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Show SUDDEN DEATH OF D. B, KILL Man Who Was Long the Ruling Spirit ! of New Vo'k Democracy Esplrts ! After Brief Illness. Albany. N. V lavld llennett Hill Is dead. Senator Ilill had been aut ferlng from a cold and blllloul attack at-tack of three weeks' standing. He waa sitting up In bed to lake a drink of water when he waa set ted with acute dilution of the hearL lh'sih followed quickly, with no one but a nurse at his bedside. David llennett Hill waa born Au gust 28. 1M:I. He waa elected to the assembly In IK70 and again In 1T1 For many years Mr. Hill waa a member mem-ber of the democratic state committee, commit-tee, and in ISTK and Iskt be was a delegate to the national convention, which nominated Tllden and Cleveland, Cleve-land, respei tlvly. In Iks.' he was elected lleutensnt governor on the same ticket vlth lirnver Cleveland, nnd following Cleveland s election to the presbk-ncy of the Culled 8tutcs Mr. Hill became governor, subsequently elected for two terms. He was governor for seven yens In Is'.tl Mr. Hill was elected Halted Stales senator and In lh9 he wus once more the cundldiito for govcraor, but was defested by Ix-vl P. Motion, his Itepuhllriin opponent. Mr. Hill waa the candidate for the nonilnalon for president In 1H92. but driver Cleveland was elected for that f e In IHU4 Mr. Hill was credited with being the political sponsor of Alton II. I'srker, who was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic national na-tional convention at BL I.011I1 Following Fol-lowing that election Mr. Hill announced an-nounced his permanent retirement from polltlca and since that time had devoted himself to bis law practice. |