The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-02
DARK HOURS.
Watching With the President Through the
Valley of the Shadow

Watching With the President Through the
Valley of the Shadow
New YORK, August 2G.--It is conceded
by all journals that the situation al Wash
ington is grave. The Sun has the following
from that city: One who Is in a position TO
know says the pns is no longer of healthy
character, but has become thin aud watery;
that IL is the exception now when the Presl-
dents mind is clear, and that for the greater
part of the time IL wanders; that there is
hardly q possibility that he can live, and
that the end is feared to be not further off
than Saturday or Sunday. He has vitality
enough, il is believed, to last forty-eight
hours. 1t has been learned tonight that
Mrs. Garfield has not until this afternoon
realized that the President was In low
state or that It was possible he would die.
She was very much overcome when Informed
how low he was, and the physicians feared
the worst. 1t has been decided to notify
the children and other members of the fam
lily of his serious conditio II. 81
LONDON, August 26.-The Lancet says:
When 1t is borne in mind that in cases of
starvation death supervenes when the loss
Of two-fftbs of the original weight has oc-
CURED, the fact that President Garfield has
lost eighty pounds is alone sufficient to ex-
cite serious apprehension. We cannot but re-
gard the parotid swelling or abcess as Sc
rious, although it would be exaggerated to
speak of his recovery as altogether beyond
hope. Speedy improvement is necessary to
avert the worst results.
NEW YORK, August 20. - The Posts
! Washington special says Secretary Brown In
his note to the Cabinet stated the swelling of
the neck had broken inwardly and was dis
a. -. 81 fhn La
Boynton's assertion that there would be no
possible hope If IL broke inwardly. Last
night the physicians told the Cabinet, unless
there was radical change for the better by
o o'clock this morning there would be no
hope. There has been no change except for
the worse. Mrs. Edison left the White
House early this morning believing him
dying. He was unconscious most of the
night and it was impossible to arouse him.
Mrs. Garfield sat on one side of the bed and
she on the other, when the President awoke
a minute and suggested that his wife had
better go TO her room and rest. She asked
to be allowed to remain while. He said !:
= Is 1t true we must be separated soon?
Well, perhaps, You had better stay them"
He thereupon dozed again and breatlied
heavily. During the night there were indi-
cations of further stomach troubles.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 26-6 p. m.
The noon bulletin rather alarmed than re-
lieved the intense anxiety which prevails at
the Executive Mansion. The dscharse of
pus from the inflamed parotid gland through
the ear, which was regarded this morning AS
favorable change and one likely to afford
relief, does not thus far answer the expecta-
tions. The symptoms of the patient con-
tinue urgent aud alarming, and he seems 10
be gradually sinking.
At $40 Bliss told reporter the condition
of the President in the afternoon was very
critical, you may say alarming If you choose.
II is as bad as nj any time before, but not en-
tirely hopeless. He continues to take food
about Is yesterday and cnemate has been
resumed. The system seems TO bear them
we'll, and whisky can be given that way bet
ter than through the mouth. The parotid
gland Ii about the same. In order not TO
disturb him we did not remove the poultlces
this noon. do dot think there Is much
danger now from acute blood poisoning
through pns in the gland. He Is more likely
TO die Of exhaustion. 1t IL question OF en-
dnrance. There was very little delirium to-
day. Mrs. Garfield was with him all the
time, but noticed it only once and then only
to trifing extent. His mind l. decidedly
clearer than last night. He talks q little
moro nationally and knows what Y going on
around him. His mental condition Is due
70 the aneDic condition Of the brain, which
b not properly nourished. II Il the effect Of
oxhausfious