The new North-west., 1888-03-30
DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE.
A Just Judge Gone to His Final Rest.

WASHINGTON, March 23d.-Chief Justice
Waite died at bis residence in this city at
6:1O o'clock this morning.
The Chief Justice was in his usual health,
though exhausted by his recent severe Ia
bors, until Saturday night, when on return
ing from Senator Hearst's, where with his
daughter he attended . reception, he CON-
planned of chill. The feeling passed of
during the night, but be remained in bed
throughout Sunday and until it was time for
him to 60 to Court on Monday. He was
suffering then from vague indisposition.
He did not read the opinion in the Tele-
phone case, but sat through its reading and
then returned to his home. lie was wakeful
Monday night, and on Tuesday morning
symptoms of acute bronchitis appeared, &C.
companied by insomnia and great restless
ness His condition on Tuesday was not
alarming, but on Wednesday incipient pneu-
monia showed itself. During Thursday
night he was comfortable and no alarm was
felt, but at 6 o'clock this morning the failure
of the hearts action was observed. DR..
Caroline r. Winslow, who has been the
family physician for the last thirteen years,
saws the immediate cause Of his death was
nervous failure of action OF the heart, aud 1t
came with such startling suddenness as to be
absolutely appalling. There was not the
vaguest symptom of heart complication
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His daughter and son were with him when
he died. Mrs. Waite left Washington for
California about week ago, and is supposed
now to be in Los Angeles. Arrangements
for the funeral have not as yet been made.
The Chief Justice will be buried in Toledo,
Ohio.
The circumstances of Judge Wate's ap-
polntment and confirmation are still fresh in
the public mind and formed striking epi-
sode of the time. President Grant had NOM
mated successfully Attorney-General Will
liams aud Caleb Gushing, both of whom en-
countered much opposition, and after time
their names were withdrawn and Mr.. Waite
was nominated. He had been an independ
ent Republican candidate for Congress
against one Of Mr.. Summers warm personal
friends and had incurred the enmity of Mr..
Sumner. who at that time also entertained
no friendly relations toward the Grant
administration. The proceedings of the
Senate, though more than a dozen years
have since elapsed, are still covered by the
veil of executive secrecy, yet it was we'll
known that Summers speech in opposition
to Mr.. Waite was one of the strongest efforts
of that remarkable mans life. He dwelt
historically upon the eminent services and
attanments of each one in the long line ol
incumbents of the Office Of Chief Justice,
and spoke in bitter terms of the disparage-
ment of Mr.. Waite's qualifications. Sixty
three Senators were present and listened for
two hours with respectful silence to the Sem
ator from Massachusetts,. No voice was
raised in defense of the nominee, and when
the question of confirmation came to vote
sixty.two Senators voted in the affirmative
and Sumner did not vote at all.
All the public honors we're paid the de-
ceased Chief Justice, and the universal SEN
timert is in the highest degree eulogistic Of
him.