Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-19

in questions before the Senate having
given him reason to pay especial regard
to 1t, and he remarked last night to q
friend, some hours before he was attacked
with the serious spasm which in few
hours eliminated in his death, that he
wanted to talk to him about his health;
he was afraid he was working too hard.
Senator Sumner, at about two O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, moved from his seat
IN the Senate chamber to one beside
Senator Sargent, and inquired of Mr..
Sargent who, like himself, had taken a
prominent part in opposition to the Gen.
tennial bill, whether he had received any
anonymous insulting letters on the sub
ject, adding that he (Sumner) had re-
ceived number of such letters, and
packages of q more offensive character, both
through the mails and by express. He
seemed considerably annoyed by these in
suits, and Mr.. Sargent, therefore, turned
the conversation to the resolution of
the Massachusetts Legislature rescind-
ing its censure of Mr.. Sumner, and he
expressed himself greatly pleased with this
action. An hour or more afterward Mr..
Sumner called Senator Ferry (Conn)
aside to a seat on a sofa in the Senate
chamber, and talked with him, as he had
frequently done before, in regard to their
respective states of i'll health, both result.
ing from affections of the spinal cord. He
told Mr.. Ferry that he had suffered SO
much from his heart the night previous
that he had sent for his physician to
obtain some relief by an injection of NOR
phine under the skin. He asked Mr..
Ferry his opinion of such hypodermic
injections, and from time to time CON-
planned Of severe pain while they were
talking. Finally, little before four
O'Clock, Mr.. Sumner took his hat and
overcoat and went home, his last words
In the Senate chamber having been uttered
in this conversation with Mr.. Ferry.
The apparent vigor manifested by Mr.
Sumner in his recent speeches on the
Centennial bill excited considerable sur
prise in view of his long-continued feeble
ness OF health last year, and MANY of his
friends expressed their apprehension that
ne was OVERRIDING his strength in those
efforts. 1t is regarded as a remarkable
and fortunate coincidence that the reso-
luton OF the Massachusetts, Legislature
resembling its vote of censure upon Mr..
sumner should have been presented and
read In the Senate before he left 1t on the
last day OF his presence in the chamber
as member of that body.
DR.. Brown Sequard, Of New York, SEN
ator Summers consulting physician, ar
rived here this evening. He expressed
the opinion tonight that death resulted
from the rupture Of blood.vessel of the
heart. After Senator Sumner had parox.
ysms his body remained cold and clammy
and his pulse very feeble, and breathing
slowly, but with some rafting in the
chest
Soon after death the body OF the late
Senator showed signs of discoloration,
ana II became evident that decomposition
had set in.
The work Of embalming the BODY WAS
tonight, and upon the sue.
cess of this process depends somewhat the
time for the funeral. Should the en-
balming be successful, the BODY will be
detained here until the arrival of the com
mittee to be appointed by the Massachu.
sets Legislature.
About the last words of the deceased
Senator were expressed TO Judge K. r.
Hoar, and were: Tell Emerson love
him and revere him." This sentence was
uttered about ten minutes before his
death, and just after II escaped his lips
the paroxysm seized him, in which he
appeared to suffer severely, and he passed
away few minutes after.
There Is scarcely member of the Sen
ate who did not call at the house either
before or after the death of the Senator.
The Massachusetts delegation in Con.
gress met this evening at the residence of
samuel Hooper, TO make arrangements
for the funeral Of Senator Sumner, and
after consultation ii was agreed that they
should attend the funeral as mourners.
Judge +. X. Hoar was selected TO present
resolutions Of respect 10 the memory of
deceased to the House of Representatives.
Messrs. Dawes, Hooper and Pierce, of the
House, and Senator Boutwell, were an.
pointed committee on the part OF the
delegation to act with committee of the
Senate In arranging for the funeral All
the members of the Massachusetts, dele
cation were present at the meeting except
Senator Boutwell,, who is indisposed.
The feeble health of the Senator will pre-
vent him from announcing the death of
his colleague TO the Senate, and that sad
duty will be assigned TO Senator Anthony.