The Holly chieftain., 1912-12-20

the Cleveland Herald engaged him to
send il daily letter fer }l5 a week
and finally the Cincinnati Gazette
wanted like service for $500 He &C
cepted and satisfactorily filled all
three engagements during that legisla-
tfe session. thus earning an income oil
s3S week, which then and there
seemed almost princely.
On the outbreak of the Civil War as
war correspondent and volunteer aide
de camp. followed the federal cam
paigns of Mcclellan, Morris and Rose
Grams in Virginia; and later accompa-
MED Grant from Cairo to Shiloh. His
provision led him to go and to stick
to Pittsburg Landing as place des-
tined to be the scene of tremendous
conflict. He arose from a sick bed on
the eve of Shiloh and was the only
correspondent who was actually pres
ent at that tremendous two-days' bat
tie. from the disastrous start to the
triumphant finish. His agate" letters
from the field filled columns of the Ga
zette and were reproduced in extras
by Chicago and st. Louis papers and
attracted national attention.
Chosen as Tribune Editor.
Reid in 1868 established himself at
Cincinnati as one OF the proprietors,
editor-in-chief and principal leader
writer of the Gazette. The impeach-
ment of President Johnson attracted
him to Washington, however, to report
personally that extraordinary trial for
his paper and where what may be re-
sarded as the crisis of his career oc-
Cured.
He was again brought into contact
with Greeley who again renewed his
invitation to Reid to enter the home
office Of the Tribune and this time the
invitation was accepted. Then came
the political campaign of 1872. Imme-
diately upon his nomination for Pres
ident Greeley resigned as editor of the
Tribune and Reid was chosen to fill
his place.
Upon the reorganization Of the pa
per after Greeley's death he came into
control of it's policy.
He declined the offer of the ministry
at Berlin when 1t was rendered by
President Hayes in 1877, but in March,
1889. acceded to President Harri-
sons wish and went to Paris as
United States minister.
His chief work in France was the
removal of the prohibition which for
eleven years had entirely barred
American pork from the French mar
ket.
In 1897 he was special ambassador
Of the United States at the diamond
jubilee of Queen Victoria and in 1898
was one of the five American commits
sioners to conclude the peace with
Spain at the Paris conference. In 1902
he went again to London as special
ambassador to the coronation Of Ed
ward VII. In 1905 he took over the
post.
Was Married In 1881.
Reid was married in 1881 to Miss
Elizabeth Mills. daughter of the capi-
talist and philanthropist, Darius Og-
ucu MILLS, WIZ UOTe ulu Two CulluTcu.
The elder Ogden Mills Reid, after be-
ing graduated from the collegiate and
law departments of Yale university
and admitted to the bar, became asso-
ciated with the Tribune and is now
president of the corporation and man
aging editor The younger, Miss Jean
Reid. was married in 1908 to the Hon.
John Hubert Ward. a brother of the
earl of Dudley and equerry to King
Edward
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid long maintained
three residences in America. Their
New York. city home, purchased in
1856, was large house at Madison
avenue and Fifty-first street, which
had been erected some years before
by Henry Willard. Their country home
was at Purchase, near White Plains,
N. Y, on the extensive estate known
as Ophir Farm, formerly the property
of the well-known shipbuilder, John
Roach. Soon after Reid's purchase of
1t, the house was destroyed by fire
and he built in its place Ophir hall A
third dwelling. for seasonable occupa-
ton, was Camp Wildair, at Paul
Smiths, in the Adirondacks.