Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1886 — A MARTYR TO FASHION. [ARTICLE]

A MARTYR TO FASHION.

The Sad Death of Miss Kate Bayard. [Washington special.] Miss Katharine Lee Bayard, eldest daughter of the Secretary of State, was found dead in bed at noon to-day by one of her younger sisters, who went to summons her to rise. Miss Bayard was at her best and most brilliant last night, when she assisted her father in receiving a large party of guests. The house was crowded at the reception, and Miss Bayard received the guests first, standing by the open door -of the middle parlor, She had been suffering from a severe cold for a week, and for some time had complained of neuralgic sensations, to which her mother had been an invalid for years. Her cold kept her at home from the ball at the British .Legation on Tuesday night, but on Wednesday afternoon she assisted her mother with a large reception, and in the evening went to the reception at Mrs. Beighman-Laughton’s. Last night she was remarked upon for her gayety and brilliant appearance, and in her dress of rose-col-ored satin and tulle, hung over with loose rose petals, she was a picture of youth and bright spirits. Her dress was low-necked, exposing the' arms and shoulders to the chill draught from the open door and hall, and she was compelled to wrap a light shawl about her and retreat to a warmer corner, where she held court with her friends. At midnight two of her sisters went to the ball at Mrs. Van Rensselear Berry’s, but Miss Katherine remained. This afternoon she was to have assisted Miss Cleveland at tjie White House reception, and was allowed to sleep undisturbed until noon/ As soon as the frightful discovery was made that she was bt least unconscious physicians were summoned, and with galvanic batteries and every known appliance and method they endeavored to restore life to the’ inanimate body. She had been afflicted with heartdisease for some years, and the exposure, fatigue, and excitement of last night were too great for an already over-taxed system. The heart had simply ceased to act, and she had been dead for hours before discovered. Secretary Bayard was completely unnerved when summoned from the department to meet this tragedy in his home, and beside himself with grief for this favorite daughtertand companion. I a General N. P. Bakrs is 70 years old. Two hundred an’d two lions have been killed in Algeria during the last twelve years. “Dead from exposure” was the verdict of a Helena (M. T.) jury on the body of a horsethief who had been hanged by vigil-,, antes. ■ The court stenographer of the Ninth Judicial District wrote 1,246 words in Marion, N. Y., recently in five minutes, under a public test. * \ A’BILL has been introduced in the New York Assembly to prohibit inspectors of elections from interfering with voters on account of their sex. In Albuquerque, N. M., a company is organiziug to explore the ruins of a vast ancient city, where, it is thought, S2O J)00,000 of plunder may be found.