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Show SENATOR BOO AGE 61 YEARS I 'Famous Republican Party "Boss" Breaks Down Working on Tax WASHINGTON'. Dec. 31. Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania died here tonight after a brief Illness. Senator Penrose, who was 61 years of afit. had been complaining for some dys, but It was stated repeatedly by his frif iids that his condition was Improving Im-proving and that he would be able to resume hia duties in the senate next v. iok. Hih recent work as chairman of the finance committee In handling tax and tariff legislation was a rcat- I er physical hardship, his friends said, than he himself realized lCeitortu Irom Senator I v-n ru.-e':. apartment at the Ward man park hotel tonight Indicated that his condition was not o good and physicians were constantly with him. The first notice of his death, which occurred at 11:40 o'clock, iius telephoned by a physician from hlaf apartment lo tho hotel desk. BEGINS WITH COLD. Senator Penrose's Illness, after his recuperation from a long siege which kept him away from tho senate for months, Started early In the week with' a Nad .old There was h change for the ix-ttqr on Wednesday, but he suf-fered suf-fered a slight relapse Thursday, Uo- spite that, however, he waa aiio to be up arid around his apartment. The senator's brother, Dr. Charles Penrose Jof Philadelphia, canio here to se In in ait.-i th- first cold attack, i returned home Wednesday, feeling that the, senator was well on tin-mend tin-mend Vr. Adams was with Senator! Penrose (most of th afiernoon and! throughout the evening. Pi jMON VR1 t HROMBI SIS, Senator Penrose died of pulmonary thrombosis, as a reaull of heart failure, fail-ure, Dr. Roy D. Adams, his physician.' unnouncsd lr. Adams and two nurses I were th) only persons in tho room when the end came, until S few moments before death, i Senator I'r nrose, his ih. ician said, w'as quits comfortable, although he soon relapsed into unconsciousness and It was realized that his condition was desperate Scnaior Penrose occupied a large suite on the top floor of the hotel. It was said that he was particularly anxious anx-ious to recoup hirf strength so thai he could return to his duties next WCOk as chairman of the finance coni- Mllti.,. hliiiili;; vMUicsm-:, on tli,. taiitt bill. Dr. Adams gave tho time of the senators dealh as 11:30 o'clock- "The senator seemed to- be resting easy." said tho doctor. EjVILS DOWN DEAD "He had been around the room during dur-ing ihe Jay and was .sitting beside his bed. Ho Wits apparently in good spirits as wo had been talking about the New Your's celebration which had ju.-t startt-d The senator suddenly 1 l Sid O Wis on the bed and slipped to tin-floor. tin-floor. 'Winn I reached his ide he was 'dead." I Dir. Adams declared that the senator! tUlttaiMSl dm Pu'o Two.) SENATOR BOIES I PENROSE DEAD f (Continued from Tagc One) 1 had suffered a heart attack j ' His heart condition had been weaic 1 for many months, evor since his 111 i ness at his home In Philadelphia,'' the physician eleclared. ' The senator had been very careful Of his health' but his heart apparontly Igave out as the result of his long selge W& ..: git knees." ,K Senator Penrose had been active at Bl his ifflce in the capital up until the week before Christmas, While cele- I brating the Christmas holidays he H caught cold and on Tuejsda he re- mained In hi- apartment. Ho had not Bb left the rooms since then nt all, al- though on several occasions he was able to leave his bed." LlKK SENATOR KNOX Friends of Senator Penrose said that Jfc-ths Jfc-ths sudden death recently of his cool-league. cool-league. Senator Knox, had been such a shock to him that it had affected him several days ago while ho was do- V Ing his best to shake off a deep cold L Penrose was a delegate to every Re V publican national conventlen since 1900, serving on the Republican na- S tional committee from Pennsylvania i from 190-1 He was elected to the L'nlted States senate to succeed J. Donald Don-ald Cameron for the term beginning March 4 1897. f IA1KRS ONLY TWICE Penrose in his home state has con- I slstontly held political leadership j through each successive ndmlnlstra- J tlon The state has been lost to hlni i but twice since he assumed control. j Following the exposure of the capltol I graft scandal at Harrlsburg, Penrose 1 lost the state to the Democrats at an 1 election at which a state treasurer and i auditor general were elected. The jj other time was tho loss of the state to j Roosevelt at tho presidential election against Taft for the second term I Roth of the.ee victories against the I Penrose leadership were but tempo- ; rary. He rogalned power tho follow - I j Ing year, tlve years ago a governor was elected In Pennsylvania opposed to the senkT I'nlted States senator and I four years ago a mayor of tho city of Phlla delphla opposed to the Penrose w"' standard was victorious. Penrose had supported both of these candidates, I howev er. He regained control of the ' i state government at Harrlsburg and the city government at Philadelphia at 3h tne next election. Ha I nr.'-..- was a member of one of II Philadelphia's oldest and foremost mm families. Ho never married. f - STORY OF Jill. Penrose was born fn Philadelphia, J November 1. 1860 He was prepared for college by private tutors and in V the schools of Philadelphia. He was I graduated from Harvard In 1881 He l first read law with Wayne MacVeagh f; and George Tucker Biapham and was n admitted to the bar In 1S83 For sev II erul years he practiced his profession 1 in Philadelphia. He was elected to Ij-i the Pennsylvania house of representa- lives from tho ciffhth Philadelphia dls- I trlct In 1884 and to the state senate I from the sixth district In 1886, reelected reelect-ed In 1S90 ond again In 1894. S IS STATE SENATE In 18S9 he was elected president ' : pro tempore of tho state senate and 1 re-elected in 1891. H Penre-sc was chairman of the Re- .j publican state committee In 1903- , : ' 1905 and In 1904 was elected a mem- BB ber of the Republican national com- m mlttee from Pennsylvania. H also mmU. served as national committeeman In 1908 and 1916. He was first elected to tho United j j States Senate to succeed J Donald 1 1 Cameron for the term beginning March 4, 1897. reelected In 1903, 1S09. 1914. I and iy2i : oo Bfl |