Show SENATOR BEAD AFTER illness had shown improvement lately and summons came suddenly and unexpectedly washington arthur pue german united states senator from maryland died suddenly at his residence in this city at 9 05 clock monday morning while senator german had been ill for many months he had shown some im provement pro lately heart trouble was the immediate cause of death up to the moment of death senator german was conscious his condition during the past week had improved so much that the family had hopes of shortly taking him to the country senator german long had been a notable figure in the national congress he first took his seat in 1881 and served continuously for e years and nearly all of that time he was the leader of his party in the senate winning early a reputation tor saga city and the keenest judgment in con gressional affairs he attained aromi nence not only as a leader in the sen ate but in the country at large and by many men was considered the most available man in his party for the presidency he was chairman of the executive committee and managed the campaign that resulted in the election of cleveland in 1884 the most notable contest of his congressional career and one which attracted to him wider attention than anything else was when he led the senate minority in and defeated the federal elections bill |