§ The Omaha Daily Bee I
Jl | \ NINETEENTH YEAR • OMAHA TUESDAY MORjSfcNG , FEBRUARY 4. 1SO0. \i\ \ \ NUMBER 225. H
I IN A FIERY SHROUD '
jVMJ Awful Holocaust tit the Homo of
jVMf Secretary Tracy
"fl WIFE AND DAUGHTER PERISH
jwAV The Body of the Young Lady
H Oomplotoly Inolnoratod
-r
m HEB MOTHER STIFLED DY SMOKE
MVJ Donth Insults a Pow MormntB
"VAJ After Her Rescue
H MR TRACY'S NARROW ESCAPE
. M Ho Is Tnkcn frnm the Dtilldlnjc In
t H an UncnnsoluiiH Condition , Out
J m Is now Believed to bo
' B ltccnvi-rtng.
Mwr A Terrible Cnlnmlty
) Washington , Feb 3. A tcrriblo calamity
* BV visited thu household of Secretary of the
H Navy Tracy this tnornlng whereby thrco
* H persons Mrs Tracy , vnfo of the secretary ,
H bis daughter Marie , anil a French inaid
M \ lost thor ' lives and thrco others were
i M . > - badly by rued The house Is a thrco story
H nnd basement brick situated on I street boAS -
t
AS l' tween Connecticut avenue and Seventeenth
jSB Btrcot , and has recently undergone extensive
j Bj Improvements
fl Persons parsing the house nt 7 o'clock this
H morning saw snioko issuing from the front
fl Windows , and nt once raised the alarm of
M lira The llro and police department ro-
fl spondod promptly The premise ! wcro ul-
most completely eoncoulod by the dense
VJ smoke , which was thickened by a heavy
flfl fog which was Just lifting
H ft was Boon discovered that the house was
H all abluzo inside , nnd that the main stairway
j was burnt , thus cutting oft commumcatiou
H with the sleeping npartmonta on the second
BH and third floors Scvoral streams of water
flHJ wcro thrown on the flames , and ovcry effort
HJ was made to check the fire
BHJ A sccuo of the wildest confusion ensued
JBH when It wns known that all the members of
iHH - the family wcro in the house The fireman
SSI < j v bohnved lilto heroes in the emergency , and
H jf ' went through flro nnd smoke searching for
MBHi tqaianu the different apartments
BVB Mrs Wiltnordlng the secretary's daugh-
AVBT tor , and Miss WUmording forced their
AST way through the blinding smoke
BBa and Jumped from the second-story
front window Ladders were stretched for
B > M them , but In llielr excitement they failed to
BBm sea thorn Mrs Wllmcrding broke her wrist
AV ) and was severely injured Her daughter
VBJ was badly injured about the lower limbs , but
pB broke no bones , liotb suffered severely from
pH the shock They wcro at once tukon to
M the vesldeneo of Dr Baxter , uoar by , and
Bfl restoratives applied
HB Mrs Traoy endeavored to escape the raging
BHJ clement by dropping hcrsolf from her bed
BHa room window , and in an effort to decrease
HHj the distance to the ground grasped the nnr-
HHJ row window sill and lowered borsalf as far
HHJ as she was able These who saw her In her
HHJ perilous position shouted to hold on , but
HHj either she did not hear or bor strength failed
BftS her , for after thus banning a moment bo-
'Hi ' tween lifo aud death she fell forty
J B feet Into the areaway before
I Hfe * anything could bo done towaras rescuing
HF * herorrcjiovlugherfall She was immediately
lAHj/ . taken to the house of nnoighbor , Dr Hhocm ,
Bfl nnd placed upon a lounge in the sitting
HH ) room She was perfectly conscious , and did
HH not scorn to suffer any pain Occasionally
HH ) she complained ol oppression In the neigh
AHJ borhood of her heart , and found dlfllculty In
BBI breathing She talked a while , coughed
fl H i sllcrhtly , and then became silent Physicians
HflH looked at each other slgoillcantly Mrs
H | Tracy was < fcad The immediate cause of
BBfl ber death was supposed to bo from Injuries
HHJ to her heart , sustained In the fall from the
HHJ window , which flooded her lungs with
KHJ blood It is said thatv had she delayed
HHJ ber movements a couple of minutes , Iaadors
HHj and mattresses and othor-moans of safe cs
HH capo would have been at hand Her body
HH was soon removed to tno residence of At *
SB tornoy General Miller , on Massachusetts
H Almost nt tbo same tlmo two ladies were
MBJb _ taken from the burning building Ono was
'HBB- * 1' ' the ' Miss
socrotary's duughtcr , Mary , a
y Hf young lady , and the ether was that of
[ 4 B' < s , ua French maid , Josophhio That of
, fl l the former was found by Chief Par
' ( | sh lyiug on the door in the second
j'BB story hall , at the head of the stairs , She
i H hud evidently died from suffocation , The
Bfl chlof lifted the lifeless body in his arms ,
; BIJ and , although the stnlrcaso was ublazo , ho
! jBM brought it out Into tlio street It is said
' BJ that Miss Traoy could have saved hcrsolf If
'jBB ' her strength had hold out a few mluutes
'iBB longer ,
! [ BB Of the Pronch matd llttlo Is known , sava
tl H that her dead bndy was found in a room on
[ • H tno top Uoor of the house , burno.l beyond
K H reoognltlon ,
! i H Uoth the bodies of Mlsi Tracy and the
maid were taken to an undertauor's eatab-
ilHfl | lishmont la the vicinity
r H Sccrotary himself had most
, [ Traoy a won
'
H dcrful cscapo and Is now lying In a some
what precarious condition ut the residence of
ijBfl Judge Davis Like the ethers , ho was ever
i H como In his sloop by the smoke which filled
rBB the house and rendered him unconscious Ho
1JBMV T : was discovered in this condition and with
.MBBJ coiiHldeiabla dlfllculty was removed to ono of
I' , H the windows , Cries for a ladacr were quickly
I'l H answered and many willing bauds were
' 'Bfl raised to assist him to the around , Ho was
( Bfl at once removed to a neighbors house and
'BV ' wus soon surrounded by physicians The
Bfl doctors upplied urtillclal moans to induce
Bfl respiration and succeeded , after an hours
! B work , in restoring him tosomi consciousness ,
BJ It was thou thought safe to remove him to
BB Judge Davis house , IIo improved slowly
B from this time , and soon regained conscious
BM ocss , recognizing friends who called to ln-
j H qulro In regard to his condition Among the
f H first of tbeso were the president , vlco prcsl
IBB dent and sovcrnl members of thu cabinet ,
| B The full extent of bis torrlblo affliction Is
jBfl withhold from him for the present , His first
BB inquiry uj > on recovering consclousuess was
Bfl In regard to the safety of bis family Ho is
IBH S gradually gaining In strength , and bis friends
1AmWM lvro sangulnu of his complete recovery
BBBJp The walls of the house , are standing , but
iflBW - - . the interior presents a picture of ruin and
> > HflT desolation The residence of Judge Cox of
'HH ' tLo district supreme court , on the lsft , was
