Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 12, 1876, Page 1

VOLUME XXX, WHITE GOODS. Freld, Leiter & Co. Fifty per Cent Reduction! Fresh Pinportations ! Latest Styles. Lace Stripe Pique, 12} and 15¢ Fanoy & Check “ 20, 25, 80c ALSO, BPECIAL SALE OF ‘ 300 PIECES VICTORIA LAWNN Distinot and soparate lines of UNDERWEAR, comprising all the desirable kinds for thesenson. All,from thelargost to the smallest men, aan be fittod. HOSIERY In a groater variety of rich and elo- gont goods than was evor shown in the West. Purchesing fine goodsin bulk, direct of the manufacturers, in quantitios equsl to that of any three tompotitors, the bargains we offor tannot be equaled. WLSONBRAS, §1 and 69 Woshinglon-st,, Chicago. Pike's Opera Honse, Cilciuatl 408 Novth Fonrtti-st, St Loois, JRETER PARK DOUL 0 SPEGIAITNOTICE. MaxnaT, Junc12.—On andafter thia dateT shall 1ell bare-ball pools, cvery Monday, Wedneaday, sad Friday evening, until further notice. Respect ul ir. FO! We_are sciling at greatly re- duced prices, LANDAUS, LANDAULETS, OLARENOES, 0OACHES, OOUPES, and COUPELETS, Our Patont Countorbalancod Front FIVE-LIGHT LANDAUS & FALL- ING FRONT BERLIN COACHES are tho loading Carringes of the day, and, for beauty of design, simplic- ity, and thoroughness of construc- tion, are unsurpassed. Tho Falling Fronts to both ere nicely countor- belanced by a _ Spring (which ar- rangomont is Patentod®), and ecan with opch bo lowored and raised with the fingor. Wo guarantece our work to bo FIRST-CLASS, and to pleoaso in o7ory particular, #Na infringement of our rights under the above vatent, will bo allowed, H. KILLAM & CO., 20 Chestnut-st., New Haven, Conn, C. 0. TEN BROEKE I« our Agent In Chicago e EDUCATIONA - ST, M TFTARIBAULT, MINN., L 1, WHIPPLE, D. D, Rector, iy I upervislon of the Bishop, with uexperienced teachers. 1t foreducation, with an_Invioratiuic and. teathy cif- ate. Tl eleventh yesr wil) begin THURSDAY, w16, For reglaters, with full detalls, “adt AECTOL! el T END INSTI youui Iadles, 3 Haven, Conn._tend for ciréuinr. CSUMMER RESOIRTS, CONGRESS HALL, Seraloga Smrings, . V. o A ey AR Cungrens and Hathorn Springs, 18 now open for the Feception of gucats. TERMS FOIt JUNE, 821 PER WEEK, Thoroughly renovated = with sdditional ‘baths, tlosets, new” furniture, and other exteusive fu- fiovenicnts, it will be found, by thoss fs <alth and plensure, the mosk completo il‘nlml, as well s the most delighttul of utely, d con- — HATIOIN & COOKE, Proprieto PHILADELIIIA_ADVEI PUILADELPHIA EXHIBITI (ROSEE & BLACKWELL'S DUREFICKLES o s Viacgar, D MEATS and FISIL, VINE MUSTARD, SUPERTOR DIALT VINEGAIL, J AN, TELLIES, MARMALADES, s0d other B DECIOAG EHISILAYED T 2 T DELICACIER ARE m?:“lm”.‘:! the Agriculiaral Halh, Whiero (o el 850 S satd, by all dealers in, Gret-c Yery genulng article Ia labele ¢ Chicay wrute & wasmwetonsts, - ATTRAGTIVE BARGAINS WIITE GO0, UN A Positive Reduction ot 23 to 40 per Gpnt. DRESS GOODS. 50 casos fine Dress Goods from last weok’s auction salos at one- third less than their actual valuo. 300 piocos Doboges, in brown and gray, 20 cents, worth 30 conts, 10 casos_assortcd French and Amorican Plaids, all new dosigns, at 25 cents, 35 conts, and 40 conts; formor prico 35, 4 3 casos Bilk and gray and brown, 37 1-2 conts; for- rice 80 conts. casos assorted Dress-Goods at 12 1-2 cents, 156 conts, 18 conts, and 20 conts; very much under BLACK GOODS. 1,000 piocos black all-wool French Cashmeros, commoncing at 85 conts for 40-inch, and 85 conts for 48-inch. Iron-Framo fine goods, 30 conts and 35 conts. Iron-Frame Gronadine Silk and ‘Wool, -50 cents, 80 cents, and 75 contg; formor rotail price 76 conts, $1.00, and §1.25. Two-yards-wido Iron-Frame Gren- adino, hoavy mosh, $1.26, $1.60, aud $2.00; worth inspoction. Our groat salo of orod S11ks will bo continued during this wook, and wo invite inspection by our many frionds and patrons bofore purchasing clsewhore. 121 & 123 State-st. BRANCE, Twenty-second-st, & Michizan-av, Desiranle Oifice TO RENT IN TEE TRIBUNE BUILDING. INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, Room 8 TRIBUNE BUILDING and 60 cents, ool Pongees, in Gronadino, lack and Col- N Al XN NCHORLA, Jotainoon | EIONT A July 1, no N i 17, 500 y uty 1, _noon & Sty | VICTOTRLAT July '8 pr m % York to Tondon: ELTSIA, June 24, 4 5. m. | ANGLIA, Jul New ‘York 10 Glasgow, Liverpod ar Londonderry. 5 to £00), accarding to accommodatlons, cursion tiekets at reduced r ivrmediate, 835 steerage, £, at current T LOTHELS, 98 Wash STAR BALL LINE, UNITED STATES & BRAZLL MAIL BTEAMSIL Watson's Whart, iirookiyn, N. Y. Duhia, ahd ftfo Janelro, calilng Wednesday, Moy 31 Thuradiy, Juno'— Katurday, July - » aced ratcs, apply to & O ARty ONLY DIRECT LINK TO FILANCE. Transatiantic Company’s Mut) York and Havre, enliin landing of passenes, vurllo routs for the’ Continent wii i River, na foll 10w 10; 0Pl toamers belween New fymouth (G, 15.) far the ehdid vesscls on this fa- 1 from 1'% 0. ANCE, Trudelle, bat: 11K, Daure, Satirds laux, faturday, June accol £ cturn tickets at pe: i 5 ntecrage passengers, T AN SR U A T wdainh, Agent for Chicacs, MAN, Agent, o N RY'S HALL, ‘Thie steamera of thi day from diremen North German Lloyd. 13 Company will safl eve Sot of Thirdat., offers superior adyantages cerage, §30 curren 2 Howling Ureen, New Yark. National Line of Steamships, rincipal, Now Ji BIAIN, Jnoe 10, 7 YOI LONDON DIRKCT, . 