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Show SKNATOK I'JiU.Ml! DKAIh M He I'alla Uucoiitrluiia to Hut tlnor, j .Vfltrlo IleJii I he Pot-mlon H his $U APOr-ltXV, THE RESULT Or OVCH H WORK, WAS THE CAUSE. IH llelAlla of the Sid Dieiit.-IIotv the j News la Itocelrrd hy I lie H luite Senator'. IrlrmU. H Telrsraeato tba H llf Naualer l-reainn It, I'ltimt, or sH WAHIItMiltlN, Dec. 0. "Oh, my afaaH nod! My head! my head!" and ejeua-' ftaaH lor Preston II. I'lumb, who, a ntr- ' lH risentatlreiifthuHtatu of Kanaaa In i IH thu Uulle.1 HlAlej Henatu slnco IST!, ,M haa bciiipled a prominent place In Iho IbH council ol thu ItepubllcAii ratty, a aal ft) ir ruluutt later fell unconacloua, .JH never lo regain knowledge of what iH itaa going on arounl blni. Itwaaa H quarter to aeveii this evening whsn he IH ullend tho above txclauiatlou. A IsliiiiiiiiiB little more than live hours later thu 'H bioad-rrauid, MWsrful-Iooklug man H was stretched nut dt ad In his niodr.t .H aparlm.nU lu Fourteenth street. His .LaH ituyslcl'in. Dr. Phlll Wales, hie clerk, IsaH II. W. ITennlLuu, and hla landlord, tsaai Mr. .lennliif., u-ere with hlni at the 'H l.i.t. Hla wife und two children are IH In Kanaaa, Death ramu from apoplexy, leaaLH Clearly the result of nverwnrL-. .IbbbH Tho Kenator hat been known for bbbbbI yiars as one of the most cnergetlo iH mcml-va of tlio Senate. Ayearafolie IH bexan tu fall, hla brain became aftected JbbbH and throbbing beidorlj-. Iiecsme moru iJH and more frrquent. Ills phyalclana I dbbbbb1 warusd him tint Hit, continuance of 'M hla labors meant dr.itli, hut he bbbbbB refuted to heed their waru'.nf H Aa far aa outward appearaucta went, H lie was most vigorous looking and ap H purclilly thu Tioiiflcatioii of health. H liecontlnued to work with the energy LH ofn steam engine, and today, when iH seemingly In full vigor, died. Two H weeks ago hu was troubled by falling .H memory and other rymptoms which H 'medical men clats us "apntsla." Hu jl called In Dr. Wales. Tho latter, after bbH a careful atudy, Infuriued the Senator H that his symptoms Inu'lcateJ ajpl):y, M and that he uin.t quit work. Hut H Plumb thuuht the doctor unduly alarmed. He keut up his labors both , H liilhuUenateaniat home. His eyes bbbbbbH then iroubletl hint, as did alio his bbbbbI kldncyi.andfae bad skilful aft.clail.il IH examine him. They reported there , sssH was uolhlng tho matter wild thuo H organs, tbat It was soma other trouble bbbbbH which conllrmisl Ur. Wale'a dlagnoals. i H A few days ago Plumb w ent to 1'hlla 1 i bbbbLI deliihlawlthHenalortiuay, tu consult I bbbbbbI with Dr. Pepper.Hr returned laat even. L .ssH ng.rompliliilngofuvlolenthradaehr, I M but went tundluuer given by ex-Hen f .H ator Mahonetonfewfrleuda. Here- bbbbbH turned homo alioutl o'clock this morn. H Ing, nnd about i! o'clock called Mr. H Jennings, his landlord, who lived bbbbH alKive, and re.Jeateil him to come bbbbbB down and alt with lilm, aa ho wot III. sssH Mr. Jennings saw his condition was , serious, ami summoned Dr. Wales. ' sssH Thu latter alleviated Ihe i aln, and re- H malned wild the sriistor until 0:SO, iB tttitu lie went away, leaving Plumb bbssH sleeping soundly. Fifteen minutes later Senator Plumb itwoke, bounded sssH out of Utlto a slop Jaraoil Iirgan to sssH vomit. Whenthevemltlngceated.hu bbbbbB railed hUhanda to hli head and ex. H claimed, "Oh, my Oodl my head! my LbbBH LAST WOIIDS. H Mr. Jennings stroked his head to re- bbbbbI llive the lain, and a few minutes bbbbbH later the senator lapsel Into aluuiLer. bbsH and soon utter lulo unconiclouaiiiaa. H About 10 o'clock Dr. Walea retume.1 bbbbbI and saw at oneu Hint tho senator had ssH been stricken with aH'lexy. Here- bbbbH malned unconacloua until Ihe end bbbbH came, at I1-.S0. Dr. Walea said the JjsH Immediate cviau of death wasaisiplexr bbbbbbI brought on by fatly degeneration 01 the H brain, from overwork, "It was a clear bbbbH t-aae of overwork," aald tho doctor, "If H ho had glveu up somu time ago It bbbbbbI would have teen ilitlrrent, but no muii bbbLbbB cuulditand what hu was doing In Ids I bbbbH condltlou." H The news of thu sad event spread bLbLbH rapidly. Within an hour Senator bbbbbH I'eller was at the bedlldu of Ills deal bbbbbH colleague, and Sorgeant-at-Arms llal- sH leatyre of the Heusle aseumed dlrrc bIbbbbI tlouuf the funeral arrangements. Au bbbbH undertaker waa summoned aud em. H Inlmid tho remains, his hsateln