BH badly damaged by water
S H • All arouud these residences grat crowds
congregated a soon as the news sorcad , nnd
linvo romaincd nil morning President
Harrison , ns soon ns ho heard of the tragedy ,
sent help from the executive mansion and
followed himself to inqulro what ns9lstanco
ho could render The members of the
cabinet , with whom Secretary Tracy wns
very popular , wuro among the first to call
Tlioy all placed their respective residences
nt the disposal of the afflicted family
Chlof Parish of thu fire department told
his story us follows : "I paid no attention to
the llro when I heard there were persons In
the house I felt my way through the smoke
to the second floor nnd found a man in bed
in one of the rooms I managed to diug
him into n room wbero there was not too
much smoke , where I broke the window nnd
culled for a ladder Tha man , who proved
to bo Soirotnry Tracy , was taken out , nnd L
went back Into the smoke and llro again and
found Miss Marie Tracy As I caught hold
of her wrists to lift her up the flesh came oft
her hurnoil hands I got her out , but she
wus dead "
Dr Uuth , at the solicitation of frlonds ,
visited the undorttiking establishment nnd
IdcntllloJ Miss Tracy Ho made u hurried
examination nnd found that she and died
from suffocation Mrs Tracy was found to
have died from the rupture of blood ves
sels
sels.A
A gentleman who saw the llro said :
"vVhllo the bnlldlni ! seemed to bo a mass of
flames bursting from every point , Scream
followed scream from the interior of the
building Only a few people were passing
at tha time , and they scorned bowlldorcd
The engines soon nrrlvcd ; you know the
rest "
In ntiothcr account of the flro It is stated
that Boon after the flames were dlscovorod at
the Tracy residence two male servants wcro
seen to ciuergo from the front dour and run
for their lives The llro gained headway ,
and although the fir a denartmont responded
promptly the residence was enveloped lu
flames when they nrrlvcd Secretary nnd
Mrs Trucy occupied a back room on the second
end Moor Mrs Tracy , It Is
thought was first nwakened by the
suffocating smoke Secretary Tracy was
at this linio unconscious nnd Mrs Tracy ,
with heroic dovotlou , attempted to drag the
body of the secretary to the window In
this she partially succeeded Half dazed
and blinded bv the smoke , she opened the
window , and lust as the llremcn were put
ting up the ladder to rescue her she leaped
to the sidewalk She was picked up severely
Injured internally and with a broken leg ,
and taken to a neighboring house , where she
died within au hour without rccovorlng
consciousness
The ladder which would have snvod
Mrs Tracy's lifo had she but
waited a moment was soon placed
under the window and strong bands lifted
the body of Secretary Tracy through it and
carried him to the sidewalk The sccrotary
was at first thought to bo dead , but it was
discoverca that a spark of lifo yet remained
Ho was removed to the residence of linncrof t
Davis near by , and at 11 o'clock wns re
ported ns Improving , though at that time ho
had not regained consciousness
Miss Tracy , the secretary's ' unmarrlod
duughlcroccuptcd the third story front room ,
ana met a horrible fate The young lady
could bo seen at the window , clad in a white
robe her bauas in the attitude of prayer
and her taco uplifted to heaven The flames
gradually hemmed her In and she finally
sank to the floor , and when found her re
mains were a charred mass
Mrs Wilmordlng , Secretary Tracy's mar
ried daughter and her daughter , Miss Wll
mcrding occupied the second front room , on
the sanio floor with secretary and Mrs
Tracy Both she and her daughter Jumped
from the windows to the grass torrneo be
low , and while the shock to both was sevorc
neither received any apparent injury
JAMES WELCH'S STOItr
James Welch , the secretary's butler , said :
"I sloop in the basement , una this morning I
got up about 0:30. : There was no smell of
fire nnd no uppeuranco of anything wrong
At about 7 o'clock I started to clean my din
ing room , when there was a ring at the bell ,
unci when I answered it a colored man said :
Your hoU60 is on llro " At once I rushed
up stairs to urouso the family nnd although
the smono was vury thick I suc
ceeded in knocklug nt every door ,
und from each ono in the
rooms I secured a response Then I started
to go down stairs , and , nearly choked with
bdioIio , I foil thrco times , but finally got to
the front door I wcDt around to the rear
and tried to cat a ladder so as to reach the
secretary nnu sirs , lracys joaroom Airs
Tracy was at the window , oud while a few
of us who were there uppoalodto her to keep
still for a mlnuto moro , she climbed out on
the sill and lowered herself until she bung
by her bands on the nnrrow Btono projec
tion Everybody who saw her yelled to her
to hold on for a moment , and wo looked
around lor something on which to catch her
so as to break the fall which bad to como "
How long did Mrs Tracy hang there ! "
Not moro than n few seconds She told
mo afterwurds that she slipped , She fell
into un areaway , almost touching mo in her
swift descent ( I was on the around level ) ,
und struck on her loft sldo No sound save
n llttlo incoherent murmur came from her
lius . I plcuod her up and carried ber into
Iibcem's house "
k TOTAI < nUIK
Tothosowho were admitted to view the
destruction of property , the bedroom which
had been occupied by Sccrotary nnd Mrs ,
Tracy was the principal point of interest
It is a roar room on the second floor , and
must have boon a beautiful apart
ment , Everything is black and
soaked with water The room is
a hugo cinder On the third floor , in the
central front , was tbo room occupied last
night by Mrs Tracy This was a ruin of
the most thorough description charred In
every corner , the colling gene , the doors
burned out , cfndors ankle deep covered the
floor and what tbo flames had spared was
destroyed by water
The llro originated In the parlor near the
open llro place Whether It onginatod from
the grata or heating plpa is not known The
furnace is in the busouient , directly bo-
neatli where the tire started , and the pipes
leading to the upper stories passed in tha
rear of the woodwork The firemen gen
erally think that the woodwork caught llro
from the heated plpos
Secretary Tracy received a largo number
of telegrams of condolence this morning
Owing to the sad event President and Mrs
Harrison bavo rec.illod the invitations to the
state dinner iu honor of the supreme court
Thursduy next ,
TAKES ? TO THE WIIITB II0BSE.
