) JAMES G BLAINE Blfi DEATH AT WASHIKOTON AND SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Bcgiiiningcf His Political Career. Bpf nit er, Senator, Secretary of State, Presi dential Candidate and Historian. Hi cercavemerts and Ill-Fntpii House in Washington. The Blaine Household. Mr. Pinine lied nt In iv.p in Wash ington. PC., Friday lnorinnr, at 11 o'clock, h'lip end I'niup ic.UffuKy. He was Mirroiindtd by Ins family nt the last motnrnt. I'cutli came a n loss! y M.d rj : : 1 1 y . Its ap roach was made i. lent to tin' fnin,ly felly two hours liloic its ciurrcti. e. lnnrii. n cm-hum ir i -t i uoio'.i u n, I k i s in 1 '.'. lictwcen mid o'i k I'r.day 'norning the first diiiitremus sy nij ! iv wi re ot.n rvnl, Mrs. I'riie. ti e trained iiir-e, had (.-one for tcr breakfast, leaving tin- patient temporar ily alone, li'nine hud Hissed a ri-ilrv l,i:hl nil iind been pronounced "not well" Ly li s bysiviai.H. hut beyond n erceptihli' in crease of the languor whii h bad marked kin condition during the previous few davs there whs no very i.li'rrn iii: il.niige to I f noted. When tl.e nur-e r-t i ; r i n I from l.er I rcnkfns'. however l:r r cx4-i i i t ed 'eye nf enre raw that the end win drawing in;ir, Poth h) s.ciaus were i II. mediute! v tic fraphed for. an I urrivnl in a few initiate, ll.e powerful heart stimulant, n'ro g y. t r ine, which had feviia! tiims before Iroucht the I at tent hark nut of the vai.iy cf death, was p.'Wir'c- r.ovv In the uieantiiue al. the faro ly had been summoned into the death chamber Mr. Blaine, the devoted wife. Mi lliiltie I'lnine big unmarried daughter; X r. Dam rouli Ins married ila'.tj'litf r. .lames (, I '...ne. Jr . his only Mi"viv:ni run, and I.i.ss li.sli.-e iiiail Hamilton , big (oumti. In i!ent. tearf il orrow they witne-ed 'nsing cetiet. The atiil.t lay so V. 'it even (be doct'.-s were hardly abie to ay wbeu he dieii So wot 1 cf n iciousness, no look of reeoj-'tntion nwil At 10 4.' he lay so st. 11 that tl.e wind-'W tbadis were rai-ed to give more lib. fo !. abie the phyic atis to de't rn. i.e if i.fe tiil !ingerel. Fifteen wii.Mes '.at r riv!aimcd h:m dead. The r.cw va :iit;u;tiy t!jhii! t.l the world. Voting Mr. I'.'aine w.i iti tl.e u t i f itig a note i.j l'rei letit !I.irr;ou t n lii m of the event, when tl.e l're.-iii nt thev n r:t-f.-n l.ni- Mr'.f arrived. aiCotupat..e,i l y I retary and .-ei retary of --i.ir. pr:v.i!e lo-t, Ail tLe re- of the ''.it in." ; ... tl.e 1 1' iteiret.t tii r- ;:! rei.era! as tt.e :,ew si read y fo..o'v. i :,! . k ity 1 t .ili.e I'-tt. ho....- . ! Cjl.gri-s ad, ).i'nel al, i tl.e f. rtu a'.es t f th- ex nat. r :n! ex - both l-oht:c.i J art.es u- ,:,! :, tr. Lutes to I. memory. r a-o. .- e.i r . I 1 1.: Ti e f hyk;. i rt have t!'. y ma le it- ic tLe can-' of death ss 1'r.cl.t s o.e::-e. aggravate by fitr.- ar dixa-e of tl.e lungs and foi owed ty i e r; faii-re MR BLAIN E II EA LTU H IS E O t BT f rom Boyhood l'p He Had a tirtrni l I.Iness. He Thought One Fo-tBigset Than the Other. WasiiiavTi'S. Jan. t'7 Mai.y --toi.es tave been t' id relative to Mr Ii:a.ne s read of .'.i::es He was a hp"choi. tiriac. and irorr. toyb--d up l.atj.e to Bi.ow b'.s irr.a,.t,atn ti to UiffU'c l.Lt a .-r.ci.ts A ftory i.ttr.ht.tcl t' t.a brcther, cdej t Hiar.e :i)t.!rutes tLi ; lc- t ecii:ar:ty if tt.e great Hal.i tLati "J troth r ca..eu l.tr.. got it ir.t'j tl.S t;ea'J i r e jv wLeli 'A tt.at L.s r;'t.t t" w. L( i.u.uirc n.v scai.er tj.at: f. s !. 1 r.;s i-jea pr'-'.ed ct r. Lis rr..:.d t.t t.i te n .'gt.t bis brother "Lts-si berr H ! -'! t-e I tl.il.k there U fcorr et t.i r g the matter tr. rny feet. Isn't tuy r ,-!.t toot er t LuL r:.v left''' li'.'j-r;. -a 'tOT tc teMr I. :n. -eet r.d--l !c ii i.i the fiit.re s'.a'.'-v U.:- ffl ;e:v ... -i-e.y ar.i liiei. I.J.J very siow.y Wiy Jin.. 1 U' bel.eve .t is tnt.irr ti..:. .:.e tr.' r . -ne ' 1 Sr-ew ; r ",..ei Janes (. "'Ctst A' v-s s'.ji's- I tea a ttter nn t-out it' '.i.er. 1 ! V -jw I.- w iv. -i to heart t.. tr''Lr to a t:.- e.;M.n-c l.scuverv. te 0.1 .! he co'J.rt to d.s.lit. I.oti r. rij. t,-t '. i ..reo ii r.vfjvratj.t ri-t-itett iz.i le rr.e r. l to dT y.T. H a ne c l.1 I. I la- c. ed i .-rti tio.s yet r..it-.:i.g ',r..erti:r.g (.: L-a.'.t Sad safety .t lv;. i aui.- u, ljv-I hit-. 