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Show Expires After Brief Illness That Was Not Considered Serious bv Friends. LONG RULING SPIRIT OV NEW YORK DEMOCRACY Served as Senator nnd Governor and Tried for Nomination for President. ALBANY. N. Y., Oct. 20. David BcnnelL Hill's lifo work ended, his boih' rwls tonight at Volfc'rt's Itooat, liis' country homo near Albany, while his nc.xl. of kin. Dr. A. D. Hill, a brother, is speeding to Albany from his home in De-xtcr, Mo. Dr. Hill expects to reach Albany Saturday, when funeral arraiiRcmcnts will bo completed. Tho intcrmont "will take place at Montour Falla, Schuyler couuty, where the Conner governor and former United States senator was born sixty-seven j-cars ago. Senator 3 1 i 1 1 died at 3:15 o'clock this morning. He had been ill nearly three wecks with a cold and a bilious attack, but his conditioo had not been considered serious. Ho was sitting up in bed to take a drink of water when ho "was seized with acute dilation of the heart. Death followed quickly, with no one but a nurse at his bedside. Had Brights Disease. Mr. Hill had long ,bcon a sufferer from Brights disease, which primarily brought upon him the condition that ended in his death. Although he retired from active participation par-ticipation in politics following the presidential election of 100-1, Senator Hill was deeply interested in the progress of the present, campaign. As late as Inst Friday he discussed the situation with Judge Parker, who was preparing to make a tour of tho stale in tho interests of the Democratic ticket. Senator Hill had entertained many men distinguished in national and state politics, and his guests always found him a most hospitablo host. The senator sena-tor never married, did not. smoke, and seldom tasted liquors. Wolfcrt's Roost, two and oue-half miles from the capital, was purchased by Senator Hill in ,IS9.'J from-tho hoirs-o'f hoirs-o'f 4Fritz" liluimet, the actor. The house, a beautiful structure, with odd nooks, corners and gables, stands in the midst of a fourteen-acrc park, and cost its builder a small fortune. An arti-lieial arti-lieial lake, fed from springs by an immense im-mense dutch wind mill, lies between the village and tho public highwsiy. Empire State Mourns. Governor White tonight issued a proclamation, requesting that all the flags upon tho public buildings of the state bo displayed at half mast until the sunset or the day of Senator Hill's funeral, and that t lie citizens of the slate unite in appropriate marks of respect re-spect to his mcmor3'. "It is with sincere sorrow that I announce an-nounce the death of David Bennett Hill, former governor of the state of New York," said Governor White. "This sad event marks tho close of a remarkable career. For more than thirty yours David Bennett Hill was a prominent figure in the public lifo of the state. The force of his personality impressed itself, not upon only the people peo-ple of New York, but upon the whok country, and at the expiration of his , final term as governor he became tho candidate for his party in the state of New York for the presidential noniiua-ttion noniiua-ttion before tho Democratic national convention. As United States senator, from J!)1 to 1807, he found an ample opportunity for the exercise of his skill as a parliamentarian, his .brilliant powers as an orator and his uncommon gifts as a leader of men." Biographical Sketch. David Bennett Hill was bom August 20, tSlU. When 17 years old ho entered en-tered tho law ofliccof Gol. John T. Lawrence Law-rence of Havana. N. Y., and when 2.1 was admitted lo the bar. Later ho was chosen city attorney of Elmira, then being be-ing elected alderman and still later mayor. lie was elected to the assembly in JS70 and again in 1S71. In his first term in tho assembly ho mado his memorable memo-rable fight to abolish contract convict labor and in his second he was a member mem-ber of Iho judiciary committee with Samuel J. Ti'ldcr. they bciug tho only Democratic members, which had tho task of investigating the alleged scan- dalous and corrupt conduct of corlain Now York City judges. For many years Mr. Hill wis a member of tho Democratic Demo-cratic stale committee- and in 3S7C and ISS-l he was a delegate to the nationnl convention, which nominated Tilden and Cleveland respectively. Tn 1SS2 ho was elected lieutenant governor gov-ernor on the same ticket with Grovcr Cleveland nud following Cleveland's elccticn to the presidency of the United States Mr. Hill became governor, sub-seolioully sub-seolioully elected for two terms. He was governor" for seven years. In 1301 Mr. Ilin was elected United States senator and in 1801 he was onco more the candidate for governor, but was defeated de-feated bv Levi P. Morton, his .Republican .Republi-can opponent. Mr. Hill was the candidate candi-date for the nomination for president in JS02, but Grovcr Cleveland' was elect oil for that oflice. In ISOt Mr. Mill wiis credited with being the political sponsor of Alton B. H'rkcr, who was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic national convention at St. Louis. Following that election Mr. Hill announced i.is permanent perma-nent retirement from politics and since that tirnc hud devoted, himself to his law practice. |