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THE PRESIDENT DEEPLY MOVED
He Orders an Adjournment of the Cabi
net Meeting aud Issues q Proclamation
for Official Mourning.

He Orders an Adjournment of the Cabi
net Meeting aud Issues q Proclamation
for Official Mourning.
WASHINGTON, Jan 27.-The cabinet wai
In session when the news of Mr.. Blaine,
death was announced TO them. President
Harrison was deeply moved and said he
felt unable, under the circumstances, tc
enter upon the consideration Of any
public business with the members OF the
Cabinet, most of whom had been associ,
sted with MIR. Blaine in the official
family relations, and therefore the meet.
ing OF the Cabinet was adjourned.
The President later issued the follow.
ing proclamation:
IL IL ray painful duty 10 announce to the
people Of the United States the death oil
James Gillespie Blaine, which occurred in
this city to-day at ii o'clock
For full generation this eminent citizen
has occupied conspicuous and influential
position IN the Nation. HIS hrst public ser.
vice was in the Legislature OF his state
hfterward for IL years he was a member
Of the National House OF Representatives
and was three times chosen Speaker. In
signed hts seat In that body in 1881 TO ac
cept the position of Secretary OF State In
the Cabinet OF President Garfield After
the tragic death OF MS chief he resirued.
and devotinc himself to literary work gave
to the public In his Twenty Years in Cor.
gress" A most valuable and enduring con.
tribution TO our political literature. In
March, 1859, he again became Secretary Of
state and continued 10 exercise this Office
until June, 1892. His devotion 10 the public
interests his marked ability and his ex.
allied patriotism have won for
him the gratitude and affection OF
his countrymen and the admiration Of the
world, In the varied pursuits of legisla
uon, diplomacy and literature, mis- genius
has added new lustre to American citizen.
ship
A. suitable expression of the National
appreciation OF his great public services and
OF the general sorrow caused by his death,
direct that on the day OF his funeral, all
the departments OF the executive bransh OF
the Government at Washington be closed.
and that on all public buildings throughout
the United states. the National flag shall
be displayed at half-stad, and that for a
period OF 80 DAYS, the Department of State
be dTaped In mOurning
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v sshington Mr.. Blaine possesse himself OF
the letter. together with memorandum
that contained full index and abstract. On
the 9th OF June. 1879, he ross 70 personal
explanation, and after denying the power
Of the House 10 compel the pro iuction
Of his private papers ami his willingness 10
go 10 any extremity in defense OF his rights,
be declared that he propose 70 reserve moth
ing Holding up tue letters he exclaimed:
Thank God, am not asham sd 20 show
them. There Is the very original package.
And with some sense Of humiliation, with a
modification do not attempt 10 concsai,
with q sense OF outrage which think any
man In my position would feel, invite the
confidence OF 40 ZOO, 900 Of my counirymen
while read these letters from my desk"
The demonstration closed with q dramstic
scene. Josiah Caldwell, one Of the origlna-
tors Of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail
road. who had full knowledge Of the whole
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In 1875 Mr.. Blaine was appointed to the
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the re
signation OF Senator Morrill,, and tue next
winter was elected by the Legislature 20 the
succeeding term. His career in the Senate
was both brilliant and distingus red, as ii
had been in the House. He was called from
the Senate to enter President Garfield's
Cabinet as Secretary OF State. IL was while
passing through the railroad depot leaning
on Mr.. Blsine's arm and pleasantly chatting
with him about his coming holiday that
Garfield received the assassin's fatal bullet.
Tue death Of Mr.. Garfield led 10 Mr.. Blsine's
retirement from the Cabinet, in December,
1882. From that date until he entered Mr..
Hsrrison's Cabinet as Secretary OF State,
he was in private life except during his
campaign for the Presidency in 1884.
During his retirement Mr.. Blaine wrote
his Twenty Years in Congress-" "a work of
great historical value. IL was in accordance
with his original suggestion and due 10 his
earnest efforts that provision was made in
the Mckinley bill for the recipr ocity trea-
ties which formed such prominent features
OF National policy. the Samoan Difficult
ties, the complications arising out OF the
lynching of Italians at New Orleans, and the
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Eu1oa1ns 1N coNnRras.