'Ihe unit ind '.tt.eri about ti.r ftile lx-psrtu.ei.t were awars of tl :i St. 3 aoy f-tcurrence abot.t t.s vV. t (bat u. rt Lave .LX-r'.ttti w.t. k cen-.?ort or pe-.ee of rund wai lept Jroia Lis know.e ie Just tefvre L returt.e4 ?r' u. .. t,ta at Br llartx.r. it txe surt.u-r !..) .I' .ico of Jhfel . ai. acci KXt Lap-xr.el irj h Sue at tr.e Stat teartiLeLt cf wt.: b Le t,evrr liad m aawie.ge. A larje ctindeiter wu.ih tvux.- cie.t r otrcr ti e seat be aiai xcpiei at lr def fe.; one day w.t:.' tamUe era a H w.svry heavy ai.1 eocitietely uris-.td tie tbair which Mr. fsU'ju wou.d bare been .tt.(.(f .a had Is ksrsrb kt to t-t TLe atleu'Jai.u agiecd ot to te.l Mr Jja..i.e. kucw.ng tLal II a4 worry hint . Ta ln.id fr srork ty LLtrr-ploj-vJ f .f is is wj rrefct at Harr.eon, N. J , tbsl ti. bo;s-..ij Ie-.r.c Isuip Cvriit i.y bad to p bu tbe pol.ee to i rrserve order. Nr)y aXfirls iiav Uwa pol to work a.n tti re ttdeviBMu ia favor of A&jh in leiatoo to tie lbtbdsaoci4 lanii. MEN WHO KXKW BLAISE WELL, tnrr r ki nit AcfUKvr.tfis.rt writr or a nun axd mr oimr. n MKr with olab STOKE AXU !SWaoK. WiantKOTotf, Jan. V7. Senator John fSherman, of Ohio, was asked to-day for an expression of hi estimate of Mr. Blaine's character a a man a ad state. man. "It would t useless," be aaid, "for me to attempt at thi time to give expression to the worth of Mr. Maine. I have known him Aince lie wa a lad, living with hi undo, Mr. Ewing, of Ohio. t)nr family w rrlated to the F.wlngs. and wlnie I was older than the hoy, 1 saw a great dal of 'Jim.' as we rallrd him. I have watched hla career with the interest of a relation almost, nd can only say now that his achieve menu in statesmanship were of a high and rare order. 1 feel personally pro found sorrow at his death.'1 Senator John (). Carlisle aaid: "In mf opinion Mr. Maine was one of the great men of this nation. He waa hrilliant and jble. I feel a deep sorrow at his death. His patty has lost one of ita greatest leader, and the country has lost one whose counsels have contributed greatly to the advancement made by it in the past 80 yeara." A Democrat, who ha hctn very rlos to the dead statesman, is Senator Plack burn, of Kentucky. Whiledoclaring that he had made .1 vow not to annear m an iiteryiew. Mr. lJiaikbnrn said: "Tliere la no man who tan bear witness to the lovable charai ter and great worth of Mr. I K'aine more emphatically than I. We ; were friends in the best sense of the ' w"rd, and his death affect a me deeply." I Representative Charles O'Neill is the ' f ather of the House.'-and as such baa j watched the career of Mr. Hiainr from the time the latter entered the House in 1 the Thirty-eighth Coiireva. "1 reinem- I her well." raid Mr. O Neill to dav, "of j standing before the bar of t tie House and i taking tlie oath with Mr. Illume in tliu Thirty-eighth Congress. He was then a comparatively young man of most vigorous health.' He waa aggrer.ivn j from the very first day he j took bia seat. That meant mm b in those 1 dava. Nowadays everybody is In a sense I Independent, but there was a disposition BO years ago to he guided and controlled i bv the lenders. Mr. HI. one asserted Ins ! Independence at once, and spraii I Into the front ranks. He did not hesitate to uieaiure lances with such leaders as Thaddeua Stevens and General Hcheiuk He was like William It. Kellv. of I'h ladelphia. one to lead and not to he led No man ever had the hold UMn the people that Mr. Hl.iine bad. It was his charming, magnetic manner. 1 will always remember hia amdiiess and the ' cordiality ot hla grertitif. He had a habit of calling ise 'Charley', Id a warm, cordial manner, that went rlgbl to the heart. As a statesman he ranked with Oladstone and Bismarck, and I be lieve In soma ways was greater than either. While his death has long been expected. I feel inexpressibly rad to-day l think that the grtat tnau has left us." THE CONK 1,1 NO EPlaCPE. Mr. lllaine in nn Angry Altercation in thi House lteterred to the New Vorker'i "Mngr.ificeiit Turkey Gobbler Strut." WssiiiNGToa. ,lan. V7. ne of the old est htei.ogr a pliers of tbe House said : "Mr. Hlaiuc'a career in the House wai marked by many exciting episodes. H first came into prominence through ae angry altercation between himself aad Mr. Koscoe Conkling. then a member of the House from I'tica. N. V. It was io the war period, and Mr Hlaine made a bitter attack upon Mr Conkling for hav ing charged the (.oveintnent with fees ai a junge aavocate while he was dray'-; "'"LI fay as a member of