Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-28

Beaver Pa May 22, Senator Quay
is dead The end came at $3.50 p. m,
Beaver Pa, May Ex-senator Quay's
condition Is alarming. a change for
the worse came about 8 o'clock this
morning and he may not live through
the day DR.. Litchheld. one Of his ply
slcians, who is in constant attendance at
the bedside stated to the Associated
Press that the senator's pulse was grad
ually growing worse and the worst was
feared.
Oxygen is being administered con-
stanuy IN the hope that 1t viii revive
him but DR.. Wilson said he aid not
think the senator would regain CON
sciousness.
At 10 o'clock Senator Quay was In a
stupor from which he could not be
aroused,
The doctor thought the end would
come about shutdown or earlier,
The immediate cause Of Senator
Quays condition is exhaustion due to
the inability to assimilate nourishment,
He has taken no food since a. m.
Chronic gastrts and Inflammation Of
the stomach is the foundation Of the
trouble.
The above statement was given out
by Dr. Wilson under authority OF the
quay family.
1t is the first communication given
TO the public FROM direct source since
his Illness.
Messages have been sent to the more
distant relatives saying the senator was
very low and was not likely to recover.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon Senator
Quay was slowly sinking. His temper
allure was lOl2. pulse, 80, and respira-
ton AZ, Dr. Litchheld said he might
live one hour or eight hours,
Matthew Stanley Quay, Republican.
of Beaver, was born In Dillsburg York
county. Pa, Sept. 30. 1888; was prepared
for college at Beaver and Indiana acad-
emies; was graduated from Jefferson
college in 1850, was admitted to the
bar IN 1854: was elected prothonotary
OF Beaver county In 1856 and reelected
in 1859 was a lieutenant IN Tenth Penn
sylvauia reserves, was colonel OK the
one hundred and thIrty-fourth Penn
colonel and assistant commissary- gen.
eral was state military agent a Wash.
ingtoni was private secretary 10 the
governor Of Pennsylvania. was major
and chief Of transportation and telc-
graphs: was military secretary to the
governor Of Pennsylvania, 1861 -1S65
was a member Of the legislature, 1866
1857 was secretary Of the common
wealth, lS72-lS1S; was recorder Of the
city of Philadelphia and chairman Of
the Republican state committee, 1879
70 and 1923. was secretary Of the
commonwealth, 1819-tSS2; was delegate
at large to the Republican national
conventions Of 1879 1876 aud 1850. was
elected state treasurer In 1855, was
elected a member OF the Republican ma
tional committee and chosen chairman
thereof and eX-ofllcio chairman OF the
executive committee, when tho commit
tee organized In July, 1855, and conduct
ed the successful presidential campaign
OF that year. was delegate 10 the Re-
publican national convention OF 1892
was chairman OF Republican state
committee. 1886, was,a delegate 10
the Republican national convention Of
1896. was elected a member of the Re
publican national committee OF 1900
was elected 10 the United states sem
ave dN n lNNlNUllNblt 10 NNttf'u dNUU l.
Mitchell. and took his scat March t.
1857: was reelected In 1898 iu 1899 was
defeated for recollection by "a deadlock
existing throughout the session of the
legislature; was appointed United
Stats senator by the governor Of Penn
sylvania TO nm the vacancy caused By
the failure OF the legislature 70 elect
but the appointment was not recognized
ny the senate, ON the day OF his reiec-
ton BY the senate was nominated 10
succeed himself by the Republican state
convention OF Pennsylvania, and was
reelected United states senator Jan
II. 1901, receiving the vote Of % Re
pubKcans in the senate and that OF 100
Republicans ana ! Democrat IN tho
house ga majority Of each body. max
Ing a total Of 1870 votes TO lis. Of which
last SO votes were cast for James NJ.
Guffey Democrat 30 for John Dalzell,
and 2s 7catterlng' took his seat Janu-
airy H. 1901 His term OF service would
have expired March :, 1905.