fitting Words Spoken in the Senate and
House. Aftsr Which Both Bodies Ad-
journ for the Day.
WASHINGTON. Jan y7.-The Senate met
this morning in the gloom which the In
telligence OF MIR. Blaine's death naturally
cast over the Capitol MIR Hale. OF
Maine, one of deceased's closest friends.
formally announced the death. He said:
very. great man has passed from this
earth, James @. Blaine Is dead. His career
Vas was SO remarkable and his services so great
that In all the histories which NAV be writ.
ten OF his time he will stand as the central
ngure not only as TO his own country, but on
great nations He belonged not TO anv one
state, but 10 all the country the PennsyI
,v vania' which gave him birthplace and nur-
home, and where he became her FIRST citizen,
snd snd which ls al,ed his lap with all the
no more to-day than do the dweliers by The
shores Of the great gulf and in the cabins of
the lar Sierras He was for years distin.
sentatives and for six wears presided az its
speaker. He was twice Secretary of State,
and was until OF late a member OF the pres.
ent administration. do not think there is
one senator here who will not deem II az.
ting In view Of these facts and of the fact
that he died where his last peaceful look
from his chamber window might embrace
this Capitol, where his voice had been so
many times heard. that we make prece.
T.
Blaine was at the time OF mis- death a mi.
vate citizen this body take immediate ad-
journment
Mr. Cockrell, Democrat, of Missouri,
moved an adjournment and II was unani-
mously carried.
In the House, after the chaplain had
referred feelngly in his prayer to the
death OF MIR Blaine, Mr. Milliken, OF
Maine, made the formal announcement.
Mi Holman, Democrat, OF Indiana, said:
The deaths which have been announced so
recently Of ilustriOus citizens may well
bring. TO our minds the prophetic words of
faileni" The death of James q. Blaine win
profoundly impress the senslbilitios of tho
country. A great man IS dead lie laid the
foundation OF his fame In this city. Here
were his great and early triumphs.
How often have we heard in this
eloquence Great in statesmanship
known not only IN our country. but TO the
statesmen of the civilized world And not
only great In statesmanshlp, not only one
ot me illustrlous charaeters which have
illustrated the value o. free Institutions,
but beyond that he was great In the feld VI
literature. AZ the historian Of the grandest
epoch In the history of the world, he did mis-
work we'll His history covering a period
OF years, will 20 down TO posterity az one of
which he lived, and of the grandest events
oi which he was part
IL would seem. Mr. Speaker, to be emil
nently proper and hitting that with the an
nouncement of his death here in this, the
thedter oil bis hrst achievements, this house.
out OF respect TO his memory, should ad.
1ourn l therefore move that the House do
how adjourn"
The motion was agreed to and ths
House adjourned.
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THE coNKLING EPISODE.

