The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-01-03
SENATOR JEFF
DAVIS Is DEAD
IS I'LL BUT TEN MINUTES
CALLS SON TO BED AT MID
NIGHT-FALLS LIFELESS AS
DOCTOR ENTERS DOOR.


stricken and i'll less than 10 minutes,
United States Senator jeff Davis.
former governor of Arkansas, died at
1885 o'clock this (Friday) morning
at his home, 1923 Broadway, in this
city.
Senator Davis had left the supper
table complaining of slight indispo-
sition and had called his physician,
DR.. John r. Dibrell. Dr.. Dibrell said
the illness was nothing serious.
Senator Davis soon felt better. but
retired early. Shortly after midnight,
he called his son, Wallace, complain
ing that he again felt badly. Wallace
Immediately summoned DR.. Dibrell,
and as the latter entered the door Of
the home, Senator Davis fell back in
his bed dead. This was at 1885 a.
m. Heart failure was pronounced the
cause of his death.
Mrs. Davis was at her old home at
Ozark at the time of the death. but
was Immediately notified and reached
Little Rock via the Missouri Pacific
at Z o'clock this morning. Mrs. Davis
was spending the holidays with her
relatives. Senator Davis went to
Ozark with her, but returned to Little
Rock Tuesday morning.
Senator Davis had been in the care
Of physician at Washington for sew
eral months and had been placed on a
careful regime of diet and exercise, in
order to reduce his weight. Thursday
morning he remarked to his law part
ner, Frank L. Pace, that he had al
ready taken off II pounds and was
feeling unusually well. He was quite
jubilant over the reduction and the
improvement in his physical condition
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Le-
liza Carter Davis, to whom he was
married in December, 1911, at Ozark,
Ark, and by his mother, Mrs. E. A.
Davis, who is now 81 years old and
who has been living with her son for
several years past.
He is also survived by eight chill
dren by his first marriage, which took
place rs years ago, when Miss Ina
Mckenzie of Russellville, Ark, be-
came his wife. These children are:
Wallace, aged 24; Bessie, Linah, ia
ME, jeff, Jr., Ina, Lucille and Lewis.
the two last named being twins, aged
IL years. Four children by this mar
riage are dead. Besides these i'm
mediate relatives, Senator Davis had
= large number Of relatives through
out the state
HAD DISTINGUISHED CAREER.
Senator jeff Davis was born in Lit
tie River county May 6, 1862. He was
admitted to the bar in Pope county at
the age of 19 years. He was elected
prosecuting attorney of the Fifth ju-
dicial district in 1892 and reelected
in 1894. He was elected attorney
general of the state in 1898. In 1901
he was elected governor of the state
and reelected in 1903 and 1905, being
the only governor of the state to serve
three terms. On February 20, 1907,
he was elected to the United States
senate for the term beginning March
a, 1907. His term would have expired
on March of the present year.
In the Democratic state primary
last September he defeated former
Congressman Stephen Brundidge for
the nomination to the United States
senate. AS the Arkansas legislature
will be overwhelmingly Democratic
and the members are bound by the
action of the primary, Senator Davis
was certain of being again elected as
soon as the legislature convened.
John II. Page, commissioner of
mines, manufactures and agriculture,
was a lifelong friend of Senator Da-
Wis. He was secretary and purchasing
agent for the Board of Charitable In
stitutions during Senator Davis three
administrations as governor, and he
knew Senator Davis when he was
studying law in Russellville. Mr..
Page said:
Senator Davis was born in Little
River county, but came when q small
boy with his parents to Russellville in
Pope county. He was educated in the
public schools of Russellville, and be-
gan his study of law in that city. He
later went to Fayetteville, where he
studied law at the University of Ar
kansas, and eventually graduated in
law at Vanderbilt University.
HE then returned to Russellville,