Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-15
WIFE IN CRITICAL
, STATE FROM SHOCK
shoats Remarkable oetossnarian Fol-
lowing Most Remarkable Career In
Law and a. Ambassador 10 Great
Britain-Lsadins Member Of Amsri.
can Bar During Many Years-Wsn
international Fame az After. Dinner
Speaker.

| Choate. former ambassador to Great
Britain and lawyer OF international
fame. died suddenly Of heart disease
| In this city late last night.
Notwithstanding his advanced years
Mr.. Choate took an active part last
week In the reception Of the British
and French commissions.
Mrs. Choate. who was with her hus-
band when he died, collapsed and
physicians state her condition Is criti-
cal.
Remarkable Oetossnarian.>
Mr.. Choate was S5 years old. a life
| time during which he was one OF the
most distinguished practitioners OF law
In the United States, ambassador to
England with signal success, q speaker
applauded on innumerable public oc-
casions. and, finally. remarkably oc-
togenarian.
| He came from an old New England
family, noted for strength Of character
and mental vigor His father was q
cousin Of the famous Rufus Choate.
He was graduated from Harvard In
1852. a college mate Of Phillips Brooks.
He established himself IN New York In
1856 soon after nntshing his law
studies, and as a member OF the nrm
/ Of Evarts. Southmayd q Choate. no
rose to leadership. Of the New York
car.
| He appeared In all the celebrated
cases--it was said a case was not
case unless Choate appeared in it.
where his influence. wit and searching
| cross examination brought him con-
siderable success. He figured In the
prosecution Of BOSS" Tweed and his
| followers who looted the New York
| City treasury: he SO successfully de-
Tended General Fitz-John Porter. that
by reversal OF a court martial that Of
! f1cer was reinstated; he appeared In
| the Tilden VIII case. the contest over
Commodore Vanderbilt's millions. and
the Chinese exclusion case. arguing
against the validity OF the act. These
are but few OF the famous ltigations
| in which he figured, his presence In
variably making any case IAN intellec-
| tual treat for the public, and a pro-
| fesslonal education for junior members
of the bar"
Income From Law Great.
! His professional income during the
height OF his career was believed to
be the largest OF any practitioner in
! the American courts, tho 1t may oc-
Casionally have been surpassed by
some OF the huge fees paid for special
services by some OF the great corpora
tions. He won his way thru q COM
bnation OF good humor which gave
him the power to hold the attention Of
the juries In the dullest cases. and
legal SKILL !,
! It is on record that. during his young
er days, he had the daring to rebuke
n Judge, who had turned to converse
with some one behind him, while
Choate was addressing the court.
Choate stopped short in his address.
The Judge remarked the silence. and as
his honor turned to face the room the
lawyer began anew:
''Your Honor, shall need all the
time allotted me for summing up: and
I shall need your honor's undivided at
tention.''
"And you shall have IT," the court
apologized.
| Mr.. Choate was republican but
never held pu bic office. beyond brief
term as member Of state constitution
al convention. when he was invited by
President Mckinley in 1899 to go To
London as the American ambassador,
At a farewell dinner at the Union
League Club, Mr.. Choate remarked up
on his inexperience in political or Dip
lorhatic life, II shall rely" he said,
upon a happy temperament"
! Success ~ oiplomat.
After his six years in England he
was lauded on both sides OF the Allan
tic for tho remarkable success he had
had in STRENGTHENING tho ties between
the English speaking peoples. His range
Of sociability made him known a. am
bassador to the people as well AZ to the
court. Numberless times he appeared
as a lecturer on American institutions
and American statesmen.
AS an after-dinner speaker Mr..
Choate was a national--internation
possession
AS s: tribute to the memory OF Mr..
/ Choatc. VINO was characterised
Mayor Mitchell In his address Of well
come to Arthur ]. Balfour. as New.
York's foremost citizen" the mayor orr
dered the flags at half mast.
| The funeral will be held Thursday
morning and burial will be at stock
bridge. MAas. the summer homo Of the
lChoats family.