New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-07
-.,o1ING'S DAUGHTER DIES.
r,r JOSEPHINE sUCCuMBS TO
PNEUMONIA
r,s HIS ELDEST CHlLD-THE AU-
,,op CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
p,n,v- VIEWS or THE DEATH
ryrpT FROM HIM

KEPT FROM HIM.
,,s.nhine Kipling. the six-year-o'd daughter
n.Svard KiplinS and the eldest Of his three
Gen died yesterday morning soon after q
eh, from pneumonia, at the home Of Miss
oCV ne Forest No. 121 East Thirty-ffth-st.
ge' ,,,tls girl was taken sick the day after her
i" IT,. was seized with the illness which almost
.oded in his death
r..rcbitis was the ailment which first at
,ea tho child. Later pneumonia developed.
>, although II was stated on Saturday night
80, sbe had passed the crucial stage Of the
.rssv a relapse came early yesterday morn
" rom which she never revived. When she
-, became IN IL was thought better that she
,or,s not be- kept at the Hotel Grenohle and,
.orsincly. she was removed to the home of Miss
=. Forest. friend Of Mrs. Kipling. DR. Jane
-.y took charge Of the case until Or. Conland,
-. Kipling family physician arrived in this city
,.r Brattehoro. VI. He succeeded in warding
a the evil effects Of the disease til yesterday.
- n the time Of her death her condition was
rounco6 IN such manner as to give no APP
.,shsnsion 20 others than those who actually
,,.v the state 4 the patient But It was be-
,sved on Saturday morning that she was in a
,.,3ous state. as Mrs. Kipng then went to see
,s- ard after returning To the hotel appeared
~ be much distressed.
The cause ~ her anxiety could not then he
,oH as she was not strong herself. and some
,bousht the fatigue Of the journey might have
caused her worn look.
Mr. Kiplirs has not been Informed If the
..s,h Of his child. and the news will probably
\. kept from him until he is well on the road
% recovery. Mr. K!pling was deeply attached
his little daughter. and to inform him Of her
,.,b would Il IS feared. he attended with seri
Gus consequences
NJ Kiplng passed a good night on Sunday
s,a rested we'll. He sleeps each night and
noes 50 naturally. so that every night shows
rain over the previous day. His physicians
~. NOT called az all now I'm the night, and the
r,rsa has only 10 remain awake in the room to
ue,cb him DIT Dunbar and Mr. Doubleday.
,oxsver have. been in rooms adjoining the pa
tents each u'cht hut they have not had TO
~ called from their sleep 10 see the patient or
enter the sick room.
nr Jsnevay visited Mr. Kipling early yester-
,,v afternoon for The first time in the day.
4, go o'clock he and Or. Durham issued the
allowing bulletin:
Mr. Kplns has done wei during the last twenty
i,ur hours Now mat rrSo t,on j. amos o IN
ris,s he has some discomfort from the more Tree
Management Of Tie lungs, due to the gTearer ruo-
hing ~ the rfamei p'eura. This Is a very com
mon acconlpanirnert 20 pneumonia. The next nul-
istn viii no; be issued I'm Wednesday
THEODORE DURHAM
Mr.. Doubleday came downstairs at 1880 O'Clock
last evening evidently to speak to the report
ers as he had a memorandum in his hand lie
said:
MI Klpling has had splendid-that is.
oopfortable-day He is beginning gradually
&c. kind
OF course. he has the appearance OF a man who
has been at the point Of death and his mind
works slowly. He has not been told of his
daughter Josephines death.
Elsie has been somewhat better to-day. ana
think she is we'll on the road 10 recovery
Then. referring 70 the slip in his hand. he
said: After talking the matter over with me.
Mrs Kiplng decided 70 make this request 10
The newspapers: II Is Mrs. Kplings earnest
Wish that all matters connected with the ~
neral OF her daughter Josephine may be entirely
private She appreciates the fact that lnforlna-
ton concerning Mr. Kipling Is OF public interest
but this sorrow is her own. and she feels sure
that newspaper reporters and editors will not
wish 10 iItTude upon her privacy.
Mr. Doubleday went on to say that this meant
that Mrs. Kiuling did not wish even the time
or place ~ her daughters funeral 70 he made
public Mr. Doubleday said there were num-
ber OF reasons that induced her 70 make this
request and one of them was that for Mr. Kip
Nng's sake the death and funeral Of Josephine
must be passed as quickly and quietly as pos
sbe Mrs Kipling knew. he said that the
papers could find out everything II they tried
tut in this case she asked them not 70 do so.
SORROW AND SYMPATHY IN ENGLAND.
London. March s-Deop regret IS expressed here
on an sides Al the death Of Josephine Kipling the
siK.year-old daughter Of Rudyard Klpling. who Is
announced 20 have succumbed to pneumonia this
morning in Ncw-York. and sincere hopes are ex-
pressed that the shock and bereavement viii not