Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-01
Ne1v Year Is Hopeful
SENATOR BOIES
PENR0SE dies
AT ACE OF 81
PENNSYLVANIA ADER
WAS CHAIRMAN OF Fl.
NANCE COMMITTEE.
Ry Associated Press

hy Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. 81 Senator
Boise pcnruse. Of Pennsylvania. died
here late tonight after brief Illness.
senator prnruse. who was ~ years
uf age. had been complaining Tor somf
days, but IL was stated repeatedly by
his friends that his condition was Inn
proving and that be- would b. able "a
resume his duties IN the Senate next
week Ills recent work az chairman
a. the finance committee In handling
tax and tariff legislation was greater
physical hardship his friends said. than
he himself realized
Reports from senator pcnrose' 3
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel to.
nignt indicated that his condition was
not SO good ana physicians were con.
s"utly with him The first notice of
his death which occurred al ll4O
n'clock was teicphoned by physician
from mis- apartment o. the hotel desk.
senator pcnruse died of pulmonary
thrombosis, as a result of heart failure.
Dr. Roy u Adams. his physician an.
u1unced tonight Dr Adams and two
NURSES were the only persons in the
room when the md came.
Until few moments before death.
senator Pcnrose, his physician said.
was quiet comfortable. although he
soon rclapsed into unconsciousness ana
d was realized that has condition was
desperate.
senator pcnroscs illness after his re.
'up,utiou from a long siege which
Kept him away from the senate tn
months. started early % the wfal with
e iad rula There, was eh1ua "a
th, ur'f m.ui.s4y ~
90 slight relapse Thutsdly Dt,pit
That. however. he was able tu be- uu ana
around his apartment
Tine senator's brother Dr Chlrlts
lcnrosc of Philadelphia. cam, here q.
see him after the first cold attack bpi
returned home wednesday. feeling thai
Do, srrator was wcll On the mend Df
Adams was with senator ponrus, mo,
u ,h. afternoon and throughout On,
,N,uiu-
~.nIil Pcuroso occupied % large
ru. , 900 tna top fluu ui in, bot.. and
o u.- sii .h,f Do, nu. able o.. lua.
."i tH. rIN this gururg before b..
condition began to change lo, the
w.Is. % was >,id that b.. vas parig
uh.H anxious o. rccuup hs strength
-o thti Dee could return r hl. duii,.
l"Nt week a. chairman of th. finance
committee heatiue witnesses nn tbe
a. 100 EU
l. Ndums gave thr tm, OF fh. sem.
uor's death a. 1880 O'Clock.
Friends ol senator Pmrus, said Co.
misht that ,h, sudden death recently
w HE colleague. senate Knox ntd
h''r such q shock tu him tH,f. DO Ftl
affected him while o., was doing b..
",~t O." shake off d,rr cold Like
N.wlor KNOX hr died -uId,uh for
,s ID Adams explained that .,HH.
BE-, knew the senator wa. yIi... DID, I.
ud not anticipate death.
The death of senator p,rro., AZ a
n"m'ni wnen IN, city was in tlp midst
ni i.s noisy New Years "a, .,ls.rs,
u'n. followed CLOSELY upon That of SEN
tiOr ihilander g. KnoN. his colleague
on October o. senator p,nros. had
'r"n holding his seat boz th, seuli,
since 1897.
word oi Senator pcuruse's death was
'"ni immediately to his brother pr
CHARLES fcnrusc oi PHILADELPHIA Their,
was n" one here tonight Who was pro
Iaicd tu say exactly when the funeral
.ould le held
Ih' senate VIII rc,Hnv,ur Tu,sdl,
'' noon aud immediately adjourned olt
fr~ppUt