The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-28

James Gillespie Blaine's death, al.
though it has removed from the world
Ii character who was prominent in
everything he undertook. caused but
little surprise. The news OF It had been
so long discounted that there remained
but the line Of announcement at sthe
head Of this dispatch. It was a fore
| gone conclusion that his battle with
death would be the final defeat Of his
life. Though the facts as to his Illness
have from the first been studiously con-
cealed through the official channels OF
communication, he was a sick man
when lie returned 10 Washington to
settle down for the winter; death and
its bereavements added more and more
to his ailments. lie has grown worse
and has continued on his jo~urncy4othe
grave as fast as the days would carry
him.
Science and skill have furnished him
the weapons of defense for a compare
lively long. time, but his death has fur
nished the end of the fight He was %
doomed man from the start, and to all
| intents he has been a dead man for
these many days past
The news spread to the capitol and
throughout the city in a few minutes
1t was everywhere expected. but when
the announcement came the impression
was more striking than any that has
been created by similar news since the
death Of Abraham Lincoln.
His mind has almost been a blank for
weeks past, his lucid moments having
been but few and at times far between,
but his physical frame has withstood
the ravages of wasting disease until
now.
Dating from the cradle to the tomb,
Mr.. Blaine's sixty-three years have been
active ones. All the trials and tribula-
tons that have fallen to the lot Of a
public man have been his ann have
earned for him the peaceful ending OF q
career which closed when life's candle
made its last flicker Friday.
Mr.. Blaine, on his death bed, was sur
rounded, just as he has been almost in
c~essantly for weeks, by those who were
nearest and dearest to him. In fact, il.
was only his family and those very
closely associated with them that have
been permitted to see or even hear from
him during the last days Of his life.
DR.. Johnston was summoned to the
bedside sof Mr.. Blaine early Friday
morning, but his presence was not
known to those outside until. about
.1i:10, when in company with DR.. Hyatt
he left the house. Both physicians were
unusually pale. and when accosted BY!
the reporter for the latest news the sig
~nifieant look in their faces answered
the question.
ssHe is dead, " said DIR. Johnston, and
he-passed away peacefully"
The doctors did not give the exact
time Of death, but ii was observed that
about iO:45 the windows in the room of
the Aicla chamber were slightly raised
Later ii was learned that death came
at Il o'clock.
Mr.. Blaine was conscious until q few
moments before death and the end was
So quiet and peaceful that only the *
perienced eye Of the physician could
perceive that the great statesman had
Joined the majority. DR.. Hyatt said
that Nj. Blaine's death was due to sheer
exhaustion. He was unwilling to make
a statement regarding the exact dis
ease of Mr.. Blaine until he had received
the consent Of the. family.
AT l1:25, President Harrison. ac-
companied by Private Secretary Hal
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