10, and $50 corrency, Roturn uced rates. Steera e rency. Drofts fur £1 sud upwards up Gread *Apuiy to P15 LA Great Westorn Steamship Line. Froin New York to Iiriatol (England) direct. Saturday, June 24 rch of mmer FINANCIAL, 7 PER CENT. We will lend §100,000, In large sums, on busi- V. 0, 1,200, 81,500 aud §2,300 819, SCUDDER & MABON, 107-108 Dearbors Hercantle Trust Co. of New Yofk. Money to loan ou improved Chicago real catate, in this vicluity. T, Gen'l Manager, 108 Dearbora-at. $50. $100. $200. $500. $1,000, AM & CO., Bankers and Brok- make for' customers desirable for Flah, Meast, sod Gawe, and on good farm; JAME! 3 frccriea (o the Unfled Slates sad Cauada. easoaie A, 1058, i amount lnvested bt and carried sa | Wopercent. Cigoulars sad wi K d BLAC L, ey o ha Quecik SULLG BAUARE, LONDON,, «. CHICAGO, MONDAY, JUNE 12, MR. BLAIN The Country Startled by His Sudden and Dangerous Prostration. He Falls Insensible in the Pcrch of a Church in ‘Washington, His Form Conveyed to Xis Home and Eminent Medical Aid Sccured. The Opinions of Many Physicians Agree in that Ho Was Sunstruck. He Returns to Conscious- ness After a Period of Five Hours, His Recognition of His Wife and a Few Acquaint- ances. A Natural Sleep Ensues, Continuing Up to the Latest Dispatches. Confident Predictions of an Im- mediate Return to Health, Great Montal Strain the Primary Cause of the Attack, Special Dispatch to The Tridune. WasnmixagTon, D. C,, June 11.—Mr. Blalne rose this morning at the usual time, tookan bath, read the papers, and at about 9:30 o'clock hiswife advised bim to go down to the parlor, which was cooler, and, therefore, more com- fortuble. He sald, in reply, that he wanted his breakfast first, ns he was quite bungry. Iis Dbreakfast was ordered to his room, and, al- though it was & light onc, he ate more heartily than usual. He played with his children for a time, ond wes In cxcellent humor. He said he had not felt so0 well for somne time. Ile remarked about his pleasant night's sleep, and spuke cheerfully of his prospects at Cincinnatl, e conversed with, Mr. Sherman, bis Scerctary, and dictated sev- cral dlspatehes to bis fricnds, e slso recelved, read, and filed a number of letters and tele- grams, and was especially fnterested in along dispatch from his colleague, Hale, regarding the contest nt Cincinnntl, The morning passed in the usual manner, and shortly before 11 o'clock, his wife aslkéd him it he was going to church. Ho answered that he WOULD (0 ALONG IN A MOMENT 1t ghie would walt, He joined her presently, and the famlly, consisting of Miss Dodge and two young daughters of Mr, Blalne, stepped out to the sidewallc. Mra. Blaine reminded her hus- band that it was very warm, and that they had better ride. Mr. Blaine sald he had rather wallk, and so the five started out. The morning was {ntensely hot, and their wolk was directly cast. The ladies had sun-umbrellus, but Mr. Blatue’s hoid was unprotected. The distance from Mr. Blaine’s house, on Fiftcenth strect, between I and 1, to Dr. Rankin's Congregation- al Church, corner of Tenth and D streets, (s probably something over a half-mile. Refer- cuce during the walk was made to the extreme heat, but NN, BLAINE MADE LITTLE COMILAINT OF IT. ‘When he reached the steps of the church, how- every he put his handkerchief to his cyes ina strango manncr, and his wife asked him what was the matter—If he lad anything {n his eyes. e sald: *No,but I think I am sunstruck, Oh, my head! Ok, myhead!” nnd sauk down insen- sible In bis wife's arms ot the threshold of the chureh, Iis little daughter, Hattie, about 5 years old, ran fnto the church and told Gen. Ballerch, who was at the door, that her father had falnted, On thosteps of tho church there was A SAD BCENE. s wife beld his head in her ap, and the rest of the fumily bent over her, none knowing whethier death had not alrendy overtaken the prostrute form, Assistance was soon at hand. A passing omnibus was relned up sgainst the walk, and the fnanlmate forin was carefully lifted within, Arriving at the house, Mr. Blaiue was borue inside, and, by o strong effort, sald: “Lay me on the floor.” Ilc was at onee stretched on the parlor-floor, his shoes removed, his collar thrown open, and a cushion placed under bis head. A bed was at onco brought down, and Mr. Blainc was placed upon it. Physlclans were sent for and soon arrived, and careful hands have smoothed his plilow all day, It would be difticlult to describa THE EXCITEMENT that spread through the city. Crowds gathered at the hotels and shady places, and, before halt an hour, thewalk in front of Mr. Blaino's resl- dence was filled with anxious visitors. A panic seumed to move the people, and exaggerated statements floated about from tongue to tongue. One or two physicians who came unbldden seemed to bave added to the excitement by exaggerating Mr. Blaine's condition; but Burgeon-General Barnes, Dr. Verdf, and Dr. Pope—the latter Mr. Blalne's physlcian—wers early to pronounce the attack one of sunstroke. The report rst gained cir- culation that Mr. Blaine had been stricken with paralysis, but it wus soon learned that his llmbs were flexible and sensitive, and his features natural. Then {t was reported he had had an attack of apoplexy, but & closer examination showed thut the symptoms were not at alt llke it BURGEON FALMER, of the army, was probubly the first to discover the nature of the attack, He unhesitatingly pronounced it sunstroke, and was unusually positive on account of the fact that Gen. Gll- more was taken