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Show AGED SENATOR DiESON TRAIN KMUTE NELSON, 80, U. S. SENA--TOR, SINCE 1895, DIES WHILE ON WAY TO HIS HOME Veteran Solon Left Washington Accompanied Ac-companied by Niece and Insurance Insur-ance Commissianer; Death Ends Long Career Y'ork, Ta. Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota died on a Pennsylvania train near York Saturday ni?ht. According to a message received by E. C. Greening, trainmaster here, the cause of death was heart disease. Senator Nelson left Washington on the Dominion express at 7 p. m. Death occurred shortly after the train left Baltimore. Senator Nelson was accompanied by his niece and by the commissioner of insurance of Minnesota. Senator Nelson was one of the most colorful figures in the senate. He had been in politics since 1SGS, had twice served as governor of Minnesota and was first elected to the United States senate In 1S00. Short and thick set, Senator Nelson was physically of the old striking type when in his prime. Of Norwegian extraction, strong personality and will, the Minnesota senator had been prominent in the Republican organization for years. Elected first to the senate in 1S95, Senator Nelson was reelected in 1901, 1907, 1913 and 191S. Senator Nelson's Nel-son's reelection in 191S was with the advice and consent of Woodrow Wilson, Wil-son, who, though a Democratic president, presi-dent, placed no obstacle in Nelson's way because of the latter's strong support of the Wilson administration's administra-tion's war policies. |