The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 2, 1893, Page 2

"i BLAINE DEAD. Death Gomes: Pegcefully to the Stricken Statesman. [ADOW OF RUGGLE. But Few Lucid Intervals For Weeks Prior to the End—The President's Sympa- thy—Sketch of Mr. Blaine’s Remarkable Part in His Country's History. Wasiinetox, Jan. —James G. laine, statesman, secretary of state in two cabinets, speaker of the house for three terms, senator from Maine for y and once a candidate for the +y, die Alatuiaclocethis sacra ing very suddenly but not unexpect- | edly. The end came most peacefully, the | famous man passing without the/| shadow of a struggle from unconscious- | ness to death, The wife of many happy years and all the surviving children | were gathered at the bedside when the spirit, which had long been hovering on the verge of eternity, winged its way to the unknown. Mr. Blaine was conscious until a few raoments before death and the end was so quiet and peaceful that only the ex- nerienced eye of the physician could JAMES G. BLAINE. perceive that the great statesman had joiied the majority. Word was sent to the president im- mediately after the death, and at 11:15 o'clock Mr, Harrison, accompanied by Secretary Halford and Dr. Parker, walked over to the Blaine mansion. ‘The president showed marked signs of grief. Postmaster-General Wanamaker followed. BIOGRAPHICAL. James Gillespie Blaine was born January 31, 133), at the village of West Brownsville, Pa. He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Lyons Blaine. Ephraim Blaine was careful to give all his children an excellent education, and when James had completed at home his early studies in the elementary principles, he was sent to the bome of a relative at Lancaster, O. This rela- MRS. JAMES G. BLAINE. s Thomas Ewing, then scerctary of the James Blaine was 1 when he went to Lancaster, and he began at once to prepare himself for <ollege, studying with his cousin. Thomas Ewing, junior, now Gen. Thomas Ewing, and once a member of ongress.* The boys studied under especially advantageous conditions, for, their tutor was William Lyons, brother of Lert Lyons, and uncle of the then British minister at Washing- con. He seems to have been an early type of the visiting Englishman, and a highly fortunate type for these young students. for after two years of instruction from him, James Blaine, at the early age of 13 entered Washington col: lege. It was at Blue Lick Springs, Ky., that Mr. Biaine met the admirable woman who became his wife. Miss Harriet Stanwood, a nitive of Maine, had been sent to be educated at a semi- narv for young ladies at Millersburg This school was presided over by the wife of the principal of the Western Military institute, where Mr. Blaine was a professor anj was twenty miles from Blue Lick Springs. No ac- count remains of the wooing, but in a little more thau a year after bis arrival in Kentucky he married Miss Stanwood, and soon afterward returned with her to Pennsylvania, where for a time he studied law. He was a teacher for a time in the Pennsyl- vania institution for the blind, which he left in 1854 to edit the Kennebec (Me.) Journal. In 18:7, just after the first convention of the republican party, he assumed editorial charge of the Portland (Me.) Advertiser. Almost from the day of his assuming editorial charge of the Kennebec Journal, at the early age of 23, Mr. Blaine sprang into a position of great influence in the polities and policy of PRSING Bigeye Mee Maine. At 2 he was a leading power in the counciis of the republican party, So recognized by Fessenden, Hamlin and the two Morrills, and others then and still prominent in the state. Before he was 29 he was chosen chairman of the executive | committee of the republican organization in } Maine—a position he has held ever since andj trom which he has practically shaped and di- rected every poli always leading his party to brillia In 186) he was elected to co: Mr. Blaine had served six and was stilla Omne man, hi tor Mr for Mr. F Kerr, of caused time seeme At ¢ were grea that he had the sta, his in E grave fears The conven t day, June 14, 1876, On the Biaine’s House at wasyingtons form was adopted and the nominating speeches made. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll presented the name of Mr BI and gave to him the title of Plumed Knight, which clung to him thereafter. Col. Ingers “Like an armed warrlor, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American congress and threw his shining lances full and fair against the brazen forehead of every defamer of his country and maligner of its honor ” When Gov. Hayes was nominated on the sey ezth ballot the friends and supporters of Mr. Blaine accepted their defeat with good grace, Mr. Blaine entered the next convention, held at Chicago June 2, 1880, with almost exactly the ‘ame number of supporters that had striven for him in the preceding contest. The fact is remarkable, and most remarkable to those who are best acquainted with the usual working of polities in this country. Four years had been offered his opponents to make combinations against him, four years had been allowed his friends to forget him. ¢ On June 3 the convention organized, George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, be en chair man. Gen Garfield, as every one remembers, received the appointment to the chairmanship on rules, and on the following day reported the code which guided the convention. Little busi- ness of interest was transacted on Friday and Saturday. At the night session. Saturda nomination 1 Wher Mat y, chairman of th Michi ation, responded, making a speceh for M ne. e wearisome balloting that followe ader, and it will be rei M friends stood steadfastly their leader until the thirty-fifth ballot ched, when they went over to Gen Gar! effecting his nomination on the thirt lot. . Those who were engaged in the effort'to nom- inate Gen Grant were s y more faithful On the first ballot it will be remembered that sir. Blaine was the choice of the 281 delegates, and from this his support did not appreciably fail il the nineteenth ballot, w was His vote fell only s low until the last two ballots, with this exceptio! it was not less than tart 3 the first p sition in his cabinet was not th come of his efforts in his eus> during th: cam- pa'gn. It was made in recogni of his fit ness for the post, and as a complimeat to trusted friend )When congress met aft death it cast about fer a fit man to de iver # eulogy of ( rfield, and its hoice nazural- ly fell to Tt has been calied one of is fa- sixth bal- President G Buses Bhima at West Brownsville. Py the noblest performances of his tainly he never spoke to so lofty a theme. The story of the and inspiri convention of i8sf, which ine on the first ballot is fresh inall minds. The nominating s-ecch of J West. of Ohio, was one of the most foresful ever delivered in presenting the name of any man to a convention Mr. Blaine arrived in Augusta from V ington on Tuesday of the week of the nomina tion, and spent the stormy days of the cot tion in his library, at work upon the Volume of “Twenty Years in Congress. ing during this time v nd uneager than on t former conventions. Cleveland's administration. Mr Blaine himself entirely to his family. He sy in anextended tour abroad, not retu America until after the nomination o rison. In the brief period of less than four years that he was President Harrison's secretary of state troubles came to himand whitened his head and enfeebled his frame. In taat brief interv his eldest son, the pride of his heart,and his eld- Kenatinge Jota eae first empleved est daughter had died youngest son, whom he had perhaps spoiled by over-indulgence, had dragged his name through the divorce court and public prints. Then, more crushing than all, the sudden death of his second son, the one | of whom the father*was very proud. In the opinion of Mr. Blaine’s physicians no man, even with the frame of a giant and the will of a Na- poleon, could resist disease while living in the shadow of such a chain of sorrows as this, and the efforts of the men of science were constant- ly handicapped by the hand of Providence. Mr. Blaine died a rich man, even as wealth is reckoned these days It is probable that if some of his speculative investments could be sold out under advantageous circumstances that his wealth would include him in any list ‘ of millionaires. His holdings of coal lands are large and with the development of the country must gradually increase in value if kept intact for several years. Mr. Blaine was one of the directors in the West Virginia Central Railroad Co., in which ex-Senator Davis, Secretary Elkins, ex-Secre- tary Bayard and others are interested PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATIO) The President Takes Suitable Notice of “ur. Hiaine’s Death. x , Jan, 27.—After to cabinet meeting had closed the p dent issued the fo lowing proclamation: XECUTIVE MANSION WASHIN Tiss ple of Gea e Bl al house of repr times chosen i elected to the se m to the public interests, his ability and bis exalted patriotism have won for him the grat: | countrymen and the In the varied pursuits ure his genius has tizenship express: ciation of his great public ser eneral sorrow caused by his d thaton the day of his funeral all the depart- ments of the executive branch of the general at Washington be closed and that vlic buildings throughout the Uni national flag shall be displ: half st: d that for a period of thirty da; the department of state be draped in mourn BENJAMIN HARRISON. added By the president, JOHN W. Foster. Secrstary, of State. A PUBLIC FUNERAL. res One For Ho». James Blai-e, Wasuineton, Jan. 27.