In the same way yesterday, and he (Palmer) had attended him, My, Blalne was taken at about 11 o’clock In the morning, and, gave the word bie spoke when he reachied hisown house, he did not speak afterwards until aquar- ter past 4. For the first two hours he seemed uaensible, 1118 BYES WERE WIDE OFEN AND STARING, andhisfeatures without expression. But gradual 1y his eyes wore s more futelligent look, his fea- tures improved, and, although he sait nothing, ho scemed to be consclous of what was occur- ring. e groaned two or threo thues during the day, but, until late, did uot move hand or foot. His eyes occasionally turned, snd, sometimes, the lids dropped over them. (Ueu. Sherman, who bent over the bed shortly after 4 o'clock, sald in quite a loud volee: * Blalng, do you know mel' The lps scemed to move a littls, but no responso came. Bomtime afterwards, Mrs. Blaine sald, *Jamcs, do you not know mei" Ile then spoke her naine distinctly, and subsequently asked * What fs 1t 1" and then agaln, **Whero am Ii" He subsequently recogalzed his children and Miss Dodge, and gpoke once to a fricnd who stood at tho foot of the bed. Later in the day, and 1876. during tho evening, he was perfectly quiet, pay- fng no nttention to anything, but evidently cunsclous of everything going on around him. T3 RVENING, AT 10 O'CLOZR, He was sleeplng very tranquilly snd breathe ing naturally. He sleeps nlmost constantiy. Tlis condition 1a very hopeful, and Mis friends and physictans are confident of his speedy re- covery. During the day he was visited by nearly all the noted people In ths city, Sec- retary Bristow was the fiest to call, but owlng probubly to the excltement of the moment, he was not admitted, Among those who called subsequently aud were admitted were Hecre: taries Fish, Robeson, Chandler, Postmastere (ieneral Jewell, Gen. Garfleld, Fernando Wood, Benator Alllson, scveral Foreign Minlsters, and many ladics. An {mmense crowd was before the house all day and up to 12 o'clock at night, MBS, NLAINE showed extraordinary nerve, and never lost hope, While fricnds and relatives were shed- ding tears and giving way to thelr sorrows, she, with.strong sclfcontrol, was attending to the more necessary task of nursing ker etricken busband. MIL DLAINE'S HABITS, ‘The strain upon his brain has been enormous, and he waa fn a condition of nervous prostras tlon that showed (tself at the slightest oppur- tunity. Had not Mr. Blaine been a man of pere feet babits, It is probable that the attack would have killed lim, but no man i public life has taken better care of h msclf than Mr. Blaine. He uses nefther iquor nor tobaceo fn any shape, and rarely drinks u glass of wine at dinner. e eats stmple food and plenty of {t, and sleeps regularly and lony, He has fur thirty years come us nuarly obeying Nature's laws as it was given for mait to under- stand them, aud at 46, his present age, he was counted as handsome & man physically as there was lu publie life. o this {s doubtless due his present apparent certalnty of recuvery. Ilis family say that Mr. Blaine has been GUNATLY APPECTED LATELY by the combination of attucks which seemed to have been hurled against him as by one commnon timpulse from every dircction. The ordinary contentions of party, the prolonged strain of political work, or the work which ardinarily breaks down our statesmen, would never have Lroken him. He has stood such straln for years under the most exciting clrcumstances without showing it. STARTING FOR CHURCH. Spectal Dispaich to The Tridune. Wasiixeroy, D. C., June 11.—Mr. Blaine started for Dr. Rankln's church (Congregational) this morning, walking, as was his custom. The beat was [ntense, being about 00 in the shade. He used no sun-umbrella, which, in view of the jutense beat from the direct rays of the sun, {5 characterized as an fmprudent act. Upon near- ing the church, which was six squares distaut {rom his home, he complained to his wife that he felt o queer sensation in the backof his head, and feared that they might be symptoms of sunstroke. Upon reachlpg the church-steps, liesut down upon them, and again complained of o strange and palnful feeling i the back of his neck, TLACED I11S fIEAD IN TS WIFE'S LAP, and hinmediately beeame insensible. A paesing omnihus was stopped, his unconsclous furm wi's placed In it, and, accompunied by bls wife and friends among the church people, conveyed home. He wus fmmediately placed upon his back on the hall-floor. They sought to place Nim upon u sofu, when he said, * Take $hat sofa awny, and Jay me upou my back! From that moment (a few minutes past 11) untll 5 o'clock, he Iay upon his back, his eyes open, insensible and specchless. Mean- while, a bed had been brought from upstairs and placed fn the parlor, to which he was removed durfog bis unconsciousuess. Still the physiclans were unable to fuily understand his symptoms. ELGCTRICAL TEST3 were applicd to his eyce and nervous syatem to discover uny traces of puralysis. A dingnosis was made to learn shether there was conges- tlon. The tests fafled to show any parulysis. The physielans are not agreed whether or not they showed o slight braln congestion, iy consclousness having returned, the physiclans express hopes of speedy recovery. Great excitement vrevalls. Scores of dle- patchies have been recelved from all parts of the Unfon. The telegraphie Instrument fn a room adjucent to Blaine's bedside is n constant operation. THE ATTENDING PIYSICIANS are Surgeon-General Barnes, Cox, Blies, Pope, Verdl, and others. Some of the Cabiget ofticers arc fn constant attendance. FIRST CONHCIOUSNESS. Mr. Blalne recovered consclousness about 6 o'clock. Mrs. Blatne asked him f he recog- nized her, and he answered her—* Yes, Mambe; what is the matter?”