased the Chronicle in 
 company with his brother, the late Mr. S. B. Foote. The 
 latter retired from the firm in 1878. 
 
 The lamented deceased, whose wife died some years ago, 
 leaves one son, who has not yet attained his majority, and 
 three daughters. 
 
 Mr. Foote was of a modest, retiring disposition, full of 
 charity and interested in all good works. In religion he 
 was an Anglican and a member of the English Cathedral, 
 of which he was a Select Vestryman. 
 
 Besides the Chro?ii''lc, of which Mr. Foote was the sole 
 owner, the deceased journalist leaves a fine property on 
 the Esplanade and we belie v^e about $30,000 in life in- 
 surance. 
 
 {From La Semaine Commerciale.') 
 
 " Nous avons cette semaine une assez longue chronique 
 noire h presenter. 
 
 Notre ami M. J. J. Foote, proprietaire du Morning Chron- 
 icle, a succombe a une maladie qui le confinait a la raaison 
 depuis quelques semaines. II etait age de 05 ahs, et I'un 
 des plus vieux journalistes de Quebec. Sa mort a cause 
 un reel chagrin, car il etait tres estime de tons ceux qui le 
 connaissaient. 
 
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 {From Ij Evenement^ April IQth.) 
 
 Mori de HI. Foote. 
 
 Nous regrettons d'avuir k annoncer que M. J. J. Foote, 
 propri^taire du Chronicle de cette ville, a succorabe ce 
 matin k 7 heures a la maladie qui le minait depuis assez 
 long temps. 
 
 Nous prions la famille en deuil d' accepter I'expression 
 de nos plus vives sympathies dans le malheur qui vient de 
 la frapper. 
 
 Feu HI. J. J. Foote. 
 
 M. John J. Foote, proprietaire du Morning Chronicle, 
 et dont nou3 avons annonce la mort dans notre premiere 
 edition, etait natif de Devonshire, Angleterre. Dans sa 
 jeunesse il entra dans le commerce en Angleterre et en 
 Irlande. Lorsqu'il vintau Canada il s'etablit d'abord a 
 London, Ontario, puis vint a Quebec oil il a reside jusqu'^ 
 sa mort. II devint associe avec son frere dans la publica- 
 tion du Chronicle. 
 
 En 1879, il devint le seul proprietaire du journal. 
 Depuis rbistoire de M. Foote a 6te I'histoire de notre con- 
 frere anglais. 
 
 II y a trois semaines, il fut frappe de paralysie et depuis 
 son etat a toujours empire jusqu'a'i denouement final, ce 
 matin. 
 
 II s'est marie deux fois, mais etait veuf depuis quelqueS 
 ann^es. II laisse quatre enfants, trois fiUes et un tils. 
 M. Foote etait un citoyen tres estime, aussi sa morta-t-elle 
 cause un grand deuil chez tons ceux qui I'avaient connu 
 et avaient pu apprecier ses nombreuses qualites de coeur 
 etd'esprit. It etait age de65 ans. 
 
 Nous reiterons h la famille I'expression de no3 plus 
 vives sympathies. 
 
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 The late John J. Foote, Esq. 
 
 The Diocesan Gazette^ the official organ of the Lord 
 Bishop of the Diocese, contains the following : — " We re- 
 gret exceedingly to have to record the death on Monday, 
 April I9th, of Mr. John J. Foote, the late head of the Morn- 
 ing Cpironicle Office, at which our Diocesan Gazette is 
 printed and published. He was always a good friend to 
 us, and in this, as well as in many other ways, materially 
 assisted the work of the Church, of which he was a faith- 
 ful member. A full*' In Memoriam" notice appears in 
 another column. His bereaved family have our sincere 
 sympathy in their deep affliction." 
 
 The " In Memoriam " reads as follows : — 
 
 "John Jackman Foote. 
 
 The city of Quebec in general, and the Cathedral con- 
 gregation in particular, have sustained a heavy loss in the 
 decease of Mr. J. J. Foote, the well-known proprietor of 
 the Morning Chronicle. xV man ot puie life and of a high 
 sense of honour and honesty, he deserved the respect which 
 was universally accorded to him. He was a warm friend 
 of the Cathedral, a member of the Select Vestry, a constant 
 attends^ .1 at the services and a regular communicant. 
 His h( art was in his home. A more affectionate father can- 
 not be imagined, and his affection was amply returned. 
 Hence his death creates a gap in the family circle which 
 nothing on earth can iill- The life of a journalist is an 
 anxious one, and beset at times with insidious temptations. 
 Hence, it is much to Mr. Foote' s credit, that the keenest 
 critic cannot impugn his integrity. Many trials fell to his 
 lot, but he bore them with unquestioning faith and un- 
 murmuring resignation. And the rest has come. Those 
 who love him can think of him as being ' where beyond 
 these voices there is peace.' " 
 
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 {From the Mercury, April 22nd.) 
 
