Show ADMIRAL WILDES DEAD tfkit1 41 Dies Very Suddenly on Board S I Steamer China 1 HE WAS EN ROUTE HOME bdl tat i Stricken With Heart Disease T11 When Almost in Port f n c as End Charge of the Fleet in Manila Ma-nila nnd About the Philippines t Philip-pines for One Yenr tiil utili e4 4 San Francisco Feb RearAdmiral nhtin Frank Wildes of the United States navy Inr i died suddenly on board the steamer 1 China yesterday morning He was on n his way home from China on sick leave when death overtook him Admiral Wildes had charge of the fleet in Manila and about the Philippines W fii t Philip-pines He has been on the station since ley June 1D02 From the first the trying 1 climate seemed to be too much for ol the officer Under the strain of the nlri continued heat and excessive humidity ror lie constantly lost strength until finally n sj the Naval Board of Survey stepped In and the Admiral was condemned as E physically unable to do his duty and was ordered home to recuperate Jt was reported upon Admiral hWlil Wlldess arrival In this country that nrti if the sea voyage had brought hid lYIl health back he was to be placed In re charge of the Bremerton navy yard Ion But the Invigorating sea air did not tot to work the cure hoped tort tor-t bJ From the time Admiral Wildes palcl boarded the China at Hongkong he tews ncomed to get lower and lower In I 1 Honolulu he was unable to leave his BJL berth He finally died February Gth I i at 1030 a m The body wan embalmed I nnd brought into port Admiral Wildes was about 55 years old and had spent his life In the navy J ofEa He had held many Important assignments et e assign-ments Wildes was appointed from m Massachusetts and his family lives In Boston e 1Eh Admiral Wildes was accompanied on SULU the steamer by Lieutenant Andrews Commander Barry and Captain West or the navy On the voyage the Admiral Ad-miral told his fellowofficers that he EOon expected death find a day or two res r before the end came he arranged with II Jjieut Andrews to take charge of all I his effects and care for his remains 0 lIe had been a sufferer from heart disease dis-ease for a long time and he felt an attack coming on He was dressing on Si Friday morning when he was suddenly 1 seized and he died within Jive minutes The news of the Admirals death was 2 conveyed to the warships In the harbor 4 har-bor soon after tbe arrival of the China 101 in port and as the steamer went up the bay to her wharf she passed close to the anchored armed ships and each of them hud 1 He flags at halfmast I |