Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-20
SENATOR BARBOUR Dead.

SENATOR BARBOUR Dead.
Sudden Decease Of Virginias
Junior Senator.
THE SAD EVENT CASTS DEEP GLOOM OVER
OUR CONMO; WEALTH AND OVER
WASHINGTON CITY.
WASHINGTON, May Without any
apparent suffering, and after brief i'll
ness of only ten minutes, Senator John ;.
Barber, Virginia's junior representative in
che United States Senate. passed quickly
away at his residence in this city at a |
little after G O'Clock this morning.
VERY UNEXPECTED.
His death was very unexpected AMI a
great shock the those who knew him, rs
he bad been always regarded ~ q man OF
strong and vigorous constitution and bad
been uniformly well and energetic for a
person of his age.
THE PERSONS PRESENT.
The only persons present ut his bed
side when he died were his sisier-in law,
Miss Dangerfield Col. Ham Shepard, Of
Virginia, guest at the house, and tie
domestIcs, the doctor who had been hast
iIy summoned when the Senator first
aroused the household and told them Of his
illness, arriving just after dissolution The
Senator retired early last night as we'll as
usual, and a few minutes after o'clock
this morning he sunk back on bis bed
without uttering word from the time
he first complained Of feeling Ill
HEART FAILURE.
His death was said by his physician to
have been de to heart failure. lester-
day the Senator was in his accustomed
seat in the Senate, and TO all who OH
served him he appeared in his usual good
health and was cheerful and in good
spirits He attended the meeting OF the
District of Columbia Committee. of which
be had been member since his induction
into the Senate, and took part m the dis
position of several measures before that
committee. During the afternoon he
spent most of the time on the floor of the
Senate listening to the d-bate on the
naval appropriation Il. and shortly be
fore the Senate adjourned he repaired t.
his residence on Capital ilul, Just north
of and in sight OF The Capitol aud
DISED A. USUAL
with his s:sies-in-a ~. Miss Din.rii-ll,
and Cant. Shepard. After dinner some
callers dropped in. among htm the wife
of Justice Fi.l of the United States ST.
preme Court, and after chatting with
them tor an hour or two, Senator Bar
hour escorted Mrs Fitl 10 her bone. a
block away, and on returning ~ his
home wrote three or four letters. Before
retiring, at II 0'cl lck, he talked quite
freely with Capt. Shepard regarding
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
70 be held at Richmond next week winch
ne had expected to attend aud ON going
10 his room on the second floor Of bis US =
dence. went to bed Immediately.
THr FIRST SYMPTOMS.
THIS mornint shortly before O'clock
Miss Dangerii l. J. who slept 10 the room
across the hall from the orc occupied by
the Senator. was awakened by the senator
knocking at her door ard requesting her
TO send for the doctor ar once, as be ielt
an oppres ion in bis throat and ches. a. il
he was going to have the Group. Mis-
Danceriield awoke the household and
dispatched somo one for the doctor, a few
SQUARES on: after which sae assisted the
Sen; TOR to bis J,d.
TIE rNr.
Only 4 minute or SD after r. aching hls
bedside. and while sitting on IFS ,dse, hr
seemed to fall into comatnae state from
which he never recovered, and few
minutes after the attack, putting his
hand to his forehead, be SUM- back on the
bed dead. D.. Bayne, hi, physician, ar
ri, ed later and pronounced death due 70
failure Of the heart.
THE SERGEANT. AT-AHWs NOTIFIED.
His private secretary, Mr. Thompson,
of Virginia, was sent foc. aud he notified
Sergeant alarms Valentine, who took
charge of the remains, as is customary
on the death Of senators. be body vas
soon after embalmrd by lie Undertaken
aud prepared for burial.
Senator Daniel. who is not In the city,
was notified by telegraph Of Senator
Barboul's death, an duru- the morning
the Virginia delegation. Senators Cor
man, Ransom, and other Seuai Is and
| REPRESENTATIVES. as We'll as large num-
Der Of persons in official life, called at the
house and ,iieIed coincidence TO Miss
DANCE field.
TIE FUNERAL.
The funeral services viii Zee hell in lhe
Senate Chamber Monday and the body re-
moved to Poplar Ill., Prince George COIN
ty. Mary land, ahou, twelve miles from
this city, where be viii be inferred beside
his wife, who died six years ago.
WAsnIN6roy May l6-3ishop Keane,
of the Catholic university, OF thus city,
at the request of tho family OF me
| late Senator Barbour. conducted the
funeral services over the remains Of the
Virginia senator 10 tne senate today S'n
ator BarOonr had no church naecti'u-,
but his wife Was member of tie Cath
Ole church. ami h. was hulied according
| TO the rites OF The Catholic church.
TIE VACANCY.
Section PIG Of the Code provides That
when a vacancy occurs iu She Unted
States Senate during the recess OF the
Legislature the Governor shall name q
person to iii such vacancy until the next
meeting of the General As mbly. IL Will
therefore be the duty ot Governor Nc
Kinney to appoint some che to serve
meeting of the Legislature that body VIII
elect a Senator fol the unexprct term -
Mr.. Barbour's term extends to March Arb,
1895. 1t is not probable that there will
be a session of the legislature this year.
A new Legislature will be elected in No
vember, 1893, which will convene Decem-
Der of that year.
A good deal has been said in political
circles to day with regard to Mr. Bar
Dour's successor Some have suggested
that the State Convention on next Thurs
day night recommend TO the Governor
some person for the honor Among those
who have been spoken of for he vacancy
are Gen. Fiiz Lee, Congressman O'Ferrall.
Hon. J. Rand. lph Tucker Chairman J.
Taylor Ellyson, Maj Holmes Conrad, Hon
John Gooda and MI c. V. Meredith.
The Jury IN the case of Mrs Frank
Leslie. of Wheeling, w. Va, Ohio follow
al kor b,eI,r1 to a disnr.lpf hOuSe and