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MR. REID'S CAREER
MIRRORS SUCCESS
journalism, Public Affairs and Diplomacy the
Spheres in Which the Ambassador and
Successor of Greeley Won Fame.
SERVED IN TWO POSTS ABROAD
\ Native of Ohio, He Had Been Publisher, War Corre
spondent, Author and Planter Before Beginning His
Distmguished Service on the 'Tribune.
The anWfltora of Whitelaw Keid. both
paiernal and maternal, wete purely Scot
gsh. Ofl Ihfl form<t Bada his BrM
,,? in [hla country araa a rifii.i i\..<??
nanter ahe cama hithei fraia Ihe Low*
Irinda and Bettled ,ti Keal ICBJ in the int
t^r part ni thfl aighteeitth < anl
the last raar ol tii^t coaturj i.aaed
th* Ohlo River and became the iwoptletor
t,f Mvflral h indn .1 a< 11 a tt land ot a 1 l
1* now thi alta ol the clty of Cincinnati.
%\ith thal land, I
quired tw- franchlaa of a leir. k
t.ver. WhlCh he was rt-y'.iin-ii to opei.-.t.
atary day of th.- araafe. At that h.a
lover.anti l conscience leoclled, Bnd
iither than thue break the Sabbath he
resoid hla land, with its aaaaavraaalafl ap
?Mlananrr aad renaoeed to Gteene Coun
iy. in the aaaae state. arhera he became
( ie of Um foaaaflere of th,. town of Xeaia.
Robeft Chailton Reid.
manhood and marrlr.l a Beotttah
f,ri, Marlan Whitelaw Ronalde, a ilaua**
ler of the ancknt ClBB Ronalda Ol tl..
lliRhlands.
B/httelaw Reld, 1
nas bort in X01.
After a .horough BTOUndlnfl Ifl HM Bte
mentar;. studics na wai ' for ''"'"
at the Xi
? ? ...
parator .-?
? ?? Ita prlactpaJ aaa yeang Reld'i
a Rev. Hugh McMUlai - .
? ? ?
... 1 . j
nal de| I
ly aa anl
j
?*?':? I
ed in l_atin that fl/hen he cnter.'d
, |( , ra, at the hk- Bl
.. tln was ..| ial to
. 1 .. ... . taaa I
t/niversity, ef ahiCh br.
_!? Hillaa was a tiustee, and Whlch UJfln
? i a hlfl Btandtnfl J.niorc tft
"fresh aatei colleges" of th?- B/eet TBrfa
years later he waa graduatfd wlth the
Ucca'aurcate degree and with the honora
of hht clate in eclence, the honora ln
claasks, to which he was also entitled,
belns; Rlvtn at his rcquest to one of hla
elaesmates. In the fall of that year he
became prir.cipal of the graded achools of
South Charleston. Ohlo, and wafl the
leacher of many young men older than
hlmself. He taught Latin, French and
HflBT rnathematicfl, and in dolng so con
lifMed and extend^d his own knowledge
of Bflflaa braaehee and added to the cult
ure and disolpllnc of mind which aerved
him aigniflcantly ln after yeara. Inci
d*atall>, hf eaved enough from hla aalary
t<) repay hla father the cxpensea of hla
afllior year in college.
ln Pohtica and Journaliam.
At the same tlme his carcer as a yo
Btleal leader and Journallst began. In
<*aHege he lad been a dllUent reader of
'ee New-York Trlbune, the weekly edl
t.en of whlch had almoet unlveraal circu
!?tlon throighout the free statea. and he
?as atror:gly impressed with the polltical
prlnclpleii and aaplrations of Ita founder
?nd edlto'. WhOflfl auceesor he at that
**B?e UtUk dreamed of bfltBBJ. 1" Um\ th<>
vear of aaa graduatlon, he attaehed hlm
?*]f to the then newly organlzed Repub
?i^n part-, and whlle ho waa yet too
r r. he dld Bome earnest BBd
?fflcient Btump speaking for ltfi flrst Prefl'
Wential candldate, G*neral John C. itflV
Doriafl hia year aa a school i>rln
This Morning's News
LOCAL l'age
Whiteiau Reid Diett in London .1
Trlbutes to Mr. Ueld a? an Bdltor,
"iploniHt at.d Hcholar.8. 3, 4, 6
Mir* Helen U Gould to VVed.?? 8
BBsBolboys Oo on Strlke.6
sBBB gtor) l.ike Mra Goodem. 7
PflflBBB Win Renaeawber Frleeale , 8
?leri-hant Pallfl to Death. 8
T" r'l.i.i Egfl prioefl. ?