? Bince thenyhis consclous- ness has not left him. 1lla physiclans and friends hope he will rapldly recover. The phy- sicians differ as to his condition. Bome sy it Is slinply a case of sunstroke, Induced by over- stralned nervous condition and cxposure to in- tense heat ot midday. Other physiclans say there has been a slight congestion with somu apoplectic symptoms. A battery is now belng applied to stimulate his nervous system. He now recognizes friends. AT 6:30 P My and after the battery had been withdrawn, Blaine fell into a quict aleep. Every one but his wife and the physlcians were then excluded. The physiclans consider that the sleep will be the crisls of the discase. If he awakes inas good conditfon as when he fell asleep, it is be- lleved all serious dauger 18 past. T80 1. M. Dr. Bliss, who has been {n continuous attend- ance upon Mr, Blaiue, has just left his bedside, Blaine is st sleeplng. Dr. Bliss says that there §s now u great deal to hope for fn Mr, Blaine'g case. o says, however, that the re- port that the attack was only o case of sun- stroke {8 entirely false, and that there are no signs of sunstroke. Technleally, it {3 a serous effuston consequent upon nervons exhaustion. It is not upoplexy proper, in that there is no rupture of a blood vessel. It fs A CASE OF S8EHOUS APOPLEXY, in which there Is effusion without rupture. There was considerable congestion of the e dulla. At one time Surgeon-General Burnes thought dissolution had begun, owing to the gosping. This symptom proved to be, however, the effict of severe pressure upon the reaplra: tory organs, For a Yong time Mr. Blaine could nefther” ewallow nor breatho naturally, His breathing has become natural. He has placed himsell {n an easy, restful position, and s sleep- fug. 1Lis physicians uro hopeful, DOCTORS DIBAGKERING. Blaine's physlciuns very t.'umldunll{ predict his a|wulr and complete recovery, but it fs wanifest that for u long tine e will bo cow- pelled to refrain from political excitement, aud IS entor upon u different Jife from the ane tremendous nervous sxcitement in which he hus exinted for the lust few months. The physicians are not agreed us to the cuuses of the ditness. Some insist that it 18 anly sunstroke, not of a serfous nuture, but others maintaln that there certatuly is o serfous congestion at the buse of the bralu, sud that Mr. Blaltie can by no means be pronounced out of danger or in u health lition, TELEGRAMINING, In the llbrary rovn sdjucent to the one in which. Blalne lay » telegruph nstrument had been placed which cannected fnmediately with all parts of tho country. At the fustrument durlng the entire afiernoon sud er soon after Mr. Blainc had been brought to the house, an operator was constantly at work untll late at night dispatching and recelv. fng the munlfold nessages of unxicty and interest with which the wires were buridened. In the one room the strong great wan luy stricken with o elckiness nigh unto death. In the other the fustrument of his umbition was ticking with more regularity than tho ex-Spesttar’s pulse beat. The electric messages that wmo over the wire were as impo- tent Tevive ‘as were tho elcctric batterics mxlch were placed along the centre of his nerve- e THE TOWN Tias heen full of talk as to the effectof this event upon Blaine, Messra, Jewell, Chandler, Fish and Robeson, Fernando Wood and Mr, Frost, of Boston, were in the churchat the time Mr. Blaine was etricken down, and hastened, with Dr. Presbury, to bls houee, where they were in attendance untl) 6 o’clock. Secretary Bristow was one of the first to hear of Blaine’s fliness, and Immediately called ot the house to express bis sympathiles and Lo offer Lis assist- soce, DETAILS OF TREATMENT. Boon after Blaine was brought, home, one of the bedsteads was brought " down from the chamber, placed in the parlor, and Mr. Blaine was placed upon (L. The physiclans then re- mosed the “lower portlon” of his shirt and under garments with shears and ar- ranged for the cupping process. e was drycupped for u long tine along the entire spine and appareatly without effect. His pulse wus normal; his face was at uo time fushed, but from the moment hie was struck until he recovered partial consciousness retained very nearly Ite usual color. 1t was, perhapss, a triffe palerthan Is §ts wout. The action of the heart geemed regular, THE MOIT PECULIAR BYSIPTOM was his breathing. His breath was difficult and strained, und at times approached a gaap. The gasplng at one thne was ro painful” and scemed wo iuch like it that Surgeon General Barnes went to other physiclans in counsel and cxpreseed the oplulon that Mr. Blalne was dying. The other physicians replied that forced bresthing was the ‘result of pressure upon the respiratory organs. Mlr. Blafne luy in his parlor upon the bed the eutlre afternoon, and now luys there. 