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HIS RESIGNATION.
1t Was Caused by Interviews in
NlinneaDOliS,


WASHINGTON, Jan. PA gentleman
who was intimately associated with Mr.
Blaine said: "At II O'Clock OF the day
Mr.. Blaine's resignation was given out
he had no idea of resgning from the
cabinet He had meeting Oh that day
with the Canadian commissioners Oh
the Welland canal question. 1t was
said afterward that Mr.. Blaine had re-
signed because he and John w. FOS-
ter got into controversy in the pres
ence of the Canadians and MIR. Foster
informed them that Mr.. Blaine was
miSrepresenting the policy of the
United States and the wishes of the
president. That is absolutely false.
Mr. Blaine himself, at the meeting of
the commissioners, informed them that
1t was useless for them to talk about
the matter any further; that they had
simply to surrender their claims and to
treat American vessels just the same as
they treated Canadian vessels or they
need go no further. Mr.. Foster agreed
with Mr.. Blaine. and they walked home
arm in arm. They were then, and have
been ever since, good friends.
"When Mr.. Blaine reached home he
found that some one had marked lot
of interviews which had been tele-
graphed from Minneapolis and printed
in several papers. They accused MIR.
Blaine OF betraying the president and
Of using his place in the cabinet as a
cover for conspiracy to defeat the
president and secure the nomination.
The interviews wound up by declaring
that if Mr.. Blaine were an honorable
man he would have resigned from the
cabinet Under the heat of Indignation
over these interviews, Mr.. Blaine wrote
his resignation, and he has since told his
friends that there were never but two
occasions of difference between himself
and the president. and that they had
been FULLY eX plained and satisfactorily
settled "
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approaching end through press bull
etln which informed him that Mr..
Blaine could not live through the day.
He Immediately had the substance of
the dispatch telegrapned over the de-
partmental wires to the various cabinet
officers. 1t was a few minutes later
only that Mr.. Montgomery, the operator
at the White house, received another
message addressed to the president.
"Blaine is dead" was all he waited
to hear, and started on run to the
room of Private Secretary Halford.
The final word dead reached
him as he was in the hallway separating
the telegraph room from Mr.. Halford's
office. The cabinet was Immediately
notified, and came to the cabinet meet
ing at the usual hour fully pre-
pared. Secretary John w. Foster. Mr..
Blaine's successor to the portfolio of
state. was at his residence in conference
with MIR. Partridge. the solicitor of the
state department. preparatory to start
ing at noon for WatertoWn, n. Y, where
he and Mrs, Foster had planned to spend
a week, when news of the eX-Secretary'S
death was received at the department.
Chief Clerk Chiffon Immediately tele-
phoned Mr.. Foster, who summoned his
carriage and went To the Blaine resi-
dence to tender his coincidence. He
postponed his trip, and issued an order
closing the department Of state today
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From his last photograph

