The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
Death Occurs at London at Noon
Sunday. After Short
Illness.
DIPLOMAT OF LONG SERVICE
Ers land May Send Body to the
United States en- Special
Warship.
Associated Press Dispatch.


London. Dec. 15.-Whitelaw
Red, American ambassador to
Great Britain since 1905. died at
his London residence, shortly alter
noon today OF pulmonary oadina.
The end was quiet and peaceful.
Mrs, Reid aud their daughter. Mrs.
John H. Ward were at the bedside.
The ambassador had been uneoE
sejops since 3 o'c ock in the morn
ing and at intervals during the pre-
vious "a hours he had been slightly
del rious as result of drugs adj
ministered to induce 3 eep.
Sir Thomas Barlow, physician 10
the King, who was called in last
week, when the ambassadors ill
ness became acute; and his regular
physician Dr., VIM. II. White issued
the following bulletin as the cause
of death:
"A fortnight ago the American
an bassador had slight bronchial
attack, simi ar to others which he
| had Suffered at considerable in
tervals, On "Wednesday last asthma
eupervoned; and the asthmatic
! paroxysm became very severe, ead-
ling to extreme exhaustion.
IL was hoped that he might
irally as no pneumonia symptoms
had appeared. With difficulty the
paroxgsmg Of. asthma were gotten
andor control; but Sunday morn
ing the exhaustion became extreme
and he died from pulmonary oedina
Mt IL p. m" =
The body viii II sent home and
probably WIN, be Entered in sleeps
Hollow; but thei detai will not be
decided on dhifk some communica-
ton Is recelS@a from odgen Reid;
and IT is leathta what action the
British soYeripstths may desire to
ltakc. " II
Mrs, Red hspes to sal ON satur-
day next sAbhjd, hey son reach Eng
land in timf toy accompany her, but
in all plshaMl.ty tho government
viii placs a war snip at the dis
posal osx tho family for the trans
poration 81, the body OF the ambas-
sador TO the United States.
Whitelaw Reid was in his seg-
enty-slxth year. having been born
, October 27, 1897, in xenia, Ohio.
He became a newspaper writer as
young man; and never broke of his
connection with the public press.
He was editor-in-chief on the New
York Tribune for many years, and
afterwards proprietor oi that jour
nal,
Served IN Civil War.
He served in the first campaign
of the civil war in 1861. and then
as war correspondent. in which
capacity he was present at many OF
the important battles,
At one time he was Librarian OF
The House Of Representatives; at
another, he was a cotton planter in
Louisiana.
Later in life he went into the
dip omatlc service and went To
lFraucc as United States minister III
l18S9, remaining until 1892. Dur
ing that time he did some import
ant work in securing the resembling
OF the decree prohibiting the inn
, uortation of American meats into
France and also in negotiating reel
procity and extradition treaties be-
tween the United States and France.
lie came back to the United States
10 run as the Republican candidate
for vice president on ,fhe ticket with
Harrison
Some years later. in 1897. he was
sent as special ambassador to Great
Bri ain to attend the celebration of
the diamond Jubilee of Queen Vic.
for a.
His next Important work was as
special commissioner to the Paris
conference, yhich negotiated peace
between nj United States and
In 1892 he was again appointed
as special ambassador to England,
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