Extract from The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) March 15, 1898 page 13
The Wife of Nebraska Senator Suddenly Passes Away.
Mrs. Thurston, the wife of Senator Thurston, died yesterday on board the yacht Anita at Sagua La Grande, Cuba. The cause of death was a sudden attack of apoplexy. Arrangements will be made to bring the remains to this country.
Senator and Mrs. Thurston were members of the party which went to Cuba a week ago to make personal inspection into the condition of affairs in that island. Mrs. Thurston was in good health when the party left Havana Saturday for Matanzas, and had been more active in shopping and sightseeing than some of the younger ladies of the party. She was not seasick coming down the coast from Charleston, despite the very rough weather encountered. The Anita left Matanzas Sunday night with all the congressional party except Representatives Smith and Cummings, who went to Sagua by rail. The passage from Havana to Matanzas was very rough and that to Sagua even worse.
The wife of Senator Gallinger, who left the party some days ago at Charleston, S.C., and returned to this city, says that while Mrs. Thurston seemed to be enjoying good health when she parted with her that she had written to her son at Harvard, giving him instructions as to what to do with her possessions in case anything happened to her during the trip. “In fact, I do not expect to return alive,” were Mrs. Thurston’s parting words.
[Mrs. Thurston] was the daughter of Colonel Luther Poland and a niece of Luke P. Poland, one of Vermont’s prominent statesmen of the past.
Mrs. Thurston was born in Vermont and removed to Omaha with her parents nearly thirty years ago. Twenty-five years ago last Christmas she was married to Mr. Thurston, and the silver anniversary was celebrated in Omaha.
Mrs. Thurston was of great assistance to her husband in his political career. During his campaign for the senatorship she was present at seventy-four of the seventy-six appointments he made. She was his counselor as a lawyer, appearing in the court even with him as an assistant in several important cases. She had artistic ability and had written considerably for the public. A seventeen-year-old son, who is now a student at Harvard College, and two girls, fourteen and twelve years old, who are now in Omaha, are living, while three children are dead.
Senator and Mrs. Thurston made their home at the Cairo, where the latter was preeminently identified with its social life and where news of her sudden death has been received with deep sorrow.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
The Wife of Nebraska Senator Suddenly Passes Away.
Mrs. Thurston, the wife of Senator Thurston, died yesterday on board the yacht Anita at Sagua La Grande, Cuba. The cause of death was a sudden attack of apoplexy. Arrangements will be made to bring the remains to this country.
Senator and Mrs. Thurston were members of the party which went to Cuba a week ago to make personal inspection into the condition of affairs in that island. Mrs. Thurston was in good health when the party left Havana Saturday for Matanzas, and had been more active in shopping and sightseeing than some of the younger ladies of the party. She was not seasick coming down the coast from Charleston, despite the very rough weather encountered. The Anita left Matanzas Sunday night with all the congressional party except Representatives Smith and Cummings, who went to Sagua by rail. The passage from Havana to Matanzas was very rough and that to Sagua even worse.
The wife of Senator Gallinger, who left the party some days ago at Charleston, S.C., and returned to this city, says that while Mrs. Thurston seemed to be enjoying good health when she parted with her that she had written to her son at Harvard, giving him instructions as to what to do with her possessions in case anything happened to her during the trip. “In fact, I do not expect to return alive,” were Mrs. Thurston’s parting words.
[Mrs. Thurston] was the daughter of Colonel Luther Poland and a niece of Luke P. Poland, one of Vermont’s prominent statesmen of the past.
Mrs. Thurston was born in Vermont and removed to Omaha with her parents nearly thirty years ago. Twenty-five years ago last Christmas she was married to Mr. Thurston, and the silver anniversary was celebrated in Omaha.
Mrs. Thurston was of great assistance to her husband in his political career. During his campaign for the senatorship she was present at seventy-four of the seventy-six appointments he made. She was his counselor as a lawyer, appearing in the court even with him as an assistant in several important cases. She had artistic ability and had written considerably for the public. A seventeen-year-old son, who is now a student at Harvard College, and two girls, fourteen and twelve years old, who are now in Omaha, are living, while three children are dead.
Senator and Mrs. Thurston made their home at the Cairo, where the latter was preeminently identified with its social life and where news of her sudden death has been received with deep sorrow.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
Extract from The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) March 15, 1898 page 13
The Wife of Nebraska Senator Suddenly Passes Away.