The romalus of Mrs Traoy and Miss Tracy
lie tonight in n casket in thu ountru of the
east room of the white house , bjneatli the
crystal chandeliers whoso light less than u
week ago shauo upon thorn as they gayly
greeted their numerous friends at
tha lust presidential reception The
bodies were brought to the white
house at 0 o'clock by order of the president ,
wht > has taken charge of whatever arrange
ments for the fuucral It was necessary to
make at present Thu final arrangements
will not b.i made until the arrival of Secretary
tary Tracy's son und General Catlln , his
brother-in-law , who are expected tonUht
Tbo injured are improving , The presi
dent visited Secretary Tracy again this even
ing and found him regaining strength ,
though still hardly able to realize the grout
loss ho has sustained
Tlio Cnbinut'ii Trip Almniloiiert
Washinoton , Feb 3 , The trip of the
president and cabinet to Now York to attend
the ventonnary of the organization of tbo
supreme court of the United States has been
abuudouud on account of the deaths in tbo
lumilics of Secretaries Uluiao and Tracy ,
"
BLOODY FUSS FOR DREKFOS
A Fronoh Duel la Wh oh Real Gore
Was Spilled
THE EDITOR HIT IN THE ARM
Marquis do Mores * Exriorloncu in
Blmitnnn L'rnvcM of Croat Value
to IIIm on the Field
of Honor "
An Unusual Termination
tr < ) ) i/rfflM ) ISM bu J ( m ; ( Ionian Hsmi'K.1
Puns , Fob 3. ( Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tim Ueb.1 The much
talked of duet botwoou the Marquis do
Mores and M , Camlllo .Dreyfus was fought
yesterday morning In the outskirts of the
llttlo town of Comlnos in Belgium , Just beyond -
yond the fcVonch f rontlor At the word of
command M , Droyfus fired und mUsed The
marquis almod dollbaruloly nnd sent a bait
Into the nrm of his opponent , Just above tbo
elbow Joint The wound is painful , but not
serious Hud it not bocn for the fact that
Droyfus dropped bis nrm tmmodiataly on
firing it Is very probable that ho would have
bocn mortally wounded
iM Droyfus , In a fovorluh condition , with
his arm bandaged and groitly swollen , Is
now lying nt Lillo , where ho will romiln
until tha doctors allow him to return to
Paris The Marquis do Mores , accompanied
by his seconds , reached Paris lust oveiiing In
tlniu for dinner
Besides the principals nine mon witnosssd
the duel two seconds on each sldo , two doc
tors , a French officer , a frlond of M. do
Mores , M. Vnn Islamic , owner of the prop
erty where tlio fight took place , and a Har
old correspondent No other newspaper
representatives were present
The duel in many respects was a romarka-
blb ono It was occasioned oy nn article
writtort some days ago by M. Droyfus m La
Nution , In which the well known political
writer said a number nf things about the
mnrquls which tbo latter considered insult
ing Ho snld the marquis father was u
banker , his mother a Jewess , and ho himself
a , n word not usually printed In high
class newspapers , but it begins and ends
with the same lcttor
A few hours later ho rccoivod a challenge
to mortal combat The condi
tions of the duel were that
if neither were wounded after the first
round , a second should ho fired , and after
that a third if necessary As both men are
expert shots , their many friends looked for
ward to tbo result with serious apprehen
sions For years the Marquis do Mores has
been accuttomod , on the linuionso cattle
ranches of Montana , to the constant use of
the revolver It hat bcon bis boast that no
thief had over stolen ono of his horses or
steeds and livoJ M. Droyfus had long en
joyed the reputation of being among Parlsan
Journalists the ono whom It was particularly
iuadvisablo to challenge Ho rarely mlssod
his man
About 7 o'clock Saturday evening a tall ,
bandsomo man , enveloped in an ulster , stood
near the tlokot olUco at Garo du Nerd , ap
parently Intent on roadinir ' a paper
Ho was really waiting for his
seconds * " It was M. do Mores
Just about starting on a jpurnoy from which
ho might never return alive Presently two
ethers apnroachod , also ouvolopod in ulsters
The taller and larger of the two was the
Comto do Dion , and the ether Mla Capl-
taino Fcuillant , recently prominent as ono'of
Uoulangcr's staunch supporters ,
After a whisperM conversation , during
which glnncas were shot from tlmo to time
in tha direction of a similar group not fur
distant , tha party moved toward the train
The second group followed A pale-faced ,
medium-sizod man walked m front , accom
panied by Lockroy , ox-ministor of pubho in
struction , M. Pochon and Dr Malacot . The
palo-fnced man was Camlllo Droyfus
They also took places In the express ,
which presently rolled away for Lillo Tbo
marquis and his party at once established
themselves in the dining car for the next two
hours , eating , drinking , laughing and chat
tine , and they seoniod to have a glorious
good time Than they withdraw to their
compartments , succeeded by their opponoats ,
who also dlnod , though loss jovously
The tram roaohod Lillo at 11 o'clock and
all hands prepared to enjoy a good nights '
sleep , if a rood nights sloop were possible
under the clrcumstunces Strict orders were
loft for a general awakonlng at7o'doctc
next morning , with hot water , barbers , mut
ton chops , eggs , coffoc etc The bedrooms
were frigid ; the bet water came
too late ; the barbers overs lopt
themselves altocetbqr , and the morning
meal was not enjoyable An hours run
from Lillo brought us ever to the Uelglan
frontier , and at Coailncs all alighted
I had the pleasure of riding a brief dis
tance In f ho same carrlago with Mr Droy
fus and his friends , who apparently mistook
mo for au English tourist , probably because
I were u plalu traveling cap und was reading
au Kulish novel They tulkod freely ot the
duel , but there scorned to bo an atmospbero
of gloom in tbo railway carrlago which made
it pleasant to got out again into the fresh
morning air At last the scene of action was
reached , the carriages came to a halt and
the occupants align.tod ,
A wain across n few hundred yards of
nloughod ground brought the party to u stone
cottage , where preparations had been made
to care for the wounded , it wounded thi'ro
should bo Hero for the first tlmo the two cno-
inlos mot There was a grand lifting of huts
all round , n profusion of solemn bows.but not
a word was spoken Without losing time
the four seconds proceeded to business Ex-
Minister Lockroy drew forth a & frano plcco
anu sent it spinning into the air
Face , " called M. Fouillant , but a tall
came
This gave M. Droyfus tbo choica of posi
tion Up wont the coin again and tbo cap
tain won the choice At the third toss of
the dollar the captain won the privilege of
giving the word , of command
The next thing was to measure the dts-
tanco twenty metres which was done by
the Comto do Dion , who unrolled u tape
measure with the dexterity of a man uccus-
tomed to this sort of thing Iudocd tbo
comto has fought no cud of duels and bus
never been touched M , Droyfus pUoed
himself at the end of the line near the road ,
marking the exact spot with a cono-handlod
cano curiously enough with a deaths ' bead
carved in ivory The Marquis do Mores
placed himself opposite Uoth were white
gloves , silk hats and full afternoon dress
Neither combatant hud auy advantage from
the position ot the suti , which wus exactly
between tbuni low on the horizon
The pistols furnished by the marquis hav
ing been taken from a sealed box In which
they bad left tbo makers , were tried care
fully by Diou , wno discharged them several
tlmss in the air Then , tbo weapons having
been loaded in an approved manner In the
presence ot the seconds , M. Fcuillant handed
an uncovered pistol to M. Droyfus , whllo M.
