The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-30

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 3d.
George Frisbie Hoar, senior United
States Senator from Massachusetts,.
died at mis- home in this city at 1856
o'clock this morning. The end followed
a period of Inconsistencies that had
lasted since early Tuesday and came
SO gently that only the attending ply
sicians were aware of the exact mo-
ment of his ending. The attending
physicians despaired of the Senator's
life six weeks ago, but such was the
vitality exhibited by their distinguished
patient that even they were surprised
and the public was at times led to cher
ish faith in an ultimate recovery.
On Sunday last, however, all hope
was abandoned after last unSucceSS-
full attempt to administer medicine
and nourishment. Brief lucid intervals
were followed by longer durations of
Inconsistencies until Tuesday morn
ing, when the venerable statesman sank
into a state of coma from which all
efforts to arouse him proved futile.
During the last hours there was not
a movement of the body and only a
scarcely perceptible pulse evidenced
the final struggle.
There were present at the bedside
when death came the Senator's son.
lockwood Hoar. his daughter. Mary
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weeks has been in almost constant at
tendance upon the Senator.
FIRE BELLS ARE TOLLED.
Intelligence. of Senator Hoar's death
was first communicated by telephone
from the residence to the press by DR..
Gilman. Immediately after a prear-
ranged signal was transmitted on the
fire alarm system and the long dreaded
tidings were conveyed to the people of
the city by the tolling of bells.
Arrangements were made to notify
the public in this manner when the
physicians attending him decided that
the venerable legislator was on his
deathbed.
Senator Hoar had been in i'll health
since last winter. and even when at
tending the sessions of the Senate he
was obliged to exercise extreme care
lest his exertions should overcome him.
At that time he was troubled with lum-
bago, and the death of his wife proved
such a blow to him that he never re-
covered entirely from it's effects.
Toward the end of the last session of
Congress Senator Hoar was frequently
absent from the sessions of the Senate
and remained at his hotel. He came
to his home here soon after the adj
journment, apparently recovered from
the lumbago. He was weak however,
and his physician here, DR.. Gilman, adj
vised him to refrain during the sum-
mer from any mental or physical ex-
ertion in the hope that he might re-
gain his strength. He disregarded this
Injunction, however, on at least three
occasions his love for old associations
and his friends overcoming considera-
tions for himself
LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
Late in May he attended the bi-cen-
tennial celebration in the town of SUIT
ton. Worcester County and made a
speech of more than half an hours
duration in the open air. He was es-
peciaIly interested in this celebration,
as one feature of it was the dedica-
ton of a memorial tablet to General
r. P. Putnam on the site of Putnam's
birthplace. Senator Hoar made a his
torical address, eulogizing General Put
nam as one of the country's greatest
men. He spoke clearly and logically,
but seemed feeble and after speaking
a minute or two asked permission to
cover his head as a cool breeze was
blowing in his face. He left the speak
ers' stand as soon as his speech was
finished and was driven directly to his
home here. 1t was remarked at the
time by those who heard him that it
might be his last appearance in pub
lie.
A few weeks later Senator Hoar
smoke at a special session of court
when eulogies were delivered on the
life of Colonel E. B. Stoddard, life
long friend of the Senator, and he
also made an informal address at the
English High School on the occasion
of the presentation to the city of some
copies of Stuart's portrait of Wash