18 WIFE, dignificd and marvclously scif-possessed, was a constant ottendunt at his bedside. She mani- fested no sign of the fearful ordeal through which she was passing, but fanncd her husband and alded the phyricians in thelr ministrations with herofe fortitude, During all these long and painful hours the only siun that Mr. Blale gave war u - Jow and painful moan. At intervals Mrs, Blaine, at the direetion of a {;hyxlclnn, would rafse his eye- 14d to uscertain if hé would give lgns of con- eciousness, but his cyes secmed fixed. At about half-past 1 the eyes upened of themselves and fixcd steadily upon thecelling, but they gave no slgn ol recognizing, The puplls are reported to have presented o natural appearatce, and not to have been crossed, but to have given noother indlcation of an apoplectic condition. Near 5 o'clock Mrs. Blalne agaln spoke to her husband, nsking hin it ke knew her. e answered, YB3, MAMIE," this belng the term of endearment by which his wife, in the family, I8 known. Soon after he recognized Miss Dodge, and, a little later, with a brief nod; one or two journalists present. During the nfterncon ~ clectric batterivs werc — applied along the spinal col- umu io stimulate the NErvous activity, At about 6 o'clock Mr, Blaine fell into afitful slumber, in_which he continued, with broken Intervals_of semi-consciousnees, until about 9 o'clock. During the evening he recog- nized his wife, and called ouce for * Abbe,™ meaning Miss Dodge, but he seemed to fall to recoguize his own brother. BAR NEWS POR BLATNE. ‘This morning Mr. Blaine arose at his custom- ary hour, fecling as well as usual, took a goed breakfast, aud scemed vr‘rly cheerful. Upon opening bis mail he found a letter informing him that his friend, E. Rockwood Ioar, of Maseachusctts, who bhad been one of his warm Gupportcrs, hal decided to oppose his nominatfon for the Presidency, This seemed to annoy him considerably, aud during the morning he frequently ulluded fo the disaffection, TAE DOCTORS, Dr. Pope, bis family physiclan, arrived about. five miinutes after the sunstroke, and gave fm- mediate directions _about lis care and treatmient. Surgeon-General Barues soon cume, “and Cdn o quick | succeesion Dr. Verdl, Dr. Bltss, Dr. Cox, and other physt- clans, A consultation was at once called, which tasted some time, and, s usual, there was dis- agreenient as to the nature of the attack, some callivg it sunstroke, while others thought it a tnore scrious aflifetion. All the flfl\yslchms, however, ogreed that us Mr. Blaine bpd always been homeopathically treuted, and ns Dr. Pope, his family physlelan, was [n uttendanee, that there should be no time wasted in o discussfon about what treatment he should lave, but that Dr. Pope should treat him as he saw At Plasters were applied to the breast, and the usual remedles in such coses were promptly given, but for a time there was no im- provement, and the great man Iy with his eyes wide open, staring af thi wall, unconsclous, i at times hardly uble to breathe, and oceasion- ally unable to take the simple restoratives that were glven him, About 5 o'clock Sceretary Chandler, who was among the first to call ofter Mr. Blaine Lad been brought home, sent THE FIRST OPPICIAL DISPATCH as to his really lm}-mvcxl conidition to the Hon. Eugcne Ilale in Cinciunati. Portmaster-General Jewell followed by send- ing the news of his assuring symptoms to the President at Annapolis. Mr. Jewell also telegraphed the same good news to Mr. Blaine's son, now fn Yale College, and ar- rangzed for him to come to Washington by the night traln. About § o'clock, nfter consultution, the physlclans decided to apply electricity to the paticnts aide, which wis done with such good effects that Mr. Blalne went to sieep soon after the operation was concluded, snd thereafter seemed to rest very quietly and naturally dugs- ing the afternoon. VISITORS. ‘The members of the Cubinet, a number of Senators and_Representatives, and scveral of the Forelpn Ministers’ catled to inqulre about Blaine’s condition. This evening Senator ling ealled at the residence of Dr. Pope fur the sume purpose. REGULAR REPORT. o the IWestern Asvoclated Press, Wasnmarox, D, C., June 1L—This morning a short thme before 11 o'dlock, ex-8peaker Blajne Teft his restdence In company with Mrs, Blalne, und slowly wall the Congregationy Church, ubout three-fourths of a mflé from their home, Just us they reached the chureh, he complained of n severs pain fn the headand’ diz- zlness, ot the same time Ylmlug his haod upon it. Entering the vestibule, hu was 50 overcume with sudden (Huess thut he came near falnting, but this wus prevented, and he was nssisted to & seat on the steps, when he exclaimed: Honl Ties PAINIT Conveyance having been procured, Mra. Blajue returned with him home. He then belng unconselous, & bed wus brought iuto the front sarlor on which hie was lakl, and, o messenger lm\-lu): been sent for Surgeon-Gieneral Barnes and Drs. Biiss, Cox, Venll, and Pope, they soon uppeared and fost tio time'in CUPPING THE BPINE . and resorting to other counter-irritants and re- valsive enamiata. From 11 o'clock til. 4 In the afternoon Mr. Blatne lny unconsclous, breathing {rreguturly, is wife and the lillynlrlnns it other friends remalning at his bedslde all the time. The physictuns sald Mr. Blaine was suf- fering from hyper-vxcitement of the brafn and nervous systein, superinduced by recent events fu which "he was o prominent uctor. Busides, the syniptoms were aggravated by TIE WEATHER, which to-day was oppressive. It wlil be recnl- lected that, several weeks ugo, Blaine was con- fined to his house anme days by & slow type of wmulariul fever, but np‘puurml hefore the Sub-Ju- diclary Committee, who were investigating the churges agatnst i, before e had fully