The record-union., 1891-12-21
SENATOR PLUMB OF KANSAS DIES
OF APOPLEXY.
Ex-senator Ingalls, Mentioned as the
Successor to the Senatorship -
Probability that Arizona and Okla
homa Territories VIII be Admitted
TO Statehood During the Present
Session Of Congress.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1ox.

ofKansas in the United States Senate since
1876 has occupied a prominent place in the
councils of the Republican party. few
minutes later he fell unconscious, never
TO regain knowledge of what was going
on around him. 1t was a quarter to 7
this morning when he uttered the above
exclamation. Little more than five hours
later the broad-framed, powerful-looking
man was stretched out dead in his modest
apartments on Fourteenth street. His
physician, DR.. Philip Wales, his clerk,
B. W. Flenniken, and his landlord, Mr..
Jennings, were with him at the last. His
wife and two children are in Kansas.
Death was from apoplexy, clearly the re-
suit of overwork.
The Senator has been known for years
as the most energetic member of the SEN
ate. A year ago he began to fail. His
brain became affected, and throbbing
headaches more and more frequent. Physi-
clans warned him that continuance of
his labors meant death, but he refused to
heed their warning. AS far as outward
appearances went he was most vigorous
looking, and apparently the personifica-
tion of health. He continued with the
energy of a steam engine, and to-day,
when seemingly still in full vigor, died.
Two weeks ago Senator Plumb was
troubled by failing memory and other
symptoms, which medical men class as
'aphasia." He called in DIR. Wales. The
latter, after careful study, informed the
Senator that the symptoms indicated ap-
oplexy, and that he must quit work and
rest, but Plumb thought the doctor un-
duly alarmed. He kept up his labors
both in the Senate and at home. His
eyes then troubled him, as did also his
kidneys. He had skillful specialists ex-
anime him. They reported that there
was nothing the matter with those or
ganS; that there was some other trouble,
which confirmed DR.. Wales diagnosis.
A few days ago Plumb went to Phila-
delphia with Senator Quay to consult DR..
Pepper. He returned last evening COM
planning Of violent headache, but went
10 a dinner given by ex-senator Malone
to a few friends. He returned home
about l o'clock this morning, and about
z o'clock called Mr.. Jennings, his land
lord, who lived above, and requested
him to come down and sit with him, as
ne was i'll. Mr.. Jennings saw that his
condition was serious, and summoned
DR.. Wales. The latter alleviated the
pain, and remained with the Senator un-
til $50, when he went away, leaving the
Senator sleeping seundly.
Fifteen minutes later Senator Plumb
awoke, bounded out of bed to the slop
jar and began to vomit. When the vomit
ceased he raised his hands to his head
and exclaimed: ooh, my God, my head,
my head !''-his last words. Mr.. Jen-
nings stroked his head to relieve the
pain, and a few minutes later the Senator
lapsed into slumber, and soon after into
Inconsistencies. About 10 o'clock DR..
Wales returned and saw at once that the
Senator had been stricken with apo
pleXy. He remained unconscious until
the end came at l1:30.
DR.. Wales said the immediate cause of
death was apopleXy, broug ht on by fatty
degeneration of the brain from overwork.
at was a clear case of overwO. k" said
the doctor. 'If he had given up some
time ago it would have been different,
but no man could stand what he was
doing in his condition"
The news of the sad event spread
rapidly. Within an hour Senator PETER
was at the bedside of his dead colleague.
and Sergeant-at-Arms Ballentyne of the
Senate assumed direction of the funeral
arrangements. An undertaken was sum-
moned and embalmed the remains, his
haste in this matter giving rise to dis
tressing incident. Shortly after the en-
balming was completed a dispatch was
received from the widow who is in EN-
poria, Kansas, requesting that the body
be not embalmed. 1t was stated that last
summer the Senator was for two or three
hours in state of suspended animation.
that crisis in mind, Mrs. Plumb did not
wish the body embalmed until there was
no doubt of death. The receipt of this
telegram, too, caused much unavailing
regret. The undertaken and DOCTOR how
ever were positive the Senator was dead
A guard of honor composed of EN-
ployes of the Senate were detailed to
watch over the remains until they were
removed to the Capitol. Vice-President
Morton and many Senators called at the
o house during the afternoon.
Plumb leaves a wife and five children
two daughters and three sons. He was
born in Delaware County, Ohio, October
u, 1887. He left the common school for
the printers case, and in pursuance of
that vocation went to Kansas in 1856 and
plunged at once into the thick strife then
raging over the slavery question. He at
once went to the front, and soon became
a member of the Leavenworth Constitu-
tional Convention of 1859. He was ad-
Initted to the bar in 1861, went to the
Legislature in 1862, and served in the
Eleventh Kansas Infantry through all
grades from Second Lieutenant to Col
cnel. After the war he served again in
the Kansas Legislature, and in 1876 was
chosen United States Senator to succeed
James NJ. Harvey. Plumb was a wealthy
man, and in addition to his Senatorial
duties was actively concerned in railroad
end industrial enterprises, and widely
gable promoter.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow the body of the
late Senator will be moved to the marble
wing in the Senate wing of the Capitol
At 1885 o'clock the body will be removed
TO the Senate Chamber, where fifteen
minutes later funeral services will be
held. At $50 the body will be taken to the
Pennsylvania Railway station, escorted
10y a committee of the two houses and
members on foot. 1t will be taken to
Emporia, Kas., where the interment will
be made.
THE NEWS IN KANSAS.
TOPEKA (Kas), Dec. 20.-The news of
the death of Senator Plumb was great
shock TO his friends in Kansas. No one
knew he had been ailing, and the vigor-
Gus campaign he made last fall in the in
terests of his party seemed convincing
proof that his robust constitution was in
the best condition. He stumped the State
from one end to the other, being obliged
TO undergo all the fatigues of country
campaign. His work was generally
credited with having been the prime
cause of the Republican victory. 1t is
not exaggeration to say that Plumb was
one of the most popular men in Kansas
He was the ideal of his own party, and
regarded by his political opponents with
respect.