The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-21
SEN, D0LL|VER
DIES SUDDENLY
SENATOR STRICKEN BY HEART
FAILURE AT FORT DODGE,
IOWA.
HELD HIGH PLACE AS STATESMAN
Campaign is Upset.-BIow Dealt Inv
surgents by Death of Ardent
Champion of Their
Cause.
HELD HIGH PLACE AS STATESMAN

Fort Dodge, Oct. II. - Jonathan
Prentice Dolliver, senior United States
senator from Iowa, died at his home
here Saturday evening, while a physi-
clan stood over him making an exam
nation of his heart with stethoscope.
Death came without a moments
warning, and DR.. E. M. Vanivetten,
who was making the examination,
when the instrument stopped, thought
the stethoscope had been broken. He
looked up into the face Of the senator
to find that, silently and with tragic
suddenness, the death messenger had
called the soul of the statesman.
Heart trouble was alone the cause
Of the death, and the minor ills which
have been bothering the senator dur
ing the last three weeks had little
effect on his passing. Although Sen
ator Dolliver had been i'll for three
weeks or more, during the last few
days he had been up and around, even
as late as p. m. today.
The colleagues of the dead senator
were early to offer their coincidence,
and there were many words of sympa-
thy from the statesmen and diplomats
of Washington.
Mrs. Dolliver, her two daughters,
Margaret and Frances, and her son
George were in the room when Sem
ator Dolliver died. A sister, Miss Gay
Dolliver, is dean of women at Morn
ingside college in Sioux City, Iowa; R..
H. Dolliver, brother, is minister in
the Methodist church, but has not been
in Fort Dodge during the illness Of
the senator.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day at 2 o'clock. The obsequies will
be in charge Of Rev. w. H. Spence,
astor of the First Methodist Episcop-
al church Of Fort Dodge. Bishop
Newell Dwight Hills of New York City
Frank Gunsaulus of Chicago. DR..
Newell DwightHillis of New York City
and Gov. B. F. Carroll of Iowa. were
invited to make funeral orations. If
the weather is good the services will
be held on the lawn Of the Dolliver
home. If this is not feasible, the ora
tons will be delivered in the First
Methodist church. Burial will be in
Oakland cemetery, Fort Dodge, by
the side of Senator Delivers parents.
Politics in Chaos.
The political situation in Iowa is in
chaos. The thought that death would
end Mr.. Delivers term had never been
entertained. It had been expected
that he would not only complete his
term, but be given another term. The
campaign had been carried on wholly
without thought of the senatorship.
If Dolliver had died a week ago it
would have been possible to submit
the senatorship to the voters as a
primary proposition on the day Of cleo
ton. It is too late now. The governor
has the power Of appointment.
Governor Carroll is a candidate for
reelection and is standing as favoring
neither faction of the republican party,
and, it is believed, he will not care to
appoint anyone until after election.
He may announce an appointment af-
ter election, but it is considered more
likely that he will wait until the legis-
lS.ure meets in about three months
and allow it to elect.
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