Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-11
DANIEL WOLSEY VOORHEES,
 
 The " Tall Sycamore of the Wa
 bash," "Is Dead. THE END CAME SUDDENLY k3 s-tssstss fJ 1z
 Ner ArNna .s And Though His Friends Were Expecting it at Any Time. They 'AIe Were Greatly
 Shocked on Hearngthe News.

Washington, April 10-Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, ex-Un4ted States senator from the state of Indiana, died at 5 o'clock this morning at his home in this city, No. 105 Maryland avenue, N. F. sThe. senator has been in poor health for several years, and for at least ,twoyears past had taken little part in the proceedings of the sen- ate. He had been a consant sufferer from rheumatism of the heart and his friends had come to expect therefore that they might hear of his death suddenly. The last repori& of him, however, were that he was showing some signs of im- -provement, and, his death. therefore, twhile not entirely unexpected, came with the suddenness of a. shock. The senator's son, Mir Reese N Voorhees,, r had re- mained with his father during. the night, and was awakened aboul 4 o'clock this morning by his father, who was then SUI fering great pain from the region or ne heart He refused, however, to allow a physician to be called, saying that the pain would pass ieway3 Half an hour later he appeared much better, and got out of the bed to walk to she bath room' his son being with him. When they en- tered the hallway the senator was at- tackled by more severe spasm than he had yet experienced, and Tell in semi conscious condition intoNhis sons arms. The la. ter carried the row dying man back to his bed and summoned pr. Shoup. a neighborings physician. It was too late, however, for any aid to be of avail, and the ex-senator soon passed away, without regaining full conscious ness. Only his son, Reese, his daughter, Miss Halle Voorhees,, and the physician were present when he died. The remains will be taken to Terre Hahte,s.. Ind, the senator's home for so -srnahy years, for interment, but just when is not yet de- termined. The time will depend upon the word received from his oldest son, Hon. Charles Voorhees, who resides in the state of Washington. ,s.sa,,
 Charles, Reese and James Paxton, and one daughter, Miss Eallie, all of whom, except the first named reside in Wash ington.
 When the news of, Senator lVoorhees' death became known at the capitol ex- pressions of deep SorTow were heard The senator had been So long in public life that he was known to every employe at Washing on and all felt an affectionate regard for him because of his uniformly kind treatment or them.
 MT. Voorhees, was 76 gaArs149f age last September, and prior to his retirement from public life on March 4, last, he had been for many years one of the most pie turesque figures in the sepate.- He was born in Liber.y toWnshjps Butler county
 OHIO, anu III HIS early lnIancy was car ried by his parents to their pioneer home in the Wabash valley, Indiana, in 1S49
 He graduated from the Indiana Ashbury
 now Depauw) university, and, studying law, began it's practice in 1S51.s His first public office vas entered upon in 1859,
 since which time lie had been almost continuously in the public service.
 In apps earance,. Senator Voorhees, was one of the most striking figures in the senate. He was ia millarly known as the Tall Sycamore ofeths Wabash" by req son of his large aRdsmag nificenfly pro- portioned figure: As Ian ora tor, he had few peers, commanding a magnificent vocabulary and imbuing his utterances wfah degree of earnestness and feeling that strangely y-influeaeed- his auditors, The severe strain, physical and mental, to which Senator Voorhees was Subjected as the leader of the majority in the sen ate during the campaign, resulting in the passage of the Sherman repeal law. per manently impaired his health. After the campaign he was odbfiged~tol retire for a long rest to his Indiana home and when he returned to Washington again it was evident that the splendid stock of vitality which always had been his most valuable possession, never could be restored As time ran on the senator himself began 10 appreciate the fact, and for some time had taken the advice of his physicians and friends and had done every thing possible to conserve his health