Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-05-05

stomach. The day after his arrival In
Chicago he suddenly became worse
and was forced to take to his bed and
place himself under the care of ply
sicisn. Besides his stomach trouble he
was seized with severe pains in the
region of the heart A few days
quiet mended matters to considerable
degree and during the last two weeks
his condition was much improved. His
illness prevented him gaining strength
except very slowly. Two weeks ago
the proposed Ca lifornia trip was aban-
doned and arrangements made to re-
turn as early as possible to Kalamazoo,
the senator's home.
Monday the senator appeared as well
as at any time during his visit here and
he and Mrs Stock bridge were talking
of being at home in a few days. When
dinner was announced he said he was
feeling well and asked his wife and
the other members of the family to go
down to the meal. as he would be all
right with the nurse.
After they left he sat in his chair
looking over the paper and apparently
suffering no pain. After time he arose
to walk across the room and was sud-
denly seized with pains about the heart
He uttered no cry, but with his hands
clasped over his heart and his
face gray with pain he staggered
back to the chair he had just left.
Alarmed at the sudden change the
nurse notified the members of the fam
| lily and Mrs. Stock bridge and Mr. and
Mrs. Houghteling We're quickly at his
side. He was unconscious and appar-
emily dying. DIR. Henry Harper was
sent for and when he arrived did what
| he could, but the senator was beyond
the reach of medical science. He sank
rapidly and at o'clock the end came.
| LANSING, Mich, May L-Senator
| Stock bridges death was a great shock
to his numerous personal and political
| friends here, as none of them were
aware that his illness was critical.
The governor will appoint sue
cessor to fill the vacancy until the leg
islature convenes in January next, and
| the appointee will doubtless come from
the western portion of the state. Nu-
merous names are mentioned in connec-
ton with the appointment, the most
prominent being that of ex-Gov. Luce,
who was the only candidate against
Stocllbridge before the Legislature of
1893.
| rFrancis b. Stock bridge was born in Bath,
| Me- April 8, 1926. Early in his life his parents
moved to Chicago, where for some years he
was engaged in the lumber business. This
| grew rapidly and in a comparatively short
time he had acquired large lumber interests
| In Michigan. In 1851 he decided to move
| to Michigan and he took up his resi-
! dence in ST. Ignace, where he owned several
lumber mills. While living in st. Ignace he
| also acquired large mining property, which ht
| retained up TO the time OF his death. He moved
to Kalamazoo about twenty years ago and has
lived there since He was elected 10 the state
legislature In 1869 and to the senate in 1871
and March 4, 1887, took his seat in the United
States senate as u republican. He was reelected
again in 1893 and his term OF service wouiC
have expired March 8, 1899 The senator hat
large lumber interests on the Pacihc slope, was
the proprietor of u large spring factory at kal
amazoo and was we'll known throughout th'
state as a man OF large means who freely spen
his money for the benefit Of the poor. He wal
largely interested in the Brown Co. stool
| farm near Kalamazoo, ana many OF the prod
ucts OF his stable rank high In speeding circles
Although he had had only u common schoo
education in his early youth, he was grea
reader, and had acquired q considerable know
edge OF art science and literature during hi
| life. Probably there was no man in MichiSa
better known TO rich and poor alike than wa
he He had often said that as he had no chil
| dren OF his own, he would in a measure adop
those OF his neighbor, and his kindly spiri
made him beloved wherever he was known
While still young man he was married
Miss Elizabeth Arnold, who survives him.