Lockroy performea a similar service for the
marquis
Each principal having given his word of
honor that there was no sort of armor con
cealed benoatb nla clothes , the duel began ,
M. Fcuillant spokefirst , und ex
plained that bis associate , M , do Dion ,
would first go through tbo act ot giving
commund and then really do so The cap
tain lifted bis hat and bold it in bis right
band in tbo posltlou prescribed in duel
etiquette , whereupon the count raised his
hat In a similar wny , nnd drawing a gold
stop watch cillod out.distlrfctlv Ono , two ,
thrco " o.ich count bolng marked by the
beat ot a second During this trial per
formance the two principals hold their pis
tols In their right hands , { with tbo barrels
upward , nccordlne to the Vllreclious of the
captain ' • |
Hut now tlio command ' was about to bo
glvon In earnest Again , lifting his hat with
the same rourtcousness , . M , Fouillant cried :
Cock your olstos ) , nontlcincn "
Then , with u bow W the count , ho nddcdi
Are you ready , countl"
The count waltodjv few moments , then
seeing that bnth > wcapons were cocked , saidt
Are geuttompnl"
, vou ready ,
"Yob , " nnswered M. Droyfus Yes , "
answered the msrquls " -
Then Ono two , threol' *
In the preliminary proceedings Captain
Fculllnnt had cautlonid both men to aim deliberately -
liboratoly before firing ; but M. Dreyfus did
not cbooso to follow this advice Hardly hud
thu flist word been tillered when thu report
of his pistol sounded through thn quiet morn
lug air A glnnco at the mnrquls showed ho
was uninjured Ono cptlld fancy M. Drevfus
gave n hurried start as ho saw his aim had
missed and as bo also ' saw his enemy aim ,
raising bIowIv to the dead horizontal
The word Two sounded , the marquis
touched the trlggor , > and the leaden bullet ,
twelve milllmctors in tllnineter , spodBtrulaht
towards the breast of bis adversary But
his adversary's arm , moantlmo having fal
len , rccoivod the ball which would other
wlso have penetrated some vital organ
Even nt the dlstnnco where I stood ono could
oa lly see the shock caused by the Impact of
the bullet "
"I am hit , " called M. Droyfus , as the seconds
ends came running towards him
With that ho thro\v the pistol to the ground
and walked towards tbo cottngo , whore the
doctors promptly did ( their work I saw
them both after it Was over und rccaivod
their assurance that tbo wound , wbilo pain
ful , would not provo serlotR Uoth doctors
said that but for the intervening arm the
worst might easily have Jiapponod ,
Wbilo nil this wns going on I stood n tuw
dozen ynrds away , winching every dotill ,
and from time to tltnouaking Instantaneous
photographs with the aid of a dotcctivo
camera stowed banoath my waistcoat
Ton minutes after the duel was ever the
whole party was on fits way back to the
station , where telegrams were Bent to
anxious friends in P iris and eslcwhoro
Among these who must have been most re
joiced uy the news that M. do Mores had es
caped uninjured was thoyoung marquise ,
formerly Miss do Hoffman of Now York ,
who married the marquis during bis residence
denco in the United States
Uy tha way she is said to bo as euro a shot
as her husband , , On ono occasion
she went witha hunting party
to the Hocky mountains and with her own
hand , or rather with lerf own Winchester ,
killed three grizzly boars ) Moro recently ,
while in India with tha marquis , she shot
thrco tigers from the back of an elephant
As his wlfo has b'cen ill for some weeks pist
the marquis bad taken the precaution to kcop
her in ignorance of tbo dnul
On the way'back to Purls I had a pleasant
talk with Lockroy , 'who1 expressed himself
profoundly astonished to find that the Inof
fensive Englishman with'tVenlaid ' traveling
cap and novel was a correspondent ot the
Herald Ho took It , , however , nil In
good part , and wont so far ns to
compliment the paper oa Its enterprise The
tlmo durlne the journey ! Jibmo was passed
pleasantly enough In tufe compartment where
the marquis und bis friends wcro seated
Captain Fouillant , who la' what the French
call a vioux loup at , duelling , ' related a num
ber of his oxperlences.wltti the sword und
pistol Ho has fought , rfojless'than forty
thruo times The copfto and ' ho had a
friendly argument as't the'folativo advant
ages of the two woapijrbt but came to , no
conclusion Both cottgrardiatad the mar
quis on tbo preclsionrlif ihii aim and were In
their turn complimented by him " on the admirable -
mirablo manner in which tbey bad dis
charged tbo duties of seconds
Mr Droyfus tossing aboul unoaslly In
his bad nt Lille , was meanttmo thanking
brovidenco for the ldsplrution which made
him lower his arm
PAIINHLIj vindicated
The London Times Pays Him Five
Thousand Hounds
London , Fob 3. The trial or the suit for
libel brought by Purn eli against tha Times
was to have begun toJay.but when the enso
was called counsel announced the suit had
been compromised , the Times paying Parnoll
5,000 damages
The withdrawal wasnlsa announced of the
action brought by Henry Campbell , Par
noil's private secretary , Ugainst the Times
for damages for statomohts against Camp
bell made by Attorney ? General Webster ,
counsel for the Times , iif.his speech in the
case ol O'Donnell agninst Walter , the proprietor
'
prietor of tbo Times , nnd for the charges
made against the plaintiff in an editorial
oublisbod by that papsr la 1838. The an
nouncement , of the result of the actions
caused a sensation in tile court room It is
stated that the Timesyrlll pay Campbell
200 damages , besides meeting all the costs
of bis action . ,
English Newspaper Comment
