The age-herald., 1900-11-28
SENATOR DAVIS SUCCUMBS AT LAST The Minnesota Statesman Died
 Last Night THE END CAME PEACEFULLY Had Been III for Two Months, Due to Blood .PoisonIng-Was Chairman
 of Senate Committee on I
 Foreign Relations. Wf
THE END CAME PEACEFULLY

St. Paul, November 27-United States Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations of the Senate, died at his home here at o'clock tonight after an illness of two months He has suffered greatly during his sickness and gradually sank away, be- ing unconscious for several hours before death, and so far as could be known suf- fering no pain
 Yesterday, appreciating the approach of the end, Mrs. Davis sent for Venerable T. H. M Villiers Appleby archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Minneso- ta, and Rev. Theodore Sedgwick rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist. An attempt had been made to secure the att tendance of Bishop Whipple, but he was in Florida. Upon the arrival of Archdeaco con Appleby and MT. Sedgwick, Senator Davis was for time sufficiently rational to ex- press his grateful appreciation of their minis trations.
 The Senator in his moments of lucidity, expressed a strong determination to re- cover and within week said he was pos itive he would soon be we'll Indeed, it is the general belief that the Senator's iron will is all that has kept him alive for the past week. The serious kidney affection which developed on November Il had re- fused to yield to treatment, and his weak ened frame was unable to withstand the poisonS left in his system by these organs failing to perform their functions. On Sum day, November IS, d serious change for the worse was noted. Previous to that the Sen- ator had been reported as having occasional periods of deirium. That day these deliri- ous spells became more marked and since that time the lucid intervals have become less and less frequent until the Senator was almost constantly out of his mind. In his delirium he raved of his Congressional work He would declare in vigorous phrases fragments of the nations foreign policy. There was of course no coherence. A sen- terce about the Philippines would be fol- lowed by 8 comment upon the Monroe doc Urine or a suggestion of an impending war with Spain But always in his diseased mind, his patriotic and official duties were with him.
 His Wife's Devotion.
 By the Senator has sat his wife, who, despite the doctors order that she go to rest, refused to leave the bedside. Her vigil has been long and trying one, but she has borne the ordeal bravely, and if witely devotion could have saved the. dying man, he would have been saved Even in his delirium the Senator was quick to mo- tice her absence from his side and would toss fevereshly about until again quieted Dy ner presence. when ne aS- sured her that he would owe his recovery which he never seemed to doubt-to her unwavering cheerfulness and encourage ment.
 Second only to Mrs. Davis in his devoted attendance has been the Senator's aged . father. Although past 85 years of age, the elder MT. Davis has borne the strain with great fortitude.
 After his return from the Maine cam paign in September, Senator Davis was trouble by the twinge of pain in one of his feet, to which he paid little attention, thinking 1t due to some neuralgia condi- ton which would soon pass. He began an active campaign in this State, speaking at Duluth and Alexandria, Minn., during the last week in September During the latter speech he suffered so greatly that he could not wear his shoe. He returned home at once and was ordered to bed by his phy- sicianL few days later an operation was performed but he failed to improve and a consultation of physicians was called, Drs. Stone, Lankaster and Rotherock par ticipating An operation on October IA was immediately beneficial, and a further oper- ation was performed October "A. It was at first believed the disease was of blood poisoning caused by infection through a slight abrasion of his foot from the dye of a black silk stocking, and the operations drew off the accumulations of pus.
 Change for Worse.
 His condition improved steadily unul November 1, when he grew worse, and Dr. J. B. Murphy, the Chicago specialist, was sent for, consultation being held the next day. At that time a slight gangrenous condition was discovered and an operation was found necessary, removing portion of one toe The wound healed we'll and the physicians were hopeful of the outcome. However November Il, kidney trouble be- came apparent, both nepheritis and diabe- tes comphcating the case and making his condition more critical. Another consult tation with Dr. Murphy was held Novem- Der IS confirming the previous opinion and settling the presence of the kidney trouble.
 Throughout the last week of his illness the Senator suffered little pain from his injured foot which was healng nicely. His strength was kept up with stimulants but the failure of his kidneys to act left his F system impregnated with poison which in hs enfeebled condition he was unable to withstand. It became daily more difficult to induce him to take nourishment and stimulants and his strength gradually eb- bed away. His delirium lasted nearly a week, and this morning he sank into un- ! consciousness which lasted until death brought him relief.