Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-28
Change For the Worse In Penn
sylvania Senator's Condi-
tion This Morning
END CAME AT ESQ O'CLOCK
Oxygen Was Constantly Administered
TO Keep the Senator Alive-Exhaus-
ton Follows Gastric Trouble and In
flammation of the Stomaeh-End Ex-
pected Since Morning.

Beaver, Pa, May Ex-senator Quay
died at $50.
Beaver, Pa, May 2S.-Sen. Quay's con-
dition is very alarming. A change for
the worse came at o'clock this NOR
lieve that his death is only question
of few hours Oxygen is being ad-
ministered constantly. The doctor
SAYS the end may come about sun
down.
The immediate cause of Senator
Quay's condition is exhaustion. due
to his inability to assimilate nourish-
ment. He has taken no food since 3
o'clock this morning. Chronic gas
tritis and inflammation Of the stom-
ach is the foundation of his trouble.
This afternoon Quay slowly began
sinking. He is still unconscious, but
is resting quietly and without pain.
This is due to the oxygen given him.
Matthew Stanley Quay was born In
DilIsburg, York county, Pa. Sept. ~
1898; was prepared for college at Beav-
or and Indiana academies, was gradu-
ated from Jefferson college In 1850; was
admitted to the bar in 1854; was elect
ed prothonotary of Beaver county in
1856 and reelected in 1850; was lieu
tenant in Tenth Pennsylvania reserves ;
was colonel of the l34th Pennsylvania
volunteers; was lieutenant-colonel ana
assistant commissary general was
state military agent at washington;
was private secretary to the governor
OF Pennsylvania: WAS major and chiet
OF TRANSPORTATION and telegraphe; was
military secretary to the governor OF
Pennsylvania, 1S6l-1S65: was a mem
ber of the legislature. lS61-1s6t, was
secretary of the commonwealth. lSf2-
1878: was recorder of the city of Phil
adelphia and chairman ~ the republi-
can state committee, 1STS-19 and 1907
lo3; was secretary of the common
wealth 1ST9-1SS2; was delegate at
large to the republican national con-
yentions of 1872. 1876 and 1880; was
elected state treasurer in 1885; was
elected a member of the republican ma
tional committee and chosen chairman
thereof and ex-officio chairman OF the
executive committee when the commit
tee organized in July, 1888, and con-
Quoted the successful presidential cam
paign Of that year; was a delegate to
the republican national convention OF
1892: was chairman republican state
committee. 1895-96: was a delegate to
the republican national convention OF
1896: was elected member of the re-
publican national committee and
chosen member OF the executive COM
mittee in 1895; was a delegate to the
republican national convention Of 1900;
was elected member of the republican
national committee of 1900: was elected
to the United states senate as repub-
lican to succeed John I. Mitchell and
took his seat March 4, 1887; was re-
elected in 1898: in 1899 was defeated
for reelection by deadlock existing
thruout the session of the legislature;
was appointed United States senator by
the governor of Pennsylvania to fill the
vacancy caused by the failure of the
legislature to elect but the appointment
was not recognized by the senate. On
the day of his rejection by the senate
he was nominated to succeed himself
by the republican state convention OF
Pennsylvania, and was reelected Unit
ed States senator Jan. Is. 1901, receiv-
ing the vote of 26 republicans in the
senate and that of 103 republicans and
democrat in the house Ca majority Of
each body), making total of 100 votes
to 118 votes, of which last Sc votes
were cast for James M. Guffey. demo-
crat: 81 for John Dalzell and 2S scat
tering: took his seat Jan. II. 1901 His
term of service would have expired