8uffra?etu-s B?fllB Hike To-da>. 8
Hftb Avenue Itealty B?1.11
Bfltha Drowned i>y Bootfl.13
p?lernoi, H;,s llfle.MI i'ire.16
aapBar Crltlclaea the fourtu.16
?*v?n Hui t in Auto Oaah.16
OEBEail..
?xi??l Feara Prlca FlalBfl. 7
BtaraVr) iher'a Reper|. 7
"t?te Economy ? Paree. 7
A?l?tois M;,v He LoHt at Sea. ?
w'omen to Scll Hutter at Coflt. 8
romzxoaj.
Meet To-.i.i...6
Kiocks Cheap ln Hondon. 7
MISCELI.AWF.OUB
Ar"i> aml Navy. 8
w?ather . 8
'hIPHni{ . B
v**a foi Women . 8
^'torlal . .10
Nuali- .11
ljbltuaiv .11
^fuits \.Ifl
?^?nelal and Markete .14 and 18
,"??? Kfltate .18
ipal ha < "titinn.><i ta pay eloea attanttai
to public affair.*-. and then. in 1807. at th.
'wentj . ba f. lutiif.l to bib n.ith.
plaae, purchaaad a loeal paper, ? Th*
Xenla Mowe," and for about three > ear*
w.is its edltor. The New-Yotk Trlbuo*
BOI only ihe most linnortatit of hl*
gea '-nt it wa* alao bla JouraattetJ ?
.1 pollttoal textbook, aad ho iearn.-j bla
laaaona rrom it so well ami applied them
thai ba <ioiii>i?'ii tha i Ireulatloa of
Bi* papar and greally e.uended its ln
thai !t. and be, beei
nt tactor in Ohlo poMtlea
.Mi RaM ha<i watrhed with Intereol aad
admlratlon th.- rlea <>f Abraham Ltoeoln
to national peomlnence throagb his de*
bat* with Stepnen A Houglas. and ln
1888 I preadetjoa i< l Mra lo Bupporl
Mr. LlncoJa for the Preetda ntial nomina
Uon ol the Republleaa party. Hi* pap**
araa the Rnrt la the Weat .. a>t.ie of nii
nols to adopt tliat course and was the Onlj
' ?iiio to do so. tha real of the atate
landlng solidly for Kaltnon I*. Cbaae.
Thrnugb the lathMne* of Mr. ReM and
Newa." bowavar, <>nr Ltoeola ** i j j ?
w;is . i?..-te(| ln.m i >hi.) as a delf*
.ii'- t'i tba Republican National Conven*
tion, a fact th.it gava Mr. Cbaae som.
.. ad chagrln. whleh, however,
,<>? aoon dlaralaaed, After Llneoln'a fi
.?? ? ? ii al Coopei I'liion and npon
-Hun to tiif Weal Mr. Rald mel htn*.
al t'olumbtia, ohlo, forrned dne ol hli
v. oi t to Xenla and at tba railroad ata
? ? ??? ? ? ? .1 blm to thi cttlaen* ol
? ? He then paid a brief flral
.. Waahlnaton, and during th* re*
ma tni. r of that eampalgn ?as baatly eu*
gajjed a* aeeratary of tht Ore*rae Coaaty
li an (oniniittce and aa a etumi
apeaker for Uneaen and llaiulln. HU
ithey waa, boweVer, t<>o gi.at tor his
igth, and bfl was eompelled to aus
bla Inbors for a time; whereupon h>
aottght real and rccreatlon ln a trip
through the Northwest as a member of
an axploring party whleh vtsii.<i ti.i
boadwatera of the Mlssiesippi and St.
I-ouis rlvera. On his return he crosred
the aite of the now important city of Du
iutn, 'Ihe zenith city of tha utisaltrn
seas."
