Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-04-07

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washington dispatch: Chic, LII.
o "Sl.e' OF the United States supreme
coarI, died at his residence n tbis ci.,,
:. o , o'clock this morning. satnrday
nlsht' on returning from senato.
neafsts, where, with his dauobtor ~
attended a reception, he Complained -
cniil This feeling passed off durino,
.he night, but he remained In he'd sna
aay and until II was time for him 20 90
70 court Monday. Suffering then e..
malaria and indisposition, he did nat
read the opinion in the Bell telephone
case Tuesday morning symptoms ~
acute bronchitis appeared. aecomnan;od
by insomnia His condition Tnosdas
was not alarming, but Wednesday pnen.
MONA nill showed itself. During Tfursdav
hight ne was comfortable, bnt M 4
eioch TINS morning failure OF tbe
,ieaft $ action was observed, and nj G.99
Ne passed away. His daughter, Miss
mary +. Waite, and his son. q n
nmai1e; were with him when he died
Mrs: waite is in California. The cLief
justice will he buried in Toledo
me Immediate cause of his death the
doctor said, was the nervous faiinre oI
the action OF the heart, and il came wifi
snch startling suddenness as 10 be Also.
iutely appalling.
There was not the yaguest gymntom
q heart complication throughout MS
A. the beginning of his illness the
chief Justice, fearing TO needlesslv alarm
ms VIE, who was on her way 10 Galifor-
ma with an invalid sister, cautioned
those about him 10 keep his condition
from the newspapers. He was moi
alarmed himself, and was unwilling that
ms wlie's journey should be curtailed
or interlered with by his slight indis-
position. II is said by his physician this
was the only severe illness the chief ms.
tee ever had in his life, except That az
two years ago, when he suffered some
time from crysipelas in his face and
hands. The chief justice was in his 79d
year.
All Of Justice Waite's family with the
exception Of his daughter, Miss Mary
who lived with him here, and his son
hit, who Is Engaged in the practice of
law IA Cincinnati, reside at the old fam
ny home N Toledo, aud there the re-
mains VIII be taken for interment. One
ol the sons ~ connected with General
WAGER Swayne in the practice of law,
aud las an Office IN New York, but looks
after the Toledo branch Of the business,
while eWByne, who is also the counsel
Tor the Western Union Telegraph com
Eany, attends % the New York end. II
n expected that Mrs. Wait will return
AZ once from California and meet the
remains al Toledo, although il will be
great Tax on her strength 20 do so. She
has been a partial invalid for many
yrayH and hes permitted her daughter
% perform al the social dnties She
las been compelled 20 seek a milder
climate every spring. and has only Just
returned from California, where she
weut by easy stages Ii IA feared that
The hLuck II her husbands death and
Tie fatigue 81 travel. IL she attempts 10
return. win be too much for her, and
her friends hope that she will not az.
tempt 10 return ~ once, but wait for her
1auehier 20 Join her out there after the
funeral
When the news Of the death Of Chief
Justice Waite was received hy President
Cleveland lac was very much shocked al
thp intelligence, The president at once
wrote a letter 10 Mn Waite expressing
his deep sympathy for her in her sud-
den bereavement which, he said, was
not ONLY personal loss 10 himself, but
a great loss 10 the public service. The
following official notice Of the death 81
Chief Justice Waite has been issued by
the DEPARTMENT u state by order OF the
president:
10 the People Of tho United States:
The painful dnty doyolves upon the
president 10 announce the death at an
carly hour this morning, az his residence
In this city, Of Morrison II. Waite, chief
Justice ~ the United States which eI-
allied position he has filed since March
4, 1874, with honor 10 himself and high
usefulness 81 his country. In testimony
Of respect 10 the memory Of the hon
nrcd dead. Il Il ordered that the eSecu-
tive Offices IN Washington be closed on
thn dAv ~ funeral. aud be dulped in
mourning for thirty days, and that the
national has be displayed nj hhlfmast
on the public buildings and all national
vessels on the day 81 the funeral.
In tlte senate, communication from
AAfaAdt-N aAAttlAt AhAAa AAlAs AatN NAatAA- -
he death 81 Chief Justice Waite, was
presented.
senator Edmunds rose and in q short
speech oulogized the dead chief Justice.
Hr said:
oils career is ended for this life, II
has been touched ~ these fourteen
wears by no rrproach, by no fault or
failing. either official or personal lp-
right. brave, oven minded, impartial,
raiicn,. atleciiunatr. kindly as citizen
ana IN ever walk Of private life, ho has
filled his career with honor, great honor
Is himself, and with infinite benefit to
his country.
a motion "a appoint committee Of
Eve senators 10 attend the funeral and
10 adjourn until Monday was agreed to,
and the senate adjourned.
4FR4TD or man WATER
Bismarck ID. T. dispatch The re-
ported floods in the upper Missouri
valley have given the alarm TO the peo-
ple along the stream and preparations
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