The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-30
THE DEATH ANGEL.
ALL HOPE OF THE PRESIDENTS
RECOVERY ABANDONED.


D. m.-The prevalent feeling et The Ex'
ecu.iye Mansion to-day was one of IN.
creased anxiety. The symptoms of the
President mp to six O'Clock we're not de-
cide,lly worse, nor had any marked un-
favorable change taken place 10 his gem
eral condition hut his failure to gain
strength from constantly increasing
auan ilies of nourishment taken dissl.
pointed expectation, and the threatening
OF the glandnlar swelling was taken as
another
REASON FOR DIsCouHA6EMkHf.
II seemed to be generally telt hy the
friends of the President who come here
every dav for Information, but whose
views OF Che case represent onside cur
rent OF thought, that the patient had not
gained a. much as he oaght 10 have
gained from the amount 81 nohrishmcnt
taken sinse Monday morning, shd that
this is due To imperfect assimilation AID
nutrition En,ugh fotd Is taken daily,
they say, to more than sas,ain the pa
tents strength If it we're all tarned into
blood and vital force, hut evidently it ia
not since there has been
NO pREcZPrIBLE GAIN IN STRENGTH
during the past three DAYS Tnis. they
argue iadica es that septiceama or some
other unfavorahle.inh .ence is at work
Interfering with the processes Of nutri
tion necessary to the great Efforts Of the
stomach to supply the system with fo"a.
The President, they sav, should be gam
ing Strength now to Ct through another
had Sunday, or 10 meet another possible
reverse in the shape Of new complica.
tions, but instead of that he is
HARDLY HOLDING HIS OWN,
and has TO reserve strength to draw
p n in case of necessity. They & ID, also
an the" reason ivr encouragement 10
the heha,ior Of the parotd swelling
When the incision was made yesterday
ai,eraoon it was generally supposed, al
though perhaps without sufficient war.
rant, that it would afford speedy, no,
immediate, relief, and that from tha,
source no further danger was to be ap.
pretended There was consequently n
feeling of disappointment To-day when
il was found not only that the
SWELLING HAD NOT DECREASED
IN sizr, but that the pus was forming In
= number OF places here and there in
the gland, and that the complication
seemed To lie even more serious than he
tore the operation. These and othe,
like consi,te. ations, together with lh,
absence Of any positively encouraging
assurances from the surgeons room, have
checked today The hopeful anticipation
which we're expressed yesterday after.
ooon The surgeons, however, while
cnnceding the gravity of the situation,
continued to maintain Throughout The
afternoon that the outlook was no worse
than yesterday Dr.. Bliss came into
the telegraph Office g, the eastern end o.
the Mansion about 2 clock, an while
waiting for some one who he WISHED lo
se,, talked frankly fnr twenty minutes
with regard to the President condl-
ion. He admitted that { ere had been
no gain Of strength, and no improv..
rnent in the general condition, hut he
attributed this largely to the glandular
swelling, which bad becoma, be lid, the
principal aud most threatening feature
Of The case
MESSAGE TO LOWELL.
WASHINGTON D. c., Aug % AT 8
O'clock to night Secretary Blaine sent
he following dispatch:
Lowell. Minister, London:
The President has lost ground to-day
S,me Of his symptoms this afternoon
sad evening a'e OF the gravest character
The condition Of the swollen gland 81 d
of the pulse and temperature suggest
serious and alarming Implications Hi,
mind at intervals has been somewhat be-
clouded and wandering. His strength
sIls but he sti sw willows liquid food o.
pourishing character and apparen,l,
iigests it. o. this one fact rests the
hope that is still lett of a reaction.
ISigne, BLAINE
Secretary Of State
WASHINGTON, D C, Aug. 26 -Secre.
tarv Blaine sent the following dispatch
thi afternoon:
Lowell. Minister. London:
At Z is hnu., 80. the Presidcnt's
pulse and temperature are higher; pulse
lis. Temperature 100 During several
hours last night his pulse was l20. and
in the early morniug it f'll TO los II
is hoped the parotid -weilng has fnunn
q slight release in the discharge of pus
hrough the right ear He continues to
swallow liz i'd food in a tequs'e supply
He exhib.ls a tend, ncy {. CONTINUOUS
sleep or drowsipess. His ph, sicians
pronounce his copd ion to b. CT ical.
BLAINE, Secretary.