The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

~M liz urday afternoon
from visit to his
SENATOR PLUMB. son in Philadel-
phia, having gone there on Thursday.
His apartments are in the house of Mr..
Jennings on Fourteenth street.
About 2 o'clock Sunday morning Mr..
Jennings was aroused by call from
the senator. When he reached the
apartment of Mr.. Plumb the latter
was disrobed and lying on the bed. In
response to the inquiry of Mr..
Jennings he said: II have an excru-
ciating headache" He was holding
his head in his hands and swaying it
from side to side Mr.. Jennings inn
mediately called Surgeon General
Wales. The doctor gave the patient a
hypodermic injection of morphia- The
senator in few moments became
quieter, and, the pain decreasing. he
fell into deep sleep, which continued
for some hours
DR.. Wales left about $50 o'clock, and
a few minutes later Senator Plumb
jumped up. Mr.. Jennings sprang to
his assistance The senator had vio-
lent vomiting spell and was then as
sisted back to his bed. He seemed to
be in great agony, tossed his head
from side to side on the pillow and ex-
claimed: MY God, my God, my head!"
These were the last words he uttered,
for in a few moments he again fell
asleep, breathing heavily and la borious-
ly. This sleep lasted until 1925 o'clock,
when his respirat tion became heavier,
and death ensued at 11:49 o'clock.
There we're present at his bedside
when death occurred Dr. Wales, who
had been called some time before, Mr.
Jennings and Mr.. Flanagan, the sem
ator's private secretary. After the
vomiting spell the senator never ad-
dressed anyone, and his last words
were those of pain.
The news of his death spread rapidly
through the city, and was a great
shock to the public. Indeed, it was
hardly credited by his associates, being
regarded as a rumor. The matter of
breaking the sad news to Mrs. Plumb,
who is in feeble health, was delicate
one, and was done through a telegram
to Maj Hood. president of the Emporia
national bank at Emporia, Kan. where
Mrs Plumb now is.
Undertaken Wright arrived soon
after 10 o'clock, and under the direc-
tion of the ply sician and the senator's
friends the work of embalming was
begun. About o'clock message was
received from Mrs Plumb requesting
that the body be sent home as soon as
possible. The sergeant-at-arms of the
senate had been notified in the mean
time, and when he arrived took charge
of the dead senator s papers and effects.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. Ex-senator
Plumb's death created profound sem
sation here and has been the sole topic
of conversation among the politicians.
The hotel lobbies have been filled and
every possible contingency discussed.
Gov Humphrey left the city Saturday
night but will return to day. Those
who know the governor best say he
will be slow in making an appoint
ment.. Under no circumstances will he
call an extra session of the legislature,
as it is overwhelmingly alliance.
Nearly score of possibilities have
been mentioned about the hotel lob.
bies. Those most frequently men,
toned are: Ex-Gov. George T. An
thony, ex-Congressman E. N. Morrill,
and Chief Justice Albert II. Horton:
Ex-senator ingalls, name is but little
spoken of. Other names mentioned
are: J. r. Burton, a young attorney of
Abilene. who was bitter opponent of
ingalls,; ex-Congressman S. r. Peters;
of Newton; George r. Peck, general
solicitor of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway Company; j. K Hud-
son, editor of the Topeka Capital; and
ex-Gov. Thomas A. Osborne Hayes,
minister to Brazil. The legislature
which will elect a successor to Gov.
Humphreys appointee convenes in JAM
uary, 1898, and will be elected next
fall. There will he no holdovers either
in the lower house or senate.
tScnator Plumb " as born in Delaware county,
O., October IL, 1887, SO that he was in his 54th
year at the time Of his death. He was not
college graduate but left the common schools
for tho printer case and in pursuance OF his vo-
cation as a iourneyman printer In 1856 in the
bloody days Of the history Of the newly organ
lied territory OF Kansas, he walked into that
territory. He plunged at once into the thick
of the political strife which then was wagtng
over the slavery question. He at once
went to the front and soon became o
member Of the Leavenworth Constitutional
congress OF 1859 He was admitted to the
bar In 1851 when the place OF his adoption
became state of the union: served in the leg.
islature in 1862, was chairman OF the judiciary
committee, and subsequently reported the su.
preme court. When the war broke out he
entered the army as second lieutenant in the
Eleventh Kansas infantry and served
successfully as captain major and lieu.
tenant colonel OF the regiment, and was
commissioned q colonel of the regiment
in August 1869. After the war Mr.. Plumb, re.
turning to Kansas was elected . member Of
tho Kansas house Of representatives, and in
1875 was chosen United States senator to sue
cecil James M. Harvey, republican. He took
his seat in 1877 and has represented his state
as a senator ever since that time. His term of
Office would have expired March 3, 1895