The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-12-25
SUDDEN DEATH
OF SENATOR PLUME. OF KANSAS
LAST SUNDAY

LAST SUNDAY.
"Oh! My God. My Head" Were His Las
Words-Death brought on by Overwor
Stricken Down With ApOplexy.
WAsHISGroN. Dec. 23-"Oh! my God
my head. my head, and Senator prcsto
B. Plumb, who as representative OF th
! state uf Kansas in the United States sen
ate continuously since 1872, has occupied
prominent place in the councils Of TIN
Republican party. few minutes later fcl
back unconscious never to regain knowl
edge of what was going on about him,
| 1t wes 4 quarter to seven o'clock Sun
day morning when he uttered this excla
nation. little more than five hour:
later the broad framed, powerful looking
| Kansas senator was stretched out dead il
his modest apartments on Fourteentl
| street.
His physician, DR.. Philip S. Wales; his
clerk, u. v, Frapklen; and his landlord
Dir. Jennings, were with him at the end
His wife and two children are in Kansas
Death came from apoplcxy, the result
Of exhaustion Of the brain TWAS clear
case Of 0yerwork and inattcnton TO the
laws of nature. The Sepator has beer
known for years as the most pushing,
energetic hard workng member Of the
senate. One year ago he began to fail.
His brain became affected and throbbinr
headaches became more and more fire.
quent. His physicians warned him that
continuance Of his abors meant death
but he refused to heed their warning
He continued to work with the energy of
steam engine, and to-day. when still
apparently in full vigor and with many
years OF life before him. he died.
The news of his sudden death shocked
and started his friends and acquaintance,
Of whom he had great number in and
out Of public life.
It holng SUNDAY many plrsons were at
church 1T the time Of his death and none
save those at his bedside knew that he
had been taken i'll. MAN. persons who
heard it were almost incredulous of the
accuracy 81 the rGrnrti hut all acquainted
with the senator, as with intuilivc knowl-
edge, asked the question whether or not
apop!cxy was the cause Of death \ few
OF Dir. Plumb's most intimate friends
knew That he had been ailing for some
time. but none were prepared Cor the
worst, To had Lean iH tho aenatc last
week and appeared to lle as well rs ever
He attended to his duties with his usual
hrckness and vigor.
lie worked on his immense personal
business, morning and night after doing a
hard days work at the capitol. His eyes
troubled him and wiliul ocuist ex-
ahmed them. His kidneys were also ex-
imincd by specialist, Each Of those
lcrsons rcpNrtea that the trouble lay not
IL the eyes Or the kidneys, and by their
epori that there WIS some other organic
soluble, thus confirming the diagnosis OF
r, Wales, a tew days ago Senator thumb
ent to Philadelphia with Senator Quay
II tho purpose of consulting DR.. Pepper
L returned to Washington last night at
zen o'clock, complaining Of Il most vio-
it headache, but went to dinner at
ambcrlin's given by ex-senator Mahone
i few friends.
tmust have been one o'clock, or later,
e morning when ne returned 10 his
qrters, ut gig Fourteenth street, for his
IAlord, Mr.. Linsou D. Jennings, said
tAy that Lo did not retire until nearly
op clock, and the senator had not vet
rencd Shortly before two o'clock Mr..
Jeings was awakened by a knock at his
boom door. Senator Plumb told Mr.
Jeings he was very sick, and requested
hilo come down stairs and sit up with
hiIs Mr.. Jennings saw that the scna
torconditioD was serious, aud at two
o'ck DR., Wales was summoned. The
doc alleyiated the pain and admins
terproper remedies. He stayed with
Mramb from two until hali-past six
o'c!s, then left his patient sleeping
Quic.
AAuartcr to seven O'Clock Senator
| PluA wokc and with spring bounded
out bed to the slop jar and began to
vome His head was aching violently.
Theaiting ceased for atime. Then the
seni4tossed his hands to his head and
e1cled: "'Oh, my, God my head, MY
hcad;thc last words he ever uttered.
. Jcnlis strokcd his head TO relieve the
paind few minutes later Mr.. Plumb
iapseato slumbcr and later into uu-
cOnStSneSS ;
Absten clock Mr. w. b. Flcnniken,
clerkthe committee on public lands, OF
whiclmator Plumb was chairman, and
his Iate secretary for some years,
called5was his custom, to assist the
sonatcith his correspondence Elem
niken ticed that he was breathing /.
heayil!d sterntorously.
| DR.. es was again summoned. He 9
saw at,c that his patient had been 7
strickcith apoplexy. Plumb was UNI
consciand his tongue was paralyzcd.
The dsG Mr. Fienniken and Mr.. Jen
lnings rfned with him until the end {