that direction is evidenced by the schol-
arly style and polished finish of his
Twenty Years in Congress-" 1t was
Mr.. BlaIne's intention to have followed
this up with commentary on the polit-
ical history of the country since the
period covered by his first work, and to
bring his work up to date. 1t had also
been arranged that he would write the
introduction for book Father Tom
Sherman intended to have published on
career OF his father, Gen. Sherman.
Mr.. Biaine's stay in>Washingt0n this
wiuter was all enforced one.- He had
intended to pass the winter in Pasadena,
Cal. Mr.. Blaine had made all his ar
rangements to go to California. and
spend the winter. He wrote to Joseph
Medil, of the Chicago Tribune, VINO
had house at Pasadena. to secure him
quarters. Mr.. Medill rented one Tor
him near the one he himself owned, and
it lay for some time awaiting Mr..
Blaine's arrival. Mr.. Blaine was taken
i'll, and the doctors advised against his
making the trip. In the meantime Mr..
Medil's home burned to the ground,
and he moved into the house he had
hired for Mr. Blaine.
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A WONDERFUL MEMORY.
Anecdotes Illustrative of Nat
uraI EaGnltY.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Saw
yer, of Wisconsin, tells the following as
to Mr. Blaine's wonderful memory for
names and faces ''In 1874" ne said,
Mr.. Blaine made speech i'll Wiscon-
sin, and he stopped with me. While he
was there | gave dinner in Mr.. Blaine's
honor, to which invited Mr.. Myer, of
Fond du Lac In 1881, more than six
teen years afterward. Mr.. Myer came
here, and took HIM to call on Mr..
Blaine. Before we got there we met
MIR. Blaine. When within about forty
feet Of him, he walked quickly forward
and, without any hesitation, said
Mr.. Myer. how do you do"
A gentleman of party with Sena-
tor Sawyer said: IL was with
Mr.. Blaine when he visited Lam
caster, o.. during campaign.
Mr.. Blaine had lived there and he got
great reception. He remembered all
the old residents. Finally some one
brought in Il man whoa they said he
would never remember. Mr.. Blaine
said, Yes, | do, give me little time
Pretty soon he remarked to the man, L
never saw you but once,' and then he
told this story: When boy there was
great excitement one day because con-
Wet had escaped from the Columbus
penitentiary and had been tracked into
that neighborhoOd. Police arrested him,
and Mr.. Blaine said he was one of the
crowd around. The man was taken to
a blacksmith shop and had fetters iv-
eted on him by the blacksmith. You
Gurning to the man) and walked home
to Lancaster together after that"
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UNCLE SANS TRIBUTE.
Flags on Public Buildings Or'
dered at HaIf-Mast.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The presi:
dent has issued the following proclama-
ION
Executive Mansion. Washington, d.
c., Jan. 81. 1S93.-It is my painful duty
to announce to the people OF the United
States the death of James Gillespie
Blaine, which occurred in this city to-
day at IL O'Clock. For full generation
this eminent citizen has occupied con-
spicuous and influential position in the
nation His first public service was IN
the legislature OF his state. AfterWard
for fourteen years he WAS a member OF
the national house OF repre-
stntatives, and was three times
chosen its speaker. In 1876 he
was elected to the senate. He resigned
his seat in that body in 1881 to accept
the position of secretary of state in the
cabinet of President Garfield. After
the tragic death of the latter, he re-
signed from the cabinet, and, deVotng
himself to literary work, gave to the
public in his Twenty Years i'll Con-
gress,' a most valuable and enduring
contribution to our political literature.
In March. 1889, he again became secre-
tarv Of state, and continued to exercise
this office until June, 1892. His devo-
ton to the public interests. his marked
ability, and his exalted patriotism have
won for him the gratitude and affection
of his countrymen and admiration or
the world. In his various pursuits OF
legislation and literature his genius has
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SIMPLY FADED AWAY.
DR.. Johnston's Statement of the
Cause of Death.