London , Feb 3. Th J times says upon
the Parnell case : After our withdrawal of
the letters It was clear wo bad no legal de-
fonsb , therefore no alternative wus open to
us but to como to terms or abide the verdict
of the Jury As wo had ut tbo outset
chailoneed such action wo can not complain
at being taken ut ourWord This result ,
however , in no way affects tbo larger ques
tion It Is most desirable that the parlia
mentary commission should report , and when
its report is presented It is . equally desirable
that It may bo piaced in the hands ot the
public with the least possible delay ,
The Post says : While it was not doubted
that the Times would lese the case vet the
array of counsel raised hopes that some ex
tenuating circumstances w&uld bo brought
out This course now tuken wo nro com
pelled to admit is a snqck to public confi
dence '
The News undorstands'that .Parnoll will
recelvo not only the costs legally recoverable
but reimbursement for tbo whole expense bo
incurred In tbo matter , The conclusion is
as satisfactory as it is startling The public
now only awaits the ministerial apology , the
making of which common ) courtesy should
diutato }
The Chronlclo says tho1 > nccoptanco of' '
smaller damages than the jury would nward
is proof ot genuine moderation , for which
Parnoll is entitled to cr&liti - >
The Telegraph says it is Jmpoaslblo not to
condemn the nogligonoo 6s the Times In becoming -
coming the dupe of a dlsf-oputaDlo rascal
The settlement is satisfactory ,
Fitzgerald Jubilant
Chicago , Fob 3 , Prcsfdjjdt Fitzgerald of
the Irish National Loaauo1 of America
arrived In the city today • Speaking .of the
result ot the Parnell trialho said it will
causa u great revival ot Interest in the cause
of Irolund because the settlement ' of tlio case
und Its conditions will utcraet tbo uttontion
of the world Upon bis ruturn to his homo
at Lincoln , Neb , Mr , Fltijrorald will issue a <
stirring appeal to the IriihAmorIcans in bo-
haif of Parnell , as decided upon in Detroit
. ' i
Juilgo Kiltorton Arrives
Mitchell , S. D , , Feb 3 , [ Special Tele
gram to Heb.1 Hon Judso Edgerton was
brought homo from Ptarro Saturday after
noon by special train , accompanied by his
son , Hon E. O. Edgort ot ember of the
house from Yunkton county For ten days ,
past he has had a severe attack of la grippe
and wus threatened with'pneumonia , but is'
now convalescent Tha pulled States dia-
trict court will not convene at Picrro uulll
the judge fully recovers ,
Tlio AVoather-FjOrco sr , .
For Omaha nnd vicinity ; LieUt Vain , followed - '
lowed by fair weather !
For Nebraska , Fair , warmer in eastern ,
stationary temperature in western portion ,
westerly winds
For Iowa i Local rains , waruior , southerly
winds
For Dakota : Warmer , southwesterly
winds , occasional rains ,
THE PROPOSITION IS LOADED
A Scheme the Iowtt Domoomts
May Spring Toduy
REPUBLICANS ON THEIR GUARD
Consldorablo Difrorenco of Opinion
ns In tlio Proper 'Xiint for
Electing n Unit oil States
Senator
Thcfllown liCtilRlntlve Situation
Des Moinbs la , Fob 3. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tim Hub ] There 1b talk tonight
that tlio democrats may spring tomoirown
uqublo proposition in the house and ask the
republicans to Uko their cholco This prop
osition , it Is rcportod , will bo to the effect
that whichever sldo has the pormnnont
spcakor shall cot have the committee on the
suppression ot Intemperance They will
suggest a fair division of the odices und
commlttocs , with the spoakorship on ono
sldo nnd the temperance committee
on the other , nnd try to put the
republicans in the nltltudo of going
back on prohibition or else surrender the
spoakorship It is a very shrewd scheme
If they really have it in mind Leading re
publicans were asked tonight what they
would do In that case nnd they sty that they
will insist that all such propositions mnst bo
submitted through the rogulur channel
that Is , by a conference coinmittoo They
will not consider or discuss on the
lloorof the house any proposition or that
kind without its previous consideration in
cnucus
The only other subjectof Intorcst discussed
tonlcht is the senatorial matter Tomorrow
Is the second Tuesday after the temporary
organization of the house If thn statute
prescribing the tlmo for the cloction of sen
ator means the second Tuesday after such
an organlzatlon ns the house now has , then
It is Imperative that a ballot bo taken tomor
row But if permauont organization is
meant it can bo deferred Some republicans
think the attempt to elect a senator should
bo mndo tomorrow , but the democrats object
to nny such proceeding , aud will not consent
unless their governor can nlso bo Innugu-
rated Hut there has been so much nbsonteo-
Ism that possibly the republicans might be
in the minority tomorrow Then , supposing
some doniocrut should move thoclcclinnof
a United States senator , what would the re
publicans do ! This contingency has only re
cently been nnticipatcd , nnd n strong oilort
will bo made tomorrow to get the full repub
lican strength so as not to bo caught nap
ping
Tlio Home
Dns Moines , la , Fob 3. In the house
this afternoon twenty pairs were announced
only two more than on Saturdiiy Voting
for permanent speaker began with tno forty
ninth ballot , which resulted : Hamilton 30 ,
Wilson 30. After taking a few moro ballots
the house adjourned
The Mayor Mollis ' the FuniU
Cheston , la , Feb 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tnu Bee ] A set of resolutions were
introduced in the city council moetlng to
night dpmandlng that the mayor , John A.