Congress. "Mr. C.nkling repelled the aJ'icJia ring I0u)e Indulged In some severe cr .a of t.j- li,.' Ni.ti, a..t iL'uUiat, who in reply .so.,- derisively ,r.Bk of II U of Mr. CoiiUltnir s 'iiiagnitlceut turkey gobbler strut." "The incident excited preat attention at the time, and helped to hrtutr both actors In it Into that picn.ii, em c wiiich thev each en loved dtiring the rcu.ainder ol their live s ." The National House of Representatives. s.iid the same experienced reporter, has bad few Speakers, if any. who enjoved greater popularity among Its mem bers, or who exercised mora iiirVunce over legislators than Mr. Hlaine Itemoirats admired him for his Impartiality ami f.urm ss. s urn li as for hia abilities, ai.'l he had no faster friend on either side o! the chamber than Mr. Kandall. the iinflinchitig I'vunsvivania iK-mm rat Cp to, and ail through Mr. Randall's last lilness, the kindliest rela tions were maintained between the two men. who had been o ,,t)g a(. latea on the fliH.r if the House, and who had each oci np.eo the Speaker's i hair with signal ability and success. There are but seven of those whe served with Mr. lila.ne in the Senate remaining in that body, id whub be served so honorahlv and so well. They are Senators Allison. Cockerel!. Iiawca, Gordon. Mitchell, Morrill and Hansom, f ur liep'ibl.caiis and three Iiemocrats. There are but Iti memoeia who served In tbe House with Mr Hlaine In the t urtv. fourth or prior Coii;rekes These are Holman. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania; SHarmer. Hooker. IlUunl. burrows, sriuijer, Korney. Cuibertbon, Biatid, endsrson. of I.naois; and Keicbam. r.ess. .Mrs li.aiue o tit over tne uiinu n.ar. and said to Liu. "I'o yi u re. ember Walke' atid Kmmons' Io you ki. .v t..i.t you are if'Jing where they are'" Mr liia.ne did cot .peti his ry. but tbe index filler of Lis out-tretcnei hand s.t wiy and feebly ra:ed nelf t.. .....t Uward This was the last .i.'i ut . :. given by the dying u.aii ot auy kusi edate of earthly tL.cnv a , I L'NfiBAL OP PISiliCP EHOOKS biniultr.ecus Services in Thiee Chtirch ts and an Open Air C'eremonv The funeral of the i.ite ll.n.op I ;.,ll.a r.nyks. f the Kp'M l' :'-' ' h urt. h, irred st piajtori, Mas. , on Ir.day. 1ho,iands v.ewed tl.e rcma.ns ut 'J rinity (. hnrch. where the services were cond iclc-d at noon by liishop Potter, sssnted by Jiishojai Wil barns. Neeiy, 'is'-bot hi.d Nil-s. Wben the proces on r-taril for Mt. An burn Cemetery, where the remains were la d tri the family lot. a public servite was btM from the steps if the west vtrt.bul of '.be church, lor the Lenef.l of tbe mulli 'ude al.ocju!d not ga.u entrance to th -.huth. hirnuituneous.y with the scrtic n tL church, there were public services of prayer in tl.e r'irsl Uitlt and O.d fmth lliurcb, hAU within a (tone tbr ja of Irinity. Attach there waa larg i ttv r ! v . Ni-'Sf."7 --? GOING TO WALKEH AND EMMCTCS ; is fflpffi Mr. Ill.lne'. ...! M.... ly Mt to j tXCI V " 'A'' 'T His Wife. y- Jr, r?;- ' - V- ' 1. " Vl cVl 'Vl Snft WAstt.Toi.. Jan -A pathetic inci- I .-&.J& '&Vs'&i$ftffl ffyPZ& dent of Mr. Ulame s la-t tt.urni M was .fr '' . s 2f fa" K toid this evening bv a pr-,,, neut I r&K-:. B"'':; k ' '"-tr ' Maine Uepresetitative. who war ul thy '. $3Vf&?& . house iust atter the end came 1!.- says 'fAt6 HttTj&l4Xi't 'tfTSZl' ?' ?-3&-T f that whi.e Mr. Hlaine was s.i.kihg. U'.A ViWMi f ibut before he had ent.relv ,: ..,,.,,,., rfMfc t ffl U J THB PRESIDENT DEEPLY MOVED He Order an Adjournment of the Cabl net Meeting and Isauea a Froclamatiot for Official Mourning. Washikoto, Jan. T7. The Cabinet wsi In aeasion wben the news of Mr. Blalne'i death waa announced to tbem. President Harrison was deeply moved and said h felt unable, under the circumstances, t enter upon tbe consideration of any public buslneaa with the member of tha Cabinet, most of whom had been associ ated with Mr. Hlaine In the official family relations, and therefore the meet Inr of tbe Cabinet was adjourned. The President later Issued the follow. Ing proclamation: It l nr painful duty to announce to th people of the Cntted States the death ol .lames Ulllespte Hlsine. which occurred In this city to i'.av at 11 o'clock. Ktr a tull gMieratlnn this eminent ettlren has occupied a ronsplcunua and Influential position In the Nation His first public ser vice was In the Legislature of hts state Afterward