| Show a HIM DEATH t AMERICAN TO THC COURT OF ST JAMES PASSES AWAY ON DAY diplomat who had his HI country in many vf still in that service final summon summons came london whitelaw held the amer ambassador to great britain gate 1905 dle d at hie his london reel real deace dorchester haume shortly after toon loon sunday from pulmonary oedema doedema the end was quiet and peaceful ul M ml is a and their daughter mrs airs john hubert ward were ere at it the bedside the ambassador bad had been ancon loin since 9 in thu morning md gad at it intervals during tho the previous four hours ho be had been slightly delirious as a result of the drugs ld ministered to induce sleep king gcorge of england sent early i message of condolence to president rift on the death of ambassador held reid following the custom when diplomats of high rank are called by death tie the body of the dead ambassador will AM be brought to this country on a man of war sar the messages exchanged between the president and king george con t A wn more than the feeling ordinarily manifested in such communications ind tad take ou a personal note 9 whitelaw held reid was in his year having baying been born october 27 1837 in xenia lenla ohio he ile became a newspaper writer as young man and never broke off his bla connection with the public press he was as editor ln in cef ot of the new NW york tribune for many mality years and afterward became proprietor of that joural W he served in the first campaigns of the civil war in 1861 and then as war ar correspondent in which tipa capacity city he was present at many important battles at one lime he lie was librarian of the house of representatives at another time be he was a cotton otton planter in louisiana later in life he went info into the diplomatic service and went to france as a united estates sates minister in 1889 remaining until 11 1892 he came back to the united states to run as the republican candidate for or vice president on he ticket president harrlson some ears later lu 1897 he be was bent nt as special ambassador to great 1 britain to attend the celebration ot the e diamond jubilee of queen victoria hia ilia next important work was as pedal commissioner to the paris conference which negotiated peace between the united states and spain in 1902 ho he was again appointed appoint eO pedal to great britain for r the coronation of king edward VII VI with whom he be was always alway s on the e most friendly f terms arms he lie was chae n in march 1905 1111 ted states ambassador to great in succession to joseph H choate whitelaw held was married in 1881 to Ellz elizabeth beth mills daughter of the kte te darius ogden mills afflis of new york HIS r son ogden mills reid Is prest dent tnt of the tribune association and imaging editor of the tribune his lighter jean acin la Is the wife ife of the honorable ono orabie rable john hubert ward eurry eur rv in alting to queen alex |
