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Show THE bCDDEX DEATH or Benator Jimn B. Beek, or Ken. tneWy, at Waahlnslon. Wasiiixotos, May 3. As announced an-nounced in Saturday'! News, Senator Sen-ator James B. Beck of Kentucky dropped dead at the Baltimore and Potomac station at 4 o'clock this afternoon. af-ternoon. He had Just arrived from New York, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Goodloe, wife of Major Goodloe of the United States Marine Corps. He got off the train with the reat of -passengers and walked with his daughter the entire leneth of the nlatibrm nnd thmt)-.!. tlie gate leading to the station proper. prop-er. He seemed to "walk with,an effort ef-fort and to breathe with labor, but these symptoms were the usual accompaniments ac-companiments of exertion with him for some months past. After passing into the station, t&e Senator and his daughter stopped and were Joined byhta private secretary, sec-retary, who had brought a carriage to take them home. A few words were exchanged with regard to the care of baggage, when the Senator suddenly turned pale and, with the remark, "I feel dizzy," fell Into the arms of his companions. They could not support his weight, and ho dropped to the H&or, WHERE HE SWOOXED AWAY. Willing hands were numerous and the limp and helpless body was borne into the office of the station master, about twenty feet away. When the physicians arrived them was nothing for them to do except to examine the body and determine the cause of death. A superficial examination was only possible at tlie time, but it was sufficient to satisfy the physicians that dtath resulted from inraljsls of tlie heart- The news was telegraphed to tlie capital and subsequently spread to all sections of the city. iCepreseuta Uvea Itreckenridge, Carutli, Stone and others of the Kentucky con-'givssloual con-'givssloual delegation rejoireit to tlie station at once and arranged for the removal of the remains to a more suitable p'tce. ScnaU Beck had not been regular reg-ular in his attendance upon the sessions ses-sions of the Senate for two 3 ears, aud was In his seat but a few limes tills Cougrc-.-. The last legislation of any importance w ith wiikh he was connected was the"uuderalu-tion the"uuderalu-tion bill," which pulsed the binate in March, 1SSS. "He worked on that measure with constant devotion," sajs Senator Allison, who was associated with him, "until it km ilbjioied of. One mornitig, shortly altcrwards, he came into the room of tlie committee, commit-tee, saying that he had been sick the night befure nnd was JOT TI1EX St.ELI.SU WEB. That was the first lime he was ever known to lie sick nnd from that tiniH forward hu was never well." "During the debate on the Senate Sen-ate substitute for tiie Mills bill be uas notable to Like part, aud his absence was a great los to the democratic dem-ocratic raiiki1. Ho was not able to be present at the ugieuiug of tlie sa.-clal sa.-clal sevdon of the henate in March, 1S59, and was sworn lu by I'res-identjniofcm I'res-identjniofcm lug-alls somu days after af-ter wanin. He has visited the Capitol Cap-itol occasionally since (hi opening of the Fifty-fltSv Congress, but look no part In the proceedings, except to rote. His latl apj-earance in the Chamber wan on the day tho case of the new Montana Senators, Sauders and 1 owers, mi settled. Senator Beck was greatly beloved by tlie cmplt es of the Senate for bis uniform kindness and courtesy, and his active Interest in Uieir welfare. |