New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

His services as a municipal reformcr
were remembered at Birmingham,
where ne and Mrs. Chamberlain were
entertained at the Council House, and
where holiday crowds checred long
and Justify for him. The TribUne's
London correspondent. commenting
upon the man and the honors paid him,
and writing as close personal OBJ
server. declared however. that i'm
partial critics must be convinced that
Mr.. Chamberlain lacks at seventy not
perhaps the driving power Of an irwin
chile will. but certainly the time re-
quired for carrying his principles to
successful issue"
As the sequel showed, he lacked
more-the physical strength to back
the invincible will. The eXertions OF
the day-the banquet in the morning,
the seventeen-mile drive TO Aston IN
the afternoon. with frequent stops 20
receive addresses and to make speeches
followed By the great tariff reform
demonstration on Monday, proved too
severe a tax upon his body, and this
reacted upon mis- brain. For time Mr..
Chamberlain suffered from a partial
loss OF memory. and was compelled 10
retire 10 Highbury and TO seek rest
and regeneration abroad. He returned
10 London from Saint Raphael. France.
on June |. 1907. and while the reports
Of mis- condition had been reassuring,
his appearance was not at that time
such as TO give encouragement 20 the
hope that he would ever be able active
Is TO resume political life.
Almost TO the moment of his death
his personal influence continued to be
felt. In August. 1911. Archdeacon Cum
ningham's book. THE Case Against
Free Trade" appeared. with preface
by Mr. CHAMBERLAIN. In the veteran
statesman declared that England was
slamming the door in the face OF her
colonies. "The future OF the empire.
he wrote. "lies henceforward not in the
power 10 annex new territories but IN
the capacity TO unite the existing do
mirions and to develop their re-
sources" At the celebration Of his
seventy-sixth birthday. in July, 1912,
the Tariff Reform League began the
raising of a shilling fund to be pre-
scented 70 Mr.. Chamberlain and devoted
by him to the cause of tariff reform
and imperial preference. At that time
il was declared Mr.. Chamberlain was
in better health than he had enjoyed
before in years.
Mr. Chamberlain was thrice married.
His frst wife. Miss Harriet Kendrick.
daughter of Archibald kendrick. Esq,
OF Borrow Court, Edgbaston, died two
years after the marriage. which took
place in 1861, leaving one child, now
the Right Hon. J. Austen Chamberlain,
who has successfully held the posts OF
Civil Lord Of the Admiralty. Financial
Secretary Of the Treasury, Postmaster
General and Chancellor OF the Tx
chequer. In 1868 Mr.. Chamberlain was
married 10 Miss Florence Kendrick, a
cousin Of his first wife. She became
the mother Of five children. son.
Neville, and four daughters, and died
in 1878. For thirteen years thereafter
Mr.. Chamberlain remained widower,
devoting himself, despite the busy life
nc led TO his six children, between
, whom and their father there was a
peculiarly close and tender relation.
When Mr. Chamberlain visited this
country in 1887, as a member of the
Fisheries Commission. he met at the
house Of the British Minister Miss
Mary Endicott. the only daughter Of
William c. Endicott. Of Salem. Mass,
for nine years justice Of the Su-
premc Court Of that state. ana at
that time Secretary Of War in Presi-
dent Clcveland's Cabinet. year later
their engagement was made public on
/ the eve Of Mr. Chamberlain departure
/ for the United States to be married
A quiet wedding followed in St.
Johns Church. Washington. and the
honeymoon was spent at Chevy Chase.
in Maryland. Highbury. Moor Green,
near Birmingham. the home to which
Mr. Chamberlain took his American
bride. is a large. handsome. modern
mansion. containing fine collection
of books and many admirable examples
/ Of modern art Highbury is more
widely noted, however, for its rose
gardens and the thirty greenhouses
wherein Mr.. Chamberlain grew his ia
nous orchids. one OF which was as
seldom absent from his buttonhole as
his p,opocle vae from, his owe