Pattotson , turn ever to the city treasurer all
moneys oollectcd by him bolonglng to tbo
city , and In case ot bis refusal to do so tbo
city attorney bo instructed to begin suit at
once compelling him to do so Also that
impcnchmont proceedings bo instltutod in
case of his refusal Tha resolutions ro-
sultodinu tie vote , the mayor casting the
dealdlng vote , ruling them out of
order Another sat of resolutions were
then Introduced , demanding an im
mediate investigation ot tbo official
nets of the mayor Tills also resulted
in a tlo , the mayor voting for investigntion ,
Proceedings will be commeucod at once
The major hus persistently refused to turnover
ever the city funds in his hands on the
grounds that there is no citv ordinance com
pelling him to do so The affair has created
intense excitement in the city , tlio council
chamber tonight belrg crowded with citizens
A. Saloon Murder
Clinton , In , Fed 3. In the resldonco
part of the city , Pat NoNeally recently
started a saloon in a cottaco An effort was
made to close him up and ho was nrrostod ,
but again opened nnd has boon runninir n
hole for local toughs Early Sunday morn
ing Jim and Jack Rowan , Jim Hnnlan and
some others were there carousing Han Ian
lost his gloves and accused some of the gang
ot taking them Hot words ensued Hunlan
went homo got a revolver nnd returned Ho
was met at the door ot the saloon by the
Rowan hoys and two others who asked Hnnlan
what he wanted Ho said : "I have came
como hero to kill somebody and I am going
to do it , " and at oaca opened fire , shooting
Jacob Ho wan in the chin , the ball lodging
back of bis ear Ho then turned to Jim
Itownn and said : You want some , too
dent youi" Jim Uowan started to run ,
when Haitian fired , hitting Rowan In the
back , the hall penetrating his heart , killing
him Instantly Hanlan tbon stood over his
second victim , saying : "I'm ' sorry I hurt
you Jlmj goodbye , " when bo loft The
wounded mun is still nlivo nnd may re
cover The murderer when he loft was on a
Northwestern train going cast into Illinois
The Supreme Court
Des Moines , la , Fob , 3. [ Special Tolo-
grum to Tub Bee , ] The following deel- ,
4ions were rendered by thosapremocourt to
day ;
E. L. Ulackman ys Fairbanks , Morse &
Co.- appellants ; Uutlor district ; affirmed
Lcander Uolton vs Oborne Hosiok St Co ,
appellants ; Polk district ; ravorsed
H. H. Sickles vs Dallas Center bank , ap
pellant : Pallas district ; affirmed
Citizens National bank ot i > l vs A. T , John
son ot al and John MaFarland & Co , appel
lants ; Polk district ; reversed
In the matter of the estate ot William
John Gill , deceased ; Polk district affirmed
Iowa's CliRritiiulo Institution ,
Des Moines , Io , Fob , 8. | Special Tele
gram to Tub Uee.J The report of the super
intendent ot tbo Glonwood homo tor the
feeble minded , which was filed with the
auditor of state today , shows that during
December there were Hi Inmates Win rauts
In tlio sum of t,390 were issued for the sup
port of tha same For the support and ex
penses of the college for the blind ut Coun
cil Bluffs 115,700 was paid out ot the stuto
treasury
Br it ! go Proposition Cnrricil
Lyons , la , Feb 3. [ Special Tolcgratn to
The Bee ] A Bpcclal election on tno ques
tion of building a bridge ever the Missis-
sipprat this place was hold bora today The
vote was In favor of the bridge SSI majority
only 110 votes being east against it
Killed By a. Horse
Watehloo , la , Feb 8.-Special [ Tele
gram to The Bee | S.tmuol Decker , a black
smith at Jeesup , u small town near bore , was
kicked in the temple oy a horse bu was shoo
Ing last Saturday and Instantly killed IIo ,
was about fifty years old
Forger fjarklnn Plead ) Guilty
Sioux Cmla. . , Fab , 3. [ Special Telegram -
gram to The Bee ] ALarklns , tha noted
Parsons , Kan , forger , this morning pleaded '
guilty to an indictment for forgery and will ,
bo sentenced Friday , Ho Bwindlod the Sioux
City Savings bank out of | 25 a year ago
A Itunnlnir Street Flcht
Sioux Cut , Is , , Feb 8. [ Spooial Tele
gram to Tub Bee ] J , D. Rainny , book
keeper for the Fidelity Loan and Trust
company , f" iptsd yesterday to shoot Will
Jand t , wht0 chnrgod with Improper rela
tions with his wlfo Halnov pursued Jnndt
several block ' ni the street , tiring a revolver
ver ns they • n. Tlio parties have high
social count jns Jnndt left town Inst
night ,
OKNCUALS < tUOI ( AND MILKS
Tlio Former lloplioit to the Attuoks
of 1 ho linttrr
Ctticino , Fob , 3. [ Spoeial Telegram to
The Hrs ] Genural Croaks attention wns
today called to the strictures of General
Miles of San Francisco upon the position
which Crook has assumed relntlvo to remov
ing the Apaches Geronlmo and his band
to the Indian Territory "I am surprised nt
Genornt Miles , " said General Crook "Ho
goo * rattling on Uko n stoim engine , never
making nny direct answer to mv statements ,
but nt thu same time presuming to bo nblo
to judge thu opinions ot every resident on
the Pacific coast and In Arizona nbjut the
advisability of removing Gcrontmo nnd his
band to the Indian Territory Ho
says everybody nut there is denounc
ing the schema nnd that it wns
nn outrage for mo to support any such idea
and nn outrage on the gallant soldiers who
fought to rid tno territory of the dondly
hostlles , Now , the spectuclo of two tinny
ofllcors descending to 11 common tight , with
the Hocky mountains ns n baris disgrncoful ,
but I feel It my duty to say that my sulo
rests upon the facts nnd records of the
whole nITalr I never said anvthing against
the bravo bovs who fought or against their
method of lighting Everybody knows that
General Miles cannot get around the facts
by rcsortinir to Bentimciit , As far as the
generals statement concerning inv conuuet
being 11 violation of the fourth paragraph of
tno armv regulations is concurnoJ , I will
Ritntllv say this : I made no charges until
he attempted to distort tbo facts la the case
Then 1 morejy replied to protect iny-
Bclf There is nothing wrong In that , I
hope "
THE TU.YNa-.UIhSOUHI.
It Will Tiki Action on limi-ms and
Nebraska Kmrripno'Kites. .
