The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-06-25
EMMoNs BLAINE.
Death Again Lays Hands on the Family
of the Main Statesman-Emmons, Hb
Second Son Answers the Summons After
n Brief f1fness-An Energetic and suc-
eessful business Career Suddenly Cut
Short.

eessfuI Business Career Suddenly cus
Short.
ChIcAeo, June 1o.-Emmons Blaine.
the second son Of James G. Blaine, ex-
secretary of state, died at II a. m. yes
terdny, at the Mccormick mansion. 1856
Rush street. He had been i'll but q few
hours, and his death was wholly un-
expected. Septicaemia, which devel-
oped late Friday night from .
bowel complaint, was the immediate
cause Of death. Mrs Emmons Blaine
and her son, Mccormick Blaine, 3
Years old, and Mrs. Chris Mccormick
were the only members Of the family at
the bedside when Mr.. Blaine passed
away. Death came 80 quickly that
there was not time to summon the 9TH
er members of the family, Mr..
and Mrs. n. q. Mccormick. who
were in the house at the time. In
effectual efforts were made throughout
the night to reach James G. Blaine and
Mrs. Blaine to convey the intelligence
Of their sons condition. The family
left Augusta, Me-. several days ago for
Bar Harbor, Mr.. Blaine's summer
residence, but it was impossible to
effect the delivery of a telegram
either to Mr.. Blaine or to anyone who
could transmit the message to him.
The New York and Boston repre-
sentatives of the Mccormick company
were instructed to exert every effort to
convey the information to some MEM
ber of Mr.. Blaine's family or TO Mr..
Chris Mccormick, who went TO New
York some days ago, but up to
noon the efforts had availed nothing.
Mr.. W. G. Mccormick Immediately as
sumed charge of all matters incident to
the calamitous event. Representatives
Of the local press and the press
associations were admitted to the
house few minutes after
Mr. Blaine's death and were
given this statement of the
attending physicians, Drs- Billings and
Alpost, which was as follows: Mr.,
Emmons Blaine died at Ills o'clock
of septscaemia (blood poisoning), due
TO the disease of the bowels. It was
impossible to obtain fuller particulars
from the medical attendants at that
time.
Mr.. Mccormick was insistent in his
requests that no announcement of the
death of his brother-in-law should get
into the press dispatches until private
advices had reached the Blaine family.
"It would be death blow to them all to
receive the dreadful news without
preparation" he said. For this reason
all information was withheld until 12
o'clock.
Mr.. Blaine's death is due, indirectly
no doubt, to the ordeal he passed
through as the chief director of the in
terests of his father at the Minneapolis
convention. He labored necessarily for
several days previous to the opening Of
the convention and throughout its ses-
sions, nor did he relinquish his labors
after the nomination of Mr.. Harrison.
Mr.. Blaine has been nominally gen.
eral agent for the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Co. since last fall. When the
officials at the general superintendent's
Office heard the news they were dunn
founded. "Why. only yesterday" said
the chief clerk, Mrs Blaine sent word
to us that although her husband was
unable to attend to any business, she
thought he would be at the Office in a
few days. We are all inexpressibly sur
prised and shocked"
Prior to his engagement with the
Baltimore & Ohio. Mr.. Blaine held
prominent positions with several other
roads. He was a universal favorite
among other men. Several years ago
he was secretary to the president Of
the West Virginia Central road,
and his better position in Chi
cago was the reward of strict atten-
tion to the duties of his office there.
Prior to his engagement with the West
Virginia Central he was assistant
freight agent of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe and at other times
was with the Chicago & North
western road and other corporations.
Mr.. Blaine returned to Chicago from
Minneapolis Saturday greatly exhaust
ed Monday he felt much better, but
on Tuesday he was much worse again.
Wednesday his symptoms began to
alarm him, and Doctors Billings and
Airport were summoned. They
found the patient already in a
scmi-critical condition, but IL
was believed that his exceptionally
vigorous constitution would pull him
through. Friday noon, however, there
was a sudden and alarming rise in
temperature. and the physicians knew
that the danger was imminent and
required heroic treatment. IL was
agreed that nothing but a sur
gical operation could save the
sufferers life, and preparations
were made to perform it. The tempera-
ture was so high, however, that it was
put off until to-day, the patient mean
while being subjected to refrigerant
and antiseptic treatment to prevent,
if possible, the absorption of ichor
from the gangrened segment Of
the alimentary tract into the
circulation. All efforts. were una
vailing. however, and when the hour
for attempting the operation arrived,
Mr. Blaine was dead. Mr.. Blaine was
graduate of Harvard and member
of the Chicago and Calumet clubs OF
this city. He was member of the bar.
having studied law after his graduation
from college, but had never practiced
his profession.