| Show REID BY BRIM DEATH AMERICAN ambassador TO THE COURT OF ST JAMES PASSES AWAY ON SABBATH RAY distinguished diplomat who haq hac served his country in many ways was still in that service when final Surn summons mons came london whitelaw acid t the he am aldr erlean can ambassador to great britain 1905 died at hw hie london idslet resl p dence Dr dorchester chester house shortly after poon sunday from pulmonary oedema doedema atho he end was quiet and peaceful mrs ald and their daughter mrs abts john hubert ward waid were at the bedside the ile ambassador emba asador had been ancon clous since 9 in the morning and at intervals during the previous twenty four hours he had bad been slightly delirious BA a result of the drugs administered to induce steep K king 1 l g george of england sent early a message of condolence to president taft on the death of N ambassador h areld e I 1 d following the custom when diplomats of high rank are called by death the body of the dead ambassador will be brought to this country on oil a man of war the messages exchanged between the president and king george con WHITELAW REID tain more than the feeling ordinarily manifested in such communications and take on a personal noto note whitelaw reid was vas in his bis year having been born october 27 1837 it ita xenia ohio 7 ile he became a newspaper writer a 11 a young ayoung man and never broke oft off b m connection with the public press I 1 ij was avas chief ahlet of tho new YC tribune for many years ond and aft as I 1 ward v a rd became proprietor of that JV boj nal he served in the first c of the civil war in 1861 V then as war correspondent in w wl capacity he was present at many battles abono at one time h ho 0 1 albra librarian rian of tho house of bf cepres ta tives at another time lie he wa wasl er scotton cotton planter in louisiana later in life ho he went vent into tho the df dal lio matle service and went to n prance jas as united states minister in 1889 remaining until 1892 1992 ho he came back to the united state to 0 run as the republican candidate v vice ice president on he ticket with Ores president ident harrlson harrison some years later in 1897 he was sent bent as special ambassador to great britain britain to attend the celebration of the diamond jubilee of queen victoria his next important work was as special em commissioner missioner to the paris PO conference which negotiated peace between the united states and spain in 1902 he was again appointed special emba ambassador Esador to td great britain for the coronation of king xang edward VII with whom rhom ho he was always on the most friendly terms he was chosen in march 1905 united states ambassador to great britain in succession to josell joseph H L 4 chote choate whitelaw reid was married in 1881 to elizabeth Iff mills lils daughter of the late darius ogden mills bulls of new york ills his son ogden mills reid is president of tho the tribune association ani and managing editor of the tribune ills his daughter jean is the wire wife of tile tha ilono honorable rable john hubert ward equerry lit walting to queen alexandra |
