Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07

blow was q terrible one. but he stood it
with fortitude and soon after fell into a
restless sleep. Dr.. Wales says the sccre-
tary' S breath was still saturated with the
smoke he had jnhaled, but there waS a
slow and steady Improvement in his gem
eral symptoms. The president and Mr.
Halfnrd remained at the ouse till late III
the afternoon.
AFTER THE FIRE.
10 those who were admitted Il, view the
destruction ofproperty, the bed room which:
had been occupied by Secretary and Mrs.
Tracy was the principal point OF interest.
1t is a rear room OH the second floor and
must have been a beautiful apartment.
With the heads toward the west,two single
brass bedsteads stand side by side, and
in these Mr.: and Mrs. Tracy slept last
night. The brass is tarnished and every
thing around it is black and soaked with
water; the room is a huge cinder. The
pictures are charred and smoke stained,
mirrors cracked, silver backed hair brusl IS
and a hundred and one little toilet articles
on the mantle was silent, its pendulum
having ceased al $50. The smote and
dirty water had ruined everything that was
not imperviouS 10 heat and continuous
moisture. The two front rODms on the
second floor were Occupi' d by Mrs. Wilder
ming and her daughter, Miss Alice. These
apartments are wrecks. On the third floor
in the central front was the room occupied
last night hy Miss Tracy. Tfis was ruin
OF the most thorough riptiOn-charrcd
Ill every corner. the ceiling gone, the doors
burned: cindrrS ankle deep covered the
floor and what the lamcs had spared was
destroyed by water. Adjoining this room
n tho ~. W, va o,ttp ,,i;
to be Miss Tracy's permanent roolu and
there was scattered All around evidences
couple Of chairs rs' were we're artis;s Gi ma
terials, paints, brushes and other articles
OF decorative art. On one side of the room
was wooden bedstead-the only one IN
the house-and on its headboard the skill
tul tingures of the pretty girl, now dead,
had shaped festoons of roppies and morn
ing glories pendant from true lovers
Knots. The fire had been more kind here
than elsewhere and there is still 10 be
traced floral forms, now dirty
white, ON, a smoked ground. 'l'Ae
brushes and palette were just where they
had been dropped by the artist. The FIRE
originated i'll the parlor near the open fire
place. Whether it originated from the
CRATE or TIE heating pipes is not known, as
no one could be found who could tell
whether there was a fire in the CRATE last
ulSut VI Hnt. Hc lulHdCe Is III the DaSe-
ment directly beneath where the fire
started AMI pipes leading to the upper
stories pass in the rear of the woodwOrk.
Firemen generally think the woodwork
caught fire from the heated pipes.
THE BODIES IN THE EAST. ROOM.
The president received a large number
of kilograms of coincidence this morning.
One from Governor Ladd of Rhode Island
said: Accept tine sympathy of all our
people in this sad bereavement which
comes to you and your cabinet" Others
were OF similar import. The remains of
Mrs Tracy and Miss Tracy lie to night in
caskets in the centre of tile east room of
the White House, beneath the crystal
chandeliers whose lights week ago shone
upon them as they gaily greeted their
friends at the last presidential reception
The bodies were brought to the White
House about { O'Clock by order Of the
president. who has taken charge of what.
ever arrangements for the funeral it was
necessary to make at present. The in
jured are improving. Tomorrow the
president will have Secretary Tracy re-
moved to the White House.