Mr.. Blaine IN an Angry Alteration in tht
House Referred TO the New Yorker,
Magnificent Turkey Gobbler strut"
WAsBISGToS, Jan. 27.-One of the old
est stenographers OF the House said:
MIR. Blaines career in the House wal
marked by many exciting episodes He
first came into prominence through an
angry alteration between himself and
Mr.. Roscoe Conkling, then a member of
the House from Utica n. Y II was In
the war period, and Mr. Blaine made a
bitter attack upon Mr. Conkllng for hav.
ing charged the Government with fees as
Judge advocate while he was draw
pay as a member Of Congress. On oy
Mr. Conkling repelled the at'Tc.&bs q
INDUCED In some severe crk kx;so- IS of ~
antagonist, who in reply~sl5ae derisively
OF Mr.. Conkling's magnificent turkey
gobbler strut
The incident excited great attention al
the time and helped 10 bring both actors
IN II into that prominence which they
each enjoyed during the remainder OF
their lives"
The National House Of Representatives.
said the same experienced reporter has
had few Speakers II any, who enjoyed
bers, OF who exercised more
influence over Legislators than Mr.
Blaine. Democrats admired him for his
imparuality and fairness, IS much as for
his abilities, and he had no faster friend
on either side oi the Chamber than Mr..
Randall the unfinchiug Peunsylvania
democrat. Up 10, and all through MIR
kandalIs last illness the kincliest rela.
uons were maintained between the two
men, who had been 80 long associates on
the noor of the House. and who had each
occupied the Speakers chair with signal
ability aud success.
There are but seven Of those who
served with Mr Blaine in the Senate
remaining ia that body, in which he
served 50 honorably and SO we'll They
are Senators Allison. Cockrrell Dawes.
Gordon, Mitchell, morrill, and Ransom,
four Republicans and three Democrats.
There are but lp memoe who served
N the House with Ar Blaine In the
Forty fourth or prior Congresses These
are Holman. O'Neill, Of Pennsylvania;
Aarmer, Hooker, Blount, Burrows,
sfrnger, FUrBey, CulbeTtson, Bland,
Henderson. OF Illinois: and kelcham.
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where he lived so many years. This
was about the year 1859. when he was
elected Speaker OF the House for the first
time. The house he bought was one OF a
row which had just bsen built aud was re-
garded at that time as one OF the chief
architectural features OF the city.
He made his home at S2l Fifteenth street
for over ten years. and then having built
the fine residence fronting on Dupont Circle
he sold the old house and TOOK possession OF
the new one. The death OF Garfield ami Mr.
Baine's retirement from public life caused u
change In his plans and he leased his Dupont
absent from the city for several years, al
though he spent a portion or one or two
winters there and occupied the house on LII
fayette square adjoining General Beales
residence, which Is ownei by tbs daughter
OF the late Representative Scott Of Psunsyl-
yania, Nrs. Scott Towasend.
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Between and @ o'clock Friday morning
the first dangerous symptoms were observed,
Mrs. Price the trained nurse, had gone for
her breakfast. leaving the patient tempurar.
lily alone. Blaine had passed restless night
and had been pronounced mot wel' 10y his
physicians. but beyond a perceptiblc in.
crease Of the languor which had marked
his condition during the previous few days
there was no very alarming change 90 be
noted When the nurse returned from her
troakfas.. however her experienced 'eye ar
once saw tha, the end was drawing near.
Both physicians were immediately tele.
fraphei for, and arrived in few minutes
The powerful heart stimulaut, ni'ro.clyCc
Inc, which had several times before
brought the patient back on, Of the valley
Of death. was poworless row
In the meantime all the fam Y had been
summoned into the death chamber-Mrs.
Blaine, the devoted wife Miss Hattie
Blaine his unmarried daughter Nrs. Dam.
rosch his married daughter, James g..
Fa.ne. Jr.. his only surviving son. and
Miss Dodge Gail Hamilton his cousin.
In silent, fearful sorrow they witnessed
'osing scenes The patient lay so
at even the doctors were hardly
able to say when he died No word Of cop.
toiousness. no look Of recognition passed
At l0.45 he lay So still that the window
shades were raised TO give more light, 20
enable the physicians to determine Il life
,tiil fingered. Fifteen miuutes later they
proclaimed him dead.
The news was instantly flashed E.! over
the world.
Young Mr Blaine was iu the act of writ.
ing a note 20 President Harrison O. inform
him of the event when the pres.Geu, him
telf arrived accompanied by his private zee.
retary and Secretary Of state Foster All
the res' Of the Cabiue, quickly followed and
the excitement throgg.ug; the city became
general a. she new. spread Both houses q
Congress adjourned ami the former assoc.
aies Of the * Senator and ex.>peakor o.!
both political parties united IN e,ogU,u,
tributes 20 his memory.
The physicians have officially made pub.
io the cause Of death a. rrchts disease.
aggravated by 'ubercl.ar disease OF tie
lungs and followed oy her; failure
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FUNERAL OF BISHOP BROOKS.
Simultaneous Services in Three Church
&C and an open AIR Ceremony.

Simultaneous Services lu Three Church.
es and an open AR Ceremony
The funeral Of The la,e Bishop IAill.rs
Brooks of the Er',cora. Church, occurred
A. Boston, Mas on Friday. Thousands
viewed tie remains at Trinity Church.
where the services were conducted az noon
ty Bishop Potter, assisted by Bishops vii.
gam-. See.y, Talb0; and Niles.
When the process on started for Mt. Au.
turn Cemetery, where the remains were
laid N the family lot, q public service was
Ee!i from the s,eps Of the west yesiibule Of
he church. for the benefit Of the multi.
.uds who could not gain entrance TO the
church. simultaneously with the services
The church, there were public services of
prayer in the F!ri Baptist and Old Juth
Church, both within stones thr q Of
Trinity. Al each there was large ten.
e8Doe. Ia
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had just left the clubhouse when he was
shot down by Congressman Sickles, OF New
York. Mr.. Key was carried back % the
clubhouse. An intrigue which Key had
been carrying on with Sickless wife was
the cause OF the encounter
Two years after this occurrence the house,
whcl was for time unoccupie1, was taken
by the then Seer etary OF State, William II.
Seward. and he moved into IL W ith his fam
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GOING TO WALKER AND EMMo;s
Mr.. BIain.'s Last Message by Sign to
His wife.

