Show I SENATOR DAVIS IS I DEAD Chairman of Senate Committe on Foreign Relations Dies at His Home inV in-V St + Paul < S I Stricken at Alexandria innin September With Blood Poisoning Caused by Infection Throul h a Slight Abrasion of His Foot from the Dye of a BlacrTStockingOther Complications Fol lowedSomething About His Life and Career St Paul Minn Nov 27 Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate died at his home In this city tonight at 840 oclock lie had I suffered greatly during two months of I sickness and gradually sank away being be-ing unconscious for several hours before be-fore death and so far as could be known suffered no pain Yesterday appreciating the approach of the end Mrs Davis sent for venerable vener-able T II M Vllliers Appleby archdeacon arch-deacon of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Minnesota and Rev Thco Sedgwlek rector of the church of St John the Evangelist An attempt had been made to secure the attendance of BishopWhlpple but the bishop was In Florida Senator Davis was for a lime sufllclenlly rational to express his grateful apprecIation of tho clergy mens ministrations END WAS PEACEFUL Grouped about the deathbed were Senator Daviss Immediate family his devoted wife his aged lather MajorS Major-S II Davis and his two sisters Mrs Morford and Mrs Bartlett Trlpp His law partner C A Vrance and his wife were also present as well as the doctors and nurses The family had been prepared pre-pared for the end since the first slnlci i Ing spell which occurred last Friday night and all have been where they could be summoned at a momentH no y lice The Senator had been In a comv atose state during the day Death came almost Imperceptibly and tho closing scene was marked with but little incident Ills last conscious < utterance was a wish to live no for I the sake of life itself but because lit d believed his country needed him TL 1 words were Oh that I might llvej live years more for my countrys sakey FATHER IS PROSTRATED V Mrs Davis Is bearing up bravely frod despite the strain of the long wockBlotf weary watching at the sickbed WUbA stood the shock of parting with clfir acterlstlc fortitude The Scnatortej l agecl father Isprostrated over his Sori2 death as are also his sisters The Senators mother has been so feeble that she has not realized the seriousness serious-ness of her sons Illness and does not know of his death Senator Frye President pro tem of the Senate has been notified of the Senators death and his wishes with reference to the funeral arrangements will be compiled with FLAGS HALFMASTED Coy Lind says that all the State buildings will be closed tomorrow and Hags displayed at halfmast out of respect of the Senators memory and that the customary period of mourning mourn-ing would be taken After consulting with the Senators family tomorrow the Governor will probably Issue a proclamation for the observance of such memorial services as may be determined de-termined upon Mayor Samuel Smith will Issue a proclamation calling on the citizens generally to display emblems em-blems of mourning CAME AS A SHOCK For more than a week it has been known that the death of Senator Davis was certain lo occur within n short time Although the bulletins Issued by Dr Stone from day to day made no positive statement to this effect they nevertheless guve the Impression that the case was a hopeless one However the announcement came as a shock to friends and fellowiownsmcn of the Senator In lib moments of lucidity he expressed strong determination to Mecover und within a week told a friend Ho was poslllvc he would be well Indeed In-deed C it I Is the general belief that the Senators Iron will is I all that has kept him alive for the past week DUB TO KIDNEY TROUBLE The kidney affection which developed during his early Illness jefuscd to yield to treatment and resulted In death I was Sunday November 1th when the 111 si note of alarm was sounded nnd since that tlmw the lucid Intervals have become less and less frequent Until the Senator was almost constantly out of his mind He raved of his work He would declaim In praise of the Nations foreign policy A sentence about the Philippines would be followed by a comment upon the Moproe doctrine or a suggestion of an Impending wui with Spain But always in his diseased mind his patriotic and olilclal duties were with him MRS DAVISS LONG VIGIL Two milled nurses were In attend ance relieving each other after short watches By the Senator sat his wife who despite the doctors orders that she go to rest refused toleave the bedside bed-side Her vigil has been 0 long and trying one hut she has borne the ordeal or-deal bravely and If wifely devotion could have saved the dying man he I would have been saved Even in his delirium the Senator was quick to notice no-tice her absence from his side and would toss feverishly about until again quieted by her presence When rational he assured her that he would owe his recovery which he never seemed to doubt to her unwavering cheerfulness and encouragement I Second only to Mrs Davis In his devoted de-voted attention was the Senators father The older Mr Davis has borne tho terrible strain with great fortitude and has watched over the sickbed of his son with tender solicitude I solici-tude The Senators mother has herself been very feeble of late and she has not realized her sons condition Mr Norfoid and Mrs Bartlett Trlpp the Senators slslers have been slaying at the house since the Senators disease became so serious Every day there have been received hundrds of cable and telegraphic messages of sympathy They have come from many distinguished distin-guished members of the diplomatic corps and high Government otllclals as well as from those In the humbler walks of lifeBLOOD J life-BLOOD POISONING SETS IN After his return from the Maine campaign In September Senator Davis was troubled with twinges of pain in his fet lo which he paidlittle attention at-tention He began an active campaign In this State speaking at Duluth September Sep-tember 2Iat and Alexandria Minn September 2uth During th latter i speech he suffered so greatly that he could not wear his shoe He returned home at once and was prdered to bed by his physicians A few days later an opcratloif was performed but I he failed to Improve and a consultatlbn ot physicians phy-sicians was called An operation on October 15th was beneficial and another an-other on October 22nd The ease was one of blood poisoning caused