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Show DEATH OF JUDGE REED. Judge Christopher Reed, a most erudite and high principled gentleman, gentle-man, passed away a few days ago. His was a personality which compelled com-pelled attention in itself, and his intellectual in-tellectual attainments and conversational conversa-tional charm far exceeded his personal perso-nal attractiveness. lie was a profound pro-found lawyer and at the same time was more than well informed in general gen-eral literature and in scientific matters. mat-ters. He was of the best old English, North Carolina stock. Born in North Carolina in 1849, when a youth changed chang-ed his residence to Virginia and graduated grad-uated from the University of Virginia. Later he went to Kansas where he practiced law with great distinction, served two terms on the bench and refused a third term and later refused y the Governorship of the state of M Kansas, preferring to engage in the M practice of his profession in St. Louis. M On account of poor health he came M to Salt Lake in 1903, and resided here M ever since, but the state of his health fl was such as to prevent much activi- M ty either in his profession or in public M affairs. lie came of a distinguished M family. I Lis brother was Dr. Reed. M the discoverer of the fact that the M mosquito was the disseminator of M the yellow fever germ and also the M inventor of the system which has M proved very effectual in preventing H the spread of that disease so much U dreaded in the Southern States. M Judge Reed was a thirty-third dc- fl grcc Mason and his interment took M place on Wednesday in this city tin- M der. Masonic auspices. fl |
