Show DEATH OP OF JUSTICH JUSTICE WATTE WAITE WITH a remarkable suddenness which will sur surprise the entire nation a tele graphic bulletin received in this city at ten today announced the death ot of chief justice fr E R walte waite of Us the court of ti the united states as having baring occurred 14 4 wash angion at six gig otology oclo gj djs morning the news that hewa iu had pot not hio had ame me to spread beyond points reached by press telegrams and the latter made no announce announcement meat that he was even indisposed until a low few hours before he breathed his last it to is understood that the cause of death was a cold which centered its ill effects in the bow the death dath of the chief justice creates a vacancy ip in one of the most dig lplez nied positions in fogt entire governmental structure it to is a itte life om position stion and its te are ard 0 odthe the fewest character to te say that tile the deceased those these responsibilities to la a 4 manner banner which placed him above honest to rate him among our oar count rys noblest and ablest sons but sueh such is the credit which will be generally conceded to him morrison R waite was a scion of puritan stock and a native of a puritan state having been born in lyme con nov NOT 1816 he ws was consequently in his seventy second year his predilection for legal pursuits seems ems to have been herem hereditary mn as his a a ot the court of errors of the state at the ase age of twenty one due he graduated at yale and subsequently studied lav with his bis father yielding to the spirit of the times which impelled enterprise enter Bria pris ing spirits to migrate westward he removed to ohio in 1888 about a year after lils bis graduation and in 1839 1889 was admitted to the bar of that state for thirty five years he be practiced his bis pro bession fes sion principally principally to ia maumee city and to toledo e 0 la 14 1849 he be was elected to the state legislature aud and in 1871 he represented the united states in the capacity of counsel before the tribunal of ArNt arbitration ration at geneva in connection with the alabama claims the result which was a triumph for our government reflected credit upon him in fact made him famous in 1878 he was made r resident of the convention to amend the constitution of ohio which fact indicates the esteem in which he was held as a lawyer and statesman in january 1874 be was nominated by president grant as chief justice of et the united states confirmed by the senate durla during the same month and on march ath th follows foll following owl g he took the oath 0 61 C office for fora a little lia tie more than fourteen years he occupied the position os it ton of chief justice of a court w which h h has as powers greater and more fa far re reaching a ching than any other judicial tribunal tribuna on earth and his kindred posterity poat erity and countrymen may well be proud of the record made by him in that high position in ii 1875 political forces operating in his state which subsequently proved itself to possess the power to name the next president of the united states forced him to the front as a presidential candidate so pronounced and extensive did the movement become that he be deemed it necessary to address a letter to his party declining the honor of a nomination and the sentiments expressed in the communication muni cation won wen for its author great praise chief J ustice notice waite at the bar and on the bench was sturdy practical and logical rather then than brilliant or eloquent when on a visit to this city last summer at the reception tendered him by the bar association be narrated some of his bis early experiences to io his bis profession told of riding the circuit bor horseback and revealed the fact that during the early portions of his career he had been compelled to endure hardship and struggle with courage and perseverance before sac one cess at length placed him in a position of independence and power hisman his man ner was courteous frank and affable and be was easy of app approach roach to the humblest individual ln in stature he be WILS was rather under the medium height and of heavy almost corpulent build the people of utah have reason to appreciate his bis qualities of head bead and heart for he manifested a disposition to be far fair whop palled upon to act lu in relation to questions arising in this territory |