The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-24
70 ANOTHER MISSION.

Allen Thorndyks Ssice. Appointed ana
Con firmed >linist er 10 Eu-sis. Claimed
bs Death Jast ~ lie u ADont "a Depart
for sui< Po~t-A u~~fni Lie aud . Career
81 brilliant Promise Gut short.
NEw Yons. May i6Mr. Allen Thorn-
dyke Rice. the nrwly-apphinted Minister
70 Russia. died at the Firth Avenue Hotel
this morning.
Ir. Rice caught cold On Saturday la.t
that settled ia his throat, his weak point
AMI attacked tho tonsila. Wears ago NJ
Rice had been troubled with tonxlliti.
hut the tendency had yielded 10 an OPERA
ton performed abroad. This recent rnll
brought back the old trouble. He felf N.
better when ne returned from SUNDAY
trip u Sands Point. which he had under-
taken IN the hope of recupcratirg. ana W.
Monday he sent for his old valet James
Sergeant. who had been his constant Al.
tendant for twenty years. and took -
his room IN the Fifth Avenue Hotel
determined 20 nurse himself back n
health The baggage for master anu nian
had been shipped by the City 81 Paris.
bnt Dr. keyes. who was called in, decided
that II would be better for Mr.. Rice M
delay his departure. Sargent stayed ID
Sunday and Monday night nursing Nj,
master. On Tuesday Henry Crisp. a prn-
fessi"nnl nurse. was engaged. That night.
and. indeed. up ill late last nj ghf. NJ.
Rice showed some slight Improvements.
aud there was NJ iniimafioa Of danger
He had been RESTLESS. aud complained
Of want os sleep. Last night fhe
doctor gave him potion. under tic
influence ~ which he dozed ~. Athalf-
past TIVE O'Clock this morning the nurse
called Sergeant, who slept IN m adj
joining room. telling him that Mr. R:ce
was choking. They raised him % sit
ting position and tbs valet hurried fnr
DR.. Fuller. ~ No. 10. East Thirty seventh
street. DR.. ksyes' partner. As soon ~
DR.. Fuller saw the patient, he sent FOR
DR.. keycS AMI endeayorcd vainly % re-
su>citate Mr.. Rice. who was being sufI H.
Gated hy the accumulation os phleg,n
in his throat. by forcing oxygen
III his lungs. Ii was too late. Mr..
Rice died before DIR. Reyes could respond
10 the summons. The immediate cause ~
his death was nslema ~ the CLOTHS. Dr..
Galdthwaite. who lives in The hotel. was
with Or. Fuller when he expired. Tie
nurse was the only other person present.
Mr.. Cotiing and ex- Mayor Cooper were AZ
once informed of Mr.. Rice's death. THY
FASTENED 70 the hotel and took charge *
the dead mans affairs. The funeral mr.
rangemenf- will not he made until after
consultation D. his friends and relatives
to-nicht-
Allen Thorndykc Rice was horn IN June. 1873.
+ Al the age 81 nine years Ne was taken abroad
and fcr i've years lived in Europe. In III. he
returned 10 the United States and remained
here until 1851. when he went % England and
was graduated AZ oxford IN 1875. On his re-
turn IL ,he United States he entered stu
dent 80 Columbia Law School. IA 1876 he
bought The North American Review. Of which
he has hccn the editor. lie organ zef. IN issy.
and subsequently directed. the Charnay expr-
dition. which was dispatched under the JOINT
auspices OF the United States and Francs
I 70 investigate systematically the -
I mains az ancient civil cation IN Central
4 America and Mexico Ia 1881 he bought
4 4 controlling interest in IL Matin. one 81 The
chief papers 81 Paris ~ which he Is still q pro
| prietar H. has always been actively inter
| c>frd IN politics. and n 1856 ran on the Repiih-
/ lean ticket for Congress IN the Tenth Ntv
1 York district against General Spsnola- but Was
! def afrd local political leaders he was
| sir3ng advocate ~ the Australian system o;
voting. He has edited "Reminiscences u a bra
| ham Lincoln New York. f>SSl. ami contrib
nseei 70 Ancient Cific~ in the New Worlsi
4 iss1l lie was nominated q be ~ nister 70
Russia by President Harrison. and confirmed
hv rho senate.