Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 February 1890 — Page 1

VOLUME V-MO. 9

ROUNTREE'S

ANNUAL

This week will be a

LINEN SALE

And all persons wanting anything in my line

will do well to see my stock. My

Prices are the Lowest And Stock the Largest.

Underwear, and Muslin,

At a Sacrifice.

D.W.ROUNTREE

HAVE YOU SEEN IT?

Tlie Wonder of ttie Age!

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(Charter Oak Cook Stoves!

Without health thoro cnn bo no comfort. Health .granted, there mo a multitude j"i' miuoi'3 tin pmsm-slcvi of which Is necessary to the enjoyment of It. As— mirrlo.I, congenial irln ors, and to the latter, Judgment. In nothing Itlu- •,! greater necessity for the exercise of judgment than In tho selection of the Ifctovis with which to cook tho eatables. Wisdom of selection In this particular It'll",a pleasure to father and mother, and joy to tho children, and lets sunshine |l"t" the hearts of all. Shall we ailvistt tUoso who have not yet provldod themjsitlrva with this necosslty? If

so,

then recognizing our duty wo say: If It Is tho

humble cattagc of tho poor man, or tho moro pretentious dwelling of tho well-to-'I". we say buy the Chartor Oak Cook. If It. bo tho mansion of him who Is able I

to purchase the best applianoos known to sclenco, by all means let him buy the Charter Oak Cook. A full line of Furniture on hand. .•

Zaek Mahorney & Sons

for Infants and Children.

"CaatatUfaiK) wen adapted to children that I I recommend it acauperior to any prescription I "UWBtotne." XL A. Aacnin, M.D„ _«.on

Caitori* enna Colle, OoarttpaUen, Bour Stomach, Dlarrtcoa, Eructation.. Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotoa U-

U18* OitertSL, Brooklyn, H.Y. Without Injmioof TUB CBKTAOB COKPAKT, 77 Murray Street, N. Y.

TRACY'S GRIEF.

Tho house is a threo-storv and basemont brick, situated on I street, botwoon Connectia a S street, and has rooontly undorgono extensive improveso passing the houno at 7 o'clock a. m. yostorday saw issuing

windows and at SKCISKTAUT THACT. once raisod an alarm. The lire and police departments responded promptly. Tho premises wero almost concoalod by a dense smoke thickened by a heavy fog just lifting. It was soon discovered that tho houso was ablaze inside and that tho main stairway was bnrned, thus cutting off communication with tho sleoplng.apartme nts on tho second and third floors. Several streams of water woro directed jttiward the flamos, and every effort was to check tho flro and to rescue- the ip-( mates. A scone of tho wildest conf uslos ensued whon it was known thatall'tiiS members of tho family wero in ttie house. Tho firemen behaved like horoes in tho emergency and went through the Are and smoke in searching the dlfforont apartments.

As tho flamos raged within tho..mansion tho front door was ope nod and fro male sorvants woro seen to omenro aiid then appoareSlfflJJi?'t&o win-' dows. Secretary and Mrs. Traoy occupied tho back room in tlio seoond story. Sirs. Tracy, It 1B thought, was first awakened by the Buffooating smoke. Secretary Traoy was at the time unconscious, and Mrs. Traoy, with heroic devotion, attompted to drag the inanimate body of tho Seoretary to tho window. In this she partially succeeded. Half dased and blinded by tho smoke she opened tho window.

THE DAILY JOURNAL.

An Awful Calamity Overtakes th® Seoretary of the Navy.

HIS HOME AT WASHINGTON BURNED.

Mr«. Tmey Jumps from a Window and lLUlod—nor Daughter Marie and a Servant Meet Death lu tho Flame*.

TIIK SKCIIKTAIIY'8 NANITOW ESCAPB. WASUISOTOS, Feb. 4. Secretary Traoy's homo was burnod yostorday morning. Tho Soorotary'8 youngest daughter and Mrs. Traoy's Fronoh maid, Josephine, were burnod to death, and Mrs. 3'racy received Injuries from which she died shortly after being removed to a placo. of safety. Tho Socrotary was', rescued In partially asphyxiated con-' ditlon, while his oldest daughter, Mrs. Wllincrding, and her daughter Alloo, aged 13 years, saved themsolvoB by jumping from tho Bocond-story window.

