Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-26

W/tNM\EM/NUN this city late Sat
~MD urday afternoon
NV 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 9 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: 81 have an excru-
ciating headache" He was holding
his head in his hands and swaying it
from side to side. Mr.. Jennings i'm
mediately called Surgeon General
Wales. The doctor gave the patient
hypodermic injection of morphia. The
senator in few moments became
quieter, and, the pain decreasing, he
fell into a deep sleep, which continued
for some hours.
DR.. Wales left about $3.50 o'clock, and
q 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 1l:25 o'clock,
when his respiration became heavier,
and death ensued at 11:49 o'clock.
There were present at his bedside
when death occurred Dr. Wales, who
had been called some time before, Mr..
Jennings and Mr.. Flanagan, the sem
ator' 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 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 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 physician and the senator's
friends the work of embalming was
begun. About 2 o'clock a 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 SEN
sation here and has been the sole topic
of conversation among the politicians.
The hotel lobbies have been filed and
every possible contingency discussed.
Gov. Humphrey left the city Saturday
night but will return today. 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. Morril
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 o.
Abilene, who was a bitter opponent O.
Ingalls,; ex-Congressman S. r. Peters
of Newton; George r. Peck, genera
solicitor of the Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe Railway Company; j. X. Hud
son, editor of the Topeka Capital; ant
ex-Gov. Thomas A. Osborne Hayes
minister to Brazil. The Legislature
which will elect successor to Gov
Humphreys appointee convenes in Jan
uary, 1898, and will be elected mex
fall. There will he no holdovers eithe
in the lower house or senate.
[Senator Plumb was born in Delaware county
O., October l2, 1887, SO that he was in his sat
year at the time OF his death. He was not
college graduate but left the common school
for the printers case, and in pursuance of his W
cation as iourneyman printer In 1885, IN th
bloody days of the history of the newly orgaI
; ized territory of Kansas, he walked into thG
territory He plunged at once into the thic
OF the political strife which then was waSin
over the slavery question. He at one
went to the front and soon became
member of the Leavenworth Constitutions
congress OF 1859. He was admitted to th
bar in 1861, when the place of his adoptio
became u state of the union served in the le
slature in 1852 was chairman OF the iudiciar
/ committee and subsequently reported the s.
, preme court, When the war broke out
entered the army as second lieutenant in u
Eleventh Kansas infantry and serve
successfully as captain. major and lie
tenant. colonel of the regiment, and W;
, commissioned colonel of the regimen
, in August. 1859. After the war Mr.. Plumb, r
, turning to Kansas, was elected member
! the Kansas house of representatives, and
1876 was chosen United States senator TO su
ceed James NJ. Harvey, republican He toe
! his seat in 1877 and has represented his sta
as q senator ever since that time. His term
Office would have expired March 8, 1885.