Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-28

VouucSudy C4ICuuSCIlOeU pneumonia
showed itself. During Thursday night
he was comfor. able, and no particu-
lar alarm WIS felt, but at o'clock
yesterday morning failure of the hearts
action was observed, and at 6:lO he
p ssed away His daughter, Miss Mary F.
Waite, and his son, MIR: c. Waite, vice.
president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton l.
Dayton railroad, were 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 III
Los Angeles Arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made. The Chief Justice
will be buried in Toledo, O.
Justice Waite's illness was due to trouble
with his liver and spleen, complicated with
very painful stomach disorders
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
The follow.n official notice Of the death
of Chief Justice Waite has been issued by
the Department of State:
To THE PEOPLE Or 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 Just ce of the United
States, which exalted position he had
filled since March 4, 1874, with honor
to himself and high usefulness to his country
honored dead it IS ordered that
the Executive offices in Washington be
closed on the day of the funeral and be
draped in mourning for three days, and that
the National flag be displayed at half mast on
the bu ldings and all the National vessels on
the day OF the funeral.
by the President, T. F. BAYARD,
"Secretary of State.
washington, March g. 1885,
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Morrison Remich Waite, LII. D., was born
at Lyme, Conn.,, N 1916. He was graduated
from Yale in 49, classm te OF Sen
ator Evarts and ex-Attorney General Ed
wArds Pierrepont. He studied law at
Lyme, and moved to Ohio after his add
m sslon to the bar. He practiced with
great success at Maumee City and
Toledo. He was elected t the Ohio Legis-
lature in 1S49, but subsequent to that expert.
ence he resolutely declined all political and ju-
dicial preferme;it until he had built up great
practice in the CHER branches of h s profes
on. 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, aud in
March of the following year President Grant
nominated him for Chief Justice OF the Su-
preme Court, the Senate conf ming
Upon the death of Chief Justice Chase can.
didates for the vacancy were numerous.
Among those most prominently men tioned
were Caleb Cush ng and j. Edwards Pierre
point. But President Grant ON the very
first had fixed his choice He had known
Judge Waite for years intimately, and was
great adE1irer Of the man as a jurist and 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 obscure
and inexperienced judge. The Senate, how
ever, confirmed HIM promptly, and, be-
fore many months had elapsed, the
his reputation among the best lawyers
in the country. Roscoe Conkl ng spoke
o: him ten years ago as the greatest lawyer In
America. He was great favor.te with the
tial in his treatment OF practitioners. and ad-
mired for the dignity with which he presided
over the highest court In the land.
The Chief Justice leaves Il widow, two sons
Edward IT, Waite, u lawyer Of Toledo, and C. @.
tie, OF Cincinnati, president OF the Cincln-
natl, Hamilton s. Dayton railroad - and q
daugh, er, Miss Mary Wa te.
The Waite family is one Of the oldest fami-
lies in the country. Thomas Waite, who was u
member OF Parliament, signed the death war;
rant Of Charles H.. and the fam ly moved to
this country soon after the restoration. 1t was
about thirty years after the landing Of
the pilgrims that Thomas Wa to settled
Mt Lyme, Conn.,, and this mans son was
one of the first Presidential Electors
after the war of the revolution and cast his
vote for George Wash ngton. Judge Waite's
father was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of Connecticut, AMI he studied law under Mat
thew CIR swold, one Of the most noted states
men Of early days. Like Judge Waite, he was
a graduate of Yale and eminent Us q jurist. He
left the Supreme bench, however, at the age OF
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