Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-03-28
JUSTICE WAITE DEAD.
Unexpected Demise Of the Ven
erable Jurist at the Ma
tional Capital
A Proclamation Announcing the
Sad Event issued by the
President.

! President.
Morrison Remick Waite, Chief JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court Of the United
States, died Friday morning. March %,
at Washington, of typhoid pneumonia,
after On illness Of few days. Both houses
Of Congress adjourned out OF respect to
the memory Of the deceased, and commit
tees were appointed to attend the funeral.
The Supreme Court also adjourned, and
President Cleveland issued proclamation
ordering thet the GoyeEument buii1inas ~
dfaped ,yOf three days, and tlat dag b
placed at nalf- mast on the day Of the fun.
eral. The following account Of the sad
event 10 cleaned from the Washington dis
patches to the daily press:
He was not considered dangerously Ill, and
no one was in the room with him but hired
nurse ,u,. when he bresthed his last. Mrs. Waite
the spring months in California telegram
has been sent announcing the death Of
% %.a attended, the 1ssspon Rsaa Rsns
Hearst 1t was damp. disagrssabis
the reception his coachman was stricken with
spoplexy, end fell of tho box. There was
considerable sxe:.ement, and Judge Waite ex.
and going bareheaded and in his evening suit
into the open air to give orders about the
treatment Of his servant and the disposition
he walked home. several OF hts friends Of.
Tered their carriages. but he was All unusually
robust man for one OF his years. and preferred
with the exposure in the cartier part Of the
evening. gave him . severe cold Monday
morning his cold was 80 muc ch worse that he
until Wednesday that he had physic cian and
then only incidentally. He cons ultsd DIR.
Ruth, surgeon in the navy and . friend
the house. Dr. Ruth h-ps1 gave him '' some a.
simple remedy Wednesday morning. but
when he called again the same day
with pneumonia, and recommended that the
family physician. Dr. r. A. Gardner, be sent
lor Thursday morning Dr. Gardner would
not permit Judge Waite to leave his bed, and
sent professional nurse to take care Of him.
Thursday afternoon young Mr. Waite arrived
from Cincinnati. The son and daughter sat up
WIN MIN until after midnight, and then retired
without feeling the slightest apprehension.
About O'Clock Friday morning young Mr..
Waite was awakened BY hearing erosns from,
his fathers chamber and found that he was
breathing heavily and seemed to be suffering in
his sleep. He assisted the nurse TO turn him
over when he sesnled to rest more comfortably
ana the groaninR ceased. Shortly before q
O'Clock H. m., when tho nurse went to give to
him his medicine, Judge Waite was found TO be
awakened, and the doctor sent for, but before
breathe.
The following official notice of the death Of
Chief Justice Waite was issued by the Depart
ment Of state:
10 the People OF the United st ties; The
announce the death ut an early hour this morn.
ing. at his residence in this CITY, OF Morrison H.
Waite. Chief Justice Of the United States, which
exalted position he had filled since March 4.
1874, with honor to himself and high usefulness
to his country.
In testimony of respect to the memory Of
tive offices in Washington be closed on the day
OF the funeral and be drapsd in mourning for
thirty days, aud that the national nag be dis
played at half mast on the buildings aud on al
the national vessels on the day Of the funeral.
by the Presidsnt. 4. +. BAYARp.
Secretary of State"
passed resolutions eulogistic OF the deceased.
and Immediately adjourned. The announce.
ment OF Justice Waites death produced pro-
found impression upon tho President, with
ship.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Morrison Remick Waite received his ap-
pointment as Chief Justice of the United States
January II, 1874, and was the successor Of Chief
Justice Chase. He was the seventh in the line
OF dist nsuished jurisis who have held the Chief
Justiceship OF the United states. In The rural
town of Lyme. Conn the old house in which
he WAS born November 20, 1915. still stands.
At the age Of II he entered Yale College. from
which he Was graduated in 1887 in the class
which included William NJ. Evarts. Edwards
Pierrcpont. Prof. benjamin Siliiman, and
other distinguished men. He began the study
cluded his preparation for the bar in the
ofii'e Of Samuel ". Yonng, then prom
IL Ms1ss .s M, CIV 0S He
after being admitted in 1853, and the year
after ne took as his life partner . young lady
Of Of his native town He wa. elected o the
the firm Of Young Waite removed TO Toledo,
where they built up . very large ana remuner-
xhsn ns . 1ss ssrassd sss tho sts n
Of the whole country was that OF coun-
sci for the United States In tho tribunal OF
was associated In this delicate negoti atior,
with Caleb Cushing aud William II. Eyarts.
Their tact and good Judgment largely served
svi W.a bstws.n ses she uSa s.,tss and sns
United Kingdom. Tho year after his return
home In 1873 he presided over the constitution-
Chief Justice Waite had charm'ny & home in
Washington. at lA15 street. Here Mrs. Waite,
lady OF refinement thas we'll lifted her for tbs
exalted Official station has presided a. hostess.
and 30 far as her delicate health would permit
has been a leader Of society. Mrs. Waite was
name before marriage was Amelia Warner.
She 10 the Rreatgrendda lehtsr OF Col. Samuel
Solden. q distinguished officer Of the Revolu-
u,
came Col seiden, was Chief Justice Waitss
mother.
The Waite family is one Of this oldest FAM
lilies In the country, Thomas Waite who was
. member OF Permanent signed the death
warrant Of Charles II ana the family moved
20 this country soon after tie restoration. 1t
Pilgrims that Thomas Waite settled &C Lyme.
Conn and this man . son was one Of the first
Revolution and cast his vote for George Wash
ington. Judge Waite father was chief justice
Of the Supreme Court OF Connecticut and he
the most noted statesmen of early days. Like
Judge Waite he was . graduate Of Yale and
eminent q . iurist 6e ieft thu 6upreme
bench, however, at the age OF 7O and died
at 80.
Though the distinguished Chief Justice was
in his I'D year, one who met him In the street
tion that he would live many years vet TO grace
tho bench, He was Of medium height with
broad shoulders and sturdy figure. Everything
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