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showed itself. Daring Thursday nigh,
he was comfor able, and no particu
lar alarm was felt, but at 6 O'Clock
yesterday morning failure of the hearts
action was observed, and at 6:1O he
p ssed away His daughter, Miss Mary f
Waite, and his son. Mr.. c. c. Waite, vice
president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton i
Dayton railroad, were with him when he
died. Drs. Caroline B. Winslow and Frank
A Gardner We're in attendance. Mrs
Waite left Washington for California abou
week ago, and is supposed now to be i'll
Los Angeles. Arrangements for the funera.
have not yet been made. The Chief Justice
will be buried in Toledo, o.
Justice Waite illness was due to trouble
with his liver and spleen, complicated with
very painful stomach disorders.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
The following official notice of the death
of Chief Justice Waite has been issued by
the Department of State:
ITO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES;
The painful duty devoves upon the President
to announce the death, at an early houi
this morning at his residence in this city, Of
Morrison II. 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 the
honored dead it is ordered tha,
the Executive Offices in Washington be
closed the day of the funeral and be
draped in mourning for three days, and tha,
the National flag be displayed at half-lnust on
the bu ldings and all the National vessels on
the dav of the funeral.
by the President, T. f. BAYARD
"Secr"tary of State.
"Washington, March % 1883"
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Morrison Remich Waite, LII D.. was born
ut Lyme. Conn, IN 1876. He graduated
| from Yale in 1888, classnute of Sen
ator Evarts and ex-Attorney- Ed
| wards Picrrepont. He studied law at
Lyme, and moved TO Ohio after his ad
| MISSION to the bar. He practiced with
| great success at Maumee City ana
| Toledo. He elected T. the Ohio Legis-
| lature in 1919, but subsequent to that expert
| ence he resolutely declined all political ant, ju-
| dicial prcferment until he had built up u great
| practice IN the CHER branches of his profes
son. In 1871 he was counsel for the
| United States in the Geneva arbitration on the
| Alabama claims. He was president of the
| Ohio const!,ut. .onal convention in 1873, and in
! March of the following year President Gran,
| nominated him for Chief Justice of The Su-
| preue Court, the Senate confirming
| Upon the death OF Chef Justice Chase can
| didates for the vacancy We're numerous.
| Among those most prominently mentioned
were Caleb Cush ny and j. Edwards Pierre
| point But President Grant fgom the very
| first had fixed his choice. He had known
| Judge Waite for years intimately. and was
| Z eat admIrer of the man iurist and a
| private citizen. L pom the announcement OF
| his nomination, great surprise was ex-
| pressed throughout the country, and Waite
was spoken Of in many quarters as an obscure
and inexperienced judge. The Senate how
| ever, confirmed him promptly and be-
fore many months had elapsed, the
new Chief Justice had established
| his reputation among the best lawyers
in the country. Roscoe Conkling spoke
| o. him ten years ago as the greatest lawyer in
| America. He was great favor1e with the
leading members of the bar: fair and Impair
tial in his treatment of practitioners, and ad-
mred for the dignity with which he presided
over the highest court in the land
The Chief Justice leaves a widow. two sons
| Edward r. Waite. a lawyer of Toledo, and c. C.
| Wa tie, OF Cincinnati president of the Cincln.
matt, Hamilton s. Dayton railroad - and a
daugh er, Miss Mary Wa te.
| The Waite family is OF the Oldest fami-
lies in the country. Thomas Waite, who was d
member OF Parliament, signed the death war
rant Of Charles H., and the family moved to
this country soon afterthe restoration. II was
about thirty years after the landing OF
| the pilgrims that Thomas Wa te settled
al Lyme. Conn. and this mans was
one OF the first Presidential Electors
after the war OF the revolution and cast his
vote for George Washington. Judge Waite S
father was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
OF Connecticut, and he studied law under Mat
thew fir swolG. Of the most noted states
men of early Gays. Like Judge Waite, he was
graduate of Yale and eminent as jurist. He
LETT the Supreme bench, however, at the age OF
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