The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15
|0u,corne Unexpected,
|.,eh the Distinguished
..;;.r Had Been Ill in
Bo,pital Ten Days.
r FUNERAL is
OCCUR TUESDAY

|u,ri TO Succeed to the
of Foreign
kIadons c Committee.
myGTON. Feb. j l4-Augnstus
Bacou. United States senator
reis for nearly nineteen years
.;,rpn of the foreign relations
4, since the ascendancy of
sratic party, March 4, 1913,
hospital here today after an
a len DAYS. He was the first
S,tes senator.elect by direct
Be people under the seven
|,usitutional amendment.
Senator Bacon had been serl-
vita kidney trouble and COM
developing from a broken
IaM was unexpected. 1t came
hi Q o'clock IN the afternoon,
ot the end fell upon the SEN
huck while it was in execu-
nudiste cause Of the sena-
q vas diagnosed as q blood
ts heart. Throughout the
Il had been in good spirits
B announced to his colleagues
tss feeling better than for
b. Physicians had deter
b an operation which had
'lnpIated was unnecessary.
ts Deceived.
lis Is years, it appeared that
llpn from which he suffered
!eat origin and specialists be-
Tould yield to treatment.
llon relieved considerably
b Of biS friends and asso-
Hsgress.
( hour before his death the
zhsd with his daughter, Mrs.
p'tes of Georgia. She had
e room when he raised him
- AS Mrs. Sparkes re-en.
nom her father fell back in
- never regained conscious
lrsence of Senator Hoke
ttoTgla, Senator Overman
d and proceedings in the
abruptly halted when the
9dna senator announced the
enst resolution OF respect
9 and the senate adjourned.
,'aI minutes the senators,
the sudden tidings, re,
the chamber discussing
os done, but later arrange,
made for a public funeral.
~ tue senate chamber next
; qinoon at 2 o'clock, to be
Y we senate and house Of
sa, the president OF the
and his cabinet, justices
rsue court, members of the
wips, the admiral of the
'@es oil staff of the army.
usual.
% the floor Of the senate
al one. Not only had the
~ !, colleague shocked the
INC effect Of his loss at
-. ,a Important foreign rela.
ir isss,,@ @er" pending at once
si ssa upon the minds of
aSa Republican leaders.
,ss senate Of Senator Ba.
ssnetor Oyerman said:
sossnce OF the senator from
omifh, it hecomes nv
y announce to the senate
~ senator Bacon at Q o o'clock
4, " am N this city. The sud,
away Of this great sena. @
81. s 70 this chamber with
d ~ NV winch his native state
" 9Ts h;a MN and who repaid
J, \ ;a,aas a.s long, honorable and
los Isss II. IN this body, is al
Eoplo Of his state s and .SnaES als'
! s Ey at large" '"a Ais'
2 % VI. Of respect was ihe1
. q 'ies IS, PRESIDENT 3 desk. 'aui aui
. ;se followed. A senate n' cnm ON,
ih tbs appointed Il
49, 10 hov deceased senator ;,
81 i sSlIsesr @ Ser :, wishes, it being th,
81 Is'SSsIes Ss}9 that a state fu
,eations sesa Sin in keeping will
i Of the sdi nation nae0n hal'
llesday.
lsSsnp' MARSHALL, Senator
y "a ,,s Swanson and Sauls
= tsu.nase N .ae hospital, and afte
(ts hIIaced heIaa ;d that the IN
IN the senate cham
4 s,,. aill appoint q .o,,n;,..
Il b Viii %honday, when card
h m Of ~ ~ sent TO tho pres
a. ghs : ssSyicss' ss' ama Will dIb5 !
llala of f'ss. th Forest C. Prot
opal. ,.sts sao senate, assiste
N ''or to be selecte
siSss o. Z, s Senator Bacon
N aad "a the house later j
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