Cause of Death.
WA AsHINGToN, Jan. 27.-To reporter
Dr. Johnston said: II was called this
morning to the Blaine residence about
9:3O o'clock. and found Mr. Blaine in a
very exhausted condition. He had
grown weaker during the early morning
hours, and about 80 o'clock the nurse
observed that his breathing was more
difficult and his pulse more feeble than
it had been. Dr. Hyatt was also sent
for and arrived there about 10 o'clock.
After my arrival Mr.. Blaine continued
to grow weaker very rapidly, his pulse
becoming more feeble. He died at II
O'Clock. He was perfectly conscious
up to within a few moments of his
death, and recognized all those around
him. He died without suffering"
In answer to Che direct question, "Did
Mr.. Blaine die Of Bright'S diseaSe?"
DR.. Johnston said:
while there has been during the last
several months evidences of chronic dis
ease of the kidneys, being a form of
what is commonly known as BrightS
disease, yet this was not the sole cause
of death. There were other cOnSecu-
tive complications which tended to eX-
haust and to hasten the end. The
lapses which he has had from time to
time were due To heart exhaustion, that
is, feebleness and irregularity of the
action of the heart. accompanied by
difficult breathing. During yesterday
nothing of Importance occurred. Mr..
Blaine simply lay there in feeble con-
dltion, taking but very little nourlsh
ment. Indeed, he has taken but very
little nouriShment since his serious at
tack of Dec. Is, and this has consisted
almost wholly of milk. AT no time has
and he has been able to digest what
ever food was given him. Throughout
his long illness he has been able to rec
ogniZe the members of his family and
physicians. While he has not cOnversed
to any extent, even with his family, for
some time past, he has always been
able to indicate his wants very clearly.
TO questions that have been asked him,
he has always replied intelIigently, but
in monosvllables."
DR.. Johnston further said that there
had been really no hope Of Mr.. Blaine's
ultimate recovery since that Sunday in
December, but up to within the last two
or three weeks strong hope had been
entertained that his life might be pro-
longed. Since that time, however, there
has been no hope. No effort has been
made to sustain life by the use of slim
ulants, and practically nothing has been
done except to give him his nourish
ment. Il the family will consent to 1t,
the physicians will give out statement
of the progress OF the disease, as Cir
cumstantial as the importance OF the
case and the eminence of the patient
call for. 1t was further ascertained
from the physicians that there was
nothing dramatic or sensational in Mf.
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partment, and knew Mr.. Blaine when he
was at his best. recognized with sorrow
that during his last service there was Il
remarkable change i'll his physical con-
dition. Mr.. Blaine was conscious OF his
poor state of health. A prominent Re-
publican who called on him about year
ago in speaking Of this said:
Knew 1t Would KiII Him
81 went to Mr.. Blaine the latter part
of last January and asked him if he was
going to be candidate for the presi-
dency. He answered: No. sir; ] can
not entertain the thought for one mo-
meDt. 1t would kill me sure, and l
know it, and do not believe | have
friend on earth who would ask ma to be
4 candidate if he knew the state of my
health Mr.. Blaine added: Il am going 70
write a letter on the subject After
Mr.. Blaine had written his letter an
nouncing that he would not be a candi-
date for the Republican nomination he
was waited on by his friend and urged
to reconsider his action. II was repre-
sented to Mr.. Blaine, who was then i'll,
that the campaign would be made so
easy for him as to involve no physical
or mental exhaustion. and that the re-
suit would be his triumphant election.
With an air OF dependency the sick
man replied that he was satisfied that
he could not live through heated poiit-
ical campaign, or that if he should the
harassments of a presidential office
would surely terminate his life within
six months after he took his seat. He
intended, and this statement is slgniti-
cant in the light of subsequent events,to
resign his Office of secretary of state i'll
the early summer, retire to his Maine
home, and spend his remaining days in
nuipt litArarN MNrk -
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A Big HOTEL BURNED,
The Tower House at West
Superior Is Burned to
the Ground.
A Rumor That Two or Three
People Have Lost Their
Lives.
Duluth Asked for Assistance
and an Engine Re-
spends.
The Loss VIII Exceed $4,000
--Other Buildings Some
what Damaged.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis. Jan. 27.-Fire
broke out in the Tower hotel tonight
about ~ o'clock. About as soon as the
fire department had arrived they saw
that the flames had gained great head
way, and a general alarm was turned
in. The fire started in the rear of the
hotel from detective gas jet and got
in between the ceiling and the roof.
When the firemen would enter room
and break i'll the ceiling the flames
would shoot out. The fire
Continued 10 Gain
headway, and at IL O'Clock telegram
was sent Tor the Duluth fire depart
ment. 1t responded with hose wagon
and engine. All the guests, about fifty
regular boarders and fifteen transients,
got out of the building safely. and
the help, about thirty in num-
Der, were also safely rescued.
The International bank and a drug
store in the same block are losers, but
it cannot be told tonight to what extent.
About half of the furniture of the
hotel was saved. The furniture was
valued at from $4,000 to S17.000
and was fully insured. The building
was valued at $4,000 and was insured
for about three-fourths. One woman
was
Saved by Her Son,
who climbed up on telegraph pole and
rescued her from the third story. More
buildings in the block will burn.
The hotel is total loss. AT
IL o'clock the fremen abandoned the
structure, and bent their efforts to save
the adjoining buildings. Ten streams
are now playing on the adjoining
buildings. a strong northeast
wind is blowing, and the Wind
sor hotel, across the street, has
several times caught on fire. The
Duluth engine arrived at IL o'clock. 1t
is rumored that two have lost their
lives. Mr.. Matchett. the proprietor Of
the hotel, is in Chicago at the Victoria
hotel. The hotel was owned by Ira W.
Burhams, of this city, and was
The First Hotel
built in West Superior. 1t was brick,
but was a veritable fire trap. The loss
on the building will exceed $4,000. A
servant girl named Kittie Seweck was
rescued from her room by the fremen in
an unconscious condition. Capt. Conger
is among the missing, but 1t is not sure
he was in the building. The Agen block
caught fire, but was eXtinguished with
slight loss.
The International bank saved all its
papers and books. Two firemen were
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WHERE MR.. BLAINE DIED.