recov- ered from the effects of thut dlscase, This, with the excltement on his purt, both before the Cummittes and In thg House, the large number of persons dully in conference with him, andhis attentlon to cxtenslve correspondence, includ- Ing many telegrams from all the country, cspe- thfil)’ durlng the past week, the loss of rest, nd otier causes produced the straln upon bis mind that caused his sudden liness to-day, DISTINGUISHED SYMPATILY, Becretary Bristow called at the house as soon as he heard of Mr, Blaine's {liness, as did also Suerctaries Fish, Robeson, Chundler, Postmua- er-General Jewell, Gen, Sherman,’ Senators Ferry and Paddock, Gen. Garfleld, snd other gentlemen of prominence. The sympathy for Mr, Blalne was not contlued to poltical friends, waby Demovrats. having calted to lnquire his conditlon snd rufircm“' his suddeu lllness, About 4 o'clock Mr, Blalue's CONSCIOUSNESS GRADUALLY RETURNED, when he recognized his wite sud inquired what was the matter, and she replied that he was 111, and, after thut be for the first time turned over in bed unafded. His breathing now was better, and his pulse stronger. The encma produce some effect, but not to the extent deslred, and therefore the doctors applied etectricity. They say the symptoms ure favorable, although he «dous not appear fully restored to consclouaness. ‘This evening one of them sald in private con- versation that the attack was CLBAHLY A CASE OF SUNSTROEE, or heat-stroks, to which Mr, Blalne was render- Dailp Tribune, ed llable on account of his recent {llnces, over- work, excitement, and loss of rest. The physi- cian further snid that, at first, he was appre- hensive that the attack might he npoplectic, but an examination disclosed no symptoms of that disease. For scveral hours numerous visitors were itted, but, nfter the doctors had ad- muluistered the eneina the rooms were cleared, #0 that the patient might rest. Dr. G. W, Pape, aneminent practitioner of this city, wha hias been Mr. Binine’s family phyrician in Wash- ington during the past elght or ten years, and 1 futimately "acquainted “with his conatitution and temperawment, furnishes the folloswng DIAGNOSIS of his conditlon at 8 o'cluck this cvening: Afr. Blaine's care is one of slmple cercbral de. preasion, produced primarily by great mental atrain, and’ sccondarily by the action of excesslve heat. ' There §n no apoplectic congestion or effusion, nor any symptom of paralysia He has free unc'of the limbe, The puplla of the cyee are normal, Tle has »lmknn several tumes, and recog- nizes his family. llc lien quletly, breatbes natur- ally, and I disposed to slecp. {le hos responded excellently to treatment, and I have every reason to anticipate & epcedy and completo feenvery, . W, Pors. AT 1:30 P. M, Dr. Blias remarked that the patient's attack was yielding to treatment with remarkable rapidity. ‘The following telegramn was recelved by Mrs. Blaine this evenlng FIOM CONORESIMAN FALE, at Cinclnnati: There {s grent reliof at the favorahle news of Mr. Dlalne’s condition. Tell him that hia caune han Improved all dug, cach Btate coming In better than we expected, No wonder be bad o bod turn, The atrain hua been tremendous, AT A QUANTER BEFORE 1. Wasninarox, D. C., Junc 11.—At 12:45 2. m. .\l{i Blalue was 6till sleeping quietly and natu- rally. FIRES. IN CHICAGO. The alarm from HBox 60 at 9:95 yesterday morning, was caused by the burning out of a chimney fn the cottage No. 155 JMacGregor street, owned by Patrick Quiou. Damage nominal, The alarm from Box 723 at 1:100'clock yester- day mornfog, was caused by the burning of a barn in the rear of No. 23 Erle etreet, owned by Martin O'Malley, Damage, £50; fnsured for £150in the Roval Canadlan. Three Lorses In the barn valued at £350, anid bclnnlflng to A. I Winne, coal dealer al_No. 57 North Wells street, were burned to death, as was also an- other animal, valued at $200, owned by O'.\lnl!{. ‘The cause of the fire Is a mystery, but ineendi- arism is suspycted. The alarm {from Box 846 at 10:20 o’clock last evening waa caused by a fire breaking out in the furniture factory of Suirg & Belersdorf, No. 402 8outh Canal strect. The fire broke out in a plle of shavings from some unknown cn and resulted in damoges estimated ot §! fully covered by fusuranc ——— AT GALESBURG, ILE. Spectal Dispatch fo The Trivune. Garesnune, Ill, June 11.—About 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon u fire was discovered burst- ing from the roof of G. W. Barnett's graln-ware- houee, situated near the Chieago, Burlington & Quincy Rallroad depot in this city. Before the flames could be extinguisbed the building, to- gether with two other smaller warchouses, was entirely consumed. The fire originated from a spark of a passing c?:{:!n which fell upon the roof of the larger bul .un,i. Loss, £10,00; In- surance, £6,000, in the IHome of New York, and Pheenix and Hartford, of Hartford. IN MILLS COUNTY, JA. Marvenw, Mills Co., Ia, Junc 6.—On the night of the 81st of May, a fire occurred at the residence of Mr, V. Plumb, [u Mills County, Iowa. There were burned a new barn, about 30 tons of hay, about 3,000 buslicls of grain, one calf, onc col Li ten head of horsea (one of which waa a valuable stud belonging to a Mr. McCoy), all of the harness, two wagons, u number of valunble farming implements, aud several out- bulldings; and it was only by the most strenuous cffort, end o slight sbhliting of the wind, that the dwelling-house was saved. Loss estimated at &5,/ 1,400 insured. The fire is supposed to havebeen the work of an inceudiary. AT SAN FRANCISCO. 