Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1914 — JOHN L. GRIFFITHS IS DEAD IN LONDON [ARTICLE]

JOHN L. GRIFFITHS IS DEAD IN LONDON

American Consul General Succumbs to Heart Disease—Married Miss Caroline Henderson, Lafayette. London, May 17.—John L. Griffiths, the American consul general at London, died suddenly tonight at his residence of heart disease. Consul Griffiths had suffered from a slight illness recently, but was considered completely recovered. He was out driving today, and apparently was quite well until the fatal attack. John L. Griffiths was born in New York Oct. 7, 1855. He studied law at the State University of lowa, and he was admitted to the bar at Indianapolis, where he practiced for a time. He was appointed consul at Liverpool in 1905, and consul general at London in 1909. < His wife was Caroline Henderson, of Lafayette, whom he married in 1889. Mr. Griffiths was engaged in writing the life of ex-President Benjamin Harrison. Owing to the state of Col. Theodore Roosevelt’s health, members of his family have requested that no public reception similar to the greeting extended to him on his return from his African trip be arranged on his arrival in New York from Brazil next week.