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Show DAVID B. HENDERSON EXPIRES Of PARESIS DUBUQUE. Ia.. Feb. 2G.-Former Speaker, David B. Henderson of -the National Na-tional House of Representatives died yesterday afternoon at Mercy hospital, of paresis, which attacked him nine months ago. He began to sink Friday afternoon, rallied Saturday morning, but in the morning lapsed Into Unconsciousness Unconscious-ness and failed rapidly until the end came. Col. Henderson had ben unable to recognise any one but his wife since a week ago, except on Friday, when he partly regained hie mental faculties. Col. Henderson was stricken with paresis pa-resis last May and his condition grew so grave that he was removed to a hospital hos-pital in September. His condition remained unchanged, except ex-cept for the usual progress of such -a disease, till a week ago last Friday, when he suffered snother stroke which resulted re-sulted in total blindness. The former Speaker failed rapidly physically and mentally until Friday, when his mental powers returned for a few hours, followed by a relapse which ended In death. The funeral will be held next Thursday, with services in the Episcopal church, under the auaplcwi of the Grand Army. Former Congressman George D. Perkins Per-kins of Sioux City will deliver an eulogy. The body is to lie in state on Thursday at the church. |