After Uneotn'fl e'.ectlon in the fall of
1860 Mr. Keid went to Columbus, the Ohlc
capital. to become a free lance leKlslatiw
correspondent. His reputatlon au editoi
of "The Xenla Newi" waa favorably ex
tended throughout tho Btate, and on bla
Northwestern trip he had shown his abl!
Ity as a enrrespondent in a siries of bt
ters to "The CiDclnnati Gazette." At
Columbus he arranged first to wrlte B
dally letter to "The Clncinnatl Times" for
15 a week, which was Just enough to pa)
foi nls board and lodging. Present ly
Tbe Cleveland Herald" engaged him tn
send lt a dally letter for 115 a week, and
tlnally "The Cinclnnatt Gazette" Wanted
a like aervlce for |18. He acceptcd and
satlafactorlly fllled all three engage
menla during- that leglslntlve eesslon.
thuB earnlng an Income of 838 a week,
which then and there seemed almost
princely. It was hard work to wrltc
three letters a day, all on the ?ame aub?
ject s, but entirely distinct ln tone and
treatment. But lt was a lively sesslon.
Wlth Chase, Schenck, Dennlson, Dtlano
and Horton In a flve-cornered flght for
tba Kenatorshlp, so that he did not lack
Mve toplcs, and the experlence and dlscl
pline whlcli he thus acrjuired and tha
versatillty whleh he developed weie of
ImmenBe value to him In aftet Uf
War Correapondant.
At the close of tbe leglslative ?eaaBoa
he went to Cincinnati to become dty Bfl*
itor of "The Gazette," and fllled that
ptaea succeasfully untll the oitbieak of
the Civll Wai. George B. MeCkiltaJB, tben
a captain ln tiie regular army, and a
resldent of Cincinnati, was sent to oom
mand In West Vlrglnla, his advance belng
under General Moriia. Mr. Reld acconi
panled the army as war conespondent ol
"The Gazette " and as the lepiesentatlv.
of tiie leadlng papt i of Ohlo was made u
volunteei aide-de;camp. with the rank of
i. ,itain. Then began. over his. pen iiam'
of "Agale." one of tiie most brilllant and
autbeotk sfciie* of letters In the history
of American mllitary l oiithpondence. ln
his IiimI <ainpalgii he was iu the advan ??
against Ceneral Gartietl, and aftei the
letter** death was commlssloiied lo al
his body to Governor l^tche: of Vlrglnla,
an eirand lllled Wltb perilous and ro
Miuntic adveaturaa bart saftiy and aue*
cessfully a<ionipliahed Lniiing a btlef
furlough be retumed lo t'liiciimIdttl and
wrote leaders for 'Tbe Gazette," and
then retuiii'd 18 tl" Itanl as a nietnln-i
of General Roaecraris s staff. wlth liis old
rank of captain, and thus eerved thtotigb
(..ntlo.iwl on ftflh page, flral rolumo.
WHITELAW EtEID.
American Ambass?ador to Ureal Britain and proprietor of
1 ,oii(loii vesterday.
The Tribune. % -* 11 ?? died in
TRIBUTES OF PRAiSE AND
"The Ti.mes" Says Preskfent's
Reply to Kinrj Contains Great
est Homarje Possib'e.
10SS TO BOTH COUNTRIES"
Whitelaw Rcid Statcd to Have
"Understood and Fulfilled
the Highest Objcct of
His Mission."
: By Cablfl tn Tha Trii u -
London, D< i , ld A.11 of tO-d l j
MWBBaperfl gfffl great rr.ui.' I
tho aaaouno maal of lh? death and thel
atory of tha eareer of Whitelaw Retd.l
whiie flflvflral prlnt adltorlali aad Bpa-I
da] arttelae in appradal ob ol hlal
work. The Ttraefl*' aaya:
"it is wlth deap aad real aorroar th itl
Baflaiid dflplorea the i<i.cs of .1
mun nnd Bfl accompuabed gentletnan
who for more thaa bsvbb years fllled
amoni us thfl greal paslttofl arhlch ba
lOBgl to the Afl-bfl B ? ' or thfl Ufllti I
BtatflB, in reply to the Klafl/fl t"i b*
Ing trlbuta of peraonal giiaf t>>r an old
and honored frlead. who ?n'i alao b
dlstlngulahed repreaflntatree of a kin-j
dred people, the Pn Bldeal of tbe fJaltedl
Btatea declarea thal Mr, Reid'a dee>th tel
B loaa to both eouati h i
"No greeter bomaga .'.wiii i.. pald toj
the BitBBorjr of aay noan who bad in?
