New-York tribune., 1902-01-20
E. H. HOUSE DEAD IN JAPAN
WELL KNOWN AMERICAN CORRESPOND
ENT. WHO RAN A PAPER IN TOXIC.

Word has just been received here of the death
of Edward Howard House on December 49, in
his sixty-sixth year, at his home, in Yotsuya,
Toxic The funeral took place on December 81
and attended by the Minister of State for
Education. Colonel Buck the United States Min
lister; Admiral Viscount Enomoto Lieutenant
General Viscount Terauchi, Professor Hozumi.
Professor Mtsukuri, DR.. Green, Baron Kanda
Mr.. Yoshida and DR.. Macdonald
In accordance with the wish of Mr. House all
religious observances were dispensed with The
ceremony at Aoyama Cemetery consisted solely
of music by the band of the imperial household
and addresses by friends. The first address was
made by Mr.. Oishi Count Okumas private sec
retary. The other addresses were given by Cap
tain Brinkley, Professor Hozumi, G. H. Skid
more and Uyehara, vice-president of the Mei1i
Musical Society Flowers were then laid on the
bier by the mourners one by one, and the cere-
mony came TO an END, the body being taken to
Meguro for cremation, and the ashes subse-
quently to Yanaka for burial
The Japan Daily Mail" in the issue for De-
cember 19 said of Mr. House:
a., He had been an invalid for over twenty years,
5ae bans whale Of his body from the waist
stand mS from so psns 9ns 10 ne s soeG
the the aid Of a chair on wheels =: Mr.. House was
ssected with journalism in the Far East
Shortly after reaching Japan, in the early seventies
Tokyo Times" In connection with the Jap
to nsDs to rs R ts1ed Rs T6so
men attacks 9pSD the % tbs ssoH yehe
whose flag the vessel flew that his excellency could
editor. He ultimately contented himself with ie ine
timatng that The Tokyo Times" must not be
But Mr.; House replied that the subscription had
the Of that perod the paper er' honG eS
to its destination Thsneeforth messenger
paper. the other to carry it back again These
condemned for the long. weary period OF twenty
and i probably pleased him to ind that the % com.
psratiye neglect shown toward him by his own
years Of his life was partially atoned for by the
loving attention OF the'people for whom he had SO
His Majesty the Emperor was pleased to bestow
ond class Order of the Sacred Treasure
Edmund Clarence stedman. who knew Mr..
House well. was seen at his home No 115 East
Sixteenth-st., last evening by a Tribune re-
porter. Mr.. Stedman said:
He was the first Tribune correspondent in
Baltimore and Harper's Ferry after the John
Brown raid. He went in disguise and sent back
accounts of Major Romulus and Major Remus'
till his identity suspected. He was on the
scaffold with Brown But very soon after that
he was forced TO return North If he had been
discovered he would undoubtedly have paid the
penalty with his life. He first became interest
ed in Japan at the time OF the visit of the Jap
anese Embassy. few years before the Civil
War. Japan was at that time known 70 two
white men, besides a few Scotch missionaries
But this embassy consisted of three splendid
IeiIoWs' VINO made an excellent impression
Wherever they went. House wrote them I'M
particularly one interesting member known as
Tommy He handled the Prince of Wales's visit
In addition 10 being reporter of literary
talent, he was a playwright and dramatic and
musical critic. House never married He was
IN TINS country with his adopted daughter Koto
in 1879, for a space of two years and again in
1892 for the same length Of time"