The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-13

pressed himself greatly pleased with
this action.
An hour or more afterward Mr.. Sum
ner called Senator Ferry, of CoHaecti-
cut, aside to a seat on the sofa in the
Senate Chamber, and talked with him /
a. he had done before in regard TO their \
respective states of ill-health, bo;,, re-
suIting from affection of the spinal cord. 4
He told Ferry he had suffered so much /
from his heart the night previous that /
he had sent for his doctor to obtai. ,aTue
relief by an injection under ,ht kin. /
lie asked Ferry opinion of such i..i'er-
dermic injections, and from time I" time
complained Of severe pain while ;hey
we're. talking. Finally, a itte i-:ore
four o'clock, Mr.. Sumner took h hat
and coat and went home, his last words
in the Senate Chamber having been ut
tered in this conversation with NJ. Fer
ry. The apparent vigor manife-',l by
Mr. Sumner in his speeches on the Cen
tennial bill excited considerable surprise
in view of his long continued feei'ieness
of health last year, and many Of his
friends expressed their apprehension
that hs was overriding his strength in
these efforts.
1t is regarded as a reniarkab', and
fortunate coincidence, that the rr-clu-
ton of the Massachusetts, Legislature
recinding its vote of censure upoa Mr..
Sumner, should have been presented and
read in the Senate before he left it on
the last day Of his presence in the Cham
Der as a member of that body.
DR.. Brown-Sequard, of New York,
Senator Summers consulting physician,
arrived here this morning. He cypress
ed the opinion tonight that death re-
suited from the rupture of . blood YES
sci at the heart After Mr.. Sumner had
paroxysms his body remained COLI and
clammy, and his pulse very i@cble.
breathing slowly but with some rl.tling
in the chest. Soon after death the body
of the Senator showed signs of discol-
oration, and it became evident that de-
composition had set In. The embalm-
! ing of the body was commenced tonight,
and upon the success of this process de-
pends somewhat the fixing of time for
the funeral. Should embalming be sac
cessful, the body will be detained here
until the arrival Of committee to be
appointed by the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature.
About the last words of the deceased
Senator were expressed to Judge +. r.
Hoar, and were, "Tell Emerson l love
him and revere him." This sentence
was uttered about 10 minutes before his
death; just after it escaped his lips a
paroxysm seized him, in which he ap-
peared to suffer severely and he passed
away few minutes after. His strength
seemed to decrease from ten o'clock this
morning to the time of his death.
Weston Powers, son of Hiram Pow
ers, will take a cast of the face of Mr..
Sumner tomorrow morning. There is
scarcely member of the Senate who
did not call at the house either before or
after the death of Mr. Summer.
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS IN BOSTON
Both branches of the Massachusetts
Legislature adjourned until tomorrow
on receiving the announcement of Sena-
tor Summers death. Flags on the State
House and city buildings were display
ed at half mast An informal confer
ence was had by the Mayor and num-
Der of Aldermen this afternoon relative
to the course to be pursued by tn" city
and it was thought that it would be
meet and proper to deposit the remains
in Faneuil Hall, there to lie in state al
least two days. Arrangements were
made to call the two branches II the
Government together tomorrow, and
resolutions deploring the loss of the
great statesman will be-framed.
The life, character and public service:
ef Senator Sumner form the subject o1
editorials in all the newspapers, and q
deep feeling of sadness prevades he en-
tire community.