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 THE WESTERN ARGUS. 69 to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the Legisla- ture to elect, but the appointment was not recognized by the Senate ; on the day of his rejection by the Senate was nominated to succeed himself by the Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania, and was re-elected United States Senator January 15, 1901. He died at his home in Beaver, Pa., on Saturday May 28, 1904, at 2 :48 p. m. Senator Quay was married, in 1855, to Agnes Barclay, daughter of John Barclay, by his wife Elizabeth Shan- non. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and were of Scotch-Irish descent. The children of this marriage, all of whona. were bom at Beaver, are Richard Roberts, Andrew Gregg Curtin, Mary Agnew, Coral, and Susan Willard. In the year 1872, Hon. Jam^es S. Rutan purchased the paper from Col. Quay, and published it thereafter. Smith Curtis being the editor. Joseph L. Anderson was fore- man of the "Radical" until April 1873, when he resigned and went to the "Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph" and was succeeded by Simeon Diasmore. Mr. Rutan was born in Carroll county, O., May 29, 1838, the son of Alexander A. Rutan, an influential farmer. His ancestors on his paternal side were French Hugenots, who settled in New Jersey, and on the maternal side were Scotch-Irish. He was educated at Richmond College, O., and at Beaver Academy and taught school for one year. He then studied law in the office of Col. Richard P. Roberts and was admitted to the Beaver bar in 1861. He engaged in practice in Beaver, where he continued until September 1861, when he en- tered the army as First Lieutenant of a company of the 101st Pa. Regiment and served xmtil August 1862, when he resigned on account of ill health. Returning to Beaver he was elected District Attorney of Beaver county which he held for six years. In 1868 he was