Mrs. Thurston, the wife of Senator Thurston, died yesterday on board the yacht Anita at Sagua La Grande, Cuba. The cause of death was a sudden attack of apoplexy. Arrangements will be made to bring the remains to this country.
Senator and Mrs. Thurston were members of the party which went to Cuba a week ago to make personal inspection into the condition of affairs in that island. Mrs. Thurston was in good health when the party left Havana Saturday for Matanzas, and had been more active in shopping and sightseeing than some of the younger ladies of the party. She was not seasick coming down the coast from Charleston, despite the very rough weather encountered. The Anita left Matanzas Sunday night with all the congressional party except Representatives Smith and Cummings, who went to Sagua by rail. The passage from Havana to Matanzas was very rough and that to Sagua even worse.
The wife of Senator Gallinger, who left the party some days ago at Charleston, S.C., and returned to this city, says that while Mrs. Thurston seemed to be enjoying good health when she parted with her that she had written to her son at Harvard, giving him instructions as to what to do with her possessions in case anything happened to her during the trip. “In fact, I do not expect to return alive,” were Mrs. Thurston’s parting words.
[Mrs. Thurston] was the daughter of Colonel Luther Poland and a niece of Luke P. Poland, one of Vermont’s prominent statesmen of the past.
Mrs. Thurston was born in Vermont and removed to Omaha with her parents nearly thirty years ago. Twenty-five years ago last Christmas she was married to Mr. Thurston, and the silver anniversary was celebrated in Omaha.
Mrs. Thurston was of great assistance to her husband in his political career. During his campaign for the senatorship she was present at seventy-four of the seventy-six appointments he made. She was his counselor as a lawyer, appearing in the court even with him as an assistant in several important cases. She had artistic ability and had written considerably for the public. A seventeen-year-old son, who is now a student at Harvard College, and two girls, fourteen and twelve years old, who are now in Omaha, are living, while three children are dead.
Senator and Mrs. Thurston made their home at the Cairo, where the latter was preeminently identified with its social life and where news of her sudden death has been received with deep sorrow.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
The Wife of Nebraska Senator Suddenly Passes Away.
Mrs. Thurston, the wife of Senator Thurston, died yesterday on board the yacht Anita at Sagua La Grande, Cuba. The cause of death was a sudden attack of apoplexy. Arrangements will be made to bring the remains to this country.
Senator and Mrs. Thurston were members of the party which went to Cuba a week ago to make personal inspection into the condition of affairs in that island. Mrs. Thurston was in good health when the party left Havana Saturday for Matanzas, and had been more active in shopping and sightseeing than some of the younger ladies of the party. She was not seasick coming down the coast from Charleston, despite the very rough weather encountered. The Anita left Matanzas Sunday night with all the congressional party except Representatives Smith and Cummings, who went to Sagua by rail. The passage from Havana to Matanzas was very rough and that to Sagua even worse.
The wife of Senator Gallinger, who left the party some days ago at Charleston, S.C., and returned to this city, says that while Mrs. Thurston seemed to be enjoying good health when she parted with her that she had written to her son at Harvard, giving him instructions as to what to do with her possessions in case anything happened to her during the trip. “In fact, I do not expect to return alive,” were Mrs. Thurston’s parting words.
[Mrs. Thurston] was the daughter of Colonel Luther Poland and a niece of Luke P. Poland, one of Vermont’s prominent statesmen of the past.
Mrs. Thurston was born in Vermont and removed to Omaha with her parents nearly thirty years ago. Twenty-five years ago last Christmas she was married to Mr. Thurston, and the silver anniversary was celebrated in Omaha.
Mrs. Thurston was of great assistance to her husband in his political career. During his campaign for the senatorship she was present at seventy-four of the seventy-six appointments he made. She was his counselor as a lawyer, appearing in the court even with him as an assistant in several important cases. She had artistic ability and had written considerably for the public. A seventeen-year-old son, who is now a student at Harvard College, and two girls, fourteen and twelve years old, who are now in Omaha, are living, while three children are dead.
Senator and Mrs. Thurston made their home at the Cairo, where the latter was preeminently identified with its social life and where news of her sudden death has been received with deep sorrow.
Contributor: Loretta Castaldi (47472615)
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