The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-13
~,,,,rhp cAnISEr.
,,ave Already Occurred In
Five peS s'', ,,.rrlson's OFFICIAL Family.
X Y. Continent

wv within twelve hio"'n' way"
rison' x;,h little or no Warning 10 inc
come N' ~ ,brcc members of the Admin
iam'lles council. First, Secretary Blaine
is'ra'''' ot his children. While the
lost Two mrcaths laid by loving hands
mom mourn Blsinc's grave were yet green,
on Na'S ,Sao ,bc body of Mrs. Coppinger
ana "v'V'o ossirncd to earth, Death struck
ae''" a. manner that appalled, the Ma.
time !" Sorrctar, Tracy lost wife and
ton. 80 IN ,hc fatal fire that destroyed
da"5 That he himself escaped was
his COM wort OF. miraculous, and his re-
"o'"'"r J,nyh;er. with her child, only
nai"'ns ,,.irtc health aftcra hard strng-
sc. "A last Thursday night. almost on his
n''a anniversary Of the Tracy tragedy
er'' a.. s DESTROYER came again, this time
'h' ~ the chief mcmbcr-a Cabinet
10 car secretary Window. In Il
N' Went bauqucting hall, surrounded by
t'''''r I'd admirers. with the music OF
'f' ,,.,.r ringing in his years, the dis
siP'''b "A mead o.; the Treasury Depart
mint receiver '"'
~.os.,d the Great Divide
-. series OF fatalities during san
admiri.,ration is unprecedented.
v,lknE BLAINE No. !.
w.,,,r Elainc's death was first in the
-, has kcat Washington almost con-
.tautly III mourning Tor a year II oc-
.'-rej on January II, lS9o' tour hours be-
80. n,idnichf. Mrs Blaine had just put
49,. MIN, for dead sister, and there
~ Noon nm almost continuous sick watch
..4G ..r ,,mily since the preceding spring
W.itcr was the last OF the family to he
,.,@l.5 10 one expected his illness 10
,.n,;,.,,c fatally. He had met with an
.;lent and when convalesclng con-
Tod the all-nrcyalent grip. Almost
bciorc his attendants realized the danger
hcwas dead. A.,
Wien MS death was announced the en-
.;-o conntry was shocked. He had been
most nromincnt member Of the Blaine
,a...cbolj next TO his father. He was
Law 0Nccr aud Examiner of Claims for
~. Dr,ar,ment OF State, and on the high
,oo1 to q proud career in the field so long
crsrcl hy hi father.
Prom her sons funeral, Mrs. Blaine
wen, almost directly to the bedside OF her
daughter. Mrs. Coppingcr. When she
l.n her post it was only to prepare tor
auo,bcr burial. Tender nursing, unre-
ri,,in,r attention and the best medical
.,r,irc we're ali unayailing. The grim
DESTROYER came at $50 o'clock in the
mornms an February I'd.
DEATH FOLLOWS DEATH.
While the people of the National Capt.
tai we're discussing this second affection
ior the Secretary of State, the awful ca
laniu that awokc the sympathy OF the
civilized word-the burning OF Secretary
Tracg'. huuso--occurred.
On the moruineo of February Sd, shortly
after o'clock, Secretary Tracy's resi-
5cuce OIL larragu, Square took fire. The
fire. caused hy a defective tlue, had APP
par.nrly been smoldering all night, and
when the front door was broken in by
tho,e who discovered the place to be
hirnin- the flames burst out in all di-
rection,
Mrs Tracy. who was all invalid, lost
hand. She had awakened to find her
husband unconscious. lmbucd with UNI
usual strength by reason of her peril, she
dragged the Secretary to a window and
cried Tor help Firemen came and car
We'd out the unconscious statesman.
When thcy returned Mrs. Tracy was miss
INK. II atlcrward transpired that, dazed
by the smoke ana the efforts TO rescue her
husband. She climbed ont of a rear win
dow and hung there from the sill. Not
-trons enough to hold herself up for any
cnglh Of time she fell 10 the area be-
low Bystandcrs carried her form to the
house OF ncghbor, where she died few
hours aiicrward
Mis- Mary Tracy was found suff'ocated
in the hallway in front Of her parents
bedroom. and 4 French maid was burned
almost 10 crisp in her apartment up
stairs
1t Nas the most shocking incident that
sad happened in Washington for many
wears, and cast gloom over the entire
country Political friends and political
enemies combined in their efforts to e1-
tend sympathy to the afflicted Chief of the
Naval Department, aud messages of con-
dolcnce were sent from nearly every civil
he'd country in the world.
mn FATAL PORTFOLIO.
Now comes the sudden death of Mr.
Window. 4 feature that is pointed ont
as remarkable is that the two gentlemen
who held the Treasury portfolio under the
Two preceding administrations also died
alter very short illness. Secretary Fol-
ger. Of PRECEDENT Arthur's Cabinet, and
Secretary Manning, of President Cleve
land Cabinet, broke down under the Sc
we're strain OF the work OF the Treasury
department, and now that Mr. Window is
cead, too considerable color is lent to
'he theory that the burdens Of the Office,
as II Is to-day. are too heavy for any man
TO carry
Another circumstance connected with
Mr. Nudom's taking off that has caused
comment is the fac, that there were thir-
teen guest. AT The hanqueting table where
nc sal. Inc table which was on raised
cas- was arranged as follows The Hon
u Cooper the Hon Joel B. Erhardt,
t /, lion jacob \. Cantor, the Hon Murat
n''N'ead, the Hon. ] W. Longlev, the
non. b. +. Tracy. the Hon. William Win
uom' Ambrose Snow, the Hon. r. F. Bay
ara a." The Hon. ". He'll Miller, the Hon
', Hired Lauricr, the Rev. DR.. D. Parker
N"rran, the Hon. Andrew II. Green.
'"i' pecallar coincidence will probably
give fresh impetus to the old supersti-
'ion about thirteen at table.