Mayor Alexander Archibald, of Newark, died on Feb. 11th, after an
operation for a pressure on the brain nerves. He is said to have been
the first Mayor of Newark to die while in office. He was born in
Edinburgh, Scotland, December 13, 1869; was three years of age when his
parents came to America. He was a silverware manufacturer in Newark. He
was elected to the Council of Newark in 1910; became City Clerk in 1914,
and in 1917 was elected City Commissioner and became Mayor. He was a
Democrat and was talked of as a candidate for Governor. His funeral was
large and observed generally throughout the city.