—At 1:30 p. m., it was stated by friends of the family that the funeral arrangements had been so far determined upon that ser- vices would be held Monday forenoon and the remains would be temporarily interred in this city. Whether the funeral would be public or pri whether the final resting place would be here, at some other chosen spot in Maine or elsewhere is not definitely settled. President Harrison asked Senator Frye, of Maine, to the White house to consult with him as a repre- sentative of Mr. Blaine’s state, with regard to the arrangements for the funeral of the deceased states- man. Hie thought that the gen- eral cpinion was that Mr. Blaine should have a publie funeral at the Of course there had been no opportunity to consult with mem- bers of the famliy on the subject, but the senator had no doubt they would interpose no objection to this honor being paid to M memory. The President De: pitol. OURISTS.” A Batch of Poverty stricken Immigrants the Authorities. New Yorks, Jan. 27.—Wh the steam- ship Maasdam reached her pier Tues- day Contract Labor Ingpector George K. Gilluly was there to meet her. Some of the vessel's second cabin passengers were a very suspicious looking lot and the inspector ked out twenty-nine of them and ordered that they be sent to the immigrati Eliis island for examinatio called them- S “tourists,” but when they were examined it was found the them possessed less than consisted of small hand par- i ector concluded that they urately described them- number were had not acc | selves and e quiry into the ** which pose to make. tour” they pro The funeral Qe lock this morn- meeting was held house aad eulogies were delivered by some of the most prominent members of the bar. The procession to the Methodist Episcopal ehurch commenced at 11 Dr. Chand- ler, president of Emory college, where the dead justice graduated, delivered the funerai sermon. Cnief Justice Fui- ler and the associate justices were pres- ent at the service ing when a public at the IVITIES. the coffin trust over a proposed reduction of price. A receiver has been asked for the City electric street car line of Little Rock, Ark. Mexico has asked for the extradition of the three Garza bandits captured in Texas. The TELEGRA French government again tri- deputies over the Boulangists and roy- lists. John Riggs, a famous India z under Custer, and who claimed he killed Chief Black Kettle, died recently near Denison, Tes The Rothschilds syndicate has bor- rowed $10,000,000 in gold in the United States for the use of Austria to aid her currency reform. A bookkeeper of the Royal Insurance Co., at New York, was detected in a clever and bold attempt to cash a forged check for £80,000. The committee on rules has favorably reported Congressman -Dockery’s reso- lution for a general i investigation of the departments of the government. on a snag in Bayou Pigeon, a few miles above Morgan City, La., and sank in twenty feet of water. The boat was a total loss: no insurance. A great railway war is brewing in New England, the parties to it being the New York, New Haven & Hartford with Reading edging in as a side issue. While John Baker, a farmer living one mile southeast of Ash, Mo, was clearing land a few days ago a tree fell on his little son, Willard, and killed him instantly. He was a bright lad of 10 years. Gov. Reynolds, of Delaware, pointed Alfred P. Robinson, of George- town, Sussex county, fill the vacancy occasioned by the re- tirement of Chief Justice Joseph P Comegys umphed ina vote in the chamber of | The little steamer E. H. Barmer ran | and the New York & New England, | bas ap- | chief justice, to) | Many Matters Considered a d New bills {utroduced —Kansas City Measures. an inves eons toofiicers an ance or whatever, to be by the either } contin that any purpose whatever, shall be paid to any officer, servant or employe of either se of the geners y committee therco diem as may be provic not to exceed $ per da Continuing, Mr. Landrum said: law goes beyond the constitution and allows the speaker $7 per day; yet the members, or puse, oe for thei a for by law, speaker is a member of the house and | under the only $5 nall thins the con people's money squandered. With a hundred unnecessary employes in the constitution is entitled to - day. This may seem a but in a usand such “The | titution is overridden and | one PURE CLATRETTE CAP WHICH IS BOSS. a> tt TS MERITS FORCLEANING AND WASHING THE CLOTHES, SSURE IT A WELCOME. WHEREVER iT GOES. EA iR BANKS ad TE SOAP FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD USE. GROCERS KEEP IT. PAADE ONLY BY N.