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Show senator daniel close Well-Known and Beloved Virginia Vir-ginia Statesman Succumbs to Stroke of Paralysis. FIRST ATTACK EXPERIENCED EARLY JN THE SPRING Had Held Prominent and Honored Hon-ored Position iu South for Many Years. "LYNCHBURG. Va June 29. Sonator John XV. Daniel of Virginia died at tho Lynchburg sanitarium tills evening. The immediate cnuso of death was a second stroke of paralysis coupled with cerebral hemorrhage. Early hist. March Senator Daniel was lirsl stricken, and for weeks his life was despaired of. He finally partially recovered recov-ered his health, but was unable to take any active part In the work of the late congress. Tho second stroke of paralysis came suddenly Wednesday morning. This was soon followed by the cerebral hemorrhage hemor-rhage which brought on complete unconsciousness, un-consciousness, and the senator sank gradually and pcacofully into Ills llnal sleep. Tho statesman's Illness began with a slight attack of apoplexy In Philadelphia last Oelober, which kopt hlin from his seat at the opnlgn of congress hiat December. Only onco slnco that time has hn appeared before an audluncc and that was for an Informal talk In January. Jan-uary. Tho end came tonight almost wllhout a struggle. At S o'clock in tho morning tho sonator sona-tor responded to a question ns to how ho folt by saying, "Very poorly." No change was noted until nearly noon. Ho slept fairly well lust night. Tho family was fully aware of his condition con-dition nnd at no tlmo had there been hopo for his recovery. Lain in Fobruary. Major Daniol. who was accompanied by his nephow and secretary, sec-retary, Warwick Daniel, went to Florida in the hopo that the mild temperatures thero would lienollt hhn. At Daytona. March S, ho was stricken with paralysis and lingered for somu time between life find death. Finally, he was brought home, arriving arriv-ing horn April 21. I Io was taken Immediately Imme-diately to Lynchburg sanitarium, DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC CAREER OF DEAD SENATOR WASHINGTON. Juno 29. The death of Senator John Warwick Daniel removes the oldest of tho Democratic senators In point of service. Of tho cntlro list ho was tho only one who could be said lo belong to tho old regime. And as ho was the oldest In service, ho was one of the most conspicuous In popular favor. For tho Inst, few years he had remained much in the background. Ills health had not been good and his growing yearH seemed to tell on him. Ho was not heard often In tho senate and his recent re-cent speeches were not his best. Provl-ons Provl-ons lo this period ho spoko frequently and had hold high reputation as an orator ora-tor In these earlier days his speeches were the signal for tho gathering of largo nudlcnces and by many us an orator ora-tor he wns ranked with Voorhues, In-galls. In-galls. Wolcott. and Vast. A man of exlenslvu rending, liberal education ed-ucation nnd rotenllve memory, he commanded com-manded n voluminous vocabulary. Ho spoko llucntly and with ease and scomod never at a loss for somothing pertinent to say. Ho was a strong udvocuto of free silver and took a prominent part in the debatos connected with tho silver legislation of the early nineties. For no personal trail was Senator Daniel so noteworthy as that of urbanity. Whether in private life or In Ills lutcr- Continued on Pago Ten. SENATOR DANIEL CLOSES CAREER Continued from Page One. course with his senatorial eolloaguos, his courtesy was unfailing. Even In the heat of debate and often under provoking circumstances, cir-cumstances, ho never failed to submit to interruptions and to mako polite response re-sponse to Inquiries and objections. Ills treatment of his friends was worthy of tho best days of the old dominion. Ho was the senior minority member of the committco of finance and held high places on many other Important committees, commit-tees, lie was the chairman of the committee com-mittee of private land claims. Senator Daniel was the only son of Willi tin Daniel, Jr., who for years was a member of the Virginia supreme court. I Us mother wus Sarah Ann Warwick. He was born in Lynchburg, September 5, 1S42, and that place had over since been his home. On November 21, 1S60. he married Julia Elizabeth Murrcll. daughter daugh-ter of Dr. 1C. M. Murrell of this cltv, who with four children survives him. Ills education was received in Lynchburg Lynch-burg schools and his law courso was taken ta-ken after the civil war at the University Univer-sity of Virginia, lie practiced his profession pro-fession with his father In Lynchburg until tho elder Daniel's death In 187:. In recent years Senator Daniel's son, 15. Harper, wore associated In the practice of law with him. TSntorlng the confederate army as second sec-ond lieutenant of the "Stonewall brigade" bri-gade" In May, lfiGl. ho was wounded iu tho first battle of Manassas. Soon after ho becamo second lieutenant of company A. One Hundred and KIghtconth Virginia Infantry, and afterwards was first lieutenant lieu-tenant and then adjutant of his regiment. regi-ment. After being wounded he was promoted to major and chief of staff of Gen. Jubal A. Iiarly. serving until crippled at the battle of the Wilderness, May G, ISC I. It was said by eye witnesses that Major Daniel was wounded almost Immediately after he had rescued Gen. R. 13. Lee from a very perilous position. lie served In the Virginia house of delegates from 1869 to 1872 and In tho state senate from lS7fi to 1SSI, being a !stalo senator when he was named for governor in 1SS1 on tho Democratic ticket, to be defeated by William B. Cameron. In 1SS4 he was elected to lho house of representatives in the foriy-ntnth foriy-ntnth congress and beforo that expired elected United States senator for tho term beginning March I. 18S7, succeeding succeed-ing William Mahone. Ho was rc-clcoted three times, twice without opposition. In January last ho was re-elected for the term expiring .in 1017. but ho was physically physi-cally unable to go to Richmond, as was his custom, to express publicly his appreciation. ap-preciation. Ho was a Democratic elector at large In 187G and represented the state as delegate dele-gate nt large to six national Democratic conventions. He was a leader in the recent re-cent Virginia constitutional convention and wrote the suffrage report which practically settled tho suffrage question In Virginia. Virginia never had a more popular statesman. lie was ever faithful to the Ideals of Democracy and never once was the confidence of his people shaken In him. An indication of his character was shown when he assumed personal debts of his father amounting to $100,000, for which there was no moral claim upon tho son. He felt it his duty, however, to discharge these and on his sixty-fifth birthday had tho distinct pleasuro of making tho last payments. Senator Daniel was a loyal confederate confeder-ate veteran, having boon for years commander com-mander of Dearlng camp, at Rustburg. His last public utterance was before Garland Rosea camp of Lunenburg, when that .organization commemorated tho re- cent anniversary of tho birth of Gen. R. ,E. Lee. |