Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-23
MCLAUGHLIN.


The senate was surprised and shocked
yesterday to learn of the death of Senator
James Mclaughlin, which occurred at the
Sherman house at o'clock Yesterday
morning, of pneumonia, after a brief
illness. AS soon as the sad intelligence
reached the capitol it was whispered
around among the senators and Senator
Wilson Immediately drafted the following
preamble and resolutions and sent them
to the presidents desk:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased an allwise Prov
idenee to remove by death the Honorable
James Mclaughlin, an honored citizen of
this state and most respected member
of the senate, therefore be it
ResoIUed, That out of respect for the
memory of the deceased the senate now
adjourn.
Resogved further, That a committee of
three be appointed by the president of the
senate to attend to the funeral and to make
such arrangements as may be appropriate
in the premises.
The resolution was unanimously adopted
bya rising vote, and ordered spread upon
the journal.
The lieutnant governor announced the
appointment of Senators Clement, Hick-
man and Morrison as such committee.
The death Of Senator Mclaughlin is the
first of g senator while the senate was in
session that has occurred il the history of
Minnesota, and the solemn announcement
was listened to with i'm pressive silence byhis
colleagues, among whom ne was held in
the highest respect and esteem. His i'll
ness was of brief duration, and his death,
calm and painless. He was in his seat in
the senate on Saturday last and went
down to the skating rink on Saturday
evening. On Sunday morning he took a
bath, and it is thought took cold at that
time. On Monday morning he became
somewhat concerned regarding his condi-
ton and sent for DR.. Talbot Jones. ply
stefan with whom he had been acquainted
sor some years, and in whom he reposed
great confidence. When DR.. Jones called
upon him he at once recognized that he
was suffering from pneumonia, and being
aware that for some time he had been
sufferer from kidney troubles, he
considered his case seri-
Gus one, the patient being sixty-six
years of age, and warned him to avoid all
excitement. Notwithstanding the grave
character of the disease his condition
was not considered alarming until yester-
day, when the physician found that his
pulse had risen from seventy eight to 120,
which the senator explained by saying that
he had been interviewed by members of
the legislature concerning some measure
pending there, and that he had also re-
ceived some business kilograms. Wednes-
day night he grew rapidly worse and at 9
hQ poi w
painlessly passed away.
None of the senator's near relatives were
with him during his sickness except his
nephew, Mr.. G. N. Mclaughlin, who hav-
ing heard of his uncle's illness from a
newspaper item as he was passing through
the city, stopped and rendered him such
assistance as was possible. Mr.. G. N.
Mclaughlin speaks in the highest praise
of the treatment the senator received at
the hands of the landlord of the Sherman
house and his kind-hearted wife, and he
says the late senator, before his death, had
of kindness and consideration that had
not wish to send for his
wife, who was at Fargo, D. T., because she
is in feeble health, and he did not wish to
journey, so long as he did not consider his
condition dangerous. She has been tele-
graphed for and will arrive in st. Paul this
morning.
Senator Mclaughlin was resident of
Mantorville, Dodge county, and was elect
ed a senator on the Republican ticket from
the Seventeenth district two years ago, the
present being the second session of the
IN IN HOE IL
Londonderry in the north of Ireland in
1917, and was at the time of his death six
ty-six years of age. He came with his
parents to the United States while boy,
and settled with them in Coshocton coun-
ty, Ohio, and taught school in that locality
portion of his time for number of
years. He began the study of medicine in
the Office of DR.. Lorenzo James, in Coshoc-
ton, in 1874, attended his first course of
medical lectures in 1848 at
the Cleveland Medical college,
and began the practice of medicine
the same spring, taking his second lecture
course and graduating from the same a
stitution in 1851 and 1852. DR.. McLaugh-
lin practiced his profession some years in
southern Michigan, removed to Beaver
Dam, Wisconsin, from which place he
CAME 10 h1duJOrVi1l0 III 1000. ne mas n6lQ
several minor Offices, such as member of
the city council, member of the county
board of supervisors, member of school
boards, etc., etc. He was member of the
Masonic fraternity and also of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. His excellent wife
survives him, but he has no living,children.
He has one brother, who resides at Grand
Forks, and other relatives living at Fargo
and Owatonna.
AS a senator he was quiet and unobtru-
sive, not given to speech making, but was
always found voting on the right side when
measures of importance were pending.
He leaves a comfortable property, which
he was about to dispose of when death
overlook him. He sent his nephew Wednes-
day to request Governor Davis to call upon
him yesterday to draw his will, but he died
before the hour appointed.
Emma Abbotts Return.
The sale of seats for the Emma Abbott
Opera company's return engagement will
begin this morning. The success of the
performances during the first half of this
week was so great as to induce the man
agement to cancel other engagements and
announce farewell season of six nights