Mrs. Traoy endeavored to escape by dropping herself from a window, and In hor offort to decrease the distance to the ground she grasped tho narrow stone windowsill and lowered herself as far as she was able. Those who saw her in hor porllous position shouted to her to hold on, but oither sbo did not hoar or hor strength failed her, for, after thus hanging a moment between lifo and death, sho fell forty feet into an area way. She was immediately taken to tho houso of a neighbor, L)r. Rheem. She was perfectly conscious and did not seom to 'suffer pain. Occasionally sho complained of an oppression tho neighborhood of her heart and found a difficulty In breathing. She talked awhile, coughed slightly and then bocamo ullent. The physicians looked at each other significantly. Mrs.

Traoy was dead. The Immediate oause of hor death was supposed to be from injuries to lior heart, sustained in her fall from tlio window, whloh flooded hor lungs with blood. It is said that had she delayed hor movements a couplo of minutos ladders and mattresses and other means of tafo escapo would have boon at hand, ller body was removed to tho rosldencciof Attorney-General Miller on Massachusetts avenuo.

Tho ladder, whldh would have saved Mrs. Tracy's life Ipd she waited a brief

momont before lonplng-to the sidewalk, was Boon placed under the window, and strong bands lifte« Secretary Tracy and oarrled him to tip sidowalk. IIo was at flr6t thought tf be dead, but it was soon discovered tint life still remained. IIo was romoved to tlio. residence of Mr. Bancroft Davis noar by.

Almost at the ifirae tlmo two bodleB were taken from (.he burning building. One was the SeoiOtary's daughter, Miss Mary, and the jthor was that of tho French maid, Jdscphino. That of the former was found by Chief Parish lying on tho floor in tie second-floor hall at tho head of the siairs. Tho body was not greatly disfigured by the firo. Sho had evidently tied from suffocation. The chief lifted the lifeless body in his arms, and, although tlio stalrcaso was ablaze, ho brought it safoly out into tho street. It was said that Miss Tracy coild have savod herself if hor strength had bold out a few minutes longer. Sho fell in tho hallway of tho second story, a fow yards from the bath-room, which, if she had reachod and olosod tho door, would have Insured hor against tho fire and smoke until assistance oould have roachod her.

Of tho Fronch maid little is known sa»c that hor dead bot^y was found in hor room on the. top floor of tho houso, burnod beyond recognition. Uoth tlio bodies of Miss Traoy and her maid woro taken to undertaker's establishment in the

CRAW FORDS V1LLE, INDIANA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1S90

vicinity, and wero afterward romoved to Attorney-General .Miller's residence. At 6 o'clock Monday night tho bodies of Mrs.-Traoy and her daughter wore taken to tho Whit« llouse.

Mrs. Wilmordlng, the Secretary's danghter, and Miss Wilmordlng forced their way through the blinding smoke and jnmpod from tho second-story window. Laddors woro ralBod, bat In their excitemont they failed to see them. Mrs. Wllmording broko hor lift wrist and was sovere^bruiscd. llerdanglvter was badlv hnrt about tho lower limbs, but no bonos wore broken. They wore takon to the resldenco of Dr. Baxter and restoratives applied.

After Seoretary Tracy had been takon to Mr. Davis' resldenco ho was

Boon

surrounded by physicians. He was suffering from asphyxia. Tho doctors appliod artificial moans to induce respiration, und succooded, after an hour's hard work, in restoring him to seml-consciousnoss. It was then thought safe to romovo him to Judgo Davis' house. Ho improved slowly from that time on and soon regained consciousness, recognizing tho friends who called to lnquiro in regard to his condition. Among the first of these wero tho President, tho Vice-President and several members of the Cabinet.

As soon as tho Seorotary recoverod consciousness his first thought was for his family, and by tho advice of tho physicians tho terrible news was broken to him by the Prosldont. Tho blow was a terrible ono, but tho opiates which had been given to tho Socrotary soon bogan to work, and ho fell into a restless sleep. Tho Secretary will bo taken to tho White

UOMSO

as soon as he

can bo moved safely. With Mrs. and Miss Tracy and Mrs. Copplngor, Seorotary Illaiiie's daughter, all lying dead, and Secretary Tracy hurt, governmental olrclos aro enshrouded in sadnoss and gloom.

Ifcesldent Harrison, as soon as ho heard of tho oalamlty, sent assistance from the Executive mansion, and soon followed in person to inquire what assistance he could render. Tho members of the Cabinet wore among the first to call. They were all shocked beyond measure at tho calamity and placod their respective houses at tho disposal qf the afflicted family.

