Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-06

His stop wns iirra end e,e'dy
and showed no ogiaencs Of phy5ical
weakness. Fla srua. sUrroG hnd lett its
Impress, ho9gve-, on h:l f5atuFes His
head WAS bowed Rcl hM face iMsTpFessi-
bly, sad. Frauk 3. Tracy, his slls, and
Lieutenant Pashsr, u. 8. N, accom-
panie6 him TO the White HouHe, bat waro
not called upon 10 render him any ssaiBt.
ance. 10 sseppcd ligaSiy out % tho ear
giags, walked aoroHs che ves.ibule ainne
into the mnsnl cnEsiaes'aGd took tho eia-,
Nasor tes tho RsestdsfSs private apart
Isments. gi,e President ard Mrs Harrison
ami dis1the BEST they
oonld to cheer 'hiarup ai,dsu,Ike sttnsbasli
at home. #-
A EAsr LooK AT TREpalD.
Later la the ,eftcrnaen, In; aooordance
with his, rsluest, no was ssssn' into the
| East Room Shs,d @Eh0wn shssSlskSits. con-
tanning tho rsn,Saus OF his. wife aad,
daughter. They wore oovcred with beau
4 titul flowers (the tributes OF foviug
4 friends) and bgsa1hasiof thesasoipaim
were laid af,gpss tho top and niong, strs.
sides OF each cssket. Standing d the
1 bead bstweenit isaus, hsthwas, o. istgs ,pllm
4 tree arranged sn8slsss the d iicsts h,av .
dropped gracefully over the dead. Hrs.
Traoy'a oaskot was marked by,a large
floral anchor 6aaa hey sdanShfer'a by .
large wreath Of white anwbss. Calaslsas,
\ hyacinths, rosss; Nllss 'os 3thssy SlsSy ,affd
1 violets were ntityinaa tnssmtiA1 "a tesnlty
arranged ovesic,1Eh icSslsets. Tbs seora
tary was very rassa affected by the night
and sobbed'as though his hearb would
break.
The oaskes. containing Mrs. Traey's
body was opansd, and no wa9 eltowsd 70
look upon her 'faas, fog tho la8t 6iIae. The
other body waa In no condition for in
speotion, and the oAsk5t WAS not oIsaned
Rt all. II wRS,a,taFsibs0 ogdsal foy tho
\ stricken man. bus he bore II remarkably
we'll, though there was no aouceRling the
keenness and depth Of his grief.
how THE Pma ORIGINATED.
Building Inspector Entgtstle having
BISON ordered by the commissioners OF
che district b inysstigate;the oauao OF tho
fire Ia Secretary rsacy's hoHse, has rnnce
\ q thorough examination OF the premises
and handed In hin report, which 10 40 fol-
logs:
\ toomplFing with ,youx osdsy, to make
an examination TO ascertain IL possible
the originsof She fire in Tho building 1854
l street, Northwest, owned and occupied
by the Hon. b. p" Tracy, Secretary of
the Navy, have the ,honor 10 report that
| have made thorough examination Of
the building and il h evident from the
condition ofsthe heuse that .aei fire first
started On the vca. side OF the from
parlor on the rnaia first floor and its
rapid progress was 40 doubt caused by
the fire getting behind the wall paneilnE.
The room was linad,its entire helghkwith
panel worn on all .hs walls, !eeving small
; chambers, through whieh+tne fire parsed
around tho outiTe room! and Though the
floor to the second story. II aiSu passed
out into the hall and by currents rapidly
up the stairway, cutting Oh all chance Of
enoape from the upper floors,
"The building was heated by low pres
sure steam on tbs indirect gyatem, and in
tracing the supply to tho different locsli.
ties of oo!ls end coil chambers there n no
evidence thet the IRE Originated from the
heating apparatus or from any chimney
hue, but immediately under the point
where the fire started there was situated
In che basement a pump run by Bunsen
gas burner, and II 10 possible that this
may have besn Out of'order, allowing the
gas TO escape 70 tho room above and the
FIRE started by an ezpaozion Of gas.
SF''fhis building was erected in 1876,
and thsre is evidence that II was carefully
and safely constructed. An addition wa
made during last season on the east side
and the msngasd roof removed from the
front and the front ell carried up. Thi,
last portion is damaged principally by
smoke and water, nor WAS the basemsn
of the OLD portion burned, the fire start
ing on the foor above, but that wa,
gEestty, Damaged by water. l cannot
positively decide the origin OF the fire
bat tho escape of gas and the explosion
Of gus seem the most probable oauss.p