Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-07

Daughter OF the Author Of nh. Light
that Failed Expires.

New York. March G.--Joscphlnc Kip
ling, the six ycar-old daughter % hud-
yard Kipiing. and the oldest OF his three
children. died shortly after 6 o'clock.
this morning, from pneumonia. The
childa death took place NJ the home ~
Miss Julie he Forest IN this city. Miss
de Forest ~ a friend Of the kipllngH,
ana Josephine had been taken to her
home 20 that she could be nurscd apart
from her father. The glrl became III
the day after Mr.. kipling took to hts
bed.
II IL not definitely known whether the
ncwn ~ the death NJ his child was com
municntcd 10 Mr., Kipling, but II u
generally believed that his condition
" such that phyHicinnr VIII not tell
him until he II stronger. lie continues
10 Improve. having slept naturally the
greater part of last night. He has
taken no solid food. and u may be
a week before he IL able TO do 10. lie
Il Euhsistlng ON beef extract, milk and
other nuid nutrimcntp
Einiu. Mr.. KiplinRH thrcc-ycnr-old
daughter. passed % GOOD night.
rFe following bulletin was issued NJ
$3.50 y. m. TO-DAY by Mr. Kipling's
phyHicinnEi
mir. KipllnT has done better the last
twcnty-tour hours. nnd now that res
pirntinn n now almost complete, he
has some discomfort from the more
free management Of the lungs. due to
the greater rubbing OF the iniiamed
pleufa. This IN very common nc-
compartment TO pneumonia. The next
bulletin will not be issued until
"Wednesday"
Mr.. Doubleday, at 1850 O'Clock. said;
MIR. klpling has had a splendid day.
that II. n comfortable day. lie IN be-
ginning gradually to take nourlrh-
mcnt OF y more substantial Kind. OF
course, he has the appearance ~ a
man who has been a, the point Of
death and his mind works very slow
~ ne has not been told ~ his dnuEh-
ter Iosephlne'H death. Elsie has been
somewhat better today and I think she
~ well On the road TO recovery"
In al probability the body OF little
Josephine viii be taken to the kipllng
home IN Vermont for burial but no
definite arrangements have Yet been
made. II was decided not 10 inform
tho author OF his child'r death for sew
crnl DAYS. II was said at the hotel
mis- morning that Mrs. Klpllng has not
been allowed In her husbands room for
nearly u week, notwithHtandlng the
general understanding that she has
been at his bedside daily.
After talking the matter over with
Mr.. Doubleday last evening, Mrs. Kip
ling made this request 10 the news
papers; 1T II Mrs. Klpllng'u earnest
wish that all matters connected with
the funeral ~ her daughter Josephine
may be entirely privatc. She nppre-
rintes the fact that Information con-
corning Mr., klplinE ~ OF public in-
} tofost but this sorrow II her own and
she feels SURF that Newspaper report
crs or editors VIII not wish 10 intrudc
upon her privacy"
Mr.. Doubleday went on 60 say that
this meant that Mrs. KiplinF did not
Wish even the time or place uf her
daughters funeral Go he made public.
Mr. Doubleday said there were a NUM-
Dor of reasons that induced her 10
mako that decision ana one Of Thorn
was that Tor Mr.. Kipllng's sake, the
death ana funeral OF Josephine must
be passed MS quickly and quietly as
possible. Mrs. ltipllng knew. he said.
that tho papers could IND out every
thing N they tried. ut In this case
she asked them not TO do so,