Kansas Citv , Mo , Fob Special | Telegram
gram to The Bee I The correspondent
of The Bee was this afternoon shown the
regular printed call for the Trans-Mlssourl
fre'ght meeting for February It contains
nn oillclal notlco that the question of emer
gency grain rates from Kansas and Nobrnska
will como up in regular order for considera
tion Cnairmnn Fmley said this afternoon
that the talK of Governor Thuyer's letter
passing Into history was the pink of foolish
ness No sooner had it boon received at the
managers meeting in Chicago than a mom
Dor filed the usual application for the ques
tion to come up lu the regular
call This was the quickest
nnd 111 fact the only regular way to bring thu
matter before the association us a body It
is n matter 111 wnlch Chairman Finley has no
direct authority Mr Flnlov said : "I am
surprised Hint the cry was so soon taken up
that the railroads were ready to put nn Iron
heel on the neck of the struggling western
farmer The railroads are of course on the
lookout for their own interests , but it is
quite sum that they do not see it
in their interest to throttle the mnii
who helpsso much to Kco | > up the appearances
of the annual statements of earnings Of
course I do not know what tbo association
proposes to do with the letter of Governor
Thayer and thojippcal , of the Kansas farm
ers assocldtioni"butr" there need bo no
alarm The railroads will glvo the matter a
deliberate nnd fair consideration , mark
that " There is nothing in the Call referring
to the disputed question of Nebraska local
cattle rates us applying on through business
to Chicago An association mun euld this
afternoon Hint unless the meeting unani
mously requested its consideration the prob
lem will ba left for the roads themselves to
solve
The Now Airrci'inmit Mill Inooinnlntc
CniCAao , Feb , 3. 1 Special Toloeram to
The Bee ] Chairmen Walker , ' Falthorno ,
Mldgely and Finloy , to whom has boon as
signed the task of formulnting a now agree
ment for the Interstate Commerce Railway
association , have decldod that they cannot
report the now agreement to the prosiacuts
at the mooting of the 11th. As a consequence
quence both the Union Pacific nnd North
western will formally withdraw on that day
nnd probabiy enough of the other roads , so
the association will exist only in name until
the now ncrccment is ready for considera
tion It is practically certain that the Wis
consin Central and St Louis & San Francisco
will give notice of withdrawal on or before
tbo 11th. Theie is no longer any hope of the
continunnco of the present organization , nnd
it is likely that thu name oven will bo
changed in the proposed planof reorganiza
tion Every western line , Irrespective of
the present membership , will bo asked to
Join tbo association , but the chairmen freely
confess that they have as yet been unable to
think of any agreemontupon which all lines
will unlto The wbolo thing la opcnly ridiculed -
culod by many railroad men owing tu thu 1
fact that there has never been u railroad
agreement In which all the lines kept faith
ItULED AGAINV1' A QOAOUOON
A.Decision W'hloh Given TI10ntrlo.1l
Managers Arbitrary Powers
Kansas Citv , Mo , Fob 3. ISpooial
Telegram to Tub Bbk.1 Judge Fiuld In the
circuitcourt today decided the case of Simp-
sou C Younger , t quadroon , vs A. Judah ,
mnnagar of the Ninth street thoatcr , for the
dr fondant Younger brought suit for ? 5,000
damages because , uflcr ho hud purchased
tickets for the forcl.ostra circle In Judah's
theater ho was refused olmlttancu to that
part of the bouse , Judge Field Bays : "A
theater is not a necessity , but a luxury , nnd
u ticket of admittancn is a licunso rovokablu
at tbo wish of tha tnur-agcracnt. " The de
cision of Juaga Field goes much further than
the cases cited , as it glvea theatrical man
ngcrs almost arbitrary control ot whom they
shall nr shall not admit Under it thu pro
prietor of nny tbonior can refuse admittance
to any ono , white nr blnck
EDITOK WEST hKNUSNCED
Five Years in thu fun tontinry anil a
$ lOUO , Floe
Chicaoo , Fob 8. Judge Grlnnell this
afternoon overruled the motion for a now
trial for James J , West and Imposed sentence -
tonco upon tbo one-tlmo prcsldont of the
Chicago Times company iu accordance with
the verdict , five years In the penitentiary
and a line of * 1,000.
Tbo charge on which the prlsonorwas con
victed wns the fraudulent ovcr-lssuo of
Times stock to the extent of nearly 1180,000.
The prisoner was visibly affuctod when sen
tence was pronounced , hut soon recovered
his usual spirits It is nut yet determined
when West will bo taken to tbo penllen
tlary ,
Favor ltnvislon
Ciiicao.0 , Fob 3. The Chicago presbytery
ttiU'mornlng voted almost unanimously ' in
favor of a revision of the confession of faith ,
New YoitK , Fob ! ! . fho Now York
Presbytery mot today after two weeks dis
cussion and voted on the proposed revision
of the confession of faitb A report favoring
revision was adopted , and the Now York
Preshytory has declared Itself in favor ot
the revision of the Westminster confession
of faith by a yoto of moro than two to ono
A Coiinoilman Klnns nil Editor ,
Kansas Cur , Mg , FeV k3. [ Special Tolo-
cram to Tim Bee j Councilman tFoloy at
a meeting ot the common council tonight
slapped Albert l'atek , managing editor ot
the Globe , In the face , and when palled to
order by thoupeaker said : "I will slap bis
d d face off if ho speaks to me again , " ' 1 ho
trouble grew out of tbo waterworks trouble ,
in which the flloba made kensatlouul churges
agulnst the council ,
SECRETARY TRACY'S SORROW H
Tbo Prosldont Uomforts Him tu Hid M
Awful Grlof | |
B. & M. RIGHT OF WAY WANTED H
The Couirmny Desires n Short Cut |
Through the Now I'ort Omaha |
Timber Culture Matters |
Miscellaneous H
WASm.XOTON BUItEAUTlIK Oiuiu Hits , I |
S13 Fouiitebntii Srunitr , V H
Washinoton , D. C. Feb 3. | H
Prone 011 the sidewalk lay thu lifeless body |
of n woman clad In a night dross , a taw feet |
from the bond two chnrrcd nnd blackened H
ennnry birds ; in _ the opposite direction , the |
dlstnnco ot two steps , the crisp form of A M
pnrrot still In death Death on every liana { |
in front nnd up a short llight of stotti steps , |
whnt was au almost now and handsome deep B
red brick residence , now black from smoke , B
with windows crushed in and doors torn |
out Thnt wns the scene a thousand people ) HBV
gazed upon ns they behold nt S o'clock this HBV
morning whnt was last night the happy HBVJ
homo of General Tracy , secretary of the ) HBV
nnvy In n neighbors ' residence near by HBV
wcro the breathless bodies of Mrs Traoy HBV
and daughter , Miss Mary Tracy Within a JBV
short distance lay Secretary Tracy and th * JBV
married daughter , Mrs , Wilmordlng , umi H
Miss Alice Wilmordlng , the lattor's daugh' H
tor ' 1 heso escaped from the buriiiur buildHBV
