The daily gazette., 1881-08-26
The Worst Apprehended Unless q
More Favorable Change TAKE es
Place Within the Next Twen-
ty.fOur Hours
THE DISCOURAGING SIGNS.
HIS LOWER LIMBS SAID
TO BE PARALYZED.
FAILING STRENGTH AND A WAN.
DERING MIND.
Mrs. Garfield Informed by DR..
BOyntOn that Death is Inevita.
ble-Her Answer, 81 Still
Have Hopes"

Hope has virtually fed within and
without the Executive Mansion at WASH
ington. The failure of the President to
gain strength from tie constantly in.
creasipg quantities of nourishment has
disappointed expectations, and the
threatening aspect of the glandular
swelling has been taken as another rea-
son for encouragement. Enough food,
IL Is said,.ls given to The patient daily to
sustain his strength If 1t were all turned
into blood and vital force, but evidently
1t is not, since there has been no percep-
tible gain in strength for the past three
days. This, 1t is argued, indicates that
septie@mia or some other unfavof aOle
influence is at work interfering with the
processes Of nutrition and neutralizing
TO great extent the efforts Of the stom-
ach to supply the system with food. The
President, his friends say, should be
gaining strength now to get through
another bad Sunday or to meet another
possible reverse in the shape of a new
complication, but instead of that he Is
hardly holding bis own and has no re-
serve of strength to draw upon in case
of necessity. Among the most un-
favorable dispatches are those of Sec
retary Blaine aud the following unofH-
cIal bulletin:
Executive MANSION, WASHINGTON,
August %, 1O p. M.-Alhough no infot-
nation Can yet bs obtained directly
from the attending physicians, 1t is un-
dersteod that the Presid ent's case has ia
ken an nnfavorable turn this evening
and that the swollen parotid gland
throughout which pus is now forming IL
small cells or pockets, threatens immed-
lately dangerous consequences. Unless q
next twenty-four hours the worst is ap-
pretended.
Secretary Blaine's afternoon cable tel
egram to Minister Lowell was as fol-
lows :
The Presidents condition shows no
marked change. The symptoms of y. s.
terday are repeated to-day. AT this hour
l 80, his fever seems to increase, while
the parotid swelling has not diminished
He continues to swallow liquid food in
sufficient quantity, without disturbance
OF the stomach.
BLAINE, Secretary.
Inc IoIloWlng was sent DY tne oecre'
tary at9 o'clock P. NJ: :
The President has lost ground to-day
Some of his symptoms this afternooO
and evening are of the gravest character
The condition of the swollen gland anC
of the pulse and temperature suggest ser
ious and alarming complications. Hls
mind at intervals has been somewhat
beclou1ed and wand ring. His strength
fails, but he still swallows liquid food o
nourishing character, and appareDtI.
digests it. On rhis one fact rests the
hope that is still left of a reaction.
BLAINE, Secretary.
ExEoUTIvE MANSION, Aug 26, 1.S0 A
MAT this hour the physicians are ly.
Ing down; Mrs. Edison alone remains al
the Presidents bedside. He has slept
some since midnight, but is restless.-
About AN hour ago Mrs. Garfield enter
ed the Presidents room and kept COM
pany with Mrs. Edison for few nom
ents and then retired TO her room!
THIS MORNINGS BULLETIN.
The bulletin issued at $50 o'clock thil
morning stated that the President passec
q restless night and aRoke somewha
fiRnty. PulSs. l0S; temperature, 99.l
respiration, II.