Creelman
JAMES, an American author born in Montreal, Canada, in 1859.
Educated in the public schools of the Dominion, he later moved to New York City, where he served as a reporter and editorial writer for the New York "Herald." In 1890 he became the editor of the London edition and the year following of the Paris edition of the same newspaper.
From 1892-1894 he acted as editor of the New York "Evening Telegram." During the Græco-Turkish, Cuban, and Spanish-American Wars he was a noted war correspondent. He was shot and badly wounded while fighting with the American forces for the capture of Santiago. From 1900-1906 he was editorial writer for the New York "World," and later for the New York "Evening Mail."
He died Feb. 12, 1915.