his hetrJng the totereata of elther. T..'
haTB deoai bubJ aucfa n trlbuta la a i.fl
that ho DBdarfltood flnd fulfilled ahatj
should at all tlniefl ba the bl?h< I i ?-,
joot of bti rolaaloB, the dutjr of ecui J
ing clQflflr frletodahtp between I
With one flccord they arlll both conttrm
PTealdenl Taft'a tfledimony to tht
copttoaal maaaitr- of aith
a/hleh throagh hlfl oara pereonallty
Mi. RflM ;.' bieved 11.
"Tho aacrel of Ibal Biscceaa ii alm-l
plfl, Bfl kn. w both ? ouatrlefl w-u. aj
i'rcsldcnt Taft BafB, a*d Brhlle, ofl
coaraa, abaolutalj true and loyal to lwsj
own, be aavar found thal loyalt] to in-l
eonpatibla with ? profouad reepectl
aad love for Bnglaad air. tb Id .i
?;ie tinai teal far bb flrabaflflador, ih?-l
judgment of lh."ntrj U> whlch la-j
araa aent. H? abuadaatli ui held thal
greal tradltlona ol the poel arhli b w.J
.,.., piBfced i" thml, Am rl< ana regardl
M the blua ribhoa ol their dlplonaatl j
?srvsoe aad arhlch a long -ir,.,v of
aUteeanen aminenl for their abimiea,
rMownad for thalr llterarj gift and
dUailngulBhed for thalr aocLaJ charan
rarjdered Wuatrloua, Hla fortune wba
i? BOflBfl raapai ti ? " r ??*? 1,,i" '"'
eortala of hla iBraelaceaaora Baj
l? auday oo acate controverey dlWdedl
,??? two greal Bagilah apeahtag aa*|
BRITAIN tMOURNS, SAYS KING;
BOTH NAT10NS LOSE, TAFTS REPLY
W.ishington. Dec. 15.?President Taft reccived to-day the following
cable message from King George expreasinf sorrow over the death of
AmbassatJor Keid:
"The President of tiie United Statr-, ol Amatica, Washmgton:
JIt is with the dcepest sorrow that I have to inform you of the death
of Mr. Whitelaw Keid. at noon to-day. As your Ambassador in this coun?
try his loss will be smcerely deplored, while petsonally I shall mourn for
an old friend of many years' gtanding, for whom I had the greatest regard
and resptct The Qucen and I sympatlnze moal warmly with Mrs. White?
law Keid in her heavy sorrow. GEORGE, K. I."
President Taft sent this answer to the mgaggfc of King George:
"ilis Majesty King George V, Buckingham Palace. London:
"Your majesty's sad news of the death of Mr. Whitelaw Keid has
just reached me. Mr. Reid"s death is a loss to both countries, for his
service as Ambassador was exceptional in the closer friendship that he
secured between them through his own pcrsonality. His intimate knowl
edfg ol both countries, his profound respect and love for Kngland, entirely
consistent with the highest loyalty on his part to this country,
gave him peculiar infiuence for good in his great station. I sincerely thank
your majesty for your message and your expressions of sympathy and
respett. WILLIAM H. TAFT."
President Taft also sent the following message of sympathy to Mrs.
Reid, wife of the Ambassador:
"Mrs. Whitelaw Keid, London:
"Mrs. Taft and I extend to you our deepest sympathy in your great
sorrow. The country has lost a most able and loyal public servant. Mr.
Reid's death ends one of the most notable of the careers of the great men
who have represented this nation in London. He has exercised a personal
infiuence that was exceptional in maintaining the close friendship of the
two countries. and he has been successful in a remarkable degree in the
two very heavy branches of his duty. the one of pure diplomacy and the
other offering to the thousands of Americans who have frequented London
during his incumbency a fnendly hospitality that made all of them feel
at bottM We hope that the thought of the great name he leaves will in
time mitigate your gnef. WILLIAM H. TAFT."
