Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16

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west outside Of Illinois to support Lin
coin for the presidential nomination ant
was the only one In the state to do 30
the others standing by Salmon p. Chase
/ When the war broke out he donned tn
uniform Of a captain and served as
! volunteer aid-de-camp on the staff o
Gen. ROsecrans during the campaign II
western Virginia. But the journalistic in
stinct proved too strong for him to de
vote his whole energy to soldering.
Noted as War Correspondent.
I'm 1862 the Cincinnati Gazette asket
| him to become its war correspondent. H
accepted and proceeded to Washington
where be made his headquarters within
easy reach Of the armies In the field anC
at once began to build UP that reputa
ton that won for him the title of the
most famous of the correspondents of tn,
civil war under the pen name of Agate.
| During the last stages of the civil wal
Mr.. Reid acted clerk to the military
committee of the House of Representa-
| tives, and when some time afterward the
position II librarian to the House became
vacant he was chosen for the place
Having served in this capacity for three
years. he bought a cotton farm in Louis
lana and began work as a planter. AL
though the experiment lasted only twelve
months, he was able to nearly finish his
Is generally recognized as the most i'm
portant state history of the war.
Invited to Join the Tribune.
Reds work had attracted the attention
CT Horace Greeley. the most famous
newspaper man Of the time, who. in 1868,
invited him to become chief editorial
writer OF the New York Tribune. a paper
which Greeley had founded twenty-seven
years previously. Mr.. Reid was at the
time editor-in-chief of the Cincinnati
Gazette.
When Greeley died in 1872, succumbing
practically to the great strain of his I'M
successful canddature for the presidency
against Gen. Grant. Mr.. Reid succeeded
him as editor and principal owner of
the Tribune
Minister to France.
Later in life he went into the diplomatic
service and was sent to France as United
States minister In 1885, remaining until
1892 He had twice previously declined
the post of Minister to Germany. During
that period he did some important diplo-
matte work in securing the resembling Of
the decree prohibiting the importation of
American meats into France. and also in
negotiating the reciprocity and extradition
treaties between the United States and
France.
He came back to the United States to
run as the republican candidate for Vice
President on the ticket with President
Harrison.
Some years later. in 1897. he was sent
as special ambassador to Great Britain
to attend the celebration of the diamond
jubilee Of Queen Victoria. His next i'm
pOrtant work was as special commission
er to the Paris conference which negoti-
ated peace between the United States and
Spain.
In 1902 he was again appointed special
nation Of King Edward VII. with whom
he was always on the most friendly
terms.
Ambassador to Great Britain.
He was appointed in March, 1906 United
States ambassador to Great Britain,
in succession to Joseph H. Choate. Since
that date his popularity in England, which
was always very great, augmented from
year to year. for he identified himself
with all the social, educational and other
movements of the United Kingdom He
was chosen on many occasions as
speaker at the inaugural ceremonies of
great public institutions, and was a great
favorite owing to his profound knowledge
Of English history. He had always been
a student of English life. probably hav-
ing inherited his wish for knowledge on
this subject from his parents, who de-
Scended from the Scottish Covenanters.
Married Miss Elizabeth Mills.
Whitelaw Reid married. in 1881, Eliza
beth Mills. daughter of the late Darius
Ogden Mills OF New York His son,
Ogden Mills Reid. is president of the
Tribune Association and managing editor
Of ho Ifc q,
the wife of the Hon John Hubert Ward
Mrs. Reid. in 1910, with her brother
Ogden Mills. shared equally in a fortune
estimated at between $5O.OOOUOO and $780,
OOO.OOO which had been left them by their
father.
ain has ever been so magnificently housed
as Whitelaw Reid. whose two English
residences-Dorcester House in London
and Wrest Park in Bedfordshire-are
land of stately homes. Mr.. Reid recog-
nized the part that social prestige and
lavish entertainment play in the game of
abroad. and possessed the
means to carry out these ideas
The lavishness displayed by the Reds
in their entertainments abroad was dupli-
Gated on many occasions here. During
the visit to this country of the Duke Of
Connaught and the Princess Patricia, Mr..
Reid entertained them in his New York
home.
Last Visit to America.
Mr.. Reid paid his last visit to this
country this fall. returning October -.
At that time he said he was in the best
of health. and limited that he was ready
to retire from the diplomatic service just
as soon as a successor was named by
President Taft.
For the past two years Mr. Reid had
suffered serious attacks of influenza, all
of which. IT was said. had undermined his
health. His last attack from this source
came December 2. and Immediately after
ward he was placed in bed in his London
home.
He had made no public appearance
since. His illness caused a postponement
of a reception he had planned to give at
his country home at Wrest Park in
honor OF Prince and Princess Alexander
of Teck
JACK" TIERNEY, ACTOR, DEAD.
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