for 14 years he waa a member of the National House of Kepresentatlvet and was three times chosen Speaker. In 1S7W he was elected to the Kenate. Here sieneit his sest In that body In 1M to ar. ept the ;sltlon ot .Secretary of State In the Cabinet ot fiesjilcnt Uarficld After the traKlc death of h'.s chief he resigned, and, devotliif himself to literary work, gave te the public In his -Twenty Years In Con fresa" a most valuable and enduring con rlbution to our political literature. In March. IHhtf, he again became Mtcretarv ot State anil continued to exercise this office until June, IHiiv His devotlnn to tbe public intereata. his marked ability and bis ex alted patriotism have won for blm tbe gratitude and affection of bis countrymen and the admiration of the world In the varied pursuits of legisla tlon, diplomacy and literature, hla genius has added Lew lustre to Ainerkan cltlr.en Ship A a suitable expresnn of the National appreciation of his gteat public services and of the general sorrow aiined bv hla death, I direct that on the dav of his funeral, all the departments of the executive branch ol the Oovsrnment at Wavhlngton be cloaed. and that on all nubile buildings throughout tbe t'nlted States, the National flag shall be dtsplaved at half alatt. and that for a Krloo of :(i davs. the Department of Stats draoed In niuurntug The Movrtilrig I'nlversal. Washikotosj, Jan. U7. The Ieglala tare of the various States that are at present la session all adjourned to-day upon learnini; of Mr. lllaine' death, hrotn all over the country com expres alone of sorrow. Telegrams of condo lence are reaching the lllaine family by the thousands. PKKTl'H OK MR. ELAINE'S LIFE. Jnmes t.iue-pie Dinlne was born on the' ."1st of January, 1 S J J, at West Brownsville, Pcnn.. in a house built by his great-grand-father tH-fore the War of tha Revolution, which stil! stands. Thetjilluspies ani Blaines were people of standing before the lUvolu- lion. Colonel Blaine, who was coinmlwiry reueral of the Northern ll,nriin.ni nt I Washington's orniy during the involution, i was James (1. iliuine's great-grandfather. I When eleven years old, he went to live with j uncle, '1 bomaa twin?, in Ohio, where bn mother' father, Neal Uillespie, an a.'com plisbed sebolnr, directed his studies. Iditer I be ntt-iele-l Washington College, at Wnsb j ingtoii, lVnn., gi ailuitius at the axe of sev enteen. After leavine college h tnujht r.-hool at lllun i.ick Spruu". Ky. It was as a protes tor in the military school thera that he made the nciiiirtintnnca of the lady a school tencherirom .Maine who afterward bec-tme his wife. Iaiter he went to Philndulphia, where ho tauzht soho'd mid stuliellaw. Hut after two years he al.nn lone I law sttnU ie, went to Maine, and Iwaine proprietor eud editor of the Kennelieo Journal. At tbe birth of the Kepuhlic.vi Party he wa a clelecate to tbe Philadelphia Convert. .-.- famonir tne lawyur. -t v J1 .. - A -t. ..... tn . ...... ....... . .ii, iv. v""i:i cm nun uruu nal career in lsl.', with the out- the wnr. Purine tha I"ortv-!lrst rorty-t condand For. r-third Congresses he was Speak, r of the lit iise. -Mr. Hlaine' administration of the SKak erslup is cornmonlv regarded as ou ot tue most brillmnt nn I tiucces-dul in the annals of the Houe. Ha bad raranptitu in nn I e- iip. litent lor tli uute.-of prs:.lin; olllc-r, n I Ins cornolete ma-tery ot I'arlia urinary law, I. is .1. xtenty nn.l pnysical vi luramv. ms I inpi.i disnstcli of business, an I his tirui au 1 j li'innrtuil vpirit were re.rogniasd on all sides. : It was oiiriiii; his o.vtinaucr of theSpaa; ! tr'.- onsir in tnit he to-.i1; the ti or on I : nn' vf !."l in d"(eqt!n the inssao of lu ' ol i :it;l "!' rc- I ill." I The p:iiticul revulsion of 171 plucd t'i I IVmocrr.ts in control of the Houv, nn I Mr. I 15 u ne I - came tne lia b rot tho minority. '1 lie -ion prectf.lini; tho I're-i.iential cm i t"-t ot ls;i; vu, a p.-r.o I of stormy an I ve ' liemeiit 'oiiteiiti'Mi. o.i tha gl of My u reMi.ution wa adopted in t.m H iuse t in j VeMliMt" nil uIUv-.mi piircli iu ov t n L'lllon r.u-.l'.e I .ui.Oa I C lll.':liy of fel tilll billi ls I ot tu-I.r.tie I'.ocKf n ! Kort Smi;u Kiilr.vi I I l ii'i fniiiv. It soon decline evident tnat tu mv. -tiu'-t. on was ni'iird at Mr. lllaine. A i i x'.'ii' el l ii-hum eorropou l-'ieo ou his ! nrt with lVntn Fihiiit, u. 11 jstou, ru j- nn..: tLr. u,'li years mid rjmtm to various i lr ui-u t,.,n, ha I 1 ill. 