Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-06

JUDGE WAITE.
The Chief Justice of the Su.
preme Court Dies Sudden
Iy at Washington.
His Death Surprise to Those Who
Did Not Believe His Illness
Serious.

Chief Justice Waite, of the United States
Supreme Court, died at his home in Wash
ington, on the morning of Friday, the z3d
of March, of pneumonia, after a bret
illness. His death was wholly unexpected.
as nothing like fatal result was appre-
hended of the severe cold he contracted
last Saturday evening. His last appear
ance officially was on Monday, the 18th,
when he was present in the courtroom to
present the decision in the telephone case.
which he had prepared, but was not feel
ing we'll enough to read the opin on. JUS
tice Blatchford performing that office for
him. Following are tie particulars OF the
distinguished jurists sudden demise, as
telegraphed from Washington:
He WAS not considered dangerously i'll. and
no one was in the room with him but hired ed
nurse when he breathed his last Mrs. Waite
lett Washington about ten days ago to spend
the spring months in california. A telegram
has been sent announcing the death OF
1ad Waite attended the reception given
the :, Authors by damn MRS
atmosphere and searching wind. During
the reception his coachlnni1 was stricken With
considerable excitement, and Judge Waits en-
posed himself by leaving the heated parlors
und going barehcaded and in his evening suit
treatment of his servant and the disposition
Of his horses, and utter tho reception was over
he walked home Several OF his friends Of
fered their carriages, but he was an unusually
robust man for one Of his years. aud preferred
to walk His shoes were thin. AMI, together
with the exposure in tho earlier part OF the
evening, gave him a severe cold. Monday
morning his cold was SO much worse that be
was induced to remain Mt home, but it was not
then only incidentally; He cons ulted Or;
Ruth, n surgeon in the navy and friend
Of Of. the on family who nappensd h to call at
simple remedy Wednesday morning, but
when he c.lled again the Same day
told Miss Waite that her father was threatened
family physician, If. l.. a. Galdner. tic sent
I, fvr. thursday morning Dr. Gardner would
not permit Judge Waite to leave his bed, and
SEM a professional nurse to take care OF him.
Thur day afternoon youn, MI Waite arrived
from Cincinnati. The son and daughter sat up
with him until after midnight, and then retired
without feeling the slightest apprehension.
About O'Clock Friday morning young Mr..
Waite was awakened by hearing groans from
breathing heavily and seemed to be suffering i'll
his sleep. He assisted the nurse to turn him
over when he seemed 10 rest more comfortably
and the grooming ceased. Shortly before
o'clock O. ul., when the nurse went to give to
him his medicine Judge Waite WAS found to be
almost p1lseiess T., The son and daughter We're
he came the venerable nun had ceased to
breathe.
The following official notice of the death Of
Chief Justice Waite WIS issued by tho Depart
ment OF State:
To the People of the United stotes: The
painful duty devclves upon the Pie ,luent to
announce the deutn at nj early hour this morn
ing, at his residence i'll this city, Morrison K.
Waite, Chief Justice Of the United States, which
exalted position he had filled since March 4,
1879. with honor to himself and high usefulness
to bis country.
In testimony, Of respect to the memory OF
the honored dend it is ordered that the eXecu-
tive offices IN Washington be closed on tine day
Of the funeral and be draped in mourning for
thirty days, and that tho national flag be dis.
played ut halt mast on the buildings and on all
the national vessels on the day OF the funeral.
by the President. 4. +, BAYARp,
Both houses Of Congress, upon assembling,
passed resolutions eulosistio Of the deceased,
and immediately adjourned. The announce
ment of Justice Waite's death produced II pro-
found impression upon the President, with
whom he was on terms of warm personal friend
ship.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Morrison Hen1ick Waite received his ap.
pointment as Chief Justice of the United States
January ~, 1874, and was the successor Of Chief
Justice Chase. He the seventh in the line
of dist! guished jursts who have held the Chief
Jus1iceship OF the United states. In The rural
town of Lyme, Conn. tue old house i'll which
At the nge Of II he entered Yale College from
which he WAS graduated IN 1897 i'll tue class
which included Willia,n NJ Eyarts, Edwards
other distinguished mon. He began the study
! of law with his father III Lyme, aud con,
oiii,e of Samuel ". Young, then "a a l PROM sns
inent lawyer in Maumee City. Ohio. He
formed partnership, with Mr. ionng shortly
after being admitted in 1885, and the year
after ne took ss his life partner a young lady
of his native town. He was elected to the
Ohio Legislature i'll 1s4'. and the following year
the firm of Young q Waite removed to Toledo,
where they built up a very lurse ana remuner-
which his stility attracted tic he attention IN
Of the whole country was that OF coun-
sci for tho United States in the tribunal OF
arbitration which met at Geneva in 1871! He
was Gssocinted III this delicate nesot alton
Their tact and good Judgment largely served
to terminate the ditiicnlty arising out of our
United Kingdom The year after his return
home in 1873 he presided over the constitution.
al convention of Ohio
Washington, Mt 1ilJ street. Here Mrs. Waite
a lady OF refinement that well fitted her for the
social tasks imposed upon her by her husbands
eAulted official station has presided as hostess,
and SO far ms her delicate health would permit
has been n leader OF society Mrs. Waite was
the second cousin of the Oh eff Justice and %,
name before marriage Amelia Warner
Sho 10 the great-grandGa :ehter of Col Samuel
selden o distinguished officer Of the Revolu.
ton, and Maria s,ldcn q granddaughter OF this
same Col seiden. WAS Chief Justice Waite's
mother
The Waite family is OF tho oldest fam
lies in the country. Thomas Waite, who was
member Of Parliament sigEcd the death
warrant of Charles II 4. and the family moved
TO this country soon after the restoration. 1t
was about THIRTY years after the landing of the
PilSrims that Thomas Waite settled at LYME
Conn. untt this ,nans son was one of the first
Presidential! else ots utter the war of thu
Revolution and cast his vote for George Wash
ington. Judge Waite 8 father was chief justice
OF the Supreme Co r. OF Connecticut, and he
stuffed law under Mntthew Griswold one OF
tho most noted statesnen of early days. Like
Judge Waite he was graduate of Yale and
eminent as a jIrst He left the Supreme
bench, however, at the age of 70, and died
at so.
Though the distinguished Chief Justice was
IN his I'D Year, one who mat him in the street
even recently would Lave venturea the predic-
ton that he would live uinnv years yet to grace
tho beueh He was OF medium height with
broad shoulders and sturdy figure. Evorything
about his appearance indicated splendid
physique He stood strai-ht and was aignitied
IN carriage. HIS arse head wns crowned with
thick growth of iron gray hair. His fore
head was brond and iul, the eyebrows dark
ana heavy. The mouth and nose were large
and full OF character He wore a beard aDont
hls face, but his upper lip was cIean.shaven
his Inquire was familiar one on the streets
as ne almost invariably walked to and from his
mouse ana the Supreme Court chamber in the