The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-02-03
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4 Nations Loss.

along bat here Nts 40 passibIe hope
Tor isss Ts-eaveHy- sitlistaudiHz
Kills fact. the news of'lis death cslus
suideeIy and almost unexpectedly.
FuE. several days past lie had been.
rather bstter, and il w8z hoped that
will Tie return of pleasant y Gather.
he might poll through aud live tor
some time yet. He passed fairly
g5'd night and The reports that were
/ given b. the ANXIOUS watchers out
side the hOH4e III the Ht5rnius were Of
n fairly hopeful character. A few
hours later lie Wss dead.
ANOTHER ATTACK OF HEA i.I' FAILURE.
Tie END came as it was thought ii
would. About nine o'clock iu tile
morning tile attendants ut the bed
side tysre startled by the signs %
another relapse aud iJ was seen that
another attack of heart failure had
set in. From that Innlnent lac sank
Z rapidly unite the enl came. lie died
! quietly All pstss-,tily- SURF IudeI, is
| he mas been for wseks. ~ tha menu
bsrs of his Devoted family.
As ss0u as it Wls realized THAT tin,
sick man was failing. the doctors We're
summoned in hot haste. Ur. ".
/ ". Johnson WAS the drsJ Ia arrive,
although his entrance was NOT Hnticed
10y Those outside. At hut-pust mine
his associate, Dr. Frank Hyatt, drove
up to tie house and entered hurriediy.
It was an unusual hour for them 70
cali and this Tuct created some CON
siderable alarm among those ui.tside.
About 10 O'Clock Dr. Hyatt came
| out. In answer to q hurried question
from your representative I've said that
Ma Blaine had suffered another re-
lapse aud that his condition at that
time was more critica. than it had
ever been before. This Was really the
6rsg inumatiun given to ,he public
that Mr.. Blaine WIS in immediate dam
ger of death.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEATH.
A very few minutes after.11 o'clock
the two physicians who have been so
CONSTANT sin their attendance at the
bedside of the sick mmi came out OF
the house together. They were in deep
cOmYeTsHti IN and walked towards Penn
sylvitiia avenue. They were overtakeu
by The butler from the Biams house,
who spoke a few words to them III a
low tone, and then DR.. johnson turn
ell to the newspaper men ana said,
"Geutlemen, MIR. Blaine is dead.
THE FUNERAL ARRANGEAENTs.
1t was stated to-day by friends OF
]! the family that tie funeral arrange
ments had So far been determined upon,
That services would be held MOndayfore-
noon and the remains would he ~
least temporarily Inferred here ia
j Washington City.
REDUCE THE PENSION LIST.
Recent Developments have aroused
"a great deal of interest III the pension
p question. and there is % growing con
vicllOn THAI it's agitation is going to bC
one of the most prominent features Oi
3 the new administered ton. MI Cieve
land has already made a record on his
g pension vetOes, which appear not t,
t have hurt 6im much in the last cam
paigns It is understood that he now
hopes to effect complete reform II
the methods OF granting pensions ans
10 purge the pension roll during hi.
administration of pensioners who ar,
Improperly Carried, and to cut dow
excessive pensions.
In tins connection a great deal O.
Z discussion YVES provoked mt the capita
D yesterday by the speech Of Treasure
Fairelfld at Richmond, Virginia, thi'
week. in which he told the southern
o democrats that they need not stan,
. hack and be afraid TO deal with tn,
pension question as it should be deaf
y with. There. is no doubt felt anon,
% democrats that Mr.. Cleveland intends
to handle the question without gloves
with the purpose u reduce the aunua
payments for pensions as low as posi-
BILE. The talk CT transferring the zen
: sion office to the war department i
said 70 grow CHt OF the expectation
that Col. Lamont will be ut the head o
! that department., and that isthe even
of the transfer lie viii make the revis
= lon Of the pension IisA ana the reform
81 tile methods the conspicuous worl
:, of his adIainlstrution Of The ofee.
Confronted by an expenditure 70
a pensions rapidly approaching two hun
n dre'l millions year, ard ut the sam
(. time Threatened with a deficiency il
the treasury at the time when tbs paI
: ty is pisgged to q considerable reiuc
Il ton OF the customs dutles, the demo
i Gratis feel that something must be don
) 10 Feduea the draft upon the treastgrs
i, +aud they regard lie pension exPendl
turs Is Offering tbs best upportuait
sae EEtreuoilnenb. The proposition 6
transfer to TIE war sis7Issr tufesif-. {
n create q commission To cCauipe IN
I.- roll, and the legislation ~ the Esensis
ts bil designed to exclude lsOm ths priv
iisszs OF pensions certain csslsSes nos
e enabled 10 dEstw Ihem. arc .iii q pnt
% OF stle general policy Which IS alscl
p "a 30 iDauguF4tas