Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-03
MASSACHUSETTS STATESMAN
FINALLY PASSES AWAY.
ILLNESS OF SIX WEEKS
Aged Patient Makes Valiant Struggle
Against the Inevitable and Shows
Wonderful Vitality-End Comes
Peacefully in the Presence of Son
and Daughter.

Worcester, Mass, Sept 30.-George
Frisbie Hoar, senior senator from
Massachusetts, died at his home in
this city at 1875 this morning. The
end followed a period of unconscious
ness that had continued since early
Tuesday and came so gently that only
the attending physicians were aware
OF the exact moment of dissolution.
Physicians despaired of the SEN
ator's life six weeks ago, but such
was the vitality exhibited by their
patient that even they were surprised
and the public was at times led to
cherish a faith in ultimate recovery.
All Hope Abandoned.
Last Sunday, however, all hope was
abandoned after last unsuccessful
attempt to administer medicine and
nourshment. Brief lucid intervals
were followed by longer durations of
Inconsistencies until Tuesday morn
ing when the venerable statesman
sank into state of coma, from which
all efforts to rouse him proved futile.
In Presence of HIS Children.
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 lockwood Hoar; his daugh-
ter, Mary Hoar, and DR.. Warren r.
Gilman.
Bells Tell of Death.
The intelligence of Senator Hoar's
demise was conveyed to the people OF
the city by the tolling of church bells.
Sick Since Last Winter.
Senator Hoar had been in i'll health
since last winter, when he was
troubled with lumbago. The death of
his wife in Washington proved such a
blow that he never recovered entirely
from It's effects.
He came to his home here soon af-
ter the adjournment of congress, ap>
parently recovered from the attack of
lumbago. Late in May he attended
the bi-centennial celebration in the
town of Sutton, Worcester county,
and made a speech. He left the
speakers stand as soon as his speech
was finished and was driven directly
to his home here.
Delivers a Eulogy.
A few weeks later Senator Hoar
spoke at a special session of court
when eulogies were delivered on the
life of Col. E. B. Stoddard. The SEN
ator's last public appearance was
when he made an informal afternoon
address at the English high school.
Up to August II he remained in hts
home and much of the time stayed in
bed.
Heart Action Becomes Weak.
He grew weaker gradually and on
the morning of August II had sink
ing turn coused by weak action of the
heart. September rs it was announced
by his son that he was failing rapidly
and he lapsed at times into uncon-
sciousness. From that time until his
death he was unable to take nourish-
ment, but his constitution enabled him
to resist death for such length of
time that even his physician was sur
prised.
The Situation at Midnight.
Worcester, Mass, Sept. 3O.-The
death of Senator HOar was hourly ex-
pected, but at midnight the attending
physicians said the patient might live
until we'll into the day. He was
to the last the wonderful
fight he made against death from the
first and it seemed that for the last IL
hours he could not possibly live an
other hour
There were indications that he was
growing weaker, for he was as weak
as it is possible for a man to be and
ret live. His pulse and breathing were