Show N ea by GRIM AMERICAN ambassador TO THE COURT OF ST JAMES PASSES AWAY ON SABBATH DAY distinguished diplomat who had served beed be ed his HI country in many way ways wab still in n that service when final summon summons came london N whitelaw areld the amer can caa ambassador to great britain dines 1905 ulta at h hie hs s london reel rest flence deuce dorchester house shortly after boon sunday from pulmonary r oedema doedema the end was quiet and peaceful mrs held field and thir th ir lr daughter mr john hubert ward were at the tho the ambassador had been ancon clous since 9 0 clock in the morning and at interval fator vals during the previous twenty four hours be he had been slight ly delirious as a result of 0 the drugs administered to induce sleep king george of england sent bent early a rn a we ot of clon condolence dolence to president taft OK olt the tho death ot 0 ambassador Emba field the custom ahen diplo ignats of high rank are called by death the ile body of tho the dead will bo be brought to this country on a man of war the messages exchanged between the president and king george con F 1 1 WHITELAW relo neto tala ta la more than the feeling ordinarily manifested in auch such comm aej take on a personal note whitelaw held reid aks was la in hlf hit 7 year having been born bom october 27 1837 in xenia ohio he became a newspaper writer as a young man and never broke oc off his connection ath wih the public press he ile was editor in cotef of the new york tribune for man years and afterward became proprietor of that journal lie ile served in the first C campaign campaigns of the civil war in 1861 and then as wair correspondent in which capacity he be was present at many im batles at one time he was trian of the house of ot re rep natives at enocher time he waa was a cotton pl planter bater in louisiana later in life he tent rent into the diplomatic and went to franc as united keates minister in 1889 remaining until 1892 he lie came back to the united states to run as the Ite republican publican candidate for vice president an he ticket with president harrlson harrison some years later lu in 1897 he was sent bent as ambassador to great britain to attend the celebration ot of the diamond jubilee ot of queen victoria his ilia next important work waa was aa as special to the paris conference which bieh negotiated peace bet between vIcen the united states and spain la in 1902 he was again appointed special eador to great britain tor for the coronation 0 of king edward vil with whoa he was waa always on the most friendly tenne terms ho was chosen in march 1905 united states to great groat britain in succession to jo joseph h it choate moate areld was married in last 1881 to elizabeth slilla Sl llla daughter of the he lat late D darine itu 09 ogden den ot of now york ilia son ogden aills held reid to preel preal dent deril of the tribune f jon and nr editor ot of the tribune his ills dauch daughter ter jean Is the wife vito ot of the ellonor blo john hubert ward eqrem waiting in alting to queen alei ale andra |