The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
Hon. James N. Burues.

Sundry Civil bill then under considera.
ton.
Mr.. Burnes then remarked that his
tongue appeared to be affected so that he
had great difficulty in speaking. Noticing
that his face appeared to be somewhat
drawn on the left side. Mr.. Butterworth
insisted upon Mr.. Burnes accompanying
him into the fresh air on the east portico.
Mr.. Burnes in q short time expressed
himself as feeling better, and went to the
room of the Committee on Appropriations,
where he was induced to take some stimu-
lants and lie upon the sofa He soon be-
gan TO breathe in a labored manner, and
to lose consciousness.
Messrs. Gallinger, Atkinson and Shaw,
who are physicians as well as Representa-
tives, were hastily summoned from the
hall and messenger was also dispatched
for DIR. Sewers, who mas been attending
Mr.. Burnes during the winter. The
physicians labored with their patient
for an hour or more, and it was then de.
cided to move him to his hotel (Willard'sl.
Here he commenced sinking and ut 12:46
this morning passed quietly away.
When the ambulance containing the
stricken Congressman arrived at Will
lard's Hotel a carpet was spread upon the
icy pavement and the porters and mes
sengers of the hotel, all of whom had
warm regards for the sick man because of
his many personal kindnesses to them, car.
ried the stretcher up the winding stairs to
the apartments of the sufferer, where I'M
der the directions of the doctor the patient
was slowly transferred to the bed and
there allowed to lie and rest Then his
clothing was removed gradually, giving
hofr ba If oh,
article of apparel.
Finally, when comfortably disposed in
bed, DR.. Sewers asked: sAre you COM
Portable, Colonel Burmese"
The sick man responded: eyes, for
sick man, but let me get on my ct"
DIR. Sewers laughingly said: "That
don't sound like very sick man." But
the remark was evidently made to cheer
his patient
At 7:15 DR.. Sewers said that his entire
loft side was completely paralyzed, and
while he was perfectly conscious his con.
dition was indeed alarming.
At ten p. m. Mr.. BurneS lay in an un.
conscious condition, his pulse having fallen
from seventy-five to fifty within an hour
and his breathing being stentorious and
difficult. The greatest apprehensions
We're fe and things bore lamentable ap-
pearance. Congressman Docsery. who is
a physician by profession, said that
he feared a blood vessel in the brain
was ruptured and the hemorrhage
which was possibly slight at first, had
extended and was ervelopilg and press
ing upon the brain. He stated that the
health of Colonel Burnes had been failing
for the past year or more growing out of
overwork and endless labor in studying
and mastering the details of appropria-
tions, and that Colonel Burnes himself
had frequently stated that he felt bad and
would awake and go to his table to write
a memoranda OF instruction in case he
should die without anybody near him.
At 12:46 a. m. Mr.. Burnes passed quietly
and peacefully away. He was unconscious
from seven o'clock until his death. His
son. D. D. Burnes and his brother, Field
ing Burnes, We're at his bedside when he
died, as were also Congress men McCTeary,
of Kentucky; Dockery, of N ssouri; GAL
linger, of New Hampshire; Henderson, OF
Iowa, and Barry, of Mississippi; Colonel
Morrison, OF Illinois; DR.. Sewers, his ply
stefan. and one or two others.
The widow of the deceased is an invalid
at her residence in ST. Joseph, Mo-.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
in 1882. His father was q native of Gull
pepper County, Va, and emigrated to In
diana, and thence to Missouri, where he
was one of the pioneers in what was
known as the Platte district. Mr.. Burnes
graduated from the Harvard law schoolin
1853 He returned to his native place and
practiced law for twenty years, finally
leaving it to attend to his large
business interests. In 1856 he was
a Presidential Elector and voted
for Buchanan and Br eckinridge. From
1865 to 1872 he was Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas. This was his third
successive term in Congress, he having
been first elected to the Forty ghth Con-
gress. He was considered q man of ability
by his fellow members. and served on i'm
portant committees. During Mr. Randall's
absence he frequently acted as chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. Burnes was a man of large wealth,
and it is estimated that the family, who
hold all their property in common, are
worth from 81, O00, 900 to 8, 600, 600, largely
invested in banking institutions. He
leaves a wife and two sons and seven
adopted children of a deceased brother.