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Show M,,,"nwssssMssssnnnsssMssssssssssnM BAYARD'S GREAT LOSS Again Death Enters His Home, This Time to Take His Beloved Wife. Gladstone Obeys the Qaeeu and Kisses Her Majesty's Hand. An Indianapolis Bank That '.- Has "Been Talked to Death Financially.'? ; Death of Mrs. Secretary Bayard. ' 'Washington, January 31. Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Secretary of State, died at her residence in this city at half -past 8 this morning. . . The immediate cause of Mrs. Bayard's death was congestion of the brain, brought on by the shock of -., ; i HKB DACOHTEB'S SUDDEN DEATH Two weeks ago. For the first week following follow-ing that event she stsod the strain and excitement ex-citement quite well, .but a week ago last Friday she was compelled to take to her bed, and gradually grew worse from- day to day. On Thursday oongestioaof the: brain made its appearance. She was unconscious for twenty-four hours before her death. -Although for years MBS. BATABD HAD BEEN A CONFIBStED INVALID. She had during the last six months been in better health than for many years. , Last summer -she was very ill at her home in Wilmington, Del., with a complication of diseases of the liver and stomach, and her reoovery at that time was considered doubtful. doubt-ful. At the solicitation of her daughter, Miss Kate, she put herself under the care of Dr. F. A. Gardiner, of this city, and under his treatment she had improved so much as to be able to go into society this winter, and although still infirm, she was in comparatively compara-tively good health when her daughter died. SHE WAS ABOUT FIFIX-ONE TEAB3 OF AGE. With the exception of her daughter, Mrs. Warren, of Boston, and her son who is in Arizona, the family were present when she died. The body will be taken to Wilmington for burial to-morrow, and the funeral will be held there on Tuesday. The death of Mrs. Bayard will have a marked offect in the social festivities of the capitol. It closes in absolutelmourning for a week the White House and the homes of the Cabinet ministers, and withdraws from society. - ' THE PBESIDENT AND MISS CLEVELAND, . The members of the Cabinet and - their families. On the announcement of the sad event, the President directed the immediate recall of invitations for the State dinner to the Supreme Court, which was to have been given Thursday evening, and the Secretary and Mrs Endioott withdrew their invitations for the Cabinet dinner on Friday evening. Miss Cleveland will not.be at home to callers during the week, and her Saturday afternoon reception will be abandoned. Secretary and Mrs. Whitney had issued cards for a series of Thursday evening receptions, re-ceptions, but their house will be closed for a week and all acceptances of invitations by Cabinet families for that period will be revoked. re-voked. This winter Mrs. Bayard's health was so much improved that she took her place at THE HEAD OF THE CABINET LADIES, And assisted at the President's reception on New Year's day. At Miss Cleveland's first Saturday afternoon reception she filled the place of hostess baok of the line in the blue parlor with distinguished grace and marked cordiality, - which was noted as the most pleasant feature of the occasion. At President Presi-dent Cleveland's first State dinner, that given in honor of the Cabinet two weeks ago Thursday night, she occupied the place of honor at the President's right, and the exchange ex-change of congratulations which went about that circle of the official family on her improved health and buoyant spirits added much to the pleasure of the gathering. THE CESSATION OF SOCIAL FESTIVITIES Is but a feeble indication of the personal loss which every Cabinet family feels in the terrible bereavement which has befallen the household of the Secretary of State. It is well understood that there would be more marked expressions of sympathy and condolence condo-lence on their point, did not Mr. Bayard prefer otherwise, in his charaoteristio consideration con-sideration for others, and his desire that his private griefs, almost unbearable as they would seem to be, should not unduly affect the public The President was immediately notified of Mrs. Bayard's death, and he Ft once sent Col. Lamont with a NOTE OF CONDOLENCE TO SECBETABY BATABD, And later in the day Miss Cleveland called at the house. There will be no funeral services ser-vices in Washington. The remains will ba taken in a special car to Wilmington and deposited in the old Swedish church, where they will remain until 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when the Episoopal Bervice will be read and the body placed in the tomb.. Mr. Bayard has asked that no official demonstration demon-stration be made, and the President will not go to Wilmington. Several members of the Cabinet will, nowever, attend the funeral. Cabinet officers, Senators, Representatives, diplomats and publio men generally have called at the Bayard mansion to-day to express ex-press their sympathy with the Secretary in his affliction. |