Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. Nearing the End TANNERS THIRTY SEVENTH DAY. His Condition Remarkably Good. No More Rides During His
 Fast. THE DISASTER AT CANDAHAR. An Official Report of the En-
 gagement.
THE DISASTER AT CANDAHAR.
NEW YORK.

On His Thirty-Seventh Day-Tanner l Weak, but Determined-FeeIfnx ns if 1 His Heart would Stop Beatine-His | Stomach Much Inflamed-Abandonfng | His Customary Rides-Hovv He Spent 1 Yesterday.
 | NEW YORK, Aug 3.-Dr. Tanner changed 1 his quarters in Clarendon Hall this morning l from the large hall to the small one under | heath it, on a level with the entrance. The fasting man is evidently very weak, but still retains his determination to persevere in his task and is apparently as confident as ever 1 that he will hold out till the end of the for tieth day. His stomach is not so trouble | some as it was yesterday and the day before. It is believed, however, that his stomach must be greatly infamed, and his unusual wakefulness during the morning was attrib- uted by one of the watchers to touch of gastric fever At this morning Dr. Tanner had wet towel applied to his head. An nhour later he was sleeping soundly, which contin- ued until o'clock At o'clock he asserted that he had passed one of his bad nights. Soon afterward he drank some water half plain and half carbonated, and at 6:45 he drank some ice water. At he arose and dressed for his usual ride to Central Park where the carriage was stopped at the spring and he drank little water. On returning to the hall at 915 the doctor said he felt but little refreshed by his drive. It was decided to abandon driving in the future, as the conse- quent fatigue is too great for the doctors en- feebled condition. After examining his mail the faster drank three ounces of water He did not sleep any till about noon, when he lay down on his cot. female visitor hrnT0hf O hnunT1lf fn ,1oI, I. seemed pleased. While sitting on the plat form in the lower hall the doctor occasionally applied wet sponge to his face. At 11:3O he drank some spring water with a little car bonated acid water. At noon the thirty seventh day of his fast commenced.
 Shortly after noon Dr. Tanner while sitting in the main hall complained of feeling ex- hausted and requested visitors not to bother him so much, at times he felt as though his heart would stop beating. Shortly be- fore two o'clock he was induced to be weighed, being the first time since Saturday He turned the scales at 1254 pounds He then laid down on his cot and rested until p. m., when he got up and read his mail, among which was a letter containing an offer of an honorary diploma from Boston medi- cal college. The doctor seemed much pleased at the offer and said that he would take the offer into consideration. At 4:3O he drank two ounces of water and had wet cloth
  five he sent to the stable keeper and told him not to send his coach around again until noti- fled. At 6:15 the doctor got up, dressed him. self and walked around to the barber's in Fourth avenue, where he got shaved. In conversation with one of his attendants he said that he experienced more difficulty in the experiment here than he did in Minnesota, which was partly due to the difference in the air. He was of opinion that people suffer more from too much food rather than not enough. After leaving the barber shop he said he felt frst-class, and thought that he would pull through all right When he re- turned to the hall he ran up stairs at lively gait, and laid down on his cot with his clothes on. At o'clock he requested visitors to leave, as he wanted to retire. He then un- dressed without assistance, and in few mo- ments was apparently fast asleep.
 Dr. Tanner lay very quiet until midnight, and at that hour apparently sound asleep. He had consumed about two-thirds of pint of water during the twenty-four hours then ended