Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-13
LAST HOURS OF SENATOR sun
NER.

pr.S- of yesterday contain the following
Daring the last two hours OF Senator
summers illness. his intellect seemed
much clearer, and he Was perfectly con-
s.ious TO the last. This condition WAS
doubtless the result OF his recovery froIu
the effects Of tie morphine administered d
during the morning. His s'1fferinss to-
wards TIE last seemed intense. and he
several times exclaimed: Il want quiet
an tiresi, He recognized lis i.iens!S
Eko cairs INTO tue reuEl- Oa5 of tne
a.. to whom he spoke WAS ,s-tttorIIey
tit neral Hear Of u .Ssachus,.i', to whom
* said: fake care of my ci,i! rights
ill" Ahuu; a quarter i>frre = @ clock
he was attacked ~ Il slight srasIn in
which re ,iied. Around The bed at the
time were ex-ittoEitGy General Hu;.r.
DR.. w L. Johnson, Of this city. Mayor
Ben re.iey Poor. tee. T. Downing.
.aI,i James NoI,nsisy- u;her i-if nds
Who Iai been with the diving Senator
throughout the day, hid Lift Just Pre-
yicuS, net a,.tici p;.i:ns that his death
would be SO soon. Senator SchuTZ and
MONTGOMERY i:ii.i, ci,t,ieti ;hc rooIn Just
- lie b-ea:Let! lis last. hut hc was then
too near dead to recognize them. h.
only relative that Senat0r Summer has
IS a sister, tie vie OF a physician iii San
FraLciSco, arsi 10 i.er the SAD l.ews WAS
autographed .!,;nIa tiiatoiy after Lis death.
When TIE death cf TIE Senator was an
,.oGucei to the .Iuvs,i who filed tie side
walk IL front ii ihc house the grief 81
nany-sspeciaiis of the colnrtd people,
Hundreds Of when lad c.tat red there
found veIt in tbs betI!t,it eIcloin..tio.js
# grief ant: weeping summers age i;
his death vJs t.; years, Two months and !
tive days. He had been Tor some time /!
anxious abou. his health, ana remarked |
last night 10 friend s..;.Ie hours previ- !
OTIS TO the :,ItacI- which t..:iei: III his |
death. that lie waited 10 talk to him !
shout his health, that he was afraid be |
was working too hard. The ceremonies |
viii take place in tho Senate Chamber,
bat Of course the arrangements are not /
yet completed.
DIR. Brown SeGuar,l, who arrived here
tonight, expressed the opinion that
Summers death resulted from the Iup-
ture OF !. blood vessel at the heat. Al
ter Sumner had paIczyis1ls his body &c
NAMED cold and citInn.y. pulse ve:y
feeble, breathing slowly, but with some
rafting /. tae c:iest. Sosn after his
death his body Showed signs of discoior
alton, and it became evident that decom-
position had Sc. in Tie wcra. of en-
balming the body commenced tonight,
and upon the sacccss OF the process
depends somewhat TIE time Of the fu-
neral Should the einbaiini:Ig be sue
ressful tie body VIII lie detained here
al; lie arrival Of the committee appointed
" the Massachusetts, Legislature. AboGt
he last words OF the deceased Senator
ssre to Judge c. T. Hear, and were:
Tell Emerson / love him anu revere
him" This was about ten minutes be
lore his death. Just AFTER it escaped his
Ups 4 paroxyis,n seized him. in which L.
lied. 1: is remarked IS 4 fortunate CO.
Incidence that the resolution OF the
Massachusetts Legislature resembling its
7ote of censs.re upon Sumner should
iave been presented and read i'll the
Senate before lie left it on tie last day oi
is presence in the chamber.
Senator Summer, .liout 2 O'Clock yes
erday afternoon, moved from his seat il
be Senate chamber TO one beside Sena- ,
cr Sargent and inquired OF Sargent,
no, Ike himself, had taken a pronii ,
ent part i'll opposition to the Centennial a
i'll. whether he had received any an- :
nyraous insulting letters OH the subject, :
dding that he (Sumner] had received 5
lumber Of such letters and packages OF 5
still! mere offensive character, both a
;roC.ii tie mail AID ~ esrIsss- He t
.eInetl onsi'i;ratly annoyed by these :
lsui:s. and s,a-gan: therefore tanned n
ie oonversstic.. TO the resolution of the i
Legislature resembling its d
n --lr,. - S,r-lO.,ar ma. IL. EXPRESSED -
mself greatly pleased with this action. :.
a hour or more after Simmer called f,
mater Ferry Of Connecticut to seat K
a sofa II 4 remote chamber and {;
lied with him. as lie had fredusn tly u
ne tcio-a, in re,:.:rt. to their respective n,
ates-tl,e i'll health Of both resulting al
PM affections Of the spinal cord "
Steve, the noted al
ate warrior. IS = sympathetic cuss. &c
,,icinc him and Mrs Steve and the heir III
his house. Jossphus, gazing earnestly :.
WeiEers sLo, window this morning. u
drew near 10 see what had attracted IL
; eagle eye Tho group was viewing a m
-ture OF a bear Luc.inc little girl: and v
our approach Sterhen-with a tear ST
op clinginS to the poi;.t Of his classic re
whether the bear heap "a
en- On cur reply in the afiir-na- III
e he remarked: Heap no good, why va
me white man no shoot eTn?" Stoves II
npathies vera evidently aroused, and sa
S probably that i: he had had his gun "
ID him he would have made it heap u
rm for that windo1-R Il. ReceiNe. II;
lone EAsr-J r. Goodman, late pro- n
.tor Of This MINER ,,yssei thro;,rk Reno !,