« FAIRBANK, & CO. general assembly, illegal wages paid to | A. O Welton many and a deficit now confronting the state treasurer, it is time we should call a halt.” Representative Russell, of Crawford, j introduced a bill in relation to the of- arrying concealed weapons. | fense of The bill proposes to repeal the provis- ‘ion of law that allows a defense to the charge of carrying concealed weapons, and permitting only officers of the law and persons traveling peaceably through the state to carry such weap- ons. bill si author of the s criminal statistics show that over nine-tenths of | all the homicides committed, and a large proportion of the ¢ paid, are directly traced to this repre- hensible practice. The committee on ofticial fees Staple: iminal costs | AIUEENSWARF AND GLASSWARE and ! Salaries will make a favorable report | on the salary bill, as agreed upon at the delegation conferene The senate committee on militia at the meeting prepared a favorable re- port on Senator Tunnel’s bill allowing the registering on the militia records in the adjutant-general’s office of soldiers of the late war, who for any good reason have not been registered heretofore. The committee will also render a favor able report on the general militia bill, slightly amending it itor Love will probably introduce | the election of of Kansas City be opposed by and those « Dill providing for members of the counci atlarge. This bill w members of the “push” is manifested now by here. In the senate Senator Lyman duced, by request, a bill to provi the registration of voters, the printing and distribution of ballots in elections for public officers at public expense, r{ro- le for the conduct of elections and deciaring | the result thereof, and the holding and | tions of | conducting of primary ¢ political parties in cities containing 100,000 population and less than 300,000 popuiation—referring to Kansas City. O'Bannon introduced a pu vo change the lowed to be ch by justices of the peace for docket e from $1 to 50 cents. Senator irman of the com- mittee on mines and minin, ported favorably upon ran’s bill to prevent employers from prohibiting their employes belonging to labor unions, or otherwise ing the rights of employes. consent Senator Walker intro- duced a bill for the appropriation of money for the survey of the swamp lands of the state and for a report of the survey. Senator Lymah’s bill introduced the purpose of quieting any question as opposition | who are} gal Senator Coch- Always pay the highest Produces East Sid “Solid Feed and Provisions Fancy Groceres, all Kinds. CICARS AP@Q TOBACCO, market price for County e Square. Butler, Mo- —WILL— Give Satisfaction fIN EVERY RESPECT. Better than any other Saddle For the money. Made ona Sole Leather Tree No danger of Tree breaking. restrict- | “COW BOY’ for | to the validity and capacity of the Kan- ; sas City te water works, water works bonds, . Was taken up and passed A considerable debate grew the bill providing for an increase of the salary of the to $2.000 per year. up for third reading and passage by Senator Cochran. Senators Espenschied, Yeater, Sebree and Kennish strong arguments charter amendments in regard } out of | secretary of the board | of railroad commissioners from $1,500 | When it was called _| made | against the bill, | Also 2 fulljline of “STEEL FORK SADDLES All styles and prices Double Wagon harness from $10 to $29. Buggy harness $7 to $25. Second hand harness from $3.00 to $15. Full line of Turf Goods for fast horses. Come and see us, McFarland Bros, Senators Cochran, Lyman and McGin- } nis in its favor, and pending the closing | of the debate by Cochran the senate ad- | journed under the rules. THE HOU Mr. Hawkins, of Dunklin, offered a resolution for the appointment of a special committee of three to make complete examination of the expendit- | ures of money for criminal costs and ! | report to the house. Mr. Atkins offered a resolution ask- ing congress to pass a bill for the free | and unlimited coinage of silver. Mr. Penland offered a resolution to the effect that the house spend less time in considering unimportant reso- lutions. Mr. Smith, of Ralls, introduced a res olution calling on the attorney-general for an opinion as to the legality of the house paying for the publication of the official reports. Pending morning hour expired. The committee on official salaries and fees reported unfavorably the Dill to $5,000 per year. The committee on private corpora- tions reported favorably the bill requir- ing corporations other than railroad and insurance companies to report an- nually to the secretary of state. 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