Show 1 I 4 EDWIN H. H II CONGER CONER DIES PASADENA IN Former Minister to China Is Dead After Conspicuous Career Cal May Ia IS Major l Ed I II U. J Con Conger r. IJ former mInIster minister minis mInIs- t ter r io to China Chin and ambassador to Moxco Mox- Mox co dm dl Ing the earl early part of or Pre President ellS Hoose administration died at hi huts his home on III t Mono Iono street at 0 o'clock hi afternoon from acute dysentery Dc De- was Ct Cl years pars oM cd 1 and anti a native of ot of Illinois Mrs Ir Con Conger l' l ansI and all ni tin tIm members mem menu bers of the he other relatives bes 1 family m I nt who were able to reach here were at the Ito at ft the hue end g Conger Confer was born hOI In Knox noX county Illinois March 7 7 18 lS 1811 2 Ie TIo graduated grad grad- from 1 am hard Gales Gales- burg III Ill 1 In l Between 1862 and ant iP 18 he served r etl In itu the Iho civil and s cl war ant was waa wa breveted br major maJo After Arel the lie war Mr 11 Confer Cong Con Con- g fer gs studied Jaw v and was Ivas graduated from Crom th hi Altan Albany law school chool In tn 1 S June Junt 22 22 l ISO b hi 1 Miss 11 Sarah Pike In GAles GAles- burg hiIS C hie was us then practicing law Jaw Shortly utter after C r h his hil marriage he and nl hl his wi fe mOY r J nel I r 1 11 1 t w mn e ir as tr r I of or Iowa io which he h hl ue l r until iSSo iSio I IM Is IMas was as h a a. n member of ot congress in 1 am and veil sex r 11 In th office until 1551 11 when he wan wat appointed to 10 Brazil In lie ho was WIS again appointed ministry minister to tl Brazi Brazil anti and from there was cas transferred transferred trans trans- ferr tI to China China In 1838 1108 l g During the Box Box- in I China Chinn Conger Cong r WOK was In Pekin and conducted tho the defense e n e of ot th the c ant against the hue on onslaught of oC the crazed Mr Ir Conger conducted n negotiations on the part of or the hue States Slates until the capture of of lekin I by the allies alles and ll was WOM head hal of the commission 1 which huichu n negotiated n a new IH commercial treaty with wih China Chinn ratified October 10 JO 19 1902 Mr t Conger came caine ca C to lo Pasadena In l 1 lie He was vas appointed ambat ambassador allor to Mexico but hul on t account of III ill II lu he lie Wi was vas compelled cor- cor com IwIN to resign n In August A Ug t 1903 Since his hi return to Pa Pasadena from China Cuba early carl in 1 1903 Mr Ir Conger CongH ha has been ll In falling halh health his hiM being acute v n n- tf rv A A few months mouths ago his health henU became be be- 3 came cam m so a affected b by th the lie disease that that- I he hE was confined to lo huts his hll room coom ami ann bed Mr Mm II Conger was WK a Knight Templar antI and a 1 member mf hI of the tho Legion |