The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-31
DRIFTS into THE
LAST LONG SLEEP
Life's Curtain Falls For
Senator Quay.
STOICAL AS AN INDIAN
In His Last Illness He Knew the End
Was Fast Approaching and Re.
fused to Let Himself be
Buoyed Up by
Hope.
STOICAL AS AN INDIAN
(By the Associated Press.)


Beaver, Pa, May 2S.-Colonel Mat
thew Stanley Quay, senior Senator
from Pennsylvania, slept peacefully
into death at AS this afternoon after
an illness which had been more or
less persistent for the past year, which
took q turn for the worse ten days
ago and which the doctors diagnosed
as chronic gastritis.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock
on the afternoon of Tuesday, May
31st, and the remains will be inferred
i'm the historic family burial plot in
Beaver cemetery.
Senator QuayS illness began about
q year ago. 1t was a recurrence of
the trouble that beset him during the
latter part of 1900 and the early days
of January, 1901, when he was under
going the strain of a desperate fight
for reelection to the Senate.
For time he seemed improved and
gave much of his time to outdoor ex-
ercise. Never a strong man physical
ly, Senator Quay prided himself on his
endurance and believing firmly that
outdoor life would restore him TO
health and give him years longer lease
on life.
Colonel Quay in health was great
eater and his trouble of later years
dated from over draughtS on his vital
system due to heavy eating, smoking
and the great nervous strains which
he underwent.
Last summer, after the political sit
uation had cleared up in the State
Quay went upon long outing. Ac-
companied by United States Marshal
Stephen Stone, of Beaver, and Ben
Sooy, he went into the heart of the
Wilderness
miles and living in the open. AT that
time he complained of weakness and
continued loss of strength. The mai
adv which brought him to his bed and
death was then talking firm hold.
Beginning of the End.
He began to lose fiesh-at first grad
ally, but later pound by pound. His
tomach refused to assimilate the food
got and nutrition failing, weakness
)llowed. On his return from the
Gods Quay was bronZed as q veteran
III looked sturdy enough to live
ears. He celebrated his 10th birth
Nv at Beaver last fall and at the time
emed in excellent health. The loss
weight, however, weighed constant
on his mind. Day in and day out he
lent to a scale to see what his avoir-
dupois was. He dropped in weight so
perSistently that the alarm which per-
and family. The result was that he
forsook his duties in the United States
and betook himself to Florida, hoping
that the mild weather there would
bring relief. Tt was a case of grad
ually releasing the grip of life. Flor
i'd. failed to restore vitality
The Senator went back to Washing
ton and very soon after was taken
t. Philadelphia where he was placed
under treatment of doctors White and
Stengel, two eminent specialists of
tic City. They ordered him to Allan
tic ity. hoping the sea air would aid
recovery, but the loss continued and
the Senator returned to Washington.
Senator Quay constantly expected
death and told his friends So The
last call he made at the White House
he told President Roosevelt that he
expected never to recover and would
hardly see him again. To Attorney
General Knox he gave the same infor-
nation.
In order to escape the worries of Of
fetal life and be entirely secure
agains intrusion, Senator Quay decided
to come to Pennsylvania In going to
Morganza, where his brother Jerome
Quay was superintendent of the wes-
tern Pennsylvania Reform School the