Dr. Rutlo, at tho solicitation of friends, visited tho undertaker's ostabment and identified Miss Tracy. Ho mado a hurried examination and found sho had died from suffocation. Mra. Traoy was found to havo died from ruptured blood VOSROIS.

StjVetarios Windom and Nohlo acid Sonators. Hlscook and Chandler wore raong tho Otafc to call at -Judgo Davis' qulro after tnd^noct-ouiry' scunMnitcrtr, she did not enter the houso. Mr. James G. Blaine, Jr., callod at tho houso several times dnrlng tho day. lie boro messagos of condolence from Socrotary Blaine. Tho latter is bearing up woU in his own great affliction, and went out for. a walk during the aftornoon with his son, Emmons. 8ecrotary Tracy's houso, which was newly and magnificently furnished, was totally destroyed. Tho loss is estimated at $35,000.

Tho house is almost a total wrcqk, water haying destroyed what tho flames spared. Tho fire originated in the parlor noar tho opon fire-place. Whothor it oamo from tho grato or hoatlng pipes is not known, as no one could bo found who could tell whether thoro was a firo in the grato Sunday night or not Tho framework adjoining tho mantel was where tho firo started and It no doubt burned somo tlmo boforo it was discovered. The furnaco is in the basement,. .-11: cctly beneath whore the flro started, and the pipes loading to tlio uppor stories pass in tho rear of tho woodwork. The firemen think that tho woodwork caught fire from tho boated pipos.

Owing to the sad event tho President and Mrs. Ilarrison have recalled the Invitations to the state dinner in honor of tho Supremo Court, which was to have takon plaoo Thursday night next. Tho President has also abandoned the trip to New York to attend tho Supreme Court centenary colobiation. The Senate adjourned immediately aftor reading the journal as a mark of respeot to the S"- ?otary.

Frank Tracy, the Secretary's son, and Mr. Catlln, tho brother of Mrs. Traoy, arrived Monday night from Now York on a special train. Final arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Tracy and bor daughter havo not yet boon mado, and it is possible that tho remains may bo plaoed in a receiving tomb and the funeral delayed till tho Secretary is able to attend. "The funeral of Josephine Morroll, the French maid, will tako plaoo to-day. Mrs. Harrison ascertained tha^

Bhe

Ths Wost Virginia Contest cldoct in tho House.

had

no relatives in this country and dlrooted Lieutenant Mason to make arrangements for hor funeral. The lntormont will be in Mount Olivet Cemetory.

Mrs. Tracy camo of tho Broadhoad family, notod in New York, and was a oousln of John Romoyn Broadhoad, the soholar and historian. Of late years she had boon an Invalid and rollod almost entirely upon hor oldest daughter, Emma Louisa, who in 1875 was married to Ferdinand Suydam Wllmording, son of William D. Wllmortilng.

Miss Mario Farrlngton Tracy was tho seoond daughter and was about 28 yoars old. Sho was a gifted woman and had cultivated a natural talent for painting by throe years of study under tho eelobrated Fronoh painter, Charles Champlain.

AI.BANY, N. Y., Fob. 4,—Both housea adjourned Monday night out of respeot to the bereaved Cabinet officers, Messrs. Blaine and Traoy.

Oome and see tho new styles of clouktt at D. W. Eountree'e.

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THE DEMOCRATS REFDSE TO VOTE.

Th« ItapubltcHitfl nave a Quorum Present, However, mid Jncknon I# Ousted—Mr. Carlisle Rtplnlnn th« Ponitloa of the Minority.

BXD OP THK COJiTKST.

WASIIINOTON. Fob. 4.—G n. Smith was escorted to tho bur of the House by General Grosvenor, of Ohio, at halfpast o'clock Monday oveninff and took the oath of ofllce as the legally choson Representative from tho Fourth district oi West Virginia. This ended a memorable five days' battle out of which has sprung one of the most important reforms in parliamentary practice that has over been inaugurated in Congress.

The proceedings of tho day were conducted without excitement, consisting they did wholly of speech-making on the election case after tho dilatory motions in relation to tho approval of tho journal had been brushed aside and in monotonous roll calls. The discussion bogan at 3 o'clock and was closed at 6, four Democrats aiul two Republicans having addressed the House.