'ti luto t.iu hni'l-. o.' a ' ol-;-.: ui.'uei Mulligan, an I it waalle;el t li is i tie- production ol tins coriv.,i'i b-n vt.'Ul.i ciitirm tlie iiiipu ulioa uniiist .Mr. Pi one. l.eu Mullitiui was su .nil r.e I ; i 1H. HI. llvr.'S BlnTftPLACK W asLmifton Mr. Hlaine pouesse I himlf of tho lett-rr. toxethxr with iiin noiaii'iuiii that cutauel a full in l i an I abstract. On the Mb of J une. Ih7 l, be rose to a per'Miiat explanation, an I atter denying the power of the liou-e to coinp.-l tlie proluetiou of his privaui paper, an I bis wlliiiijne to go to any extremity in defen of his rizbts, he declare.! that be propose I to reserve noth ing. Holding up tbe letter he nclol'iisl: 'Thank Uod, I am not eharud U show them. 1 her is tbe very orunal ackage. Aud with some sense of humiliation, with a mortification I do not attampt to ooncsal, with a seiis of outrage which I think any man in my position would fuel, I invite the confidence of 40,000,000 of my countrymen while 1 read these letter from toy desk." Tha demonstration closed with a drarastio cm. Josisb Caldwell, one of tbe origina tors of tha tattle Kock aad Kort Hmith rUU rwsd who had full kuowisdg of tha whgl .Is'sr "-J. transaction, waa traveling In Europe and both iddea were aeeking to eommnnleata with him. After finishing the reading of the Utter Mr. Blaine turned to tha Chair man of the Committee and demanded to know whether he bad received any dispatch from Mr. C aid well. Rceivin an evasive answer Mr. lllaine asserted, as within hi own knowledge, that the Chairman had re ceived such a dispatch "completely and ab solutely exonerating me from this charge aad you have snnpreneod it" pShft Hi (-s.'l1 ., "".''SISIJMJ,,,..,,, MR. BLt5K'M RrSIDKUCe In 1H75 Mr. Blame w is anoomtel to tha Senate to fill the vacancy ctiiw.1 by the re signation of Scnstor M irrill, an 1 the uext winter waa electel by the Legislature to the succeeding Win. His career in the Senate was l Kith brilliant and distingui 'ed, as it had been iu the House. He was ell from the Senate to enter Presiieut UarlMd's Cabinet a Secretary of State. It was while passing through thu railroad depot leaning on Mr. Blaine's arm and pleasantly chatting with hi in about his co:uing holiday that Uarlleld received the assassin's fatal bullet. I ue death of Mr. Uarueld le i to Mr. Hlsine' s retirement from the Cabinet, in Deesrnber, Wi. From that date until he eutered Mr. Harrison's Cabinet as Secretary of State, he was in private life except "during bis campaign for the Presidency in During his retirement Mr. Bhune wrote his "Twenty Years in Congress," a work of great historical vslue.' It was In accordance with his original sti t;estion and due to bis earnest efforts that provision was made in the McKinlcy bill for tbe reciprocity trea ties which formed such prominent features of National policy. 1 ue Sarnoan difficul ties, t!ie complication' arising out of the lyuching nf Italiani at New Orle.in,and the 1 -TT.'a I'Vi'j SIR. ,HMM O. SflVf, billing of American sea-ntn at Valparaiso wsra also disp iso.l of while Mr. Blnlue was at the h-ad oc tin State Hapurt.uent. Tbe events preceding an i attenlini tje recint Mitinea;i3li Convent o'l ar too r.sciit al most ti need rat- luntinr. Mr. Hlaine was indue. to permit his Haul's tj be usjl us a c null. lata, mii.I rjd-nai his plici iu the Cabinet. Wnether in public position or in private lif", Io always ramaiuui a central tl 'lire in N itioaal HtTiiri. III.AIVK'S LIKK IS WA8II1.SGTOX. For near.y !.ii.ny vairs Mr. U.uma has Irtvn a r.'.iident ut vVai;iin;t Wbili he nevoi- iiva up his ho:u un I home life In Maine. h..rj ha In I a town residence iu A i ;ti tu mi I a mi niin-i- reiidenue ut Par ll'irj r, yet he a! ha I a home in Washing ton. It wa only a lew year. after going tuer.1 as a Member of Confess that he lougiit the resideiiL-, MJ1 Kifu-euth street, NKAH WASH I NUT), PICN!. wnore be lived so many year. This was about th year IHil'.l. wben ha was electal Speaker of the House tor tbe flm time. Tue houne bebourbt waa one of a row which had just Intu built an I was re garded at that time as one of th chief architectural feature ot the city. He made bis home at (Ul Fifteenth atreet for over ten years, and then having built the fine residence fronting on Dupmt Circle, he sold tb old bouse and took juoassaslon