The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-25
PLUME ADDRESSING THE SENATE.

PLUMB ADDRESSING TIE SENAIE,
an indefatigable worker, but in this
campaign he outdid himself. On his
return to Washington he attempted to
throw into his senatorial duties his ac-
customed ardor, but complained that he
could not concentrate his faculties with
his accustomed readiness. He felt
dazed and uncertain
Both Mentally and Physically.
Preliminary symptoms of disease which
finally carried him off with such start
ling rapidity were not wanting. For
weeks past when he had occasion to
write a letter personally, the lines wan
dered up and down the page in the most
irregular manner, greatly differing from
his usual precise bankers chirography,
and he found difficulty even in signing
with regularity those letters which his
secretary prepared for him. On the
street he lost himself occasionally. Sew
eral days ago, just after the opening of
the senate, walking with Colonel E. c.
Manning, his frequent companion, he
stopped as Manning was about to leave
him, and said: "Don't so, Manning;
want you to stay by me; I don't know
exactly where I am" He thought that
the trouble might rise from some i'm
pairment of his vision, and after the
adjournment of the senate on Thursday
last, went to Philadelphia where his
eldest son is under treatment for defec-
tive eye sight, to take advice in his own
case. The eminent medical men he
consulted told him frankly that unless
he gave himself
An Immediate Rest.
and exercised the greatest care, soften
ing of the brain might result. With
this warning ringing in his ears, he re-
turned to Washington with determin-
alton that after the senate adjourned for
the holidays he would return to Phila-
delphia and put himself under the care
of DR.. Pepper for a prolonged course of
treatment. He even mentioned to
friends that he might return to Phila-
delphia at once without waiting the adj
journment of the senate.
He came back by the o'clock train
and went to Chamberlain's well known
restaurant for dinner. From Chamber
lain's he went home to his somewhat
dismal rooms and went to bed. About
. o'clock in the morning he aroused his
landlord, Mr.. Jennings, saying he felt
really i'll, and asked him to send for a
doctor. DR.. Phillips Wales, ex-surgeon
general of the navy. was summoned and
remained in charge Of the case until the
end. Hypodermic injections were adj
ministered and about 7 o'clock in the
morning the senator became unconscious
and continued in state of coma with
scarcely an intermission until his death.
Notifying His Family.
Senator Plumb's private secretary tel
egraphed the president of the Emporia
National bank of Kansas, in which Mr..
Plumb was director and left to him the
task of communicating the sad, news te
the family.
Senator Plumb had served fourteen
years In the senate and two years age
was reelected for term which would
have expired in 1895. He was one oil
the best known men in congress. Hi.
tall, athletic form, his swinging West
ern gait, his breezy method of speaking
and his rugged independence and orig
inality of thought and action, made hin
notable man in the senate, and he wa.
power on all questions to which b
gave his mind.
The senator leaves two unmarried
daughters who are now living will
their widowed mother at his late hons
in Emporia, Kan; a son, ~ years of age