Then began the voting. The roll was oalled flvo times in succession, first on tho Republican demand for the previous question, then upon the Democratic resolutions respectively that Smith was not oleoted and that, Jackson was elected. The Domocrats voted aye on both of them. Next tho roll call on tho

4

Republican

resolutions that .Tacksou was not elected and Smith was elected, each showed that a quorum of Republicans was present and voting, so that there was no nocossity for the Speaker to havo rooordod tho namon of tho npn-voting Democrats. Tho only absentees on tho Republican side were Messrs. Caswell (Wis.) and Wilbur (N. Y.). The vote giving f?mith tho seat stoofl: cas, lOii nays, 0. Tho Democrats sat silent in theif seats when tho result of tho final vote was announced, and tho Republicans lustily applauded. There was no evidence of bad fooling anywhere, and whon Smith had boon sworn in tho llouse immediately adjourned.

POSITION Off TIIK MINOIHTY-

WAAiuaroTttK, Ffcb. 4,—Mr. Carlisle has propared for publication the following statement of tho prosont position of the Doniooratlo members of the House, "Which ii to Kt anaj. W/ulliA. rosontattvos ID HO anomalous und tho unprooo dented decision* of the Spoalier aro so full of daugor to tho Integrity of future legislation that wo oonaldur it our duty to eubinit a brief statement of the facte in order that the propriety of the course we havo taken may bo fairly determined. "Although nearly two months hare elapsed elnoe the oommittee on rules was appointed it has made no report except the partlalonomade on DooomberO [authorizing tho appointment of other HOUBC committees and defining their Jurisdiction), and consequently the House has boon oompeliod to conduct its business without any rulos or system cxcopt tho genera! parliamentary low as construed by the Speaker. The American llouse of Representatives has boon durtug al) thU time, and Is still, so far as rules for its government are oonoorned, In preoUely tho same condition as a popular meeting or a political convention, in which the ohairman and bis partisans absolutely oontrol all the proceedings. No measure can get before the House for con* sideratlon unless the Speaker chooses. to allow it to bo presented, and members havo no moans of kuowlng'n advuneo what they are to be called upon to dUcuss or decide^ This is the first tlmo in our history thut a legislative assembly, or oven a public has attompted to tmnsuct Imslnc*.** for any considerable period without a regular code of rules proscribing tho order of its proceedings, and the iueonvenlonce und injustice resulting from sucll an attempt havo boon forcibly Illustrated in the present Instance The Speaker bus repeatedly during these extraordinary proceedings refused to entertain parliamentary motions that have been recognitor as legitimate over slnoe tho Govornment was established, and when attempts have boon made to appeal from his decisions ho Tefused to submit tho question to tho llouse. By his arbitrary rulings, bustniued in somo instances by less thun quorum, he has subvert* od nearly every principle of constitutional and parliamentary law heretofore reoogoized in tho

House. "This pcrgnnui and partisan domination of the Houso was submitted ^o—though not without repeated protests—until we becamo convinoed that It wu* the deliberate purpose of tho Speaker and hi* nupportnrs to proceed without rules to oust the I.Vmocrntio members whose Beats aro contorted and admit their Republican opponents, whether ••looted or not." •'Since the oiginnlug oi the Qovommcnt under tho coubtitutkm, more than a hundred years ago, the IIOUHC of Representatives and the Sonato have uniformly constructed the first clause of tho constitution quoted above to mean that a majority of all tho members elect must be present and actually participate In the transaction of business, and that whenever upon a call of the yoas und nays it uppcared from tho journal, which is the only official record, that less than the constitutional quorum has voted on any proposition the vjto was a nullity, and no further business could bo douo until tho requisite number appeared and voted.

rtEvery

presiding oP.lr*r in tho Senato and

every Speaker of the Ilou^o except the prosont ono has held that whon less than a quorum voted on a call of the yeus and nays, ho matter how many might be actually present, it was his duty to take notice of the fact und doolarc that the pending hill or motion had not panned. When the vote Is not taken by yens and nuyn It is not entered upon the journal, but l( any member makes the point that no quorum hud voted tho proceeding is a nullity und the vote must be taken over. The presumption of tho law is that when nothing appears to the contrary the proceedings of a leglslativo body aw regular and valid, and, therefore, who the oftlcial record docs not show thut less thun a quorum voted, of attention is not cull'-d to the fact In such a way as to furnish legal evidence of it, tho question ean not bo made afterward. Many hills have boon passed when there wus no quorum voting, and it is equally true thut many buvu passed when there was uo quorum actually present but this does not prove that tho proceedings would have been valid iu either case if the ofllclal reoord hnd shown the fact. "In ordt«i- to secure certainty and stability in the udmiui.ttri.tion of the law It is a rulo in our

lurliyruduuui: tliut whim a particular ooailru*

RO HOUSEHOLD SHOULD BE WITHOUT

RESTLESSNESS A STUICTLT VTOTTAEIA laillTlIII rAMILT MEDICINE.

