Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
Sir Michael Herbert, British Am
bassador to United States Sue
cunbs to Consumption.
HAD MADE PLUCKY FIGHT
Death Came Suddenly mt Dayos.pI,,x
switzerlnnd-Widesp Sorrow
Voiced by Distinguished Men
Dramatic Announcement
Made before Alaskan
Boundary Commission,

|
| London. Sept. 3o-sr Michael Herbert.
the British ambassador to the United
States died to-day at Davos-platz. svit.
zcrland, after a long and plucky aght
against consumption. The first announce
ment was made at this afternoon sos
| sion of the Alaskan boundary comrnis-
| sion.
iannis Taylor, in behalf Of the J.nitod
States had finished his lengthy argumnnt
| at about three o'clock and Sir Edward
| Carson. the solicitor-r4ueral u.oe -a,,I,,
ing with maps and the ancient Vancou.
yer controversy which WAS half-heart-
edIy pald attention to by those present
ana several OF them made pr, paratlons
10 lcaVe the nan as the sorhcitor-senerat
uclNeu sun deeper into the dry-ls-dust
het;'ii, when chief Justice AIverstoua
held up his nan" and Sir Edward sat.
ept,C1,ropc ..rt.rt ,,@-.>--
~"
~ second later the commission, counsel,
| secretaries ana spectators SIT spell bound,
dt l-ord AlVerStpne, with trembling voice
ana tears courSlns G"Wn his checks an
iio"llccu tnal alr Mieu4cl Herbert was
ut"u. win dramatic pa hos the ICterNd-
tional contestants became fellow SYM
lathlzers, HsteninG IN stunned ar7azc-
ment to Lord Alverstone's tribute to tho
man whose dtath none even expected.
In the meanwhil" Ambassador Choate
hId entered. He mad just come from
LORD l"ansdownes room where he learned
| the news The intense silence which tol-
| I"Wd the delivery OF Lord Aiverstonca
! tribute was broken by Jacob VI. Dickin-
SON of American counsel, who voiced
the American sorrow and pronosed an ad-
Journment of the commission
Solicitor-General Carson nodded and ths
commission broke up until tomorrow.
PHYSICIANS HAD HOPE
CIR Mlcnaei mad been at Davos- Plata
apout HNe weeks non he returned to
Lohuoh from Americ. he confessed he
ieit lar from well but his physicians stili
heid out hopes of his conquering ehe con-
sumption:
Lazy iierhert intended to leavs Swtz-
erland IN short time with her children,
r out Sile apparently changed her plans
,,,,,..a....
H0 fNOM AMERlD-ANS.
Senator Lodge said: Tho deatb NJ -.
Michael Herbert is /. very rroat loss -
both countries. While ;har5urhlv Io,,i
to his own nation he was \ strong r,,icrd
to the United States. His great anhi.
tion was to promote in every way rnod
relations between England and America.
monv yo,r. -,a,'i',,. tI W. my own ol
a lovahle mor 49,, nt h,,lE "IS ANY
marked abilities ua n,itl ie bard at'u
place" '"i0 ~ -
Secretarv of W. po,+ ,-r,, ,,.,, -.
ly shocked ar Str \rTono"is 80 %e'H ie'p'
marked that tho yynrIs - - ,,
stone friIlv ovnreesod his s.n,trIont..
Sor,tor ,r,,,.,Ir ris -
ambass,dor was = ',res., Ioss not o,i,,. ut III,
Great Britain hut - A,,ari,a ''0' 0i''S "
Former Secretarv ~ Stata E,os,or r.
particularly affected as Sir Michael Her.
ton. was = fr,ond7 - ,ho 50. -. " asiliIIs' sung
tary ~
SIR MICHAEL tJJ-\py Erpprpr
,ho H., ,,,-,
h,,rm ri,1n - rSH"ei iiel'S heroert was
- ~ ~, i5''' vas 'ic iourth son
red,. t,lrhon, r '""'s az "eit d''u u
~ ~ ,,,,, - 49, Nho - me authot
,,.,,,i,. ~, ~. " u No "i 'dNeiS ana no
L'r, D. ".T'l'l, SEuheN, - tne lftn
~. ~ ''''i UNo "i,4 .'e HtH hatl oi
W., i,s,,Hs "'.L "a ioiu S'GWaru Oh ms
u,.s 49,, ,o,t tS,c ~, ~ eIur orotheI
Tb NN % elilp'ok
tard ,ha wv '.de' 'lpi1iS nerpert en.
o(tor np,,,,I,,i.it, ~ Ioe IN June -!