The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-12
West Virginia, enacd in death at 3
O'Clock this morning.

"oo' 'HSiHia, enlc1 In death at 5
o'clock this morning.
Tho Senator had been i'll for some
time and it was thought several times
that the end was near, but each time
he rallied and so much did he recover
that his friends ceased to be alarmed.
he was better yesterday morning than
he had been for several DAYS and
hopes OF his ultimate recovery were en-.
tertained.
He had a serious relapse yesterday
afternoon about 4 o'clock.
Ho suffered intense pain for hours
from spasmodic action of the heart and
when his great suffering was partially
relieved he was exhausted. He sank
rapidly Till the end came.
Heart disease was the cause of Sena.
tor Kenna's death He had been for
some years an acute sufferer, so much
so that for long interval he had been
compelled to abandon his duties as Sena-
tor and forego all mental cXertion. Two
summers ago, with view of diverting
his mind from his physical ailments. he
eStaonshed an amateur boat builders
shop and busted himself in the mechani-
cal operation o: constructing boat.
he partially recovered and resumed
his seat in the Senate and made one
memorable speech, which was remark.
able both for its length and it's vigor,
put soon suffered relapse from which
he never rallied. His sufferings during
the last few months of his life, from
heart spasms, were so poignant that to
himself as we'll as to his family, death
must have been looked upon as almost
welcome.
THE DEAD SENATOR
John r. Kenna, Of Charleston Kana
VIVA county, w Va, was born at Val
colon, Va, now West Virginia, April 10,
1S4S. His early years wero spent on the
farm. He entered the Confederate
army as q private soldier. He was
wounded in that service in 1864, and was
surrendered at Shreveport, La. in
1863 He afterwards attended St. Vim
cents College at Wheeling. He studied
law with Miller e Quarter at Charles
town, and was admitted to the bar June
20, 1870, continuing to practice law from
that time he was elected prosecu ting
attorney for kanawha county on the
Democratic ticket in 1872 and served
till January l, 1o77. In 1875 he was
elected by the bar in tho respective
counties under statutory provision to
mold the circuit courts OF Wayne and
Lincoln. He was elected as a Democrat
to tho Forty fifth, Forty sixth and
Forty.seventh Congress, and had been
elected to the Forty. eighth whom he was
elected to the United States Senate to
succeed Henry &. Davis, taking his seat
December 3, 1883. Ho was again re.
elected, and had ho lived his present
term would have expired in 1905.
kENNA's DEATH ANNOUNCED IN THE SEN
ATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE death Of
ton -
modiately after the reading of yester.
days journal, was announced to the
Senate by Mr.. Blackburn. Feeling re-
marks were made by him in praise of
the dead Senator, and the usual resolu-
lions wero presented and adopted, in
Guiding invitation to the House of Re.
preseD tatives, President and members
OF the Cabinet and Supreme Court to at.
tend the funeral ceremonies in the Sen.
ate chamber at o'clock to.morrow.
A committee OF seven Senators, viz,
Messrs. Faulkner, Blackburn, Ransom,
Daniel, Walthall, Henderson and Squire,
was appointed to take the orders as to
funeral and to accompany tho body to
West Virginia, and then, as further
mark of respect, tho Senate adjourned.
AN EN-MINIsTER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Ho Had an Interesting History-Expelied
From the Church.
WESTMINSTER, Md, Jan. 11.-(Spe-
ca)-Rev. David D. Bonsack, at one
time the leading Dunkard preacher in
Maryland, committed suicide at West
minister Friday night. Last summer
he oloped with married woman,
leaving behind wife and family. The
couple remained away only two weeks,
when they returned, expressed remorse
and were taken back by their respective
families. The Dunkard Church. how
ever, refused to forgive. After long
trial Bonsack was convicted, deposed
from the ministry, and recently ex-
pelled from the church.
BoNsAcK, Jan. H. Especially Tho
Rev. David ID. Bonsac1 has history
Tho suicide of Westminster, Md, was
not Bonsack but q Hull. The IA
Their of the suicide was hired man on
the farm of Nathaniel Bonsack, of
Frederick county, Maryland. fifty
years ago, who eloped with Bonsack's
wife, whose maiden name was Rine-
hart She was forthwith divorced. So
tho suicide was tho illegitimate off.
spring of Hull and this woman.
Voting For IA Senator In Montana.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. lion the first
joint ballot for United States Senator
to-day the vote stood: Saunders (Rep.),
80; Clark (Dem.), Is; Hauser dom. J, IL;
Dickson (Dem.), S; Maginnis (Dem.), /;
Mulville tPop.), Q. Beecher (Pop.)
voted for Ilauser. Adjourned until to.