Evening journal., 1902-12-08
REEDS FUNERAL
WILL Be SIMPLE
Service Over Dead Congress-
man Will Not be Held
in Washington
his CAREER AS PUBLIC IMAM

(" ftlO QniLLl Nv Q0LlQ UlUU
Il Injections of Oxygen Were Used to
Rally Him From Sinking Spells, But
They Proved Observation-Disclosures
q Taken to Portland, Me-, for Burial
Washington. DEC. S.-Simplicity, in
81 thorough harmony with the plain New
N England life of the man, will charac-
n terize the final tribute of respect to
and funeral services for the late
81 Thomas Bracket Reed whose death at
the Arlington early this morning came
81 Jas a keen shock to the national capital
Mr.. Reed was 63 years of age.
y The end was not at all unex-
Il pected. Early Saturday afternoon he
began to sink, and at $50 o'clock a
n bulletin signed by Drs. Gardner and
4 Goodnow was issued announcing an
v almost total suspension of the kidney
& Functions and more pronounced urae-
mic symptoms.
This was followed at midnight by a
s. bulletin to the effect that Mr. Reeds
8 condition was very grave. Scarcely
had the news gone forth when messen-
gers came from the sick room and
n briefly told that the statesman was
= dead.
Mr.. Reeds family was with him, hav
q ing been called from New York sew
eral days ago, when he first became i'll.
The direct cause of death was urae-
a mia. Mr. Reed who had gone to Wash
a ington just prior TO the opening Of
4 Congress- took to his bed after an at
tack of gastritis. This in turn gave
lway to symptoms of appendicitis, and
as the illness progressed the alarming
lcomplications of kidney trouble mani
y Tested themselves.
II was not until Friday night that Mr.
Reeds condition was regarded as crit
ical He had taken no nourishment
since Friday morning and this, coupled
with the fact that he had recently
4 weakened himself by course of
Turkish baths, made the battle a
doubly hard one for the physicians to
fight.
Tanks containing oxygen were kept
i near the sick room and the physicians
kept constantly prepared a saline solu-
N ton for injection in the event the pa
tient did not rally from any of the
sinking spells. These injections were
4 frequently used Saturday evening, but
were insufficient to prolong his life.
Remains Taken to Portland.
The remains of Mr.. Reed left here
yesterday afternoon on a special train
for Portland, Me, where funeral serv-
ices will be held tomorrow afternoon.
Accompanying the body were Mrs.
Reed, the widow; Miss Catherine
Reed, the former speakers daughter;
4 Mr.. Reeds successor in the house, Mr.
i Amos L. Allen; Mr.. Asher c. 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 cere-
monies of any kind here, and at Port
land they will be Of a simple char
acter.
During yesterday there was a stream
VI of sympathetic callers at the Arlington
hotel, where the body of Mr. Reed lay
y awaiting removal to the railway sta
ton. They included President and
i Mrs. Roosevelt, members of the cabi'
n net and of the senate and house oil
representatives, and of the diplomatic
4 corps. Many persons in private life
also called. Neither Mrs. Reed mol
her daughter saw any of the visitors
who simply left their cards. It wal
Iaf hnHNr n
i the deceased would be taken from thu
city yesterday, and the President ha,
4 invited Mrs. Reed and her daughter Il
be his guests at the White House pend
ing its removal, which invitation the,
were compelled to decline.
4 The body was inclosed in a caske
with heavy oxydized extension handle
n and on top was a solid silver plate OF
4 which had been engraved the follow
s ing simple inscription: "Thoma
4 Bracket Reed. October IS. 1SS9-De
cember Z, 1902"
Brief Sketch of Mr.. Reed.
With the retirement of Thomas Z
4 Reed from the house of represents
A tives. in 1899, the most commandin
figure in public life for many year
& passed off the stage. The White Hous
q was not open to him; he was a poo
man, and he desired to earn a moo
crate fortune upon which he mish
~ live during his declining years. Thee,
FORE he resigned as a member of c&i
eress from the Portland. Me-. distn,
> and moved to New York city, whoI
j he Joined the law firm of SimpsO.
Thatcher & Barnum. Since that tim
i he had steadily practiced law.
In 1876 Mr. Reed was elected to th
45th congress. and until his retiremeI
in 1899 he was reelected without il
corruption. His influence was stron