The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-13
H|LANDER R KNOX,
MEMBER 0F THREE.
CABINETS, DEAD
Noted Pennsylvania Stricken
with Paralysis
JUST BACK FROM EUROPE
Taken Suddenly III at Home and
Lives But a Few
Minutes
JUST BACK FROM EUROPE

Washington, Oct. IL, Senator Phil
ander Chase Knox Of Pennsylvania
formerly secretary of state, died al
'nis home here last night AIR
stroke oi paralysis
Nh Knox was on his way to the
d ming room at 9 Is when he sulfere
the stroke He died 10 minutes later
without regaining consciousness.
Ph.lander G Knox was attorney
general in the cabinets of Presidents
MEX .nley and Roosevelt. secretary oil
state in the cabinet Of President Tart
and in the interim between those two
Offices and afterwad was United
States senator,
Senator Knox first came into ma.
tional prominence when in 1891 Presi-
dent Mckinley appointed him as at.
torney-general He retained that Of
fee under President Roosevelt untu
1904 when he resigned to accept an
appointment as United States Sena-
tor from Pennsylvania to succeed The
late Senator Quay
As AttorneyGeneral he established
record for prosecutions Of trusts
and combinations and in actions
aga nst railroads to prevent rebates
and discrim nation IN race.
Mr.. Knox has been credited ny
some with having actually carried
through" the purchase OF the Panama
Canal Tor ssOoN0,00O which was an
achievement Of the Roosevelt admin
istration. As attorney-general Mr..
Knox went to Paris and ascertained
t.lat the new Panama Canal company
held a clear tile to convey the canal.
This enabled the United States to pro
coed with the purchase
Mr.. Knox was appo nted United
States Senator III 1904 AZ secretary
OF state in President Iaft's cabinet ne
inaugurated e. active policy OF aiding
the extenson OF American trade with
foreign counties. which was charac-
terized as dollar Diplomacy a des-
ignation intended in derision but Of
which Secretary Knox afterward de-
clared he was proud He negotiated
arbitration treaties with France and
Great Britain anu made a notable trip
TO Central Amer can countries, Co.
lombia and Venezuela One OF the
features Of his Secretaryship was ne
dispute with Great Britain over the
proposal to exempt American cofi''
wise shipping from payment Of tolls
for use of the Panama Canal
Mr.. Knox was born at Brownsville
Pa. en- May 6. 1853 and was named
after e noted Episcopal bishop, Phil
ander Chase. lie was graduated from
Mt Union College. Alliance O.. in
1872. admitted to the Bar in 1875
appointed by President Grant as as
sistant United States attorney fer the
western district OF Pennsylvania but
resiened in 1877 and formed law
partnership with James II. Reed
under the name Of Knox and Reed IN
which he is SAID to have enjoyed very
lucrative practice Many stories are
told TO illustrate his skill as a LAWYER
which he afterward placed at the
service of the United States In his
capacity as attorney'generai
His home was at Pittsburgh ana ne
had farm at Valley Forge, Pa. He
has been a trustee OF Mt Union Col
lege and a member Of numerous clubs
in Pittsburgh and New York. IN 49,
he married Lille, daughter Of Andrew
d. Smit., of Pittsburgh by whom he
had one daughter, Eleanor wife oi
J. r. Tindle. and three sons, Reed
Knox. Hugh S. Knox and Phi'ander
G. Knox, jr.