Show EXSENATOR SAWYER QEAD PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS WISCONSIN HOME Was Senator from Wisconsin for Three Terms He Also Served in the House for Ten Years Oshkosh Wia March 2D Former United States Senator Philetus Sawyer died a 910 oclock today at the residence resi-dence of his son Edgar P Sawyer In this city He had long been In ill lieaitli and his Illness became serious Tuesday afternoon The attack first affected the stomach extending to other organs He vas SI yea is old I Senator Sawyer haij been confined to < ff < fIj4 I 711 p v r4ite S L cLMc ExSenator Philetus Sawyer his bed only a day and as he was sub jet to similar attacks no particular alarm was felt Members of the family were all absent ab-sent except Mrs Phil Sawyer Jr wife of his grandson Asking her to remove his shoes and stockings although he had none on he settled back with along long High and was dead before she I realized It The funeral services will be held mxt Sunday Mr Sawyer was a member of the Masonic Ma-sonic and Odd Fellows fraternities As soon as Ills death wan announced flags were placed at halfmast all over the city and expressions of sorrow were general ExSonator Sawyer was born In Rut land county Vt September 22 1S1C In 1847 he settled in this section where ho has lived over since He embarked In the lumber business through which he amassed ufortune intimated at from Jl000000 to J20QOOOO In 18C1 ll was elected to Congress where he remained for ten years and In 1SS1 he was elected elect-ed to the United States Senate which I position he held for three terms He was always u stalwart Republican Republi-can His public bequests were numerous numer-ous and generous amounting annually to thousands of dollars Other Deaths Proto Pepper the Inventor of Peppers Ghost and other Illusions Is dead In London S C K Holllday one of the directors and founders of tho Santo Vo railway died at oumcr non In Topcka yesterday aged 70 Joseph W Merrlum United States Consul Con-sul at Iqulque Chile led at that post Vist rday Mr Merrlam was born In New York and ws appointed from M if achuaeltH to bo Consul at Iqnlque in November 1513 Theodore Reynolds who was reputed to be worth almost JIOOCOOO and wu owner own-er of to woolen mlll und third largest tocklioUler of tho Boston S Albany railroad rail-road Hcd In Montfon MUHB last night iK tl 37 years S I |