The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-24
DEATH CAME SUDDENLY.

DEATH lhhE bNDDhNAls
During last night the Justice was COM
Portable, and no particular alarm was
felt, but at six o'clock this morning fail
urc Of the hearts action was observed,
md Mt @ 10 he passed away. His daugh-
ter, Miss Mary +. Waite, and his son,
Mr.. G, C. Waite Vice President OF the
Cincinnati, Hamilton Il Dayton rail
road1. were with him when he died.
Mrs, Waite left Washington for Califor,,
mia about week ago, and is supposed
now to be in Los Angeles.
None OF the Supreme Court Justices
have had any information to give to in
0uirers, and extraordinary efforts were
made by all having knowledge OF the
facts to keep the Chief Justices illness a
secret. Justice Waite's illness was due
To trouble with his liver and spleen, com
plicated with very painful stomach dis.
order. He had very serioI3 Ut OF
sickness lust at the close OF the adminls-
traiiou OF President Arthur The Jus
tice was q bale man to look ut, but he
hai stroke Of - paralysis some years
ago and his friends haye always been 80
lieitous about him on that account, fear
inc a recurrence OF the old symptoms,
THE sad news reached Mrs. Waite to-
day in Los Angeles. II is already an
n@ounced MOI that the remains will be taken
To Toledo. Ohio, for burial, but none OF
the funeral details will be determined
upon until Mrs. Waite is heard from
So little was a fatal termination expect
ed that Miss Waite called last evening
on friends living on the same block and
remained an houror moregaily chatting;
The Justices Of the Supreme Court
who were ut Chief Justice Waite's. resi-
dence at the time OF his death, proceed
ed eqrly in the day to the consultation
room nj the Capitol, to which the Other
Justices we're summoned. At II O'CLOCK
n meeting was convened. at which Jls
ticc Miller presided, and at which q brlej
ratification to the President OF the
United States and the presiding officer
of both houses OF Congress Ias adopted
Atll O'Clock the Supreme Court chan
Der had become crowded. AS the Jus
tices ,entered, the Marshal announced
the entrance Of the Associate Justices o
the Supreme Court.
Immediately upon taking their seat'
,Tnstice Miller, his voice broken by emo
tion. and speaking with the deepest feel
inc. said that it was his painful duty L
announce that the Honorable Chic
Justice OF the Supreme Court OF thu
United States had departed this life n
his residence ut 6:l0 o'clock this morn
ING This was not the occasion for nm!
extended notice Of the sad event. liz
would merely announce that the courI
would stand adjourned until one weeI
from Monday next.
SENATOR EpMuND's TRIBvTR.
AT the same time that this brief for
mality had taken place the President pr
tempore of the Senate had called tina
body to order, and after the reading Q
the journal handed TO the clerk, VIII
read to the Senate, the note signed b,
Justice Miller, announcing the suddei
death Of the Chief Justice. :
senator Edmunds Immediately rose Il
his place, and in Il manner indicative 0
his deep feelingRRd the shock caused b,
the sad announcement stated that u
January, 1874, fourteen years ago, tn
, Hon. Morrison Il. Waite assumed tn
, duties OF Chief Justice of the Su
premc Court OF the United States. Dun
!, ing the intervening period, he had I'D
l ministered the duties OF that high tribu
nal in a manner which had made u dee
impression on the jurisprudence OF th
United States and the whole world. ii
r had done his duty thoroughly and wei
( through times of trial and trouble. III
/. career was ended for this life. Durin
4 that period Of fourteen years there ha
!. been no stain or reproachi no fault {
!, failing: no error, or shoricomlIg IN b
/. personal or official life. He had prove
himself an upright and IN able Iudg