8AX Fraxcisco, June 1l.~—Fire in the Call- DBulletin press-room this morning considerably damnged the press, but both papers have made arrangements to appear to-morrow as usual, poli g el WASHINGTON. Mr. Kerr's Complete Exonoration-—Hls Al- most Hopuleas Illness—-Fitahugh Sheds Another Letter. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. WasuiNGToN, D. C., June 11.—The investi- gation of the charge ngainst 8peaker Kerr, that he recelved §450 for the appolotment of Green tu @ Lieutensncy In the reg- ular anny, is proctically at an end. Prominent witnesses summoned, among them Bliss, and Wiison, and Ny, bave not re- sponded, and their testimony has not been tuken, but the churacter of that already before the Committee of Expenditures s suchas tosat- Isfy the Committeethut thechurges were bascless and malignant, Even the Republican members of the Committee huve long been satisfled that Kerr was guiltless, but they wanted to go far enough {uto the fuquiry that the most vindie- tive partisanship would be satisfled with thore- port. The Committee will report to the House to-morrow, unanimously exoncrating Kerr from all blame, and stating that the churge had not been sustatued. The_ investiga- tion hos had o marked effect upon Mr. Kerr'a health, whose condition, owlng to hls severe fll- ness, 15 peenliarly scusitive. e fs lu o yery eritidal condition, and eannot Jong survive, Tho favorable report of the Committec at this thine will e ver) gmlll{lnfi 10 his famlly and fricnds. Col. Fltzhiigh, the deposed Dourkeeper of the House, prints in one of the Sunday pupers a two-column letter in very small type, sddressed to the presa nud people, which he nodestly ssks may be published In cvery paper that printed his” ridiculous letter to Maddox. The onl: polut of {nterest in the letter to the public {s ils rofurence to the reports thut e would retal- {ate on members of the House, ns follows: Shortly after my dismissal, sud smarting under the Injurics which 1 thought were nnjustly inflicted upon me, 1 may huve used harsh language, amount- Ing to threats to some wembers of tho House. This was done in & moment of excitement, but 1 do eay now, ho private scandal which may have been borne to me'in officlal or confidential com- munications will ever he revealed unlces from a senwe of Pvubllc duty or in the weakuess of retall- stion under excltement. To the Western Assuclated Press. ‘WASIINGTON, D. C., June 1l—3Speaker Kerr has been confined to hils room at Willard's Hotel, in & very feeblestate of health, ull day, AL 10 this evenifng Lo s reported a little casier, but his friends nhl expreas great unxlety cons cerning bim. It was his iutention to sojourn at Rive's country seat, but his condition is” such that he cannot be removed there, WastiNaTON, Junc 11.—At 12:30'Mr, Kerr's condition seemed fmproved. Ho {3 resting easily, ————— DUCATIONAL. Spectal Dispaich fo The Tribune. Broosinetox, I, June 11.—Class-day exes- clses of the IHlinois Wesleyan oceurred last even- fng in Amlo Chapel. The programme of exer- clses wus entertaluing, and the uttractive leading features were us follows: Prestdent’s address; C. Rayburne, class history; Miss Mary Kuhl, class propliecy ; Austin Brooks, alinn mater s~ tion; B, F. Slaymate, class pouin; F. Welllngton Frazell, presentstion of u cane; (lcu\rf;e Hude- hin, reception of the cane; J, F. oNnui;lu. This class, (nstead of pluullupi a clasa-tree, Juys Its busls of u fund for prizes in oratory by do- nating $175 to this end. The presentation of this fund was made by Mr. W, 8. Marquis ina very sloguent address. To-daythe Bucealaureate serinon was preuched by Presldent Adams, and to-night the anuual sermon to the Univers(ty by Dr. Hurst, President of Drew College, Madisot, L J. Comwencement week has now falrly be- ut, :nd the coming week will be full of in- erest, —— DROWNED. Bpectal Dispaich 10 The Tridune. LeaveNwonTs, Kuu., Juns 11.—The body of aboy aged about 14 years was found tloating in the river at this polnt qunly. It ts lupfiulckl to be the body of the same Jad who was drowned {u the Missourl @ short distance sboys Atchison & Wk 40, ¥ PRICE FIVE CENTS. POLITICAL. A Day of Great Excitement in the City of Cincin= nati. The News of Blaine’s Alarming Illness Intensifies the Commotion. Conkling and Blaine Men Bid- ding for the Black Vote. The Enormous Administration Lev- erage Wielded by Conkling, Morton Politically Dead in the Convention---Bris- tow Looking Up. i A Virulent Type of Bristow- phobia Developing Itself. Logan, Charley Farwell, and Matt . Carpenter Have Got it Bad, A Timely Word of Caue tion which Delegates Should Heed. THE CONVENTION. FIPE-LAYING. A PAIR GLIMPSE OF THIS AMEHICAN CHARAC TRRISTIC. Spectat Dispatch ta The Tribune. CinerxwaTy, 0., June 11.