| Show IDAHO SENATOR CALLED BALLED AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS senator heyburn who was supposed to be improving suffers relapse which proves fatal I 1 W washington a sh ington united states senator weldon brinton heyburn of idaho died at his apartments here thursday night october 17 after a lingering illness lie he was 60 years old and had been in the senate nine years A complication of diseases involving the heart and kidneys caused the senators death ho he had not been well since last march when ho he collapsed after delivering a 0 speech in tho the senate on the arbitration treaties tre atlea in spite of the doctors warning that the effort cibort might cost coat him hla his life several weeks ago apparently gain gaan ing strength after a serious relapse 1 1 the senator and mrs heyburn made preparations for a trip west another relapse followed and since then the patient had been growing steadily weaker thursday the doctors thought he was slightly improved but death came suddenly a few minutes before 8 at night the body will be taken to the old homo home of senator heyburn in birmingham pa for burial one of the staunchest of the regular republicans and a man of strong convictions frankly and emphatically expressed on all occasions senate heyburn ford for years had been a conspicuous figure in the senate he was mostly known perhaps tor for his unyielding bitterness toward the south sauth and frequent denunciation of 01 southern civil war leaders he called the placing of loos lees statue in the capital WM 1 I WELDON B s hr HEYBURN united states senator from idaho an all insult to the nation an ami d in discussing ct this and many other incidents engaged in acrimonious debates with southern rn senators during the last few years once the of a serious division in the republican ranks senator heyburn had played a prominent part in III the fight for party regularity ile he always opposed colonel Roosevel ts conservation ideas and many of his speeches on the development of the iest in n which lie he was keenly interested in ater were devoted to arguments against tho the former presidents policies one of his first acta as a senator to attract public notice was his strong support of the pure food and drug act the senators wido range of motion fine memory and readiness 0 of f speech always assured him of atto attention when ho he rose to speak |
