The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-22

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Followed BY the deepest gloom. III
struggle is over, and death Is the vic
Tor.
NEW YORK, Sept IA Poat's Lonl
Branch special says Tt The sxtsem'
emaciation Of the pgesideat Vas
surpeise to the undestakes and en-
balmer. It il possible TO clap The Ii
sbove the knee with one hand. Their
are some doubts whether, II the nres
ident lays In state It Washington, .
will be deemed wise to show the re
mains.
The presideut's remains, accompan
led By the fhmily, cabinet, friends
escosf and 0thei1, will reach here to
morrow m6rlinG. The details are mo-
Doc0rately known herr. but Il IL sup
posed that tiIe Indy Wili-be hid IN IL
Capitol. The rotunda Of the CapitO
has been dTaped In mourning, and Z
catafalque ID being Constructed also
- Il 10 not known precisely what will
be done. The White House 10 alsc
being prepared for the reception Ol
the remains. The chandelier have
been removed from the east room and
cztAfalque In being erected there 90
that il it il intended 10 lay the re.
mains I'm state ut the White House,
Everything will be in readiness.
LONG BRANCH, Sept. 3.-Judge Ad-
vOcate General Swain, who has been
with President Garfield continuously
bince he was shot and who was the
Dnly one with the president when he
commenced sinking the last night,
make the following statement:
st was my night to watch with the
president had been with him q
rood deal of the time since three
o'clock i'm the afternoon, and q few
minutes before ten O'Clock / LEFT Col
Rockwell with whom / had been
baking some minutcs in the lower
hall and proceeded up stairs to the
Presidents room. On entering,
found Mrs. Garfield sitting by his
bedside. I said to her, "How il ev-
erything going on ?'
"He Is sleeping nicely"
l then said, 81 think you had better
% to bed and rest" ! asked her what
had been prescribed for him tO take
during the night, and she replied she
did not know, that she had given him
milk punch at eight O'Clock.
I then said, "Ifyou will wait Q mo-
nlent will 20 into the doctors room
md zee what Ii to be given during the
night" She then said, There Is beef
Tea down stairs Daniel knows where
~ get it." / then went into the dOc1
tors' room and found DIR. Bliss there,
and asked him what was to be given
a -, 81, FL
think l had better FIX up y list, and
will bring it In 10 you very sOOn." u
then went back into the surgeon
room and had some little conversation
with Mrs Garfield. She felt of the
presidents hand and laid her hand on
his forehead, and said, He seems I'll
be in good condition. and passed Ouq
|Df the room. / Immediately felt his.
hands, feet and knees. l thought
|that his knees seemed q little cold ]
and got q flannel cloth. heated il nd
The fire and laid il over his limbs q
Also heated another cloth and laid id
|over his right hand, and then sat-
|lOwn i'm u chair beside his bed was|
hardly seated when DIR. Boynton came
I'm and felt the presidents pulse. II
asked him how II seemed to him. HID
replied, 1T Is not as strong as II was
|this afternoon, but very good ] sail
that he seems TO be doing well. Yes,
he answered aud passed out. He was|
hot i'm the room more than two min !
|utes. shortly after this, the presi
dent awoke, and ~ he turned his.
head OH awaking, arose and took
hold of his hand. ] was Oh the leftI
A 4 Il. L.. - h<.xN he la n
marked: You have had nice, COM
Portable sleep He then said: oh.
Swain! this terrible pain, placing his
right hand OH his breast about over
the region Of the heart. asked hin,
II i could do anything for him. He
said: Some water ] went TO the
other side of the room and poure,l
about an ounce aud half Of Poland
water into u glass and gave IL to him
10 drink. He took the glass in his
hand, I raising his head as usual, and
be- drank the water quite naturally.
then handed the glass to the oolored
man Daniel, who came i'm during the
lime I was getting the water. After
wards took a napkin and wiped his
Orehead, as he usually perspired on
He then said, oh, Swain,
his Ii terrible pain; press your hand
N it. ] laid my hand on his chest.
lie then threw both hands up to the
ide and both on line with his bead,
md then exclaimed, Oh, Swain, can't
gu stop this? p and then again, oh,
twain | then saw him looking at
ne with a staring expression. / asked
i'm IL he was suffering much pain.
Receiving no answer, / repeated the
question with the same result. then
included that he was either dying or
aving a severe spasm, and called to
)aniel, who was at the door, to tell
Dr.. Bliss and Mrs. Garfield to come
n Immediately. and glanced ut q
mall clock hanging on chandelier
early over the foot OF his bed, and
NV that 1t was ten minutes to ten.
y. Bliss came IN within two or three
nht"s ,;.htad candle which S.hit'
siiv sat Sehind n screen near tha
OF When the l;yht shone f,,ll m
Ia face eau that he w.s DIVING
Vh.n nr Ri;ss came in a ,o;,,ers
nor said .Doctor have Won any
he sasns IN hs Sv;n~
Ie then ,ook hold of his wrist ~ M
.s,;mg cor his n,,ise and sa;d No.
a 10 'iy;ng; then sa;a 20 n.n;eI
nm and arouse tl,e house., Al thst
...,,,.,,, Coional Pol ,.ai, ,a,,a =,
hen Dr. Bliss said, Let us rub his
mbs,' which we did. In very few
lonents Mrs. Garfield came In and
id, What does this mean ~ and q
lon,ent afterwards exclaimed, oh
Inv am I made "a, suffer this cr,,el