The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-12

to Judge q. r. Hoar, and we're, TELL
Emerson | love him and revere him"
This sentence was uttered about ten min
| utes before his death, and just after II es-
capped his lips paroxys yam seized him In
which no appeared to suffer severely and
in fow minutes aftorwsrd he passed
away.
sergeant at Arms French at the Sem
ate, was sent for Immediately, and that
official, in connection with committee
of the Senate and House, will have charge
of the funeral arrangements, though, Of
course, no time has been fixed therefor.
THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES
will take place In the senate chamber.
Mr.. SUMMERS AGE.
Mr.. Sumner was at the time Of his
death sixty-threo years, two months and
five days OF age.
Senator Sumner was Eolicitous about his
health for some days past, the earnest
part which he was taking in the promi.
nent questions before the Senate having
given him reason to pay
especial sttention to IL. lie
remarked last night TO u friend, some
hours before no was attacked with the
serious spasms which terminated In his
death few hours after, that he wanted TO
talk TO him about his health, adding that
he was afraid no was working to hard.
TROUBLED AND ANNOYED.
About two o'clock yesterday afternoon
Senator Sumner moved from his seat In
the Senate chamber to ono bssi 10 Senator
Sargent, who, like himself, had taken .
prominent part ia opposition
to the centennial bill, and asked
him if he had received any
ANONYMOUS AND INSULTING LETTERS.
on the subject, adding that he (Sumner)
had received number of such letters
and packages of q moro offensive chsrac-
ter, beth through the mails and through
express. lie seemed considerably annoyed
by these insults, aud Senator Sargent
therefore turned the conversation to the
resolution of tho Massachusetts legisla-
| ture recinding its censure of Mr.. Sumner,
and he expressed himself as greatly pleas.
| ed with i,s action. An hour or moro af-
| forward Mr.. Sumner called Senator Fer
| ry, of Connecticut aside to q seat on one
Of the sofas in the senate chamber and
talked with him, "a he had frequently
before done, IN regard TO their
respective state Of i'll health, both result
ing from M affection of the spinal cord
He told Ferry tina. he had suffered so
much from his heart the night previous
that ho had sent for his physician to OBJ.
tain some relief by an injection of NOR.
phine under the skin. He asked Ferry's
opinion Of such hyperdermic injections
aud from timo to time complained of So
voro pain while they vera talking,
WENT HOME.
At four o'clock Senator Sumner took hi
hat and overcoat and went homo, his las,
words in the senate chambor having been
uttered in his conversation with Senator
Ferry.
Tho apparent vigor msnif,stoi by Mr..
Sumner in his speeches on tho centen ial
bill created considerable surprise, and 10
Wow of his long continued fs.Lie"e.. .~d
ill-health last year. many of his friends
expressed their apprehension that he was
over doing his strength in these efforts.
AN COINCIDENCE
1t is regarded as n somewhat rcmsrks-
bio co .incidence that tho resolution of the
Massachusetts legislature recinding its
vote of censuro upon Mr.. Sumner should
| have been presented and read in the SEN
ate before he left il on the last day Of h 10
| presence in the chamber asa member of
that body.
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