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deed very great shock to the people
of Washington, and it must have been
the saddest of news as the intelligence
came on wires to the people of Kansas,
so many of whom personally knew him,
by reason of long continuous resi-
dence there Of nearly thIrty-six years.
The party of which he was cOnspicu-
Gus member had counted him as great
force on the republican side of the SEN
ate chamber, and throughout the Ma
ton his loss to public life and earthly
activities will be recognized as great
public sorrow. Deaths cold hand has
ruthlessly severed the family ties that
held together loving household, and
the hurried taking off of its loving
head must have need awakened grief
which language would fail to express,
and made almost desolate through this
sad and sore bereavement the wife, the
sons and daughters that gathered
around the hearth stone where the hus-
band and father had been such a vital
force. The newspaper press has given
very considerable space to the fresh in
cidents relating to his death and the
latter period of his life. The Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette has the fol-
lowing matter IN a special of the goth:
1.-The flag over the Senate is at half mast
1t is f1uttering listlessly in the breeze, telling
of the death of one of the strongest e. S. sena-
tors. Preston B. Plumb, of Kansas died to-
day, at ten minutes before noon. His death
was unexpected, and came like shock to the
political world in Washington.
For several days Senator Plumb had been
taking especial care of himself, for he had
been warned that unless he stopped his hard
work he would have an apoplectic stroke
That stroke came to-day and carried him off
The Senator was present at the session of the
Senate on Thursday. He appeared well and
strong. That afternoon he went to Phiadei-
phia and consulted Dr. Pepper, and remained
there until yesterday, when he returned to his
residence at 6l2 Fourteenth street N. w. When
he arrived home he sent word to his private
secretary. Mr.. Frank Flenniken, that he de-
sired to see him at 10 o'clock this morning. la
obedience to the summons Mr.. Flenniken ap-
peared at the house on time and went immedi-
ately to the Senator's ROOM
The funeral exercises were held in
the Senate chamber on Monday, and
the following account is from the
Washington Post:
with impressive ceremonies and with all
the formality that the presence of the Presi-
dent, the Supreme Court, and the diplomatic
corps could add to the solemn occasion, the
last tribute Of respect was yesterday paid to
the memory of the late Senator Plumb of
Kansas. The remains were conveyed to the
Capitol about 10 o'clock in the morning. They
had previously been incased in a handsome
cedar casket, covered with sable broadcloth
and mounted with heavy silver handles A
silver plate bore the following inscription:
Preston b. Plumb,
Born October L. 1887,
Died December 20, 1891.
There were no ceremonies at the Senator's
late residence, and the removal was conducted
in quiet and transformations manner quite In
accord with the modest and simple ideas of
the deceased statesman. Those who saw the
little procession wend its way down Four
teenth street and thence up Pennsylvania
avenue to the Capitol were enabled to guess
whose funeral it was only by the appearance
of the brass-buttoned Capitol policemen who
acted as pallbearers. Preceded by one car
rage containing Mr.. Valentine, the Sergeant
alarms of the Senate, and fanked on either
side by the police, the hearse holding the body
was driven slowly along the busy Avenue,
filled with Christmas shoppers, up Capitol
Hill, to the Senate wing of the big building
Here it was taken from the hearse and carried
by the pall-bearers through the dim corridors
to the marble room of the Senate, where it
was placed upon a somber catafalque
Guarded by the Capitol policemen, the body
of the dead Senator lay in its cIoth-covered
casket in the marble room until shortly before
1:3O, when it was carried into the Senate Cham
Der for the formal funeral services The face
was not uncovered during the time the body
lay in the marble room, where few people
were admitted. The simple wreath of immor-
telles sent by Chief Clerk Stocks, of the Treas
ury Department, which reposed on the casket
duriRg its progress from the late Senator'S
residence to the Capitol, was augmented by
several other horal tributes. Kansans residing
in Washington sent an elaborate pillow COM
posed of ivy leaves, the corners decorated
with violets and roses, and the whole inter-
twined with maiden-hair fern. A wreath of
white carnations lay on top of the tribute
Senator Quay sent sheaf of palm leaves and
g bunch OF orchids, while the Military Order
of the Loyal Legion, DISTRICT of Columbia Com.
mandery of which Senator Plumb was men,
Der, expressed its sorrow in wreath of white
carnations and roses.
When the Senators gathered in the Senate
Chamber they found the chair and desk Of
their deceased colleague heavily draped III
black. The prayer of the chaplain, Rev. DIR.
Butler, which began the session of the Senate,
referred in a feeling manner to the death of
Senator Plumb. ''SaDctify," he said, "this last
bereavement. Teach US heavenly wisdom
and hear us when we commend to Thee, very
tenderly, Thy handmaiden in her solitude and
sadness and overwhelming sorrow in her dis
tant home. We pray that Thou wilt sustain
her, and comfort her, and give her Thy
peace"
The following are few of the press
notices of the deceased Senator:
New York Recorder: 1.-THE sudden death of
the rough and-tumble Senatorial fighter. Sena-
for Plumb. of Kansas, is pregnant with sug-
gestions. All Americans need to learn the
| lesson. We push and drive, we waste life's
forces unnecessarily, we squander our mental
| and physical patrimony, and then wonder
there are so few active old men. During ff-
teen years service in the United States Senate
he won recognition as one of the most assidu-
Gus and influential while one of the least pre-
tentious, of the Senators. The republican
party had no more ardent disciple"
New York World: 1.-THE death of Senator
Plumb, of Kansas, which occurred at Wash
inRton yesterday, removed from the upper
house of congress very robust and determin-
ed character. He was one of the three repub-
lican senators who had the courage to follow
his convictions in voting against the McKin-
ley bilI.'
Philadelphta Inquirer; HE was typical
breezy Western man OF great force. personally
popular and fully posted on public affairs;
man Of courage and conviction who will be
sadly missed
Ney York Press: He was perhaps the
hardest worker IN the Senate, and his ear was
never closed to tale of human woe. His death