—Novw, indeed, doca it grow heated here, with the mereury up smong the nincties, and the throngof delegates, manoging politiclavs, and workers, tolling snd sweating to, make it hotter. The contest for the nomination fs at white heat. The Blaine men are more confldent fu tone than cver. They boast louder, that, despite all the *Confederato attack,” s they style the exposuro of Blaine by Blaine's self in tho Fisher correspondence, no delegute has gone back on him. They clalm with the utmost assurance that, instead of losiug, they are galn- ing, and that the current s strongly scttiog in favor of thelr candidate. Those of them who do not clafin that Blalne will be nominated on the first ballot aseert thut instead of losing he will gain on each succeoding bullot, and that they will stick to him first, lust, and ali the time. THE MACHINE INPLUENCE is more and more gravitating to his favor, and the tactics of his adhcrents grow correspond- ingly more sudaclous, as though Inspired by himselt: To-day Gen. Frye clatms for him 203 delegates, leaving hifm but elghty votes short of the nomination. This clulm {3 really the most. modest that bas yet been made in Blaine's behalf, and includes the whole of the Illinois delegation, in which it s known there are five delegates for Bristow; tho ‘Wisconsin delegation, for which two delegates are for Bristow and other States ar¢ appropriat- ed {n the some manner fn making up the esti- mate, which, howerver, it s not far out of the Wiy y MR, BLAINE'S SUNSTROKH. ‘What effect . Blalne's {lluess will have wpon his prospects It is impoesible at this timo ta conjecture. It hans ns yet ubated none of the efforts made in his bebualf, and his friends an- nounce that bis{llness wns merely a sudden falntness induced by over.mental excitement and the heat, and that he has already recavered. Should it turn out, however, that his sudden at- tack was of apoplexy, the prevailing opioion to- night sccme o be that he will be withdrawn from the ruce for the Presidency. Up to the hour this afternoon when the clty was startled by the report that Blaine was probably dying— at lesst wus.in a precarious condition—all partles were striving to administer upon the estate of Morton and distribute the nssets, it being recognized on all sides that he was dead politically, so far os this Conven- tion was concerned. Col. llnllnwn(v and the other of Morton's manugers bruvely tried to keep up a bold front, but they, better perhaps than m?-hody else, knew that, under the pretense of discussing their second choiee, the Southern colored Mor- ton delegation were o}l day negotiating with the Conkling and Bluine men.” Both bid high snd actively for the rotten-horough vote represent- Iugg Statescertain to go Democraticin November, A COLORED CONVERRKCH. To-lay 8cnator Bruce, Fred. Douglass, the Rey. Highlaud Garnett, Col. arlan, and ather colored paliticlans aud- delegates bad a private conference, at which there wus an anlmated dis- cusslon between the Bristow men and the Conk- ling men. Among them the stock argument which the Whisky Ring on every oceaslon urges ogainst Bristow, to wit: That he comea from south aof the Ohlo _ River, was dul{ constdered. The result was that even Fred Douglass, who Is here in Conke ling's interest, was forced to adnit that Brist tow's Republicuulsim was of the true stripe, ard. that the colored men might rely upon it without the slightest occaslon for nrpn- icnslon, The confercnice, however, resulted ln nothing definite, and to-nlght there are more conferences of tho colored politiclans and delegates, and the Conk- ling and Blalne competition for the rotteus borough vote {s mure active than ever. CONKLING, ‘While the sympathics of the whole country are extended to Mr. Bluine, who has so suddenly and terribly been stricken down, the Conkling men ith” ghoulish greed have set about at- tempting to sdminlster upon his political estate aa they are doing on Morton's, With the ald of George C. Gorham and Senator Jones of Ne- vada, wud by liberal use of money, they have already secured the delegations™ from Cale fornla, Nevads, and Oregon. They have bauked a Jarge suin In this city for the purchase of those delegates who cay be bought outright. Bealdes, L‘auk\lufi is the Administration candi- date, and, as such, can dln;:cum patronage for the remalnder of Grint's term in return for votes in the Convention. With money and pate ronuge, uud with all the power of the” machine, he 18 working to capturs Blaine's fullowing. The contest, the e chine cluim to-night, s narrowed down to Ulaine and Conkling, and with bis corruption fund and the patronage at hia disposal, Conk- ling expects to undermine Bluine as he has Mor- ton, i which Inttor work, by the way, Blaine's unagers assisted. Cobkling has also thus alrendy made an {nroad upon the following of Hayea'ln Ohjo. Now, through John A, Logan and Charley Farwell, he Is attempting to turn the Dlinels delegation over from Hlsing to Conkling. MORTON, Meanwhile, the Morton men keep up a bold front, push their canyuss vigorously, and claim for him 200 votes on the first ballot.” They must %know, however, that the Sand-Eggleston clique Iu the Olifo delegation, which hus been cldmed for Morton, I8 ‘ienerlll y understood to have sold out to Con kling. The Morton men can- not belp kuowlng also that Mar- shal Puckard has sunounced a8 the ultimatum of the Loulsiaua Morton men that they do not mean to stick to Morton unless ha develops strength enough to iuake that sup- port uot hopeless, In other words, they do not meau to support Morton uuless ho gets a Northern fulluwing outside that of Indfava. The Morton ‘men wuy be- leve that the prospects of their cundidate are as wood as they clalm, uotwithstanding tho' Blalue and Conkllng manugers go ahead udmin. tstering upon Mortou's estute, Hehting over its distribution, From present lnfilcnl«nl. Mor- ton's following would scem to be rapldly melt~ ing away, and it would seem ouly a question as tuthe dutalls of the negotiations for the transs