Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-09-24
THE LAST DAY.
HOW 1T WAS SPENT.

WASHINGTON, Sept IS. To-day began most
promisingly. Tho president had passed, on
tho whole, . tolerably comfortable night
Shortly before midnight he Was threatened
with chill, but the body was bathed in hot
alcohol, the extremities chafed and wrapped in
hot flannel, and the danger warded on The
patient obtained, considerable rest during the
latter part Of tho night The cough was less
troublesome and the discharge Of pus from the
lungs smaller than on the day previous.
The enfeebled condition & OF the patient
was , shown in ~, the oscillation Y OF
the pulse, which ranged from 1O4 to ,116,
according Is the president was asleepS or
awake The cottage was prophetically quiet
at day break. Tho curtains were drawn about
the windows Of the sick chamber. Not q per-
son was in sight save the sentries, who passed
woarily around the grounds inpatiently waiting
to be relieved. The dawn portended beau
tiful day. The mist receded before the rays Of
the sun, and she SKY was cloudless. About7
o'clock Dr.. Bliss came over from the cottage
and told little group OF sleepy correspond
ents that the morning bulletin would be q good
one, and that the presidents condition did not
cause any serious apprehenslons for the day.
The physicians postponed the morning Dress
Ing Of tho wound rather later than usual
because there were some slight
symptoms about o'clock Of disturbance Of
the patients system A few moments before
8 O'Clock, however, all arrangements for the
dressing were completed, and the president
was able to be turned on his side, where the
wound could be reached, when he said:
II FEEL COLD"
At the same instant he turned his face and
vomited. Prior to this he had eaten two tea
spoonful of milk porridge, but had not COM
pleted his breakfast Tho rigor seized him
and held ullsway for over ten minutes The
catremities were blue and cold There was an
intermittent, spasmodic contraction and relaxa-
tion OF the muscles. One moment the frame
would appear to be drawn together as though
tightened with ropes. After short time the
system would be relaxed, and with SILVER
and signing respirationSthe body would re-
sumo its normal condition The strain upon
the soyer-taxed and Frustrated form Of the
man was intense. The physicians even Won
dered how be could endure it They stood
around the bed watching the attacx they had
been powerless to prevent and which they
could not relieve. The moments seemed as
hours, for it looked as though every spasm
which racked the patti Ont dragged him ire
sistibly toward death. j The pulse OF the
patient ran up to i III, or possibly higher. 1t
was SO indistinct that the physicians
could hardly keep track Of it g His respiration,
it is said, was not taken, but according
TO the descriptions Ut his difficulty in breath
ing, it must have increased to twenty eight or
thirty. DR.: Bliss came over to the hotel short
ly after the chill ceased. He sat upon the
porch beside Mrs. Bliss, nervously smoothing
his grey side yhiskers and looking at his watch
chain.
1T was very serious chill" he said, very 80
we're. He has had two in twenty -four hours There
is no regularity to their appearance. 1cannot say
when he will have another. After the chill of this
morning. believe that he is liable to die at almost
any time"
DO you think he can live week if the chtlls con-
tinue?'' was asked.
mo. sir" was the doctors reply. "He may
live two or three days but not 4
week. As said before. after
the severe rigor Of this informing We cannot tell
what any hour may bring forth. The situation il
full OF danger. There is not an atom OF hope that
can offer now. The blood is thoroughly poisoned.
bis breath has that peculiar sweet smell indica-
tive Of
AsEPTIC CONDITION OF THE BLOOD
Heretofore the doctor has said that the sweet
perfume of breath was an unfailing sign Of
pyemia, which the patient had not yet mani
Tested, but his admission of the existence
OF this symptom to-day is an evil
dence that acute pyamia, not septicoemia, ex-
listed As soon as it became known that the
president had another rieor. Attorney Gsaeral