The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-20

been conscious all day until about
q quarter of an hour before the
end. DR.. Lockwood was in attendance at
the time. Nicholas Kearney, William
Hirschfield. two nurses, and two servants
we're in the room. All knelt about the
bed. Mr.. Cox's last conversation was
! about the four Territories whose statehood
lie hoped to father. He mentioned New
Mexico and Arizona, and said something
| about making a great effort in their behalf
ut tie coming session.
Two hours before he died his colored
, servant, who had just come on from
| Washington. went to the bed n Mrs. Cox
asked her husband il he recognized him.
He looked at him and patted him oil tho
shoulder. The colored mans eyes filed
| with tears, while all were deeply affected.
ln the afternoon, while DIR. Lockwood was
talking to him, Mr.. Cox made some witty
remarks which completely upset the doe
tors dignity. Later in the afternoon tele-
grams were sent to MIR. Cox's three
sisters, two of whom 1.-Two in GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, and the other in st. Louis. Mr..
Cox's nephew, who is the superintendent
of the Smithsonian institution, was also
telegraphed for. DIR. Lockwood said that
the immediate cause of death was heart
failure, and the cause reritonitis. Tele-
grams were sent to Sergeant-at-Arms of
tho House Of Representatives j. +. l-eedom
and to Speaker Carlisle.
Mr.. Cox was taken i'll four weeks ago
while on a tour of the four newly acquired
States. He returned home md improved
for Il few days, but took to his bed WE
weeks ago and did not leave it. He re-
tanned his mental faculties to the last, and
made a determined battle against death.
Mr.. Cox was the son of Ezekiel Taylor
Cox and was born in Evansville, Chic,
Sept. 10, 1924. He attended the common
school and afterward spent some time in
the Ohio university. He then entered
Brown college ut Providence, II. L., and
graduated in the class of 1876. He studied
law and returned to Ohio to practice his
profession. He did not taEe kindly to tho
Of which he told in ga Buckeye Abroad"
Oh his return he lec.mo editor of tho
Ohio Statesman, published at Columbus.
In 1853 he was appointed secretary Of
legation to Peru, and on his return was
elected to Congress from the Columbus
district. He stood by the Union in the
dark period just before the war, and was
returned to the NNAVIth, NXNyII,h,
and XNXVIIIth Congresses. In 1864 he
was defeated by the Republican candidate,
and the following spring removed to New
York.
In 1868 Mr.. Cox first appeared as a can
didate for Congress in New York city and
was elected by a large majority over
Starr, his Republican opponent. The ma
jority was greatly augmented two years
after, when Horace Greeley ran against
him. In 1872, when he ran for Congress
man-at-large against Lyman Tremaine,
he was defeated. He was IL few months
after chosen to fill the seat made vacant
by the death Of James Brooks. He was
reelected to tho NLlVth Congress, was
appointed speaker pro tempore June Z.
1876, and was elected speaker pro tempore
June -, 1876, serving until June "a. He
was elected to the NLVth, XLVIth,
NLNllth, and XLIXth Congress, and re-
signed to become minister to Turkey. This
position he resigned and took his seat i'll
the XLlXth Congress, filling the vacancy
caused the resignation Joseph Pulitzer.
again to the List.
Mr.. Cox was n fluent talker and his
fund of humor was ~inexhaustible. AS q
story-teller he had few equals. He was
kind and generous to n fault and made
many friends.
The production which won for him the
sobriquet of Sunset was q piece of de.
scriptive writing which appeared i'll the
Ohio Statesman May 10, 1861. lie was in
the composing-room of the Statesman the
evening before and witnessed an unusually
brilliant sunset. After viewing it for q
few minutes he sat down and wrote g
ford description of it. Tho article was
widely copied, and was often quoted by
Mr.. Cox's opponents during debates il
\ Congress-.