it araa bla p.eavn_it ta-k to foa*
?,1 perpetoaU tho K"Od rel.itl.nis
than whi'-ii bad b* n alreadj
.,,. Hh wbotnad al it with tha
l tacl aad aaal thai eoma ol
. i !"?'?. and in it ba araa
,,, - ,,iv aritb arhoee aot
l ,.,?,, ,,?, \;,i, iii.i oondota to*
"] ha Morntng r*oi i "Amba
,,i, | i;, d'* i'":" ?i"',,,i Uhlnf tot th
i Qited Klngdom and Ita tnatll itloni
i ,i for htn the n apect of Bnajltah*
arho through bla deatb feol thai
i , i,,,,.. j, rl ona arho did mo * ta
tbe people <>r thla country nnd ihe
Unlted Btatea a nBtare ajrmpalhatle co i
I rehenaloa oi '?;"!' 081888*8 etrtuea and
., larger tolevatlon f-r each ? -?
i.-i'iii"."
Amity Due to Ambas?ador.
-Tbe Dnilj T.-i'g'.'i-h." arhkh da
vit.'s iie.u-iy three r*otu*aaa t.. n aurvey
,,r tha aiiibaBaau1iwT*a ?i r.- and labora
?aya: "Tha nawa ol the death ? l thi
AmeHcan Ajntmaaadoc artll eoene nol
only u a tarrlble ahoeb to a alde etrela
ol tha Bmailafe rrtenda tbal his per*
?onal ? harm and unfaJilni cowta*
i aaaQaaad ?? ariuud ?v?e, tliuU eataaaa.
SIGNAL HONOR FROM KIMG
George's Notification of Mr.
Reid's Death So Construed.
[Fi im Tha Tritt.nl. iiii.. ,,u ]
Waahlngton, Dec 16 Notification of
the Prealdenl of the death of an Ameri?
can Arnhaaaador by tho aoveratgn to
whoni Buch AmbaaaadoT is accredlted ls
practlcally aithoul pracedent, and ihi
tm iagfl of Klng Qaorge la regarded a.s
,i pecullar compliment to Mr. Reld. it
i? cuatomary for tiie nawa of the death
mbaaaador or BVtnlati r to como
:? in the BbargBi a meaaage of coiuio
fronn thfl aovflrelgn fdllowlng,
The eourae of the Klng In hlmeelf
. OHTl ' ii ?-', t!:.' flflfl 8 of |fr, Reld -
deatl t.. Prealdent Taft i. mtarpreted
by thfl offlclala of the DeflBartnaaBt ed
Bl .i. aa Indlcattffl ot n. purpcaa on the
I'iirt of his majoety to ihaw ?poclfll
hoaor to an Binbaaaador whom he not
only reepected aa ? dlploraat, hut who,
ia bo aaya hlmself, bfl moarna na "un
old iri't.'i ot many rearef Btandlng,"
for arhom b? bad "the graateal regard
Bnd reapect"
a
DEWEYS WINES FOR CHRISTMAS.
?.,, ^, :? - ? ;.i are alwaya acceptable
II T i>i:\\ EYA80N8 ',:<> IBPultonBt.N.Y.
-Advt
WHITELAW REID
DIES IN LONDON
American Ambassador to Great Britain Suc
cumbs at His Post After Illness of
Less Than a Week.
FATAL ISSUE WAS UNEXPECTED
Death Due to Pulmonary (Edema, According to Bulletin
Issued by Sir Thomas Barlow, Physician to the
King?Funeral Probably at Sleepy Hollow.
ln Th. Tiibun.
London. Dec. 16.?Whitelaw Reid, American Ambassador to
Great Britain, died at ten minutes past noon yesterday at Doichcster
House. his London residence, after an illness which began hardly
more than a fortnight ago and the serious nature of which had be?
come apparent hardly more than a few hcurs before death. The
cause of death was a bronchial attaek on which asthma supervened.
a severe asthmatic paroxysm leading to an extreme degree of ex
haustion from which he was unable to recover, though the asthma
itself was got under control.
With the Ambassador at the time of his death were Mrs. Reid
and their daughter, Mrs. John Ward, and the Hon. John Hubert
Ward. The physicians in attendance were Sir Thomas Barlow, Sir
William Osler, W. Hale White and Richard Rowlands.
