Show AGED SENATOR N KNUTE NELSON 80 U S SENA TOR TOP SINCE 1895 DIES WHILE ON WAY TO HIS HOMS veteran solon left washington Washl noton ac compan leJ by niece and ansur ance Commis commissioner sidner death ends long career york ork ila senator Sen titor knuta nelson of minnesota tiled on a pennsylvania train near york night according to a message received ly by 11 C greening in totter here the cause of death was heart disease senator nelson left washington on oil the dominion express at t 7 p m death occurred occur reil shortly after tile the train left baltimore Se senator nelson was accompanied hy by ills his niece and by the commissioner of insurance of ennior nelson was one of the most colorful figures in tile alio senate lie ito had been in politics since 1808 had twice served as aa governor ot of minnesota and was W IB first elected to the united states senate tit in short sad and thick set senator nelson was physic tilly of the old striking type when in ills his prime ot of norwegian extraction strong personality and will the minnesota senator hid been prominent in tile republican organization tor for years elected first to the senate in iio senator nelson was reelect reelected eil in 1001 1007 1907 lol 1911 J and 1018 senator benator net nel sons reelection reelect lon in 1918 wits wai witt with the advice and consent ot of woodrow woodro wll AVII son n who though it democratic president placed no obstacle in nelsons belsons Nel sons way because of the flatters lat Int strong support ot of tile the wilson allson administrations war policies |