The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-01
AMBASSADOR EXPIRES
SIR MICHAEL HERBERT sUC-
 CUMBs VERY SUDDENLY.
Had Made a Gallant Fight Against Consumption and the Doctors Still Held Out Hope of
 His Recovery.

London, Sept. ao.-sir Michael Herbert. the Ambassador to the United States. died today at Davos-Piats, Switzerland. after long and plucky fight against consumption, which terminated with tragic suddenness.
 The first announcement of the Ambas- sadors untimely end was made at this afternoons session of the Alaskan Boun- dary Commission. Hannis Taylor, in be- half of the United States. had finished his lengthy argument at p. m., and Sir Edward Carson. the Solicitor General was replying, with an intricate legal ar- gument, dealing with maps and the an- cient Vancouver controversy which was alf-heartedly paid attention to by those present and several of them made prep arations to leave the hall as the Solicitor General delved still deeper in the dry as-dust details, when Chief Justice AL verstone held up his hand and Sir Ed ward sat down.
 Al second later the Commission, counsel, secretaries and spectators. sat spellbound as Lord Alverstone. with trembling voice and tears coursing down his cheeks, aIl- nounced that Sir Michael Herbert was dead, Maps and boundaries were utterly forgotten. With dramatic pathos the irl- ternational contestants became fellow sympathizers, listening in stunned amaze- ment to Lord Alverstone's tribute to the man whose death none even expected. Rather than trust to extempore expres- sion. Lord Alverstone had Jotted down a few sentiments which he read.
 In the meanwhile Ambassador Choate had entered The intense silence whicn followed the delivery of Lord Alverstone's s tribute was broken by Jacob M. Dickn- son of American counsel, who voiced the American sorrow and proposed an ad- 1ournment of the Commission.
 Solicitor General Carson followed and the Commission quietly broke up until tomorrow.
 On all sides, American, Canadian and English, genuine sorrow was exhibited which was evidently actuated oy sense of deep personal loss.
 Sir Michael Herbert has been at Dawes Platz about five weeks. When he re- turned to L6ndon from America he con fessed that he felt far from well, but his phvsicians still held hopes of his con- ouering the consumption. The Ambassa- dor expected to leave Davos-Platz a week or so ago in order to greet the Alaskan Commissioners here, but he contracted hronchitis. Of this he wrote only a few days ago, quite slightingiy, saying it was only annoying because on account of 1t the doctor insisted on his not going to London to see his American friends.
 Lady Herbert intended to leave Switz- erland 6 short time ago with her chll- dren, but she apparently changed her plans and remained at Davos-PlatE.
 A dispatcfl from Paris on September 13, said that Lady Herbert. wife of the Brit ish Ambassador at Washington. was de- votedly nursing her delicate husband back to health at Davos-Platz.
 With the hope of restoring her husband Lady. Herbert was lingering at Davos- Platz, though the resort was deserted at that time of the year.
 Tadv Herbert was formerly Miss Leila Wilson. daughter of Richard T. Wilson, the New York banker. and Is related to the vanderbilt, ogden, Goelet and Astor families.