Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-12-11
uRAtMIC POISONING THE CAUSE
PEACEFULLY AND WITHOUT PAIN
THE PATIENT 6REATHEs HIS
LAST.
MOuRNtD by LIFELONG FRIENDS
FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT
HIS OLD HOME IN PORT.
LAND.

Washington, Dec. 9. - Ex.Speaker
Thomas B. Reed, who has been i'll at
the Arlington for the past four days,
died Saturday night a few minutes af-
ter IL o'clock.
Though he was conscious until with
in about an hour of his death, his mind
was not clear and he passed away
without recognizing his wife and
daughter, who were at his bedside.
They were prepared for the sad event
by the statements of the physicians
early In the evening that there was lit
tie hope for the recovery of Mr.. Reed.
The change for the worse was first
noticeable Saturday morning, and in
spite of heroic treatment of saline In
jections and the administering Of exy-
gen gas the patient failed to improve,
and it became apparent about 5 o'clock
in the evening that he could not re-
cover. Uraemic coma, resulting from
uraemic poisoning, was the immediate
of death, but Mr.. Reeds illness
was traceable to chronic Bright's dis
ease, which was brought to the sur
face by an attack Of appendicitis Tues
day night, and which later became
acute. t,sEfE ,
Taken to Portland.
The remains of Mr.. Reed left here
yesterday afternoon for Portland, Me-,
his former, home, where the interment
will take place tomorrow afternoon.
They were placed aboard a special
train leaving Washington at 4;50
O'Clock and running as the second sec
ton of the Federal express, scheduled
to arrive at Portland to-day. Accom-,
panying the bo,iy were Mrs. Reed, the
widow, Miss Catherine Reed, the form
er speakers daughter; Hon. Amos l..
Allen, MIR. Reeds successor, in the
house of Representatives.; Mr.. Asher
Kinds, Mr.. Reeds parliamentary clerk
while speaker, and Mr.. Augustus G.
Payne of New York, a lifelong friend.
At Mrs. Reeds request there were no
ceremonies of any kind here, and at
Portland they will be of a simple
character. ,
During the entire day there was a
stream of sympathetic callers at the
Arlington hotel, where the body of Mr..
Reed lay awaiting removal tosthe rail-
way station. They included President
and Mrs. Roosevelt, members of. the
cabinet and of the senate and houAe of
representatives and of the diplomatic
corps. Many persons in private life
also called. Neither Mrs. Reed nor
her daughter saw any. of the visitors,
who simply left their cards. -
Sorrow at His Old Home.
, Portland, Me-, Dec. 8.-The news of
the death of Thomas. b. Reed was re-
ceiyed here with universal sorrow.
Mr.. Reed was born in Portland, was
educated in the schools of this city,
and here was always mis- home, as he
retained his residence in Portland af-
ter he resigned his seat in congress to.
enter upon the practice of law in New
York. He was personally known to a
great number of people of the city, and
there are scores living here who have
been his Lifelong friends. Mr.. Reed
spent much time here last summer,
and one of his last public appearances
was when he delivered an Grafton in
June upon the occasion of the celebra-
ton of the hundredth anniversary of
the beginning of the work Of Bowdoin
college, from which he was graduated
in the class of 1860.