 Funeral of Ulr. Foote, 
 
 The funeral of the late Mr. J. J. Foote, proprietor of the 
 Cnromcle^ was one of the largest and most representative 
 which has been seen in Quebec for some time. The j)rinci- 
 pal mourner was Mr. Trevor Foote, only son of the deceased 
 gentknaan, who was accompanied by Mr. Smythe and Mr. 
 Dillon, of ]\[ontreal, sons-in-law of the late Mr. S. B. Foote. 
 The staff of the Chronicle and several <i'i' the lamented Mr. 
 Foote' s journalistic confreres followed. The funeral ser- 
 vice at the Anglican C tithed ral was conducted by the Very 
 Reverend Dean Norman, Canon Richardson, and the Rev- 
 erends H. J. Petry, A.J. Balfour, J.Lloyd and E. A. Dunn. 
 A large number of mourners accompanied the remains to 
 Mount Hermon, where the body was interred in the Foote 
 family plot. 
 
 The City Council, last evening, adopted a resolution ot 
 <:ondolence with the family, which was moved by Alderman 
 Rioux and seconded by Alderman Madden. 
 
 {From U Ev^nement^ April 22nd.) 
 
 Fuii^railles de HI. Foote, 
 
 Les funerailles de M. J. J. Foote, proprietaire du Chro- 
 nicle, onteu lieu hier apres-midi au milieu d'un grand con- 
 cours de parents et d'amis. La c^remonie fundbre a eu lieu 
 k la cathedrale anglaise et a ete presidee par le Rev. M. 
 Lloyd. 
 
 Les principaux citoyens de Quebec ont accompagne le 
 regrette defunt k sa derni^re demeure. Dans le cortege 
 nous avons remarque Thoa, E. J. Flynn, premier ministre ; 
 le juge en chef Sir Louis Napoleon Oasault, les juges An- 
 drews, Blanchet, Caron et Bosse, Sir James M. Lemoine, 
 
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 J. S. Fry, Son Honneur le raairc Parent, I'hon. juge Angers, 
 I'hon. Joseph Shehyn, lieut.-col. Montizambert, lieut.-col. 
 Forrest, lieut.-col. Wilson, lieut.-col. Evanturel, lieut.-col. 
 Amyot, lieut.-col. Forsytti, lieut.-col. Frost VV. Gray, lieut.- 
 col. Geo. White, etc. 
 
 Les restes mortels du dofunt ontutc inhumes au cimetiero 
 Mount Herrnon. 
 
 Nous reiterons a la fitinile 1' expression de nos plus vives 
 sympathies. 
 
 {Fro??i Le Soleil^ April 22?id.) 
 
 Fuii^railles de H. Foote. 
 
 Une foule enorme a suivi, hier, a sa derniore demeure, la 
 depouille mortelle de notre regrette confrere du Chronicle^ 
 M. John J. Foote. On pent dire que toutes lea classes de 
 la societe y etaient representees. Le perso) 1 de tous les 
 etablissements de journaux de la ville 6tait present, ainsi 
 que tous nos principaux concitoyens dans la magistrature, 
 le commerce, la politique et le service civil. 11 nous fau- 
 drait plus de deux colonnes pour donner la liste des per- 
 sonnes presentes. 
 
 Le deuil etait conduit par M. Trevor Foote, le fils du de- 
 funt, jeune homme de 18 ans, et qui paraissait compl6tement 
 suffoque par la douleur. II etait accompagn6 de MM. 
 Smythe et Dillon, de Montreal, et de M. U. J. Pratten. 
 Venaient ensuite MM. Daniel McGie et T. H. Oliver, les 
 execuieurs de la succession; puis M. E. T. D. Chambers, 
 redacteur au Chronicle^ avec tout le personnel de cet eta- 
 blissement. 
 
 Le service a eu lieu 5, 1'eglise angl'cane. 
 
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 RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE. 
 
 At a meeting of the City Council of Quebec, held on the 
 20th of April, 1897, Alderman Rioux, seconded by Alder- 
 man Madden, moved, and it was jesolved, — "That this 
 Council has learned with deep sorrow oi the decease of 
 J. J. Foote, Esq., proprietor of the Mornincj Chronicle^ one 
 of the leading and respected citizens of Quebec. That this 
 Council expresses its regrets of losing ir) his person one of 
 the representative leaders of the press of this city, whose 
 newspaper has been almost without interruption, since its 
 foundation, one of the official organs of this Corporation ; 
 that a copy of the present resolutions be transmitted to the 
 family of the lamented deceased." 
 
 At a general meeting of the St. George Hockey Club, 
 held on the 21st April, the following resolution of condol- 
 ence was passed : — Moved by F. 0. Judge, seconded by G. 
 Henderson, and resolved, — "That the members of the St. 
 George Hockey Club have heard with deep sorrow of the 
 death of Mr. J. J. Foote, father of Mr. T. Foote, Captain 
 of the Club, and hereby beg to tender to him and other 
 members of the afflicted family their sincere sympathy and 
 regret." Moved by E. Languedoc, seconded by F. Wilson, 
 " TVint a copy cf this resolution be forwarded to the family 
 and that others be sent to the press.'* 
 
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