The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-30
DEATH OF 81 MAJOR QUAY
Passed Away at His Home in
Beaver

Beaver. Pa, May 29.-Colonel Mat
thew Stanley Quay. senior Senator from
Pennsylvania, died peacefully at 2:4e
O'Clock Saturday afternoon after an III
ness which had been more or less
pers 'stent for the last year, which took
a turn for the worse ten days ago and
VIII ch the doctors diagnosed as chronic
easttitis. The funeral will be he
Tuesday afternoon and the remains
will be inferred in the family burial
plot in Beaver Cemetery.
Senator Quay's Illness was recur-
renee OF the trouble that beset him
during the latter part of 1900 and tn
early days of January 1901, when
was undergoing the strain of des
perate fight for reelection to the Ser
ate.
Senator Quay in health was a gre'
eater, and his trouble of later year
dated from an overdraught on his vital
system due to heavy eating, smoking
and the great nervous strain which he
underwent Last summer, after the
the State. Quay decided upon a lon
outing. Accompanied by two friend
he went into the heart of the Gre
Maine wilderness. travelling miles ard
/ living In the open. At that time he
/ complained of weakness and continued
/ loss of strength.
He began to lose fiesh-at first grad
ually, but later pound by pound. His
stomach refused to assimilate the food
it got. and, nutrition failing. weakness
| followed.
| On his return from the woods how
/ ever. Quay was bronzed as a veteran
and looked sturdy enough to live years.
He celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday
/ at Beaver last fall and at the time
seemed in excellent health. The loss
of weight. however. distressed him day
in ard day out, going constantly to
scale to see what his weight was. He
dropped off so persistently that II
alarm which pervaded his own min
spread to his friends and family. TT
result was that he forsook his duties
in the United States Senate and betos
himself to Florida. hoping that the
mild weather there would bring relier.
but Florida failed to restore vitality.
The Senator then went back to WASH
ington. and soon after was taken to
Philadelphia, where he was place
under the treatment of two eminent
specialists of that city. They ordered
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air would aid in his recovery, but the
loss of flesh continued gradually. Fin
ing that Atlantic City did not bring
about recovery. the physicians advised
him to return to Washington. The
his condition continued unchanged.
Senator Quay expected death. an6
told his friends so. The last call +
made at the White House he told Pres
ident Roosevelt that he expected never
to recover and would hardly see him
again. To Attorney General Knox h
gave the same information.
Ten days ago he began the arrange
ment of his personal affairs looking
toward the end. The last papers were
not signed until yesterday morning.
but the arrangements were all made.
Quay showed all the stoicism of an
Indian in his last illness. He held out
no hope of recovery and refused to be
| l'eve 1t was possible. Coolly and firm
ly he took leave of his dearest frient
4 hui sday last he asked to be taken to
his famous library, remarking to his
| attendants:
II want to see my books once more
before / die"
| Through it all his mental energies
never tagged. He joked grimly
times and was cheerful in his COM
| mentc.