Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-03
But Patient Hopeful Even
Within a Week.
Widow and Parents But
no Children Survive.

ST Paul Nov 28-Uned States Senator Cushman Kellogg
Davis chairman of the committee foreign relations OF the
senate died home this city last evening at 04o O'Clock
after an illness months He suffered greatly during his
sickness and gradually away being unconscious for several
hours before death and suffering pain Monday appreci
an the approach the end Mrs Davis sent for the venerable
T. H. H. Viiers Appby archdeacon of the Protestant Epis
copal diocese of Minnesota and Rev. Theodore Sedwc rector
of the church of St. the Evangelist An attempt was made
to secure the attendance of Bishop Whppe but that venerable
preate in Florida Upon the arrival of archdeacon Appeby
and Dr. Sedgwck for time sufficiently rational
to express grateful appreciation of their minstratons
For more than week it has been known that the death OF
Davis certain within short time Although the
bulletins by Dr. Stone from day day made positive
statement to this effect they nevertheless gave the impression
that the case hopeless However, the announcement
came as profound shock the friends and the fellow townen
of the distinguished statesman who had been hoping against
hope The senator's devoted wife, who has been in constant at
tendance upon bed lost hope The SENATOR IN
moments of lucty expressed strong determination recover
and within week had told United States District Attorney
Evans who had been admitted him. that he was positive
he would be we'll Indeed it the general bee that the
senator's will all that kept him alive tor the past week
The serious kidney affection which developed Nov II had re-
fused to yield to and his weakened frame unable to
withstand the poson left in system by these organs failing
TO perform their functions November 18th serious change
for the worse noted Previous to that the senator had been
reported as having occasional periods of der That day
these delrious spells became marked since C lille te o
intervals less frequent until the senator was almost
constantly out his mind In his derum he raVed OF con
gresona work would declare in vigorous phrases trag
mens of the nations foreign policy There OF course no
coherencea sentence about the Philippines followed by
upon the Monroe doctrine suggestion about the I'M
pending with Span but always in the diseased mlnd his
patriotic official duties with him.
The senator's wife, despite the doctors order that she get rest
has for several days refused leave his bedside Her vigil
has been long and trying but she bore the ordeal braVe
and ey devotion could have saved the dying man ne would
have been saved Even in his der the senator was quick
to notice her from his bedside and would toss eveh
about until again queed by her The senator's aged
father although past 49, has borne his trouble with great fort
d and has watched over the bed of his distinguished
with tender solitude The senator's mother has been very feeble
of late and has realized her sons condition Mrs Morfrd
and Mrs Bartlett Trpp the senator's sisters have also been
since the serious of the disease has been known
Every day there have been received hundreds of cable and
teegraphic messages of inquiry and sympathy.