Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-21
|b.u, S, Senator Passes
Auay at Country Home
b,m|nent in Democratic Poll
tIes All His Life.
ii Ian Governor Of New York.
i l.il,sd from Politics In 1904.

Il ., N. Y. Oct. 2O.-David
\ ,,."nstt Hills life work ended. his
I Ds u.s tonight at Wolfert's Roost.
hIs country home near Albany. while
". n,Yt kin, DR.. A. D. Hill, a brother.
!. coming to Albany from his home
- n.rter. Me. DR.. Hill expects to
zach Albany Saturday, when the
n,reral arrangements will be COM
.lsted The interment will take place
:, Montour Falls. Schuyler county,
shere the ex-governor and ex- United
e,o,es senator was born 81 years ago.
senator Hill died at 3.45 o'clock this
morning. He had been i'll nearly
,h,ee weeks with cold and bilious at
..ct hut his condition had not been
considered serious. He was sitting
IN in he'd to take drink Of water
vhen he was seized with an acute
dlatlon of the heart. Death quickly
allowed with no one but a nurse at
his bedside.
Mfr. Hill had long been a sufferer
from Brights disease. which primarily
thought upon him the condition that
ended in his death. Although he
retired from active participation in
oolitics after the President election
of 1904, when Col. Theodore Roosevelt
defeated Judge Alton p. Parker. the
Democratic nominee. Ex-senator HIN
was deeply interested in the progress
q, the present campaign. AS late
az last Friday he discussed the stu
a.ion With Judge Parker, who was
TO
state in the interest of the Democratic
ticket. Mr. Paker said at the tilhe
he was surprised to find his old friend
ard former political associate in such
excellent spirits.
At TIL; time John A. Dix was oiilci-
ally notified Of his nomination by the
democrats for governor, Mr.. Hill was
exnected to go to Thomson to attend
the ceremonies He sent word az
the last minute that he did not think
It advisable to make the trip.
Ex-senator Hill entertained many
men prominent in state and nationa
notifies at Wolferts Roost ana his
guests always found him mos'
hospita ble host. He never married
did not smoke and rarely INDUCED IN
intoxicantS. ;,
Wo,fert's Roost. two and one-hai'
miles from the capital was purchased
Nv Mr.. Hill in 1893 from the heirs OF
"Eritz" Emmett. the actor. The house
q beautiful structure, with odd hooks
corners and gables, stands in the mids
of 14-acre park and cost it's builder
q small fortune. An artificial lake fec
bv springs by an immense Dutch wind
mil, Is close by the public highway.
Governor White issued a proclama
ton tonight requiring the flags upof
all public buildings of the state b'
displayed at half staff until sundoWI
of the day of Ex-senator Hits fun
eral and that the citizens of the state
unite in appropriate marks of respec
to his memory
Gov. White after reviewing Ex-S Sen
ator Hills political career in his
proclamation says:
1T is fitting that the state of New
York, in recognition of his private
character and of his public services
shall pay to his memory a tribute OF
honor and gratitude"
Scores of kilograms of sympathy
have been received by Peter j. Man
willer who has been associated with
Ex- Senator Hill for years.
National Committeeman Norman f
Mack wired:
Am shocked to learn of the death
of Former Senator and Governor David
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