People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1895 — Capt. Bassett Near Death. [ARTICLE]

Capt. Bassett Near Death.

Washington, Dec. 18.—At midnight last night Capt. Isaac Bassett, the veteran doorkeeper of the senate, who has been sinking all day and evening, was still alive, but his death was momentarily expected.