Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-01-23
CAPITAL GOSSIP.

The death of Miss Kate Bayard will have
the effect of checking the gayety of this not
par icuar;y gay social season. She estab>
lished her claim to the position of leading
lady when President Cleveland offered her
his arm in advance of the wife of Vice Pres
ident Henirick, last year, and she has had
recognition ever since such as wos accorded
to no other young lady in Washington. Nat
urally she took the lead in arranging social
events, from her position at them, and none
OF them in the high official circles were COM
ple'e without her attendance. Few OF those
to take lace within the next weeks failed to
have her name on the list of acceptance. and
at fair proportion Of EN-, it was generally
understood that she wes
TO ASSIST IN RECEIVING
or in some other prominent capacity. WASH
ington society is proverbally heartless, but
there are limits to heartlessn So in affairs of
this kind, and it is hardly probable that hos
tesses who were known to b, depending on
her assistance will make their balls the same
lively affairs they would have been had size
been there. The round will go on after q
day Or SO, of cours' for it would b, too
much to expect the capital to go into mourn
ing, but it will lie less rapid than before and
many friends Of the family will omit receiv-
ing now and then just as an underlined illdi-
cation of some kind Of respect. President
Cleveland will Of course, Keep up his fficlal
receptions, but they will hardly recover their
equinimjty for some time. and the next one
or two certainly will be quiet and cons rains
ed from the mou nful recollection, that all
his visitors will have.
BAYARD AND RECEPTIONS
Secretary Bayard himself had been in the
habit of giving card receipt ns every Friday
evening, and these were among the most
brilliant of the season, especially as they in
cluded the representatives. Of all the foreign
legations resident at the National Capital.
These receptions will Of course be discontin.
uad, and their cessation will make posi-
tive vel in socie'y. The official receptions
Of other members Of the Cabinet, however,
will not DO interfered with after this week.
Miss Bayard was virtually at the head Of
the household Of the s ereta'y Of State du-
ring the greater part of the time on account
of her mothers ill b salth, but her death will
not have the same effect as though she had
b en- the wife of one of the members of the
Pres dents official household.
THE CAUSE
The immediate cause Of Miss Bayards
death was disease of the heart She had be en-
troubled with weakness Of that organ and
had been treated nv the family physit inn at
intervals for several years. At a reception
at her fathers house on Friday night it was
remarked that Miss Biyard was unusually
animated and taxel herself to the utmost to
entertain the guests. 1t is presumed that tire
undue exertion may have precipitated the
fatal attack The y ung lady retired about
O'Clock Friday night, expressing wish to
be left undisturbed till noon. Between and
two o'clock Saturday afternoon her sister ell.
deavored to awaken her AMI, struck by the
peculiar expression OF her face,
called for assistance. As soon as this family
it Ind been thrown, ply s;cians were sum-
moned and powerful # storativ s, incluI.ny
electricity, We're applied, but in vain. The
p ysiuians expressed the opinion that Miss
Bayar had been dead for several hours " hen
the attempt was made to awaken her. The news
of Miss Bayari's sudden death caused pro-
found sensation throughout the city, ard for
time, in the ab.e,cs of any definite details
a number of wild runors circulated Tae
facts however, as stated above, are from a
unuues ionable Source