of the new one. Tbe death of (larfleld an 1 Ur. Ulaius' retirement from publio life caused a chang in hia plans and be leased his Uupont Circle bouse to Ur. L liter. He wa absent from th city for atvaral year, al tnougb ha spent a portion of on or two wlnUr thsre and occupied tb house on La faystle square adjoiniog Uaneral Bal residence, wblch uowuslby the daagbter of tha late Representative 8oott,of Paoosyl yauia, Un. Boolt Towustod. f r j j aV - sTsr i-or- r m. Abcmt the Nnrtnnlnff of hit admlnlstrattow ha purchase! bta late home, which la on tha opposite aide of Isiravette ton are, and la known a the Reward House. The old place had been unoccupied for tome year aod waa In a dilapidated condition. It waa considered notoriously unlucky, two trnitwdle having occurred within It portal. During Buohauan's administration it waa occupied aa a clubhouse. One day Philip Barton Ky, the vonag an i banlsomi Dia triot Attorney of the District of Columbia, ffljigllfiliTTIIItilliii o. I!t W ASIIISJOT If, D. C. had just left the clutihjuis wben be wu stmt down by Congros'nan Sickles, of New York. Mr. Key was carrio I back to tha rlubhousa. An Intrijux which K-y had been carrying on witti Sicil-s's wifo wo tbe cause ot tlis encouiit T. Two years after tills occurrence tbe bouse, wbici was for a time unoccuoloJ, was taken by the then Secretary of State, William H. Hsward, and he moved lnt- It with hisfuin- BLAISTK'8 AUOt'STA KK8IDKMCR. Ily. On the night of April 14, lw., while Mr. Seward lay sick In bad in one of the upper rooms, a big, oak complexioned, broad shouldered man ranr the door bell and told the servant who admittnd him that he bad apackaxe of medicine which the Sec retnry's physician had ordered to Iw deliv ered to him personally. The servant re fused to allow bun to to upstairs and the Secretary' son, Frederick vV". Seward, also opiHwed him; but the stranger, making a feint of departure, suddenly sprang at Frederick and felled him to the floor with the butt of a revolver, almost on the sain instant slashing the servant with a knife. He then darted forward and reached tha sick chamber where Secretary Biward was Itting up In bad. The knife gleamed azain and ,Urr FewarJ, weal: and helpfe; wa tabbed in tbe face and neck, but the band ages that swathed hi neck saved him from a mortal wound. As tha murderous intruder retreated he was intercepted, this time by Major Augustus H. Seward and au attendant, but he shook them off, and running down stairs, leaped on hi horse and rod off. He was captured a few dav later, aud bein fully Identified as low is Payne, one of tbe men Implicate I in President Lincoln' dentb. wa tried, condemned and ex ecuted with his fellow-consplrators. Secretary of War liulknan wo the next tenant ot the bouse ot misfortune, aud for a time the sooerold eJiflce became gay with the life of the Grant regime. He fore a twelve month its evil genius had aguiu asserted it. self and Mrs. Pelknap lay dead under Ita root after a brief illness. Then, after the llelkuan vacate!, it ajaln did duty, as in the earlier days, as a boar.ling-bou-ie, but Washington had somehow got tbi impres sion that the place was uncanny and that ita tenants wera dogged by an evil fate. For a time the Coinrniesary Ueneral's staff held possession, then wheu they had moved to the War Department's new build ing it was again toiiautle.-. It was about this time that Mr. Illume, shortly after his apHJintineut as Secretary of Stale by Presi dent iiarriaou, astonished his friends by reuting the ill-oiueiied house for ten year at $:i(XJ(J a year. He decorated anc" reno vated it throughout, tearing down the walls ot the room iu wuicti tbe atte npt on Mr. Seward's life' tooii place, a;i l by geuurou xpeudituros transform! the dmgy old wide-roouied house into a magnificeui mod rn residence. Yet all the changes fuiled to eradicate tbe characteristic attributed to tha mansion by tha superstitious Washington is n. Becoming it tenant, Mr. Hlaine ha eurouutered the greatest reverses to his am bilious, aud experienced tbe keenest sorrows of bis lite. MB. BLAI.NB'S BOUaBHOLO. Of Mr. Plains' six children, three two sous and adauhtsr were suddenly stricken uown by death after reaching maturity. His eldest son. Walker, a yount man of tine parts, who tint given evilenoe of rare abilities aud was apparently destiuet ton brilliant future, died two years