The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-15

officiating will be the Rev. orion
II. Carmichael, Ithica, N. Y, former
pastor Of the Lebanon church and
a close personal friend of the Sen
ator. The Rev. Harvey Lamb, pas
tor of the Lebanon Presbyterian
Church, will assist. Burial will be
in the Lebanon cemetery.
Private Rites Here
Members Of the family will attend
private service at 1880 a. m,
Saturday at the Ralston residence,
Hoosier Home, north of Indianapolis.
where the Senator died. The Rev.
Jean S. Miner, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church of this city
which Senator Ralston attended af.
ter moving to Indianapolis, will
officiate.
After the services here the body
will be taken by automobile over it's
last trip to the city where the Sena-
tor spent most of his life. Special
interurbans are expected to carry
a large number OF friends to Leba.
non.
The family, bearing in mind the
simplicity which Senator RalstOn
always loved and practiced, an
nounced that the body will not lie
in state at the StatehOuse, as had
been suggested. The body will lie
I'm state, however, in the large
east living room of the Ralston
home Friday from 9 a. m. until
night.
Today the family, which watched
over the father in his last hours,
kept to itself at the home, while
messages Of sympathy arrived from
leaders all over the nation.
Mrs. Ralston was reported as re-
covering nicely after a temporary
breakdown at the time Of the death.
Julian c. Ralston and Emmett G..
Ralston, sons of the Senator, were
to go to Lebanon today to make def
mite funeral arrangements.
Late i'm March
The Senator's illness first was
noticeable late in March on his re-
turn from Washington where his
duties had borne heavily upon him
during the 'lame-duck" congress.
sional session. He fought his in.
disposition doggedly all through the
summer, refusing to surrender. He
went to his office and attended to
routine matters in connection with
his law practice.
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stern orders on Sept. that he go
to bed for treatment. Trained nurses
were called in to attend him.
Irregular heart action was noted
and a complication of lung trouble
retarded efforts of his physicians to
correct it.
At the time he realized the grav-
ity of his condition and waged a
winning fight which, in a week, re-
suited in regular heart action and
disappearance of the lung trouble.
Then, he determined to be up and
doing, and his appeals brought per-
mission from the doctors for him
70 leave his bed and dress and read.
Even this slight exertion tired him
quickly, however, and he returned
to bed within two weeks and limited
his reading to the newspaper head
lines. Doctors at this time noted
return of his years-old kidney dis
order.
This complication became critical
week ago Tuesday. when tests
showed his blood filled with urea,
the kidneys having failed to elimi-
nate the poisonous fluid. He lapsed
into unconsciousness for an hour in
the evening, but rallied. A couple
of days later he suffered another un.
conscious spell and came through
again.
No Solid Foods
The nature Of the poisoning pre-.
vented him from taking solid foods
as nourishment and he was kept
alive solely by milk.
Tuesday evening he was given a
glass of milk. Drinking it appar.
emily exerted him. and he slumpej
down to rest. A couple of hours
later he was unconscious and never
rallied.
While conscious during the last
week the Senator suffered agoniz.
ing pain, and the unconscious sleep
was regarded as a blessing.
At noon Tuesday strong heart