Show DEATH OF EX SECRETARY BLAINE washington NaToN ja jan n 27 dr haytt who has just left blaines bedside says the patient has suffered buffered another relapse much more serious than any that has yet occurred that the patients condition to is extremely critical and being so BO feeble he oan can not rally while not venturing an opinion as to the extent of the relapse it is estimated that the he end is near at hand LATER the announcement is ie just made that blaine la Is dead he died at 11 clock this morning washington jan 24 the end came peacefully ex secretary blaine pawing passing from a state of unconsciousness to death the wife and children were at the bedside the news quickly spread to the capitol and throughout the city it was wae everywhere expected but when the announcement came the impression was more profound than any created by similar news since the death of abraham lincoln james gillespie Oil lespie blainer Bla Blai ined nelas abath although it removed from the world a character prominent in everything he undertook occasioned little surprise it had bad been so long expected the announcement was wholly anticipated it was n H foregone conclusion that the battle with death would end in defeat though the facts as to the illness have irom from the first been studiously concealed through official channels he was a sick man when he returned to washington for the winter and death and its bereavements added more and more to his hie aliment ailment he grew worse und continued on his bis journey to the grave as fast as the days could carry him selene science and skill furnished him weapons of defense for a comparatively long time but death furnished the end fight he was doomed doomed from the start atari and to all intents be has been a dead man for many days his mind has baa been almost a blank for weeks the lucid moments having been few and for far between but the physical frame withstood the ravages of wasting disease till now AN AM ACTIVE LIFE from the cradle to the tomb Blaine for sixty three years has been active all the trials and tribulations that fall to the lot ot of public men have been his and ancl he earned for aim a peaceful ending of a career which oord when life lifes le candle made its last flicker today the death bed has been almost tn in surrounded for weeks by those nearest and dearest to him I 1 in n fact only the family and those very closely associated with them have been permitted to even hear bear from him during the last days of his life trained journalists calling into requisition every honest means at their command and resorting to every possible means within the line of legitimate journalism have kept a watching eye on every movement about th the house of the distinguished patient until he breathed his bis last naturally the disposition on the part of the family and physicians was to conceal the con but from time to time accurate information was obtained and reported it is s ie to say aay that few if any joer i experiences since grants ill ness could furnish a more thorough example of watching and waiting than ihan this dr johnson was summoned to the bedside early this morning but the fact was unknown until shortly after 11 when in company with dr roy hoyt he be left the bouse buth bah were unusually pale and when aco accosted osted by a reporter for the latest news a significant look in their faces answered the question hes dead said mid dr johnson Jo huson and passed away peacefully J THE NEWS SPREAD LIKE crowds gathered on the corners era and visitors flocked docked to the house word was at once sent to president harrison who accompanied by his private secretary raiford Hal furd and dr parker at once walked over to blaines BI aines man sion followed quickly by postmaster general wanamaker the president showed marked signs of grief the patient passed a restless rest lesa night this morning he was languid and weak but nothing serious was noted until shortly before nine when a change for the worse occurred both physicians were hastily summoned I 1 and remained at the bedside till death blaine was conscious until a few moments before death and the end was so peaceful that only the experienced eye of the physician could perceive that the great statesman bad joined the majority dr hyatt said Bla blaines ineys death wad due to sheer exhaustion exhaust iou he was unwilling to make any statement regarding the exact nature of the disease until he be bad received the consent of the family DR JOHN SON S STATEMENT to a reporter dr johnson said 1 I was called to the blaine residence at this morning and found blaine very exhausted lie he had grown weaker during the early morning mor about the nurse observed that the breathing was more difficult and the pulse more feeble dr hyatt was also sent for and arrived at 10 after my arrival blaine continued to grow weaker very rapidly the pulse becomIng very feeble he was perfectly conscious till a few ino moments ments before death and recognized all those around him he died without suffering CONGRESS ADJOURNS the senate and house adjourned as a mark of respect to blaine without transacting any business in answer to the question did blaine die of brighten tes disease the physic physician lau said sald while there has been during the last several mouths evidences of chronic disease of the kid neye being the form commonly known as brights disease yet this was not the sole soe cause of the death there abet were other eother consecutive complications which tended to exhaust him and hasten the end the lapses which he had for some time were due to heart exhaustion ha that Is feebleness slid and irregularity of the action of the heart accompanied by difficult breathing during yesterday nothing of importance occurred blaine simply lay jay guereta fuere la a feeble condi condition tift taking very little nourishment indeed he has taken very little nourishment since the serious attack on december 18 and this consisted almost wholly of milk at no time haq ba he had bad any difficulty with his hia stomach and has been able to digest whatever food was wag given him throughout the long illness he has been able to recognize the family and the physicians while he be has not 0 cm versed to any great extent even with the family for some time pat pact he has always been able to indicate bis big wants very vc ry clearly to questions asked him he always alway replied in telli gently but in monosyllables N dr johnson job said further tuat there has been no hope of blaine Blai nelis recovery since the at sinking liking spell in december but to within two or three weeks there was strong hope that life might be prolonged since then there was no hope and practically nothing was done except to give nourishment if the family consents the ghyst clans will make a statement of the progress 0 the disease A STREAM OF VISITORS fallowing following Fal lowing the president visit in quick u ick 1 succession came the members of t the 1 cabinet then one after another in a conet constant tint stream most of the prominent people in off loidl life called and left words of condolence returning from his visit to the house of death president harrison ISSUED A proclamation to the people of the united states adf an f noun bouncing cing the death riving giving a brie resume of the public career of the late illustrious statesman paying tribute to lie his devotion te tc public interests marked ability an 1 exalted patriotism which have won fur for him the gratitude and affection of his countrymen and admiration or of the world and directing that on the day of his funeral all executive departments at washington be closed and on all public buildings throughout the united states the national flag be displayed at half mast mait and nd for a period of thirty days the department part rt ment mens of state be draped in mourn ing secretary foster issued an order closing the state department CLEVELAND HEARS THE NEWS NEW YORK jan 27 president elect cleveland in company with din M Diakin their way irom from lakewood N J to now new york heard beard the news of Blat Bl alees nela death at elizabeth port he seemed greatly shocked and overcome by the news and hurriedly inquired fur for the particulars ulars FUNERAL arrangement washington D C jan 27 the funeral services are so go far decided upon that services will be held on monday forenoon and the remains interred here at least lease temporarily it is not yet decided whether the funeral will be public or private president harrison Harri aon sent for senator prye frye of maine to consult about blaine blaines Bl alnea s funeral which he thought should be public and at the capitol of course there has been no opportunity to consult with the family but bat prye frye had no doubt they would interpose no objection to this honor being paid to the memory of the dead statesman legislatures CHICAGO jan 27 the legislatures of now new york colorado and illinois adjourned ass as a mark of respect the populist house of kansas passed a resol reso lution of appreciation of his big service to the country and sympathy to the family and the R republican publican house took recess until four governor mckinley Mo Kinley and ex gover nor buraker Fu raker of ohio sent messages of condolence to flags in the principal cities are hoisted at half staff CAUSE OF DEATH the physicians issued the following preliminary announcement of the causes of blainer Bla Blai inen neld death chronic in nephritis a form for oa of bright ld disease due to general changes in the arteries and with dilation of the heart this condition was complicated with disease of the lungs langs of a tubercular nature the immediate cause of death was connected with the heart up to a late hour this afternoon the remains of the statesman lay in the front room in the southwest corner of the third floor where the patient had bad been uninterruptedly confined since the beginning of the fatal illness there was no crape on the door and no indication since the throng of callers had partially ceased that there had been anything unusual to mar the serenity of the household |