Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-09-19
F0RMERSENAT0R
CARTER IS DEAD
UNEXPECTED DEATH CLOSES THE
CAREER OF MAN LONG IN
PUBLIC LIFE.
ALL MONTANA REGRETS
After Short illness, End Comes at
Washington Through a complica.
ton of Ailments, When Recovery
Was Anticipated Funeral This
Morning at 10 O'clock.

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Was Anticipated - Funeral This
Morning at 10 O'clock.
Washington, Sept. 17-Thomas
Henry Carter, former United States
senator from Montana. and latterly
chairman of the international water
ways commission, died suddenly at
his Washington home at 8 o'clock this
morning. An embOlism or clot upon
the brain was the immediate cause
of death, the clot resulting from an
infarction of the lung, which was the
primary cause OF his fatal illness.
Senator Carters death was unex-
pected even by members of his family
He had been Ill for just one week, but
that fact was not allowed to become
public. So great had been his i'm
provement on Friday and Saturday,
however, that his physicians and men,
bers of his family confidently expect
ed his recovery, and at no time did
the senator regard his condition as
critical. There was always danger,
however, that the attack might take
serious turn, and on that account
/ the attending physician, DR.. Henry p.
Parker, was with him constantly.
At o'clock this morning, while
sleeping, Senator Carter rose con-
vulsively in bed. His nurse, noting
the alarming symptom, summoned the
doctor, who was in an adjoining room,
and then summoned Mrs. Carter and
her two sons, who were near by. Be-
| fore they reached the bed chamber,
however, Senator Carter had breathed
his last.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day morning at st. Paups cathedral
and the remains of Senator Carter
will be buried temporarily at Mount
Olive cemetery in this city, to be re-
moved later to Helena, Mont.
Senator Carter, 1t was learned to-
day for the first time, had not been in
sound health for more than year.
He had had occasional heart attacks,
but never, until this last one, were
they regarded as serious. On his re-
turn from Montana in the middle of
the summer he spent considerable
time in Washington on the work of
the waterways commission, and after
adjournment of congress Joined his
family at IslesborO, Me. He seemed
in good health at that time, but
very soon developed symptoms that
alarmed Mrs. Carter, and on Sept. 6
she and the senator and their two
sons returned to Washington. Under
the physicians care the senator
seemed to improve, but on the Satur-
day following his return he became
quite ill and was forced to take to
his bed. Several physicians were
called in consultation and diagnosed
his trouble as an infarction of the
lung, one of the vessels supplying the
organ having become clogged.
| DR.. Parker was given charge of the
case on Thursday and called in DR..
Thomas B. Futcher, of John Hopkins
hospital, Baltimore. These physicians
agreed with the diagnosis of those
first summoned and treated the sena-
tor accordingly. Recognizing the
seriousness of this disease they in.
formed Mrs. Carter of the senator's
true condition, but assured her there
was hope of ultimate recovery If he
yielded to treatment, which he did
In view of the serious nature of Sem
ator Carter's illness, DR.. Parker
deemed it expedient to remain close
at hand and slept last night in
room adjoining that occupied by his
patient. At midnight he saw the sena-
tor, noted his fever practically had
disappeared and all symptoms were
favorable. His last word to Mrs. Car
ter and her sons was reassuring. Con-
fident that the senator was we'll on
the road to recovery, members of the
family retired shortly after midnight.
When the alarming symptom was
noted by the nurse at 3 o'clock this
morning she hastily summoned DR..
Parker and Mrs. Carter and her sons,
but before the family could reach the
bedside Senator Carter had breathed
his last. He passed away peacefully
as he slept, not having aroused from
his slumber as the last summons
came. Several times earlier in the
week, when his fever was high, the
senator had been slightly delirious,
but had shown no delirium during the
last two days.
Mrs. Carter and her sons, John
Galen and Hugh Thomas, were grief
stricken when they reached the death
bed, but Mrs. Carter quickly rallied
and gave directions to those about
her. She even penned kilograms
notifying relatives and intimate
friends of the Death of her husband
and at her request no information was
given out locally for some time until
preparations could be completed.
This afternoon Mrs. Carter, accom-.
panied by Father Foley. of Baltimore.