Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-12-24

sides at the same number; his private
secretary, Frank Flennlken, and DR..
/ Wales, tho we'll known nasal surgeon.
The story Of his illness is best told by
DIR. jennings, who was about the last
person 10 whom he spoke.
About ten days ago the senator con
suited with DR.. Wales, rnder the i'm
preston that he was suffering from kid
/ ney trouble. The doctor had an exam
ination made OF the senator's urine
which proved 1t TO be IN a normal con
! dition. The doctor then informed his
patient that he would 60 over his en-
tire body, but that he had made up hii
mind that it was stomach trouble
That, however, was proved not TO bl
1 the cause, and DR.. Wales sent him tc
an oculist and no cause could be found
In the condition OF his eyes Finally
the doctor told him that his difficulty
was caused BY overwork; the brain had
! degencrated, and described the pres
ence Of fatty substance. II was a case o.
governmental strain. without necessary
! physical exercise to Offset it. The doc
/ tor told the senator that all he needed
was absolute rest. and Senator Plumt
named day when he would stop work,
and asked the doctor to patch him up
SO that he could run along until thai
4 time.
The senator's son Is sick in Philadel
phia, and he went over there Friday
\ last to see him. While there he con
suited with DR.. Pepper regarding his
condition. Last evening at $40 O'Clock
/ he returned 10 Washington and went Il
I his rooms. There Mrs. Jennings, in
whose house he resides, saw him. Tn,
senator complained Of bad headache
aud she asked what he had learned o
his condition In response he said. :.
must throw up the sponge; the end has
come"
Mrs jennings asked him TO retire
and offered TO provide him with some
thing to eat, but he would not listen tt
that. insisting that he had TO go out te
keep business engagements and that he
would procure little steak.
1t was about midnight when he re
turned home, and at o'clock he got uI
and knocked at DIR. jennings door, say
ing; y am very sick man. The
doctor hastily dressed and went to the
senator's room, where he found him
pitching and tossing about, complain.
ing OF his head DR.. Jennings ran fof
DR. Wales and left Mrs. jennings with
the senator.
Ii was ABOUT eighteen minutes later
when the doctor came and sent foI
four powders, a hyperdermic syringe,
l-l6 grain OF morphia and l-l00 OF afro
phia. The latter article could not be
had except In l-l20 grains. The doctor
did not give the powder. but used the
syringe, making an injection OF the
morphia In ten minutes the senator
was sound asleep. The doctor and DR..
Jennings sat beside the stricken states.
man and remained there till early this
morning, when DIR. Wales went home, !
instructing DR.. jennings to relieve the
patients nausea when ne awoke by Civ,
ing him half tespoonfu Of
coffee. At 6:45 o'clock the sena-
tor jumped out of bed, and DR.
Jennings caught him as he was about to
fall over the bowl where he vomlted
three times in about one minute. The
doctor wiped his face and the senator
whispered: Don't press my head too
hard" Then the vomiting stopped |
When the senator touched the pillow, !
lac SAID
My Cod my God. my head" These
were his last words. DR.. Jennings
then gently stroked his head, and IN a |
few minutes no was asleep Tho doc /
tor remained with him until 1910 |
o'clock. He did not turn over in that |
time, but Strengthened out his limbs |
There was no hard breathing, no pain |
apparent At this hour his private
secretary arrived, and Mrs. Jennings /
also came into the room, while |
her husband went upstairs for needed /
rest. Later on the senator opened his /
eyes. but did not speak. Mrs. Jennings |
S n discovered few minutes later, that |
the senator was breathing hard and I
ran for his father. The senator's face 1
had then turned blue and Dr. Wales /
had reached him, only to say that he /
was VERY sick; run for some whisky /
Dr. Jennings hastened across the
street to a drug store and returned with /
the article, but it was too late; the act
tive life WAS no more. Senator Plumb 4
died at 800 O'Clock, very easy. He
was not conscious after o'clock in the
fnoeniup