Evening star., 1912-11-06
Former U. S. Senator Sue
cumbS to Heart Disease.
ILLNESS LASTS TWO HOURS
Had Been Planning Trip With Mrs.
Wilson to Europe.
OWNED SEATTLE NEWSPAPER
Body to be Forwarded to Crawfords-
vile, Ind, the Senator's Birth
place, for Interment.

John L. Wilson. former United States
senator from Washington and brother of
Henry Lane Wilson, United States am
bassador to Mexico, died about o'clock
this morning at the New Willard Hotel
within two hours after an attack Of heart
disease.
| Mr.. Wilson retired about 1 o'clock this
morning, after listening to the election
returns for several hours at the National
Press Club of which he was a member.
Earlier in the evening he had accompa-
MED Mrs. Wilson to the home of friends
in this city, where they had dined.
Mr.. and Mrs Wilson arrived in Wash
Iington Monday from his former home In
Crawfordsville, Ind, where Mr.. Wilson
had delivered a number of campaign
speeches in behalf of the republican
party during the past two weeks. He
had only recently had arranged his
business affairs in Seattle SO that they
did not require his personal attention
and accompanied by his wife was
about to start on trip around the world
to last a year or more.
Within a few days they were to have
lstarted to New York to take the steamer
for Panama and Jamaica. After visit
ling these countries they were TO re-
Europe They had planned to spend
most of the winter in Greece and Egypt
Reorganizes His Office Force.
Mr.. Wilson spent a large portion of
yesterday with A. N. Brown, Washing
ton correspondent of the Seattle Post
Intelligencer, of which paper he was
owner. He told Mr.. Brown that he had
lust superintended the reorganization
of the management of the paper, and
THAT hereafter he would not be re-
quired to personally supervise its
operation Scott G. Bone, a former
Washington newspaper man, Is the gen.
eral manager of the paper.
"I've seen a lot of hard work, and
now l intend to spend year or SO
having good time" Mr.. Wilson told
Mr.. Brown.
When Mr. Wilson returned to his hotel
from the National Press Club he ap-
peared to be In the best OF health. he
did not go into the room occupied by Mrs.
wilson. going directly to Oh his 2',na own room a
awake at the time. After telling her OF
the latest election returns he bade her
Good might and went to bed.
About ) o'clock this morning Mrs. Will
son was awakened by her husband. She
hurried to his bedside and inquired the
reason for his outcry. Mr.. Wilson said
he was ill, hut did not know what allied
him. Il feel strangely" he said.
He was very weak and was perspiring
excessively.
Unconsciousness Comes Quickly.
Realizing that his condition was Sc
rious, Mrs Wilson summoned DR.. Thomas
A. Claytor, who arrived at the hotel
within few minutes. Shortly after the
physicians arrival Mr.. Wilson became
unconscious. Hypodermic injections
failed to revive him. He remained un-
conscious until the end came, shortly
after o'clock The exact cause of his
death was angina pectoris
Early this morning Mrs. W. w. Chaplin,
the only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson.
who was visiting in New York, was noti-
fled of the death of her father. Mrs.
Chaplin is expected to arrive in this city
this afternoon.
The body of Mr.. Wilson will be taken
to Charlottesville. Ind, tomorrow evening
at 6:45 O'Clock for interment. 1t will De
accompanied there by Mrs. Wilson and
her daughter Henry Lane Wilson, broth
er of the former senator, Is in Indian
apolis. 1t is understood he will not come
to Washington, but will meet the funeral
party upon its arrival at Crawfordsville.
Sketch Of His Career.
Former Senator Wilson was born at
Crawfordsville, Ind. August Z, lSoo. lie
was educated in the public schoois OF
Charlottesville, afterward taking his A. B.
at Wabash College. He entered ponucs
in 1850. and was elected member OF the
Indiana legislature that year. He was
laterappointed receiver of public moneys
at Spokane. WASH, which position he
held between the years 1889 and 1856
| About this time he made the acqualnt-
ance of James j. Hill, the railroad mag
nate. ard warm friendship sprang up
between the two men. Mr.. Hills powerIul
!, Influence, exerted in Mr.. Wilson's behaiI.
placed him at the front in the politica!
affairs of his state. and he was elected
to Congress in 1889, serving until Feb
ruary is, 1895, when he resigned. The
following day he was appointed United
States senator from Washington to MI
the unexpired term of Senator John Al
len.
At the conclusion of his appointive term
Senator Wilson retired from the senate
and gave his entire attention to the con-
duct Of his paper, the Seattle Post-ln-
ltelligencer.