by Infection Infec-tion through a slight abrasion of his foot from the dye of a blacksilk stockIng stock-Ing and lie openings drew off the accumulation ac-cumulation of pus Ills condition Improved Im-proved steadily until November 5th when he grew worse and Dr J B Murphy Mur-phy tho Chicago specialist was sent for a consultation being held the next day At that time a alight gangrenous substance formed and an operation was had a portion of ono toe being taken ta-ken It healed well and the doctors were hopeful I KIDNEY TROUBLE TOOK FORM I On November 12th nephritis and diabetes dia-betes took form Another consultation was held November 13th confirming the pervious opinion and settling the presence of the kidney trouble Dr Murphy had been sanguine of the Senators Sen-ators recovery up to this time but upon the discovery of the fresh complications com-plications he privately expressed the opinion lint the case was hopeless Since then the patient has steadily grown worse Some days showed slight improvement the patient being encouraged by hope of recovery only to fail on the succeeding day The patient pa-tient strength was kept up but the failure of his kidneys to act left his system Impregnated wltlj poison I dally become more dlfllcult to Induce him lo take nourishment His delirium Increased and he sank Into uncon sclousness SKETCH QF HIS LIFE I Cushman Kellogg Davis was born In Henderson Jefferson county N Y June 16 1838 In that year his parents movcd to Waukesha WIs where his father farmed until 1S50 After1 attending at-tending the common schools young Davis spent thret years In Carroll college col-lege at Waukesha preparing hlfnself hltseir Star the Universityof Michigan from vhlch The graduated In IS57 DurIng Ills boyhood he held for some time a position posi-tion as telegraph operator in what Is now 1 suburb of Milwaukee After his graduation he entered the law of lire of Alex W Randall Governor of Wisconsin I IN WAR FOP UNION In ftGO Mr Davis begun the practice of law and also toolc an active part in the campaign resulting In the election of Lincoln Two years laler war having hav-ing come he closed his law ofllce to enlist In the volunteer army He served for two years In the army of the Tennessee Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas and Mississippi part of the time on staff duty When in 1SGI brolcen health compelled his retirement he was First Lieutenant of company B Twentyeighth Wisconsin volunteer Infantry ry I Going to St Paul he formed a law partnership with his army chief GenT Gen-T A Gorman exGovernor of Minnesota Min-nesota Territory In 1SCS he was elected to the Stale Legislature and two years inter was appointed United States District Attorney serving live years in that position ELECTED GOVERNOR In 1S73 by l a majority of ono vote he was nominated by the Republicans for Governor and elected by a majority of 51JG The campaign Issue was then new being whether the Slate could control the charges of railroads Governor Gov-ernor Davis asserted this right and such legislation was enacted and enforced en-forced during his term of office During Dur-ing a protracted Senatorial contest at thai session Gov Davis was one of tho candidates but Chief Justice Mc Mlllin was finally elected I was at this lime that the great grasshopper plague devastated southwestern Minnesota Minne-sota and Gov Davis raised over 100 000 In money besides supplies for the victims of the plague DECLINED KENOMINATION Gov Davis declined a renomination and resumed the practice of law Ills successor Coy Plllsbury retalnedhlm to ague In the United States Supreme court the ease of the Slate of Wisconsin Wiscon-sin against the city of Duluth and the Slale of Minnesota lo restrain the opening of the present Duluth ship canal through which all the commerce of that Sort now passe Mr Davis won the suit for Minnesota lie ccyi tlnued in the practice of law until 18S7 also giving considerable attention to polities In 1SS4 he headed the Blalne delegation to Chicago where ho made one of the nominating speeches for that candidate During 13SC many of the State newspapers news-papers advocated his election as United I States Senalor and when the Legislature Legisla-ture of 1SS7 met Senator McMlllIn withdrew as a candidate for reelection I and Mr Davis received every vote Senator Daviss first chairmanship In the Senate was of the Committee on Pensions which he held throughout his first term He was author of the pension pen-sion law of 1S90 which terminated the demands for excessive pension legislation legisla-tion and also satisfied the old soldiers As a member of the Committee on Territories Senator Davis led l the light I for Ihe admission of the Dakotas to Statehood making his first speech In the Senate on that subject As a student nnd an authority on international law Senator Davis furnished fur-nished briefs to President Harrison and Secretary of Stale Blaine on the Chilean dispute and tho Bering sea I controversy His advocacy of the new locks at the Sault Ste Mari ship canal I tarried lo a successful result legislation I legisla-tion the wisdom of which has since been amply demonstrated I In 1S91 iho Republican legislative caucus voted In favor of the reelection I of Senator Davis but before the Legislature Legis-lature voted on the SenatOrshlp various influenced Intervened and he was Dually elected by a majority of one I although the Republicans had a majority ma-jority erf seventeen on Joint ballot HEAD FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE S COM-MITTEE At lhVbi < gInnlnff of his second term Senator Davis WOK placed on the Com rnlitou on Foreign KHations and when Senator Shcrinan vas transferred to the Cabinet of President McKinley Senator Davis was placed at the head of that Important committee In 1S95C many friends of theSenator pressed his name for the Presidential nomination but before the State convention con-vention to name delegates met he I withdrew and McKinley delegates were sent from Minnesota During the past four years Senator Davlss position as chairman of the Foreign Relations committee of the Senate and later as one of the Paris peace commissioners have kept him prominently before the public of all nations He was reelected without I opposition in 1S9D for his tjilrd term Senator Davis Fisbcen twice I married Ills first wife Was Miss I I Laura Bowman and after she had secured se-cured a divorce from him he married I r In 1SSO Miss Anna Malcolm Agnew |