down the western bank of the creek.
The view from the lot is to the north
east, and within its range lies Sheridan
circle and Kalaroma heights, the home
of John Howard Payne, in one of the
most attractive portions of Washington.
No stone yet marks the graves of the
children of the deceased eX-secretary.
The body OF Emmons Blaine lies in one
of the Chicago cemeteries. so that aside
from the national character of the de-
ceased, which makes the national capital
the most fitting resting place for his re-
mains. it, more than any other, can be
called the family burying place.
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added new luster to American citizen

added new luster to American citizen
ship.
GAS suitable expression of the ma
tional appreciation of his great public
services and of the general sorrow
caused by his death, l direct that on the
of the executive branch of the govern
ment at Washington be closed, and that
on all public buildings throughout the
United States the national flag shall be
displayed at nalf-staff, and that for a
period of thirty days the department of
state be draped IN mourning.
"BENJAMIN HARRISON.
''By the President:
j. w. FOSTER, Secretary"
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SURVIVORS IN CONGRESS.
But Nineteen Of His Colleagues
in Both Houses.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The ravages
of time or the vicissitudeS of political
life are strongly accentuated by the fact
that in a house composed of 333 mem
bers today there are but ~ mem bers
who served in the house with Mr..
Blaine These are Holman, O'Neill
(Pa), Harter, Hooker Blount. Burrows,
Springer. Forney, Culbers0n, Bland,
Henderson Gid and Ketcham. There
are but seven of those who served with
Mr.. Blaine in the senate remaining in
that body. where he served so honorably
and so well. They are Senators Alli-
son, Cockrell. Dawes. Gordon, Mitchell,
Morrill, and Ransom, four Republicans
and three Democrats.
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Raced by Fire.

DETROIT, Jan. 27.-The Detroit high
school, a rambling old brick fire-trap,
three stories high, the annex of which
was at one time the state capitol, was
burned at an early hour this morning.
For some time the structure had been
condemned, aud was TO have been torn
down 10 be replaced Ivy another build
ing. 1t is estimated that the loss will ba
100000. Insurance not given.
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diplomacy has been defined to he

diplomacy has been defined to he
putting off until tomorrow" but there
was nothing of this character i'll Mr..
Blaine's diplomacy. When the iron
was hot he did not let it cool.
Diplomats who had conferences with
him he brought right to the point of the
matter in hand and frequently scored
telling points in his own favor by his
keen, incentive way OF reaching speedy
conclusion, and then practically com
pelling the diplomats, accustomed to
taking long intervals for consideration,
to state their own position at the con-
ference. The change from this course
to one of tentativeness and delay was
very marked. As has been said, Mr..
Blaine was conscious of his poor state
of health.
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HIS BURIAL PLACE.
Oak Hill Cemetery Will Be His
Last Home.

Oak Hill Cemetery Will Be His
Last Home.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Mr. Blane'S
body will be inferred in Oak Hill ceme-
terry, beautiful resting place of the
dead, situated Oh the slopes of Rock
creek banks in Georgetown. Although
Mr.. Blaine's name and fame are insep-
arably connected with the state of
Maine, but one of his family lies under
ITS soil. His eldest son and daughter,
Walter Blaine and Mrs. Coppinger. are
inferred in Oak Hill, in lot the dead
man himself selected and purchased
three years ago. When the body
of Walter Blaine lay in the
house awaiting lnterment Mr.. Blaine,
accompanied by a friend, walked over
to Oak Hill and selected the lot in
which his well-beloved son was placed,
and which soon atterward received the
body of Mrs. Coppinger. 1t lies in The
eastern part of the cemetery, halfway
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PROGRESS OF HIS ILLNESS.
Its Symptoms Observable at Least
n YeaPAGO

WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-Mr. Blaine's
friends at least year ago noticed that
there were times when it seemed diff
cult for him to keep his interest steadily
fixed for long periods at time. For
this reason there were several times
delays in securing his signature to doc
uments which it was necessary that he
Should sign officially as secretary Of
state. Mr. Blaine would begin the pc
rusal of documents and. becoming
quickly fatigued, would give up the
effort to master their contents, and thus
sometimes several weeks elapsed. Dip
lomats and Others who called Oh him
noticed this inability to steadily con
centrate his mind on the subject
at hand. Those who were long in
the service aud knew Mr.. Blaine when
he was fully himself. realized the
change very clearly. The business OF
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-28
ALWAYS FAIR MAN.
Mr.. Holman Pays Tribute to the
Dead Statesman.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The oldest
members nOwshave a fund of remi-
nlscences of the dead statesman. They
refer to the memorable fight against the
first force bill, which was led by Mr..
Randall, of Pennsylvania, and which
endeared that statesman to his Demo-
cratic friends. But in that fight, Us
the Republican father of the house,
O'Neill, Pennsylvania, who was so an
tagonistlc TO the view taken by the
speaker, Mr. Randall's efforts would
not.have been crowned with success
had it not been for Mr.. Blaine. 1t was
then that the Republican majority was
a large one and filibustering by the
Democrats rampant, that Speaker
Blaine quoted the old proverb that ''you
may lead horse to water, but you can't
make him drink"
Mr.. Holman touched on the same
string with Mir. O'Neil, Republican,
by ascribing the defeat of the force
bill as much to Mr.. Blaine as to Mr..
Randall. 1t was Mr.. Baine's great
fairness as man that permitted him to
defeat the force bill. the Indiana states
man said. Mir. Blaine never left any
eoufisueN OR Sixth Page.
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CAUSE OF DEATH.
Official Statement Given by the
Attending Physicians.

Attending Physicians.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-The follow
ing is the official statement of the at
tending physicians as to the cause of
DEATH
"The beginning of Mr.. Blaine's i'll
ness dates back some yeals. The ear
liest signs of ill-health were associated
with, and no doubt due. to gouty ten
dency, which manifested itself in sub
anute attacks Of gout, disturbances of
digestion and progressive innutrition
and an9mia. Subsequent events prove
that at this time changes were going on
in the arteries of the body which re-
suited later IN symptoms OF Obltera-
tons Of vessels and chronic diseases of
the kidneys. In December signs of lung
complication appeared. which, no doubt,
but as tuber bacili were found in the
sputa it is probable that there was some
tubercular infection as we'll. Much of
the distress which Mr.. Blaine suffered
was associated with this disease of the
lungs, and his death was certainly
FASTENED by it. For three days before
Mr.. Blaine's death there was no marked
change in his condition, and on
the night before his death he did
not seem to be i'll any iln-
mediate danger. Towards morn
ing of the 9th his pulse was observed
to be very feeble and his breathing be-
came much embarrassed. AS a result of
the heart failing action edema of the
lungs occurred and he died without
much suffering at II O'Clock. Doctors
Janeway and Loomis, of New York,
were called in consultation and rendered
important service by their advice.
CIVILIAN JOHNSTON, NJ. d.
"FRANK HYATT, NJ. D."
This statement will not be supple
mented by an autopsy on the body of
Mr.. Blaine, the members of the family
being thoroughly satisfied as to the
cause of death. The body will not be
embalmed for burial, the family object
ing to any disturbances of it.
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LITERARY ASPIRATIONS.
He Intended to Write a Sequel to
His Former Work.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Immediately
after his resignation from the cabin ct
of the president last summer, Mr..
Blaine went to Bar Harbor, where he
might recuperate his health and at the
same time mature those plans about
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Twelve Trainmen Arrested.

PUEBLO, Col, Jan. 27.-Twelve train
men were arrested at Trinidad and La
Junta during last night charged with
car thieving. They were employed OIL
the New Mexico branch of the Atch-
lson, Topeka & Sunta Fe railroad.
There is the greatest CONSERVATION
among the employees along the line OF
the Santa Fe, as there are the widest
rumors afloat as to the extent of the
tEefls and the conspiracy.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-28
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Isow President Harrison Received
z the News.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The presl-
dent received warning of Mr. Blalne'S
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HIS FUNERAL.

The Ceremonies Will Be of Pri-
vate Nature.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 81. "A public
funeral was suggested, but the wishes
of the family prevailed. and the cere-
monies will be of private nature.
They will be held at the Presbyteri
Church of the Covenant, where Mr..
Blaine was a pew holder, on Monday
morning. DR.. Hamlin, who officiated
at the funeral of Mrs. Harrison and her
father, will conduct the services. The
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which he had talked in a general way
with his most intimate friends. Mr..
Blaine's tastes had always been OF a
literary character, and his ability in