Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-06

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NEW YORK. August 5.-The most no.
ticeable trait in DR.. Tanners condition
to-day is his extreme irritability. All
conversation with visitors is prohibited.
and the latter are requested to make ~
little noise As possible. lie complains
Of weakness at intervals, but 10 buoyed
up by the knowledge that his task is
nearly ended. During the early morn.
ing he suffered frequently from nausea
and was very restless. He slept from
midnight until two this morning, when
he had fit OF retching. followed by
ejecting a small quantity OF mucus. He
dosed of again, but was AWAKENED
shortly by the odor OF q cigarette. which
vigorous rubbing by DR.. Gum to ease
it. He rested quietly until $40, when
he again awoke, feeling much better.
After sleeping quietly for two hours, he
drank three ounces OF spring water, but
Immediately afterward vomited . por.
ton Of it, which was tineed with mu.
Gus. Vigorous rubbing by his physi.
clan Frightened him up and accelerated
the action of the heart. At 2 o'clock he
was given a mustard foot bath, and his
body was sponged with mustard water
and rubbed until il was thoroughly dry.
At noon he entered the thirty.eighth
day. A few minutes later he had an.
other attack OF nausea and vomitsd. At
/ he was resting quietly. In the morn.
ing mail the Doctor sSeeivsd Q marriage
proposal from q widow Of Hamilton,
Mo-, who signed herself Mrs. Carrie
Huntington, and who also enclosed her
picture.
MAssyIRD, O., August 5.-Dr. Tanner
will have occasion to remember Mans.
field, o., in the event OF finally recover
ing his usual health. Yesterday the
manager OF the Aultman Taylor thresher
works forwarded to the renowned faster
one of the celebrated Starved roostsr,," F"
accompanied with poem composed by
one OF our city poets, and To day the
proprietor OF Brownies flour mills, antic.
ipating the necessities OF the close OF the
fast, sent the Doctor a package oil their
choice breakfast -four, which will arrive
at Clarendon Hall just in time for the
noon lunch, or the Doctors first break
fast.
New York, August s. At 2 o'clock
p. N. to-day DIR. Tanner appeared TO he
exhausted. At $50 the Doctor drank
an ounce OF water which his stomach
rejected. lie conversed with DR.. Gum
for some time between and = O'Clock,
but soon fell asleep, and did not awake
for nearly an hour, when, alter some
retching, he vomited q quantity OF ma.
Gus, soon after he descended TO the
lower floor, where were u number of
visitors, and after briskly walk.
ing about for a few minutes he was
app 'auded Ivy the audience, and
Immediately again retired To the gallery.
where he rested until s:36, when he
was given mustard foot bath and the
attendants rubbed his chest, abdomen
and back. This made him drowsy and
he slept for hrlf an hour, when he awoke
and relieved his stomach OF considerable
wind. He had Q wet towel placed on
his head and drank two ounces OF Ice
water. His head was sponged with hot
water and he complained Of the oppres.
sive heat. He rested quietly from then
till 1915, when he was given four ounces
Of not water, and then went 10 sleep.
Nothing further Of interest occurred.
DIR. Horder, one OF the watchers, to-day
received from DR.. w. A. Hammond Q
communication in answer TO the one he
had sent. requesting the physicians
opinion OF the fast. DR.. Hammond give
it "A his opinion that the watch bad
been honorably conducted, and DIR.
Tanner had faithfully abstained from
food and water and succeeded better
than he thought he would, but his last
has shown the inability Of the human
system 10 abstain from water. In con!
ciusion he repeated his former doubt il
DR.. Tanner would, after he recuperate1,
70 for thirty days without food or water.