Mr.. BIain-'s Last Message by Sign to
His wife.
WAsHISGToS, Jan. ga pathetic Incl
dent Of Mr.. Blaiue's last moments was
told this evening by a prominent
Maine Representative, who was al the
house Just after the end came. he says
that while sir Blaine was sinking
but before he had entirely lost conscious
ness Mrs Blame bent over the dying
man and said TO him "Do you remember
Wake and Emmons DO you know that
you are going where they aref'
Mr. Blaine did not open his eyes. but,
the index hnger Of his outstretcned hand
slowly and feebly raised itself % point
UPWARD THIS WAS the last indication
given by the dying man Of any kLow.
edge Of earthly tL!rgs
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transaction, wns travelling IN Europe and
both sides were seeking to communists
with him. After finishing the reading Of
man OF the Committee and demanded to
know whether he had received any dispatch
from Mr.. Caldwell. Receiving an evasive
answer Mr.. Blaine asserted. as within his
own knowledge that the Chairman had re-
ceived such dispatch completely and alb
solutely exonerating me from this charge
and you have suppressed it"
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About the beginning Of his administration
he purchased bis lats hons. which is on the
opposite side OF Lsfsvette square. and II
known as the Seward House The old placs
had been unoccupied for some years and
was In q dilapidated condition. It was
considered notoriously unlucky, two
tragedies having occurred within its portals.
During Buchanan's administration IL was
occupied rs clubhouse. One day Philip
Barton Key, the Young aud bandsoms Dis
trict Attorney OF the District OF Columbia,
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The Mourning Universal.

WlsHmoroS, Jan. 27.-The Legisla
turss Of the various States that arc a,
present in session all adjourned today
upon learning of Mr.. Blaines death
From all over the country come expires
sions Of sorrow kilograms Of condo.
lence are reaching the Blaine family by
the thousands
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Three Men Killed in a Collision.

Two freight trains collded on the Santa
Fe road near Millsdale, nine miles south OF
Joliet, Ill, and Engineers A. NJ. Rain and
Richard Mitchell and Brakeman M. J. Ma.
honey were killed. The other trainmen
escaped without injury. Both trains were
badly wrecked and the pecuniAry loss wiz
be heavy.
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Mr.. Blaine lied a, his home in wash.
ington DC, Friday morning, at II o'clock
The end came peacefully.
He was surrounded by his family at the
last moment
Death came painicssly and quietly. 10.
approach was made evident 20 the family
fully two hours before its occurrence.
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nR.BLAINE's HEALTH HIS HOBBY

From Boyhood Up He Had Dread Of
Illness. He Thought One Foot Bigger
Than the Other.
WAsHIksTuN. Jan. 27-Mauy stories
have been told relative 20 Mr.. Blaine's
dread OF illness He was hypo-hou-
euac, snc from ooyhood up Was liable to
allow his imagination 20 eSaggerate
tli.nt .ueuJs A story attr.b buted 60
h.s brother, Robert Blaine illustrates
this CUe peculiarly G.! the great states.
nan 81. IS his brother called him,
got u into MS head one dly when = boy
that tis night foot w.s considers 0.I
tmaller than his left lnis iaea proved
upOr tis mind -ut.l be sought bis brother
"luoE here Boz salg be-. '! think there
h sOU-thluF 'he matter with nv :eet
lsD't my right foot smaller THAI wy
ieftf' koyeTt. 10 C-cer 20 tease him.
pretended 90 eIaw.uc the 'ul-re states
Esu's feet very closely ana laeu said
very slowly y by. jim. . 90 believe -
IL smaller than the other one
j knew e was. replied James g
what d. yCE sUpUUss ] Bac better dc
shout ltf When Boz saw how fulga
g. heart his brother took the supposed
discovery te did sl be could 20 c.s.!ll
BoulLe him, glt . reg llred cpHsl1era DC
GrFuUeUt and some r.d.Culs 20 90 20.
LT. Blaine could rot pe called t-perEl
bCls set anything concerning his health
ard safety Was always liable 10 upset
hlu TIE CIsTEs and CtheTs about the
Etate Department were aware % this
tnd any occurrence about t!s Once
lnzt Tlgat have lEteTieTec viii
be comfort o. peace Of mind wal
Kept from la knowledge Just before Ls
returned from bic stay - Bar HarDOT, ir
IDe suMUer sIo autumn ~ lbSl. AZ sCCl
gent happened ~ be OElle 81 tle state
pepsrtusrt q which be never bad any
tn0gledRe. a large chandelier which
hang directly over The seat be- always
occupied - be cesS f~l. one day viii q
terrible crash. IL Hst very heavy and
Completely smashed the chair which Nr.
Blaine would have been slttinY ~ lad be
been a. bis poet Tie stieudSnts agreed
act q tel Ar. Blaine. knowing that u
would worFy him.
Tar demand for work by unemployed
tjIls is ~ gfesi At Harrison, y. J., that the
EoAson Eeclrie Lamp Company had 20 sp-
t~sl 70 ibs P0lios 70 preserve order. Nearly
go gjrls nave been pui 70 work sinos tue re-
cent decision ia favor of Edison In relation
to he inesDdesosDi lamp.
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JAMES G. BLA|N {
HIS DEATH AT WASHINGTON
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.

