Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-07
TWO NOTED MENDEAD.
W. II. Smith, the Most Important
Minister Under Salisbury, and
THE AGED KING OF WURTENBERG.
Wilhelm IT., His Nephew, Will Succeed the
Deceased Monarch.
BALF0UR MAY ASSUME SMITHS OFFICE

LONDON, Oct. 6-The Right Hon. Will
lam Henry Smith, First Lord of the Treas
ury, Warden of the Cinque Ports, and the
Government leader in the House of Com
mons, who had been i'll for some time past,
suddenly suffered relapse this morning
and died this afternoon.
Mr. Smith made favorable progress to-
ward recovery until yesterday, when he be-
came worse and suffered a great deal of
| pain, owing to the recurrence of gout. This
morning Mr.. Smiths condition became
critical, and he died at P. NJ.
Right Hon. Arthur j. Balfour, NJ. p for
East Manchester and Chief Secretary for
ireland, will succeed the late Mr. Smith as
the Conservative leader in the House of
| Commons if the influence of the powerful
Carlton Club and the opinion of the Con-
servative party as whole rules in the de-
| cision to be made by Lord Salisbury. On
the other hand, if the negotiations now
pending for a reconstruction of the Cabinet
based on the absorption of the Liberal
Unionists are effected, Right Hon. George
j. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
will claim the leadership.
GOSCHEN'S CLAIM TO THE PLACE.
An intimate friend of Mr.. Goschen in
forms correspondent that Lord Salisbury,
during critical period in the history of the
coalition between the Conservatives and the
Liberal-Unionists gave written assurance
that Mr.. Goschen should have the leader
ship of the Conservative party in the House
of Commons in the event Chen a possibil-
ity, owing to Mr.. Smith state ofhealth, and
the rumor that he was about to be raised to
the peerage) of the retirement of the First
Lord of the Treasurer from that position.
Mr.. Gladstone has wired the following
message of coincidence to the relatives of
Mr.. Smith: 81 have received with grief the
news of Mr.. Smiths DEATH l shall long re-
tain recollection of his kindly nature, fine
qualities and distinguished devotion to the
public service
Mr. Smith, who was one of the representa-
tive business men of England, is popularly
reputed to have left fortune of about S10,-
100000. He was born in this city June "a,
1925. He was educated at the Grammar
School, Tavistock, and in November, 1868,
he was elected to Parliament from West
minister, defeating Mr.. John Stuart Mill
HIS FIRST CABINET PLACE.
He was Financial Secretary of the Treas
1877, when he was appointed First Lord of
the Admiralty, and went out of office on the
retirement of the Conservatives in April,
1880,
In June, 1885, when the Conservatives
were resumed to power, Mr.. Smith was ap-
pointed Secretary of State for War. In
January, 1886, he was appointed Chief Sec
retary tor ireland, but the Salisbury Gov
ernment fell Immediately afterward and he
held tn. appointment for only six days. In
Lord Salisbury's second administration he
was again appointed Secretary of State for
War, and when Lord Churchill resigned
Mr.. Smith became First Lord of the Treas
ury and leader of the House of Commons.
THE DEMISE OF A CROWN.
A cable dispatch from Stuttgart says tha';
the King of Wurtemburg died at o'clock
this morning. He had been i'll for some
time past, and yesterday his condition be-
came so critical that the last rites of the
church were administered to him. During
the night his condition became worse, and
he sank gradually until the end came.
Karl l, King of Wurtemburg, was born
March 6, 1923, and assembled the throne at
the death of his father, King Wilhelm I, on
June %, 1864. On July 13, 1916, he mar
lied the Grand Duchess Olga Nicolajewna.
daughter of the late Emperor Nicholas of
Russia.
Prior to the year 1904 Wurtemburg was
a grand duchy, but by the peace of Pres
burg it was erected into kingdom. The
civil list OF the ruler of the kingdom amounts
to 1,769,000 marks, with additional grants
of 293, $50 marks for other members of the
royal family.
The new king, William II, nephew fthe
dead monarch, presided at Cabinet Coun-
ell held here to-day. The Landstade, or
Estate of the realm, will shortly be
called together to take action on certain
matters. In all of the streets of this city
the people have draped their houses with
emblems as a mark of sorrow for
the death of the King.
THE AMERICAN FAvoRITE.
According to the st. James Gazette, there
has been danger recently that the Ameri-
cans who gained such influence at the court
of Wurtenburg some time ago would resume
their sway, in which case it is understood
the late King would have been forced to
abdicate had not Queen Olga undertaken to
prevent a recurrence of the scandals. The |
King since that time has been practically |
a prisoner in his apartments, as it was
feared he would escape from Stuttgart and |
60 to Paris, which the same paper concludes |
would probably have resulted in scandal |
or a catastrophe