h'o. Emmons, hi second sou, a bright business man, in manner and character close.y re-eiuuliui; bis tathur, als.a died sud d 'uly In tbe heyday of youth au I prosperity. A tmni and cruihinr berenvemeut was the death of tbe eldest daughter, Alice, woo was married to I.leuteuant Colonel John J. Coppiuger. It tolloweJ closely on the death ot her brother. Walker Ulaiue, whose funerul she was at tendtug when seuj by the fatal ill nes. Ot the three survivmg children, tlie son, James U., in ado au unfortunate marriage, the results of which em baiered the latter years of hi lather' !ife. On of tha daughters. Miss Margaret, is murriedto Mr. Walter Damrosoh, the fa mous New York musical director, and tb other, Mia Harriet, ia un narriel. Mrs, s . Mm BLAJKt'l COTTA01 AT HAH BARROH. Hlsine 1 (till an active and brilliant lady. 8b baa been a devoted wife to tha great statssman, whom she inarrla.1 forty one year ago whsu both war school teachers in a oountry district with but llttla to indicate th prominent plao they war destine to OU In th highest circle of tha ISation. t eirVVAt--.?t;saA a. i -- n :v EPLOOIEB IN COKGHIIBB. fitting Word Spoken in th Senate anc) House, AftarWhioh Both Dodie Ad journ for th Day. VTAsntaoTow, Jan. IS7. The Senate met thl morning in the gloom which tbe In telligence of Mr. Blaine death naturally caat over the Capitol. Mr. Hale, of Maine, one of deceased's closest friend, formally announced the death. He said: A very great man has passed from thl earth. James O. Hlafbe Is dead. Hla career Was so temarkahle and bis services so ereat that In all the histories which may tie writ ten ot his time he will stand as the central Bgure not only as to his own country, but nn politics and aubterts that affected other great nations He belonged not to any one Mate, but to all the country; the Pennsyl vania, which earr blm nirthplace and nur tured him. ard Maine, where he made but borne, and where he became her lirst cltlxeii, and which niied his lap with all the honors which she rouid bestow, mourn hint no more to-dav than do tbe dwellers bv the shores of the irreat gulf and In the ral.fns of the far sierra lie was for vear a distin guished member of the House of Repre sentatives and for six vears presided aa It Sneaker. He was twice Secretary of State, and was until ot late a mem her of tbe pres ent administration I do not think there la one Seuaior hete who will not deem It fit tine. In view nf the-e fails and of tbe fact thai he died where bis last peaceful loot) Irom his chamber window tnleht embrace this Capitol, w here hla voire bad lieen so many times heard, ttmt we make a prece dent at this time, and that, although Mr. Itlalne was at the time ot ntsdrstaai.i l vate rltlren, this body Use immediate ad journment Mr. Cockrell, Democrat, of Misaeurl, moved an ad jouruinetit and it wa unani mously carried. In the House, after the chaplain bad referred feel.nuly In his prayer to the dath of Mr. lllaine, Mr. Milliken, of Maine, made the formal announcement. Mr. Holman, Democrat, of Indiana, said: The deaths which have been announced s recently of Illustrious (litens may well lrin to our minds i he prophetic words of tue Hebrew Mrs, "How are the mighty fallen"' The dcatn of James (. Hlaine will profoundly impress the sensibilities of tha cotimrv. A gre.it man Is dead He laid ti e Inundation ot his tame In this Ity tleio weie his great and early triumphs. How often have we heard In thl hall the tone of his ringing elorjuenre. (Ireat Iu statesmanship, known not onlv In our country, but to tbe statesmen of the civilized world. And not only great In statesmanship, nut only one ot the Illustrious characters which have Illustrated the value o, free Institutions, but I'evond that he was great In tbe field of literature As the historian of the grandest ejK.i h In the hwtorv of the world, be did nl work well. His history, covering a period of years, win rn down to posterity as one of tbe brightest illustrations ot the period In which lie lived, and nf the grandest event of which he was a part It would seem. Mr Ppenker, to be emi nently proper and fitting that with the an nouncement of his death here In this, the theater of bis first achievements, this house, out of respect to his memory, should ad lourn I therefore move that the House do now adjourn." The motion wa agreed to and tha House adjourned. THE CAUSE