The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-04
Senator Beck Drons Dead

WASHINGTON, May g. Senator Beck of
hentucky, dropped dead in the Ralrimora &
fotomac station at o'clock this afternoo,,
he had Just arrived from New York
accompanied by his daughter. Mrs. Good
Zoe, WIG OF Major Goodloe, of the United
,,,;%f marine corps He got off the train
with The rest of the passengers and yvaIl1ad
win his daughter the entire length OF tho
platform and through the gate leadiro -
the station proper. He seemed To ITza1Io
WIN efIort and to breathe with lahor hnt
Inese symptoms were the usual accornnani
nleu1 VI eXefuon with him for some months
past. Alter passing into the station tio
Senator and his daughter stopned ana I, o,.c
joined by his private secretary who ba6
orought carriage to take them homo A
lew words We're exchanged with regard 70
the care OF the baggage. when the SENATE,
suddenly turned pale and with the r,ennarl-
Ieel olzzy," and fell in the arms of his
companions: They could not supnort his
weight and he dropped to the floor Trba M.o
ne sWooned away. Willing hands were
numerous and the limp and helnIess hodT,
was borne into the Office of fhe e+at;cS
master, about twenty feet away Wbon
physicians arrived there was notl,ino, fo,.
them to do except examine the BODY n AZ
Iermlne the cause of death A suSerf;n;ol
examination only was possible at +ba LA
but II was sufficient to satisfy the 49,
lans mat death resulted from PARALYSIS of
the heart. The news was tele0ranbod ~
Inc capitol and subsequently spread 10 ali
sections of the city. Representatiras.
brecklnadge, Caruth, Stone and others of
Iue henUucKy congressional delegation. res
pared TO the station at once and arrap,c-oIs !
Tor the removal of the remains tn . 49, ~
suitable place. 9 1l4oie
senator Beck has not been regular in
attendance upon the sessions of the Senate |
Tor Two years, and was in his seat bnt a |
lew times this Congress. The iasr
iegisiaton OF general Importance with |
, wien ne was connected, was the under |
valuatlon Dill" which passed the Senate
In March, 1883. "He worked On The
measure with constant devotion }, sans
senator Alllson, Who was associated with
MN, until it was disposed of. One morn
ing shortly afterwards he came into tho
room Oh the committee saying he had been
se-ci1 In9 nlgDt before and was not feeling
ever known to be sick, and from
ln8t time forward he was
never well man." During the debate on
the Senate substitute for the Mills hill ba.
was not able to take part, and his absence
was a great loss to the Democratic ranks
he was not able to be present at the omen.
ing OF the special session of the Senate in
March, 1889, and was sworn in by Presi
dent Pro Tenn. Ingalls, some DAYS AFTER
wards. BE has visited the capitol occas-
slonally since the opening of the F'ifty-
hrst Congress, but took no part in the nro-
ceedlngs except to vote. His last apnear-
ance IN the chamber was on the day the
Ease Oh the new Montana Senators, Saund-
ers and Power was settled. Senator Reel,
was greatly beloved by the employees of
the Senate for his uniform Kindness and +:
courtesy and his active interest in their
welfare 40 'neii
1Beck left son named George. who is at
present somewhere in Wyoming. The
T child left by Beck isa daughter, Mrs.