C&6QB, 6A

PHILADELPHIA.

The majority of tho Ills of thn human body arise from a diseased Liver« tSlm* xnous Liver Regulator has been tho moons of restoring more peoplo to health and happiness by giving them a lioalthy XJver than any other agency on earth. 8SE THAT YOU (JET TJJJS GKNULNJ&

lion of uonsuiuw^ii o,- .-ituiutu has been lor a long time unjult^ee.l in, noionly by those whoso duty it Is to execute It but also by those whoso personal and property rights aro affected by it, tho courts will recoynlxe it as the true construction und enforce It accordingly. Even if this were un original question it would not he dinicult to show thut th: pructieal construction of tho lAJiisuttitlou which has prevailed lu the House and Senate for over I0J years Is the uirroot ouo. Speaker Kued himself, erhon In the minority on the floor yf the House, stated the true meaning and the true philosophy of tho constitution when ho nvid: 'The constitutional ideu of a quorum is not the presence of a majority of all the members of tho House, but a majority of the members present and participating iu the business ot tho House. It Is uot tho visible presence, but their Judgment and votes, which the constitution calls for/

General Garfield, Mr. lJIalne, Mr. lluwley, Mr. Conger, Mr. Robeson nud other eminent Republicans have taken the same position, snd their arguments havo never been answered. If any legal or political question cun be settled in this country by the long acquiescence of jutlstri and statesmen of all parties, certainly this question has panned beyond the doinalu of discussion.

Whon, therefore, the prosont Speaker repudiated this settled coustruotlqty 3)f the con-

of tho yoas and iinys that a quorum has uot voted, ho can count members present and not voting, nud thus by his own act, outsido of tho recorded vote, determine that a measure has pnssod, wu considered it our duty, as a pari of the representatives of tho peoplo, to eutor our protests in every form available to u* under the elreumstnuces.

We aro not contending for the right of tho minority to govern, as the supporters of the Speaker havo endeavored to make the country believe. On tho contrary, we are denying the right of a minority to eject members froxp their seats or to pass laws for the government of tho people. Under tho constitution a majority of the members of the House oonstitutc quorum to do business, and we are simply insisting that less thau a majority shall not do buslucss. Wo are contending thut the majority shall take the responsibility which properly belongs to them, and shall come to the gouse of Representatives und vote if they do sire to coutrol the proceedings, and we are protesting against their right to eiyry their meusuros by counting us when we do uot vote. 'Tho claim of the majority that they huve a right to govern tho House without attending its sessions and taking part in the conduct of its business Is too preposterous to require refutation. It must bo evident to any one who understands the position taken by theDemceratlemiuorlty of the Houso that it can not possibly result In any injury to the country or any Injustice to the majority. It* only effect will hi-to compel the Republican majority, elected by tho people, to assumo the responsibility imposed upon

them. v. "0.. tho other hand, no one cnn foresee tho evils that nyiy result from the Inauguration of tho practieo of oountlng votes uot cafct In order to make a quorum. Under it a mluority of tho memhcrs eleot to the House and Senate may paas the most tyrannical laws for the opprestlun of the people, tho most corrupt laws for the saltation of the public treasury. Whether so ^tended or not, Its direct tendency Is to break down the barriers heretofore existing for tho protection of the citizen and the encroachments of power and tho spoliation of the treusury by destroying tho limitations which the constitution has wisely Imposed upon tho legislative department. CoustitutlouB are made u- restraiu majorities and protect minorities. A majority ruling without limitations or restraints #l»oq its pewor is puro despotism, alio Is inconsistent with our system of government."

That hacking cougn can bo so quleldv cured by Shlloh's Cure. We guiirnntiv! It. For sale by Moltott, Morgun fc Co.

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Tills iiowilcr never varies. Amiirvel of l""v ty. strength, ami wliolcBomencns. More emiu ink-al than the onllnury kimls, anil ejinnyt sold in competition with the multitude «n tin test, short weight alum or phosphate powder Sold only in cans. Royal Making lowderto. 100, Wall street, New York.