The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-30
SENATOR BOAR PASSES
 FROM SLEEP TO DEATH
END COMES PEACEFULLY TO
 NOTED STATESMAN.

Age Finally Saps the Last Spark of His
 Wonderful Vitality-The Passing oe-
 CUTS at 1885 This Morning-So Gently
 Did It Happen That Only the Physi-
 cians Were Aware os the Exact Mo-
 ment.
 Worcester. Sept, SO.-George Frisbee Hoar, senior United States senator from Massachusetts, died at his home in this city at 1:S5 o'clock this morning. The end followed a period of uncon- seriousness that had continued since early Tuesday, and came so gently that only the attending physicians were aware of the exact moment of dissolu- tion.
 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 cherish a faith in an ulti- mate recovery.
 On Sunday last, however, all hope was abandoned after a last unsuccess- full attempt to administer medicine and nourishment. Brief lucid intervals were followed by longer durations of uneon- sciousness until Tuesday morning, when the venerable statesman sank into a state of coma from which all eff forts to rouse 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, General Redwood Hoar;; his daughter, Mary Hoar, and Dr. Warren R. Gilman, who for weeks has been in almost con- stant attendance upon the senator.
 The intelligence of. Senator Hoar's de- mise was first communicated by tele- phone from the residence to the press by Dr. Gilman, Immediately after a Ipre-arranged 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 the church bells.
 + E the public in this manner when the physicians attending him decided that the venerable legislator was on his deathbed.
 Senator Hoar had been in iil-health since last winter and even when at tending the sessions of the senate he was obliged to exercise extreme care lest his exertions overcome him. At that time he was troubled with lurn- Ibago, and the death of his wife in I Washington proved such a blow that he never recovered entirely from it's de- pressing effects. He had suffered from malaria at times while in Washington, and he occasionally remarked to his friends that this trouble was his great est enemy at the capitol. His physi- clans advised him last winter to keep as quiet as possible, to refrain from nlak- ing long speeches and not to attend public functions.
 I Towards the close of the last session of congress he was frequently absent from the senate and remained at his < hotel. He came to his home here soon after the adjournment, apparently re- covered from the attack of lumbago. i He was weak, however, and his physi- cian here, Dr, Warren R. Gilman, ad- < vised him to refrain during the summer from any mental or physical exertion in the hope that he might regain his strength. He disregarded this injunc- { tion, however, on at least three occa- sions, his love for old associations and his old friends overcoming considera- tions for himself. Late in May he at tended the bicentennial celebration in the town of Sutton, Worcester county, and made speech of more than half an hours duration in the open air. He was especially interested in this cele-
 bration, as one feature of it was the dedication of a memorial tablet to Gen leral Rufus Putnam on the site of Put nam's birthplace. MT. Hoar made an historical address, eulogizing General Putnam as one of the country's great est men. He spoke clearly and logical Fly, but he seemed feeble and after speaking a minute or two asked per- mission to cover his head, as brisk, cool breeze was blowing in his face.