Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-07-13
CHIEF JUSTICE
FULLER IS DEAD
PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY IN SUM-
MER HOUSE NEAR
BAR HARBoR.
IN GOOD HEALTH
RETAINS FACULTIES TO
TIE END.

Sorrento, Me. July 5.-ln fulillmsnt
of an oft expressed wish that he
might end his long life in the room
where his wife breathed her last, six
years ago, the venerable chief justice
of the Supreme court of the United
States, Melville w. Fuller, died sud
denly of heart failure early yesterday.
Not only did the leader of the
American judiciary round out his
days in the same room where his wife
had passed away, but it was in the
state of his nativity, the state he
loved SO well, that his long Life ended.
Chief Justice Fuller was II years old.
With the justice when he died were
his daughter, Mrs. Nathaniel Francis
of Washington; his granddaughter,
Mis- Aubrey Francis; and the Rev.
James E. Freeman of Minneapolis, a
neighbor and friend of the family
Chief Justice Fuller arrived at Sor-
rento on June % from Chicago. He
was not well in Chicago in June, but
since coming to Sorrento his health
apparently had been good, considering
his advanced age He enjoyed a ser
mon Sunday morning in the Church
of the Redeemer (EpiscopaD by the
Rev. James E. Freeman of Minneapo-
lis, who has been life fong friend of
the Fuller family.
sunday night when Justice Fuller
retired he was in excellent spirits,
and not the slightest indication that
there was serious trouble with his
heart was observed.
Mrs Francis was awakened about
5-45 this morning by a feeble cry
from her father. Upon looking at him
and hearing his words, Il am feeling
IT, she realized that he was in a
serfouss condition DR.. Phelps hurried
over a three mile stretch of road in an
automobile but failed to arrive before
his patient had passed beyond the
need of medical aid. Mrs. Francis
also called in the Rev. Mr. Freeman,
who occupies a neighboring cottage.
Retains Faculties to End.
Death came peacefully and Justice
Fuller retained his faculties until the
end, recognizing those about him.
Chief Justice Fuller had been sum-
mer resident of Sorrento for seven
teen years. He came here from Chi
cago on June 25 last and since that
time has been staying at the Main
stay as his summer home was
called
The funeral services will be held at
the Church of the Redeemer next
Wednesday afternoon. Interment will
be at Chicago, probably on Friday.
All of his five daughters, except one
who lives in Tacoma, Wash, are ex-
pected to attend the funeral. The
daughters are Mrs Hugh Wallace OF
Tacoma, Mrs. w H. White of Chi
cago, Mrs. T. S. Tiercher of larry
town, n Y, Mrs. R. F. Mason, and
Mrs. Nathaniel Francis of Washington.
There are no sons.
Hughes For Vacancy.
Probably never before in the history
of the Supreme Court has that body
had in hand as many cases of tremen-
dous and far-reaching import as now
are awaiting adjudication. How far
the removal of the chief justice will
complieate matters and how far the
personal equation" and general point
of view of his successor will affect the
ultimate fate of the deep-lying national
problems that now face the court are
questions that are being discussed
with deep interest in Washington.
Governor Hughes Is Likely To Get
The Vacancy.
Lloyd w. Bowers of Chicago, now
solicitor general in the department Of
justice, has been regarded as the first
choice of President Taft for the pre-
ceding vacancies on the bench and,