Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1897

Mr. Mills to Mr. Olney.

Legation of the United States,
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, January 6, 1897. (Received Jan. 21.)

No. 179.]

Sir: It is with deep regret that I have to inform you of the death of Mr. Albert S. Willis, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States, which occurred this morning at 8.30.

The funeral services will take place on the 8th instant, after which the remains will be placed in a vault until the 13th instant, when they will be shipped to San Francisco, on the steamship Australia, en route to Louisville, Ky., the home of the late minister.

I am, etc.,

Ellis Mills,
Chargé d’Affaires.