Beginning Of His Political Career. speak.
er. Senator. Secretary OF State, Prosi-
dental Candidate and Historian. His
pereavements and Inflated House in
Washington. The Blaine Household.
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Tar British and Foreign Bible Society
sends out every day i've tons weight Of
Bibles, Testaments and portions OF Scrip
ture.
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SKETCH OF MR.. BLAINE's LIFE.

James GiIlesple blaine was born on the
3lst OF January, 1880, at West Brownsville,
Penn. in house built by his great grand.
father before the War OF the Revolution.
which still stands. The Gillespies ani Blaines
were people Of standing before the Revolu
ton. Colonel Blaine. who was commIssary-
general OF the Northern Department OF
Nashlngton's army during the Revolution.
was James q. Blaine's great-grandfather.
When eleven years old. he went 10 live with
uncle, Thomas Ewing. in Ohio, where hi,
mothers father, Neal Gillespie, an accom-.
plished scholar, directed his studies, Later
he attended Washington College, at WASH
iugton, Penn, graduating at the age of sew
enteen.
After leaving college he taught school at
Blue Lick Springs. Ky. II was as profes.
sor in the military school there that he made
the acquaintance of the lady-a school
teacher from Maine-who afterward became
his wife. Later he went to Philadelphia,
where he taught school ana stulie law.
But after two years he abandoned law stud
les, went 10 Maine. and became proprietor
and editor OF the kennebec journal.
At the birth of the Republican Party he
was delegate 10 the Philadelphia Conven-
this hyar among the lawyers p J.
.;no .om. boyirpeARer ohilitv 49,. pTRe~tri
mis- National career in 1852, with the out
break OF the war. During the Forty.'lrst
Forty-s cond and For,v-thrd Congresses he
was Speaker Of the House.
Mr. Blaine's administration of the Speak
ershlp Is commonly regarded as one of the
most brilliant and successful IN the annals of
the House. He had rare aptItuie ami equip.
ment FOR the duties OF presiding officer, an
his complete mastery ot Pariia usutsry law,
bis dcIterity and physical enturanch MS
iapiu dispatch of business, and his firm aud
Impartial spirit were recognized on ali sides.
IL was during his occupancy OF the SpeaS-
er's char IN 1874 tnat he tool; the h)or an
succeeded In defeating the passage of the
OH :iual "F1rcc bill"
The political Tevulsion Of 1874 placed the
Democrats In control Of the House, an Mr..
II une came the leader OF the minority.
The session preceding the Presidential con.
test OF 1876 wa, "a perioi Of stormy aui We
hemeHt contention. GA the = Of MAY "A
resolution was adopted in tue House u in
Nestigate an alleged purchase Dy the Union
Pacific Railroad Company OF certain bonds
OF the Little Rock Snl Fort Smith Rlilro1t
Company. IL soon became evident tnat tns
investigation was aimed AT Mr.. Blaine. An
tXten.ct business correspondents on his
part with Warren Fisner, o. Boston, rla-
ning through wears aud relating 10 various
transactions. hai fallen into t1e hand, q,
cleTs named Mulhgau, ami II was alle;ei
that th- production OF TINS CORE, ,pouicnts
would confirm the impuiation against Ir
Blame. W hen Muillgau was su umoGettp
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killing of American seanen at Valparaiso
were also disposed OF while Mr.. Blaine was
at the head OF the State Department The
events prec sling and atten ling the recent
Minneapolis Convention are too recent al
most TO need recouuting. Mr.. Blaine was
induced 60 permit his name 70 be ussi as
candidate. and resi- snel his place in the
Cabinet. Whether in public position or in
private life he ALWAYS remained central
Il cure in Nitiolal aR HRS.
BLAINE's LIFE ~ WASHINGTON.
For nearly 'aicty years Mr.. Blaine has
been a resident OF Washington. While he
never gave up his home ant home life in
Maine, whore he hal "A town residence in
Ausu ia aud N inner residence at Bar
HsrOJr yet he alsJ had home in Washing
ton. IL wa, only few years after going
there as a Member of Congress that he
lought the residence S2l Fifteenth street,