The Ambassador had been unconscious since 9 o'clock in the
morning. and at intervals during the previous twenty-four hours he
had been slightly delirious as a result of the drugs administered to
IndtlCC sleep
Sif Thomas Barlow, physician to the King, who was called ln
last week when Mr. Reid's illness beeame acute, and his regula;
physician. Dr. William Hale White. issued the following bulletin
as to the cause of death:
"A fortnight ago the American Ambassador had a atight
bronchial attaek simiiar to others from which he had suffered at
considerable intervals. On Wednesday last asthma supervened, and
the asthmatic paroxysms beeame very severe, leading to extreme
exhausticn.
"It was hoped that he might rally, as no pneumonic symptoms
had ippewfii With difhculty the paroxysms of asthma were got
under control. but on Sunday morning the exhaustion beeame ex?
treme. and he died from pulmonary cedema at 12:10 P. M.'
LOOKED FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS.
Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid, son and daughter-in-law of the Ar\
bassador, are on the Atlantic on their way to England, having saile I
from New York on Saturday on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. It was
the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid to sail on Tuesday on tba
Mauretaoia. Only a week ago the Ambassador received a letter from
his son telling of the coming visit, and he was looking forward with
the greatest pleasure to the Christmas holidays, which were to have
been spent at Chiltern Park, the country residence of the Hon. Mr.
and Mrs. Ward. On Thursday, however, it beeame evident that Mr.
Reid's illness had taken a serious turn, and a cable message was at
once sent to New York which caused Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid to
take the first fast boat to England.
The Ambassador returned on October 28 from his visit to Amer
ica. the whole time of which occupied only a month, his departure
from England having taken plaee on September 28. While in Amei -
ica he presided at the three days' dedication exereises of the new
Edueation Building in Albany and attended to a vast amount of
business, both public and private. The result was that he reached
England considerably fatigued by the hurried trip, but instead of
taking the needed rest plunged at once into the accumulated busi?
ness of the embassy and insisted on keeping his promise to deliver
the address on Thomas Jefterson at the University College of Walcs,
Aberstwyth, on October 31.
For the next month he was constantly einployed on the affairs
of the embassy. On December 2 he came up to Dorehester House
from Wrest Park, where he had been entertaining a shooting party
for the previous week-end, and the final illness began on the follow?
ing day. Dr. W. Hale White, Ambassador Reid's physician during
his residence in London, called Sir William Osler in consultation
two days after Mr. Reid's return from Wrest Park. Sir William
pronounced Mr. Reid in excellent condition, except for the need of
rest, and another consultation was not considered necessary until
Wednesday last, when asthma made its appearance.
PHYSICIAN SAW NO DANGER.
Sir William Osler was in town again last Monday and called on
the Ambassador, though not sent for, and once more said there was
no cause for anxiety. On Wednesday, however, when the symptoms
of asthma first reappeared. Sir William was at once called from Ox
ford and Dr. Rowlands was also called in, the latter remaining in
eonstant attendance on'Mr. Reid until the end, living in the house.
Sir Thomas Barlow was added to the corps of physicians on Thurs?
day and the four doctors were in frequent consultation up to the time
of the Ambassador's death.
Mr. Reid himself did not realize the seriousness of his condition
and until within a few hours of the end there was little sign of any
diminution of energy, except for the period immediately following
the recovery from the asthmatic paroxysms Until Saturday after?
noon all the business of the embassy passed through his hands.
Irwin Laughlin, first seeretary of embassy, was in eonstant consul?
tation with his chief, and all dispatches were read and signed by the
Ambassador. He signed on Friday afternoon the last official dis?
patches that have been sent from the embassy to Washington. It
was only on Saturday aiternoon that he at last consented to allow
Mr. Laughlin to sign official pc-pers.
Messrs. Laughlin and Hanks, of the embassy staff, were at Dor?
ehester House when the Ambassador died. Mr. Laughlin at once
sent cable dispatches to President Taft and Seeretary Knox, while
the flag of the embassy was placed at halfTust The Foreign Office
was informed, but both Sir Edward Grey, Seeretary for Foreign Af?
fairs, and Premier Asquith were out of town, and official recognition
by the government of Mr. Reid's death must await their return. Sir
Edward Grey was a frequent inquirer during the week concerning
the health of Mr. Reid.
The King and Queen were in London over the week-end, and
they were informed of the dath by the Hon. John Ward. Within