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Show SENATOR MORRILL DEAD. rtrlsrehntlhnli Hlrlcken I'J I'nea. Ml. Washington, Dee. M. Hon. Justin Morrill, the senior United btate senator sen-ator from Vermont, died at l:'-0 this morning, in tho 89th J car of his age, alter an Illness of leM than a week. Tho luiinedlato cause of death wo pneumonia, which developed from nn nttack of la grippe, contracted about n week ago. In the death of Senator Morrill, tho senate lint It senior member In point of terrlce. nnd It oldrtt In age. Ha had served continuously In tho senate for more than thirty-ono ycort, and he waa M years of ago on tho 14th of April IssL With tho single exception of Hon. (laluthatlrowuf tho houso of representatives, ho waa the only man In eongrvs wtoso congressional career began prior tu tho beginning of tho civil war, and ho had tho honor over Mr. llrow, In that his congressional aervlco had been continuous, covering, In tho senate nnd houto combined, almost forty-four yenra. It ha been hit annual custom for several yeara past to make ono formal nddrets on some topic, ot lire Interest to thoscuate, and thl haa been listened to with attention by hla colleague, who hare regarded tho speeches a remarkable, re-markable, lu view ot tho age ot their author. The last address wa dcllrcred a week or more beforo the Christmas liolldaya, tho aubject lielng tho need of a building for tho United Htate supremo court and other courts. Its deliverance showed few sign of lessened less-ened vitality, and at It conclusion tho honor dona tho tenator uf a unanimous unan-imous passago of tho resolution ou which ho spoke. Senator Morrill was born In Straf ford, VL, April H, 1610, and In early life was n merchant, later au agrlcul- tM ItL lie w as elected to tho house ot representatives In tho Thirty-fourth congress nnd for four succeeding terms. Then ho wa trantferrcd to the senate at n Union Itcpiibllcan, taking lilt scat March 4, 1807. btneo that ttino his service hat been continuous. Ho has taken an Important part In legislation, particularly In commercial and financial questions, his position as chairman of tho finance committee giving giv-ing him a leading part In nil meaaurca relating to tho tariff, banking or currency. |