CI' DEATH. In'erstioir.l Nc hritis.a Form of Bright' Disi aac, Coitplt d Willi Lung and Heart Trouble The 1 r.tnl Attack. WasniOTO'i, Jau ST. The physician have otlli ially made public tho cause of death as intciV.icial nephritis, a form of Bright' disease, aggravated by tulrer cular disease of the Iuiim. and followed -by heart failure. "Dr. Johnston said that idnce tbe attack ol heart failure ot. Sunday, December 13 last, there hail been no hojie of Mr. Blaine's ultimate recovery. Hisdeath wa but a question of how long hia rcaiarkable Vitality would hold nut. Following ia the ofllclal statement of the attending physicians, Dra. Johnston, end Hyatt: "The beginnmg'of Mr. Blaine's lllnesa -CatfS Pa':! 3w.e ?c'at.- The atr.'.vsf iifns of ill-health were associated otiorl'j and no cioubt d"e to a gouty tetnlt n which matnfcsttlf '.UscUl in ub-otirifUie attack of gout, diatnrhaniVa-Pf 'I'Klit XtT. and progressive inuntrition ami aoocm'.'.viect "Subseouent events nrnve that at this "eel time changes were going on In the art eries of the body, which resulted later in symptoms of obliteration of vessels and lu chronic disease of the kidneys. Tha attack of paralysis in 1S87 vraa connected with similar alterations in the blood ves sels of the brain. "During the summer of 8V3 the evi dences of tailing health were more de cided, and in November, atter his return to WashtniMon, bin symptoms suddenly assumed an aggravated form. Prom this time, although there were periods of ap parent improvement, be continued to grow worse from week to week. "The symptoms were, at lirst, more di rectly connected with the kidneys, and examinations of the urine showed that there was a progressive iutersticlal change going on in the orgau, and that he had a lorm of chrouic Bright' disease. In December signs of lung complications appeared, which were no doubt connected with the general disease: but aa tubercle bacilli were found iu tl.e nputa, It is probable that there was some tubercular infection as well. Much cf the distress which Mr. P.laine Htiffreil was associated with this disease of the lungs and hia death wa certainly hastened by it. "Toward the end of December, tbe heart began to show signs of unusual weakness from cardiac degeneration and dilatation, and on December 18 lie had an alarming attacic ot heart exhaus tion: from this he rallied, but others of tbe same nature recurred on several occasions. Prom the middle of January the.se attacks ceased and the action ot the heart waa more uniformly good. There was, however, a dally ions of fiehl: and i-trength. For three days before Mr. Blaine's death there wa no marked change in his condition: each day he seemed somewhat more feeble than on the day before, and on the night before hi death he did not seem to be in any lmme dtate danger. Towards the morning ol January 7 hia pulse was observed U be very" feeble and hiH breathing mor embarrassed. As a result of tbe tailing heart action oedema ot the lungs oc curred, and he died without much suffer lnc at 1 1 o'clock. "During the whole of Mr. Blaine' ilk ness tbe digestion was well performed, and liquid food, chiefly milk, was taken in full (juantilie. His mind waa generally clear, except when cl udc-d bv uroemi and disturbed biaiu circulation. Al though uuable to express himself ia words, he recoguiied all the member ot bis family up to withiu a tew moment oi his death.'' The statement of the physician wll. not be supplemented by an uutopsy, tht member of the family being thorough I j atisfled as to the cause of death. Thi IkkIv will not be embalmed for burial, tu family objecting to any disturbance ot it The funeral will be a uuostentatioin as it I possible to make It. There wit bem pallbearers, selected from anions Mr. Blaine' personal and official friend None will be ihosen because of theii position, but naturally tbe larger portioi Will be from the ranks of oOlcial Ufa. Three Men Killed In a Collision. Two freight train collided on tha Panta Fe road near Milladale, nine mile aouth of Joliet, HI., and Engineer A. M. Rabn and Kichard Mitchell and Brakeman M. J. Ma hone were killed. Tb other trainmen acaped without injnry. Both train wr badly wracked and tb pacutuax loaa wiV b heavy. T British and Porelan Bible Bocletv lend out every day bv ton' weight of nicies, rastaaenu and portion of Bcrlx tar. tl
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