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Show DICK DLAND DEAD. Colsbrale.1 Contrestinnn from Mlirl I laid lo tho tlrrat lleond. Lebanon, Mo, June 17 ltlchard Parks Illand, congressman from tho Eighth Missouri district peacefully passed away at exactly half paat i o'clock Thursday morning Tuesday night about 10 o'clock he fell Into a-sleep a-sleep from which he never awoke The physicians used every means In their ft power to arouse him, but be never re- ' gained consciousness In the slightest degree. m Mr. Illand s illness began Immedl- ft ately after bis return from Washing- K ton, early In March. It started with Vj an attack of la grippe, followed with a. m relapse Lhronlo catarrh ot the atom- B och complicated tho disease. Drain H trouble caino next, and he died of cere B bral congestion For several days be- fore bis death he was partially psra- Ii " H. P. DLAND. HI lyred. Ills power of speech was gone !wEJl and he was unable to communlcals-wlth communlcals-wlth any one. Mrs. Illand haa received several dozen messages of condolence from admirers ad-mirers of her husband all over the country. The strain on Mrs llland'a nervoua a) stem has been very great and her friends sre alarmed at its effect ef-fect Mr. Illand leavrs no life Insurance Insur-ance and dies a comparatively poor man. The funeral will be In charge of tho seargeant-at-arm of the House of Representatives, Rep-resentatives, and will be conducted by Maaonto lodges Mr. Illand waa a member of no church, and the ministers of all denominations de-nominations will participate In tho services It It planned to have Colonel William J. Ilryan deliver tha funeral oration. The body will He In states at the opera houso for twenty-four hours. |