ti.i. bbbbbbI matter giving rise toaillstrtiwlcglnci- bbbbH dent. Shortly afiorlheembahnlug was 1 completed a ulapalch waa received from JiiiiiiiiiiiiB the widow, who la lu Kmporla, Kat., JH re.fue.tlug that the body be not em- M bahned. It was slated that last sum. fl liter Senator Plumb was, for two or turro hours, In a state of suspended bbbbbH animation aud to all appetraucudrad. B llavlngtbntctltlslu uiud.Mri.PJumb did not wleh Ihe body tmbalmrd until HBBBjl there waa no doubt of death. There sBBBBJ celpt of thla telegram too late caused HHjH liiucli Uouvitlllng regret. The under- B taker anil doctor, however, art, poaltlve the senator was dead, A H compoied of employes of tueSruate, .BBI watt detailed to watch over the re I aflH mains until Ihry are romoied lo thu Capitol. Vice President .Morton and sBI many senatora called al Ihe houeu JH durlug the afternoon. aH AtlOo'clotk tomortowthe body of H the late Senator III tie removed to i sfllJiiflHal the ntarl.lo room ol the Senate wing of SjBHHjJH the Capitol. At Ills o'clock the body VjBHHH will be removed to theScnatt. chamter. HjBHHH where fifteen minutes later the funeral ' jBHHHH rervleea will be held. At 2:.1J thu bHjBHHH the body will be takuu to tbel'tunsyl- flH vaola hallway elation, iscortt.d by a i!aBBHHHH t-jiituiilltie uf the Ivtu houaea und me.ni WajssssssBaBl tiers of the Souito on foot. It will bu nflHHfl taken to llmna, Kaa., where thu raaBBBH Interment will be made. ' Senator I'lumb leaven a wife and H five children, twu daughters and three jH sons. He mqi Lorn In Uvlawaie iH County, Ohio, October 12, 1S.I7, left aH the common .tchojl for the primer's bI case, and In ',irauRncu of that vocu ' .' bbbbbbbbI Hon went to Kaiiint lu leSO and iH pltingetl atomttlulo thu thick of the I H strife then ragiug over Ihe slavery iH queftlou. lit, kt onto went to tin. ) jH Irontand aoou becuuu a minb'rol bbbbbbbH i fsH I I 'I lh I.eBTenworth CWIIIullonal (joy I Tenlloiiofim He a. Blmltted t tlie bar tu isol, went 1 1 (ha UaUUluw lu 18(1!, .erteJ In the 1 letenlh lliim Inf.utry through ll Kradia from aw-ond aw-ond llrul-nant lo colonel. After Hie war lie nirei! again In the Kimmb larRlilaturr, ami In 18JI wm chwwn UnlitdHltcrentoMiecitW"i" M. Hereey. Mr. dumb waa a wealthy man. and In ail'llllou to hla enalollel dutlii, waa actHely conreme.1 In rail; ro.J and Indti'lrlal rnlerrilaer, ",ni1 aa wMfW known In financial olrdia Man lnJe"fatlfltle promoter. U TUB KKUH IX KASBAK. 1 TornU, Ka..,Iee.!0.-Tlieneeiif 1 lh death of Benalor riumli wm a I treat ahock tu hla Mend! Ill Kunall. 1 R J0 one know he hail hren alllnit, and U the tlcoroui campaign h invw lat 1 R fiiitholntirttofbltariyreiiil I H roiiTlncInd proof that hla robiiit toil- 1 U atllullonwaalu Ilia tint rouitltloli. Ho il .tumped theHlatefruinoneend totlia I other, being oUlutd lunJeroall tlm I fallrueaol a lountry iiiiiln. III. H work la g.uetallr credited with line In H been thu prime cau.eul the lteuul.ll. , I caiiTlrtory. 1 1 1 not uu tt isnerallon IntaythatHenator riumhwki one ur I llm niot pular men in KauaiM. lie I M the Idol of hla own ally and wm U JI reitrdid by hla polltlml ofponenU 1 Ml with reaped. jU, The Kanau law iirOTldeethalln he W D eeeut of the Heath of aenator Ilia 111 It Tawiicyltoi.elllUidliylhegoeiner'ii M aiipulotmenl uulll thu nl ' ffl H Ine of the leRlelatuiv. The neit Jf If leiUlatJte done uot uet until a year '1 j) from now. UoTernorllumthiey wj 3 . rrenbya rei-nler of the Aiioclalol ,B H Iriatlili afternoon. Ha had already 'J U bteti notified of the Belial, r'a death b I y' rrltalo dli-tch, but waa iireallr a Si Jhocked l the new; ,o much to thai V, m hehadBlvciinollioujIilaatolhinuc-f hehadBlvciinollioujIilaatolhinuc-f 1 cir. Tliemrue ol Keualor Iiurelle la already prominently nranllotwl by i IK iwllllclana, In lact, no olhrr name lnu I) Ml racrlted any meutloii at all. II HI J1WI. rM!i.ia fi III Khivuia, Kan., Dee. St. Thl; city, HI ll tlielwnie cf tfeuetor numb, deeply til HI niuunehU death. Mn. I'lumb, who m; In U'e ii au Invilld mtny)ear, wa j ; II today abloforlhe flrtt tlmo In reeeral i inoi.thi to atlend churili and It waa fi JI lielothoniWKlflielhlMbind'iauddell fljll IllncnwwooniiiiuulcatnJ to her. rlhe m S waa irurtrild and lakaii lioma In a il! fi vnrrlete. Hho had a.iircely arrleed II If there when a aecond diapavrU all. i I uouui'eil Mr. l'iumb'a death. Mra. 1 I)) riumli li now cooipletely proatrated. |
