Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-17
END IS SUDDEN
FOR D0LLIvER
Iowa Senator Conversing With
Physician When Death
Overtakes Him.
WAS POWER IN THE NATION
Twice Considered for Vice Presidency
by RepubHcans-Beaten by
Roosevelt Once.

Fort Dodge, Iowa, Oct. Ex-senator
Jonathan P. Dolliver died at his resi-
dence here at 1880 o'clock Saturday
night, while one of his attending ply
sicians, DR.. E. NJ. VanPatten, was ex-
aiming the distinguished statesman's
heart with a stethoscope.
His death followed an acute attack
of stomach trouble which affected his
heart. His physicians announced that
his death was directly due to dilation
of the heart
Talking to Physician.
The senator was sitting in a large
morris chair when the physician be-
gan the examination of his patients
heart.
While making the examination the
physician kept up a conversation with
Senator Dolliver, and asked him how
he was feeling.
81 am really feeling better than at
any time since my recent sickness, -
he said. But I suppose the wolves
will be set bowling about my success
sor,'' and the senator laughed. He
had frequently expressed, in a humor-
Gus manner, his opinion of having the
people pick his successor while he was
yet alive.
The physician continued his work
with the stethoscope, counting the
beats of the senator's heart out loud.
He was frequently interrupted by Sen
ator Dolliver with the declaration that
he was unable to hear his own heart
When the physician had counted II
beats, he informed the senator.
That's good replied Mr.. Dolliver,
"the most 1 have been able to count
was seven"
Discovers Patient Dead.
The physician continued the examin-
alton, and suddenly noticed that the
heart beats had ceased. He shook his
stethoscope, believing that it was de-
fective in some way. Again applying
the instrument, he discovered that the
heart had ceased beating entirely.
Upon looking into the senator's face,
he discovered that death had over
taken him. He died without a strug-
gle and without pain. No one with the
exception of the physician was in the
room at the time of his death, Mrs.
Dolliver having stepped out just be-
fore the physician began his examina-
ton.
Leader in Nation.
Washington, Oct. 17.-Twice in
the limelight as a strong vice presi-
Dental possibility, and in the front
rank throughout his career in con-
gress as an authority on the tariff
and railroad legislation, Dolliver was
one Of the strong figures in public
life. AS an orator he never failed
to charm his audiences with his elo-
quence, incompatible stories and
homely smiles. He was famed par
ticularly for his biting ridicule
which he was ever ready to hurl at
his political opponent and which US
ually went unanswered.
Entered Congress In 1883.
Dolliver was born at Kingwood,
Preston county, Va, on Feb. 6, 1858.
He was graduated in 1875 from West
Virginia university and at 20 was
admitted to the bar. He soon moved
to Iowa and becoming prominent as
a lawyer at Fort Dodge was elected
as a republican in 1883 to the 51st
congress as representative from the
Tenth district. That was his first
political office and he continued to
be in the sd, SD, 54th, 55th and
56th congresses. Aug. %, 1900, he
was appointed by then Governor Les