The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-30

wednesday clrcumScribed pneumonia
showed itself. During Thursday night
he was comfor able, and no particu-
lar alarm was felt, but at o'clock
yesterday morning failure of the hearts
action was observed, and at 6:10 he
p. ssed away. His daughter, Miss Mary F.
Waite, and his son, Mr. G. G. Waite, vice
president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton railroad. We're with him when he
died. Drs. Caroline B. Winslow and Frank
A Gardner were in ATTENDANCE Mrs
Waite left Washington for California about
week ago, and is supposed now to be In
Los Angeles. Arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made The Chief Justice
will be buried in Toledo, O.
Justice Waite IS 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:
"TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES:
The painful duty devolves upon the President
to announce the death, at an early hour
this morning at his residence in this city, of
Morrison r. Waite, Chief Justice of the United
States, which exalted position he had
filled since March q, 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 that
the Executive offices in Washington be
closed on the day of the funeral and be
Graped in mourning for three days, and that
the National flag be displayed at half-mast on
the blu ldings and all the National vessels on
the day Of the funeral
by the President, T. F. BAYARD,
washington, March 20, 1885,
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Morrison Remich Waite, LII. D., was born
at Lyme, Conn, in 1916. He was graduated
from Yale in 1887, classmate of Sem
ator EVarts and eX-Attorney- General Ed
wards Perrepont He studied law at
Lyme and moved to Ohio after his ad-
mission to the bar. He practiced with
great success at Maumee City and
Toledo. He was elected to the Ohio Legs-
lature in 1849, but subsequent to that expert.
ence he resolutely declined all political and ju-
dicial preferment until he had built up a great
practice in the h CHER branches of his profess
sion. In 1871 he was counsel for the
United States in the Geneva arbitration on the
Alabama claims. He was president of the
Ohio constitutional convention in 1873. and in
March of the following year President Grant
nominated him for Chief Justice of the SUI
preme Court. the Senate confirming.
Upon the death of Chief Justice Chase cam
didates for the vacancy were numerous.
Among those most prominently mentioned
were Caleb Gushing and J. Edwards Pierre.
point. But President Grant from the very
first had fixed his choice. He had known
Judge Waite for years intimately, and was
great admirer of the ma as jurist ana a
private citizen. Upon 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-
new Chief Justice had established
his reputation among the best lawyers
in the country. Roscoe Conkling spoke
Of him ten years ago as the greatest lawyer In
America. He was great favorite with the
leading members of the bar; fair and impair
tial in his treatment of practitioners, and adj
mired for the dignity with which he presided
over the highest court in the land.
The Chief Justice leaves widow, two sons
Edward T. Waite, a lawyer of Toledo, and c. c.
Waite, of Cincinnati. president of the Cincln-
natl, Hamilton Dayton railroad - end a
daughter, Miss Mary Waite.
The Waite family is one of the Oldest fani-
lies in the country. Thomas Waite, who was
member OF Parliament. signed the death war
rant of Charles H.. and the family moved to
this country soon after the restoration 1t was
about thirty years after the landing of
the pilgrims that Thomas Waite settled
at Lyme, Conn.,, and this mans
one of the first Presidential Electors
after the war of the revolution and cast his
vote for George Washington. Judge Waites
father was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of Come cticut, and he studied law under Mat
thew Griswold, one of the most noted states
men of early days. Like Judge Waite, he was
a graduate of Yale and eminent as jurist. He
left the Supreme bench, however, at the age of
20, and died at 81.