lng shortly after T o'clock almost mlr.icul * H
'J ho flro was the-solo thamo throughout HBV
the city during tlio day HBV
It seemed un hour before the dond body of HBV
the woman wns taken from the slduwulir H
No ono up pen red to know whoso it was or HHV
to assume authority to remove It Neigh HJ
Dors , police and llremcn gazed In awful HBV
silence nl tbo spaechlcss form of the unknown - H
known woman , then diverted their nttcn * H
lion 4to the scene of desolation about the H
building It was enough to move thu hard |
est heart to contemplate the horror which H
must huve prevailed when nt dnyllght , amid H
the ronr of leaping Haines , stilling smoke , H
crabbing glass and intense hent , thu forms H
of four women wcro hurled from the upper H
story tothosldewalk below , one to bo plckod H
up iu 11 dying condition , one dond , and two H
fell In the throes of death Inside thu build H
M. L. Ruth of the navy Is a famous man H
In social circles nnd hus had an cxpcrlonco H
full of romance and tragedy ; whntavcrhap- H
puns he seemn always to bo there If it Is H
au nccldcut , or a murder , a fight , or n tire , H
Dr Ruth seems by fate to bo destined ns a H
witness , and the incidents iu his lifo would H
make ns thrilling a tale as ever came from H
the pen of Charles Dicitnns or Wllkio ( Jol- H
llus He lives at the Metropolitan club at H
the corner of II and Seventeenth streets , H
Just ono block in the rear of the Tracy man H
slon "I was awakened , " ho said this after H
noon , "by tbo fire onglnos , nnd running t o H
my window saw thu flumes and smoke rising H
from the roof nnd windows ot Secretary H
Tracay'S'housa I pulled on uij clothing as H
qulckiy as popsiblo und ran over there The H
llremcn told mo that the secretary bad beau M
taken as dead to tbo house ot Mr , ttboam , on H
Connecticut avenue , nnd I ran there nt once |
to find the secretary lylngupdh the floor In tbo M
kitchen wrapped in u blanket nnd with nothing M
on but his nightshirt Ho was uuconsciods M
and iu a comatose condition , but was not H
burned ut all I Immediately resorted to - H
the usual means to secure urtillclal rosplra- H
tion , the sumo that are used to restore H
drowning persons I also udmlnlstorcd H
stimulants , chafed his hands and foot and H
soon succeeded in gcttlca him to breathe H
Ho was nearly suffocated with smoke , bed H
had suffered no bruises Other assistants H
came lu soon , Dr Muy , who had been with H
Mrs Trucy , and Dr Kerr , who lives near H
by on Seventeenth strcoU ' ! hey were soon H
followed by ex-Surgeon General Wales of H
the navy , who has been the ramilv physician H
of the Tracvs Yory soon Prcsldont Horn H
son came in nud went at once to Mr H
Tracy's side At that tlmo the secretary M
was unconscious , but uttering Incoherent H
sentences The president assisted us in the H
manipulation of his body nnd snowed great H
skill us well as sympathy Ho held the M
secretary's ' head and talked with M
him and tbo first sign of returning _ , j B
consciousness wqb Mr Tracy's ' recognition H
of tha president , but ho soon relapsed off M
into unconsciousness , again and wo were M
compelled to keep up our manipulation for H
some time Ultimately the luncs began to M
resume their functions and tbo imminent H
danger of death seemed to bo over . By this M
time Vlco President Morton , Senators Halo , M
Chandler , Hawley and other guutlomen of M
promincnco came in , anu us soon as the sco- H
rotary was partially restored tbo president M
suggested that ho bu removed to the white H
house Wo wrapped him in blankets and H
made him as comfortable us possible , but Ho M
seemed to bo Mill In 11 critical condition and M
it wns thought best to tuka htm only ns far 1
as the house of Mr , Bancroft Davis , whioU H
is only around the corner , where ho could no B
made as com fort able as at the white house B
There I left him in charge of Surgeon Gen
erul Brown , ox-Surgeon General Wales nnil
others , nnd went to look after the other mem-
hers of the family "
There wcro very soon guthorcd around
the bedside of the secretary iu thn residence
of Mr , Duvls nearly ull the members of the
ndmlnlsltntion , tha president , the vlco president -
dent , Secretaries Proctor , Wintlom and HBl
Noble , Attorney General Miller , Private M
Sccrotary Hnlford and others The party
waited patiently In the adjoining room for
him to recover consciousness , which be IBl
finally did ufter nn hour or so , nnd recog-
nlzcd each person , which was the first in-
dicntion tliut thu danger to his brain was
over By some intuition the secretary became -
came nwaru of the death ot his wlfo and
broke into u paroxysm of weeping , Tbo
president put bis arms around bis nock nnd
tried to console him , but ho insisted upon
knowing what had bupponcd to him nnd
wnut had become of Mrs Ttucv , 'I ho
president told him brlolly nt the llro , nnd
when ho Insisted upon knowing the where
uboulnof his wlfo , the president broke tuo
news ot her death to htm as gently as uos
slblo , It was many minutes before bo could
bo consoled , but by that time the stimulants
boiran to show their Influence , und
ho dropped off to sleep , The room wus darkened -
onod upd tbo patient kept in perfect quiet
with no one near him but Dr Wales and one
of thu servants of the family Tbo president
nnd other members of tbo cabinet were soon
Joined by Mr Blnlnu ami other proininont
men in tbo parlor below , and utter ueing reassured -
assured Unit Mr Trucy hud taken food und
seeinod to bo rapidly recovering they loft the
bouse At a quarter before twclvuhis pulse ,
tomperaluro und respiration were found to
bo normal uid , the doctor announced that nil
immedluto danger was over , although he
said it would bu many days before bo could
recover from the shock , H
T ho secretary was not burned or Injured ,
but was simply asphyxiated After Mrs
'I ruc.v had fallen from the window she was
picKed uiTby tlio llremcn and bystanders
nnd carried to thu house of Mr Kheain ,
where she was placed upon a lounge and
within a few minutes Dr , Muy , who lives a ,
fuw doers aw.iy , was with her An H
examination sbowod that she was suffering
from ruuturo of the lungs She had Inhaled -
haled much smoke und her lungs bolng Irrl-
tatcd the fall produced a severe tieinor-
rbagc She wus conscious , however , snd H
seemed to understand all that had happened , ,
Sno inquired after her husband and children , "
nnd being assured that they were all right ,
she sent messages to thorn A few moments
nflcr the houiorrhuges occurred and shu ox-
pi red No bancs appeared to bo broken and
she was only slightly burned , but her body
bore the murks of many bruises recolvcd in •
ber fall
Miss Tracy's body , which was llfoless
whoii found , wus taken to the undertakers
bhu wns so budly burned und disfigured thai
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