The Russellville Democrat., 1881-09-29
The Last Day.


 The Last Day.
 LONG BRANCH. N. J., September l9.-The day opened gloonily at Elberon. The night had been one of comparative comfort, and at daybreak the physicians thought that the President was a little better He seemed 10 have some appetite and no indications of approaching chill were noted. The insidious nature of the attacks were again manifest soon after o'clock this morning. Ire President had been very quiet and seemingly comfortable Suddenly he complained of chli- Illness His body was wrapped in warm manners and he was sponged with hot alcohol, put the rieor could not be averted. He shivered and every muscle in his body was rigid. The pulse went up to 140 and even higher, but 1t was so thTeady and feeble that nd It was tbs sre so There was great danger that he would sink into a catamose state after the rigor had passed, and every exertion was made to induce reaction. Hot fianrels were applied to the feet and ponltice of raw onions, cut fine and steeped in alcohol, was placed upon his stomach. Tn addition, coonng lotions were applied to his head, and the arms and limbs were rubbed vigorously. The result was that reaction was established much sooner than the physicians expected. Aiter hiteem mn warmth in the feet and at the same time rigidity l of the muscles was observed to be relaxing. It was evident that the r1gor was
 PASSING AWAY
 | In about half the time which the first one had | lasted. That one, in spite of the most vigorous | treatment, had only yielded after half an hour. | The vitality of the President more than once | astonished the physicians Dr. Agnew. said wher he came from the sick chamber "The vi | taity of the President is something more remark able than have ever met with in all my prae,- | tice" This was said to Mrs. Garfield and Prt- yate Secretary Brown. The doctor added that if it was not for this wonderful evidence of consti- tgtional strength he o,i1 should iee sborisS as any hope After the rigor had passed the president fell asleep 'and although his | pulse was beating about l2o, yet his temperature | bad mt dpcreaSpd a | or so below the normal point He awoke in about twenty minutes and said to Bliss: Doctor, feel very comfortable. but also feel dreadfully weak. | I wish you would give me the hand-glass and let | me look at myself" Gen. Swain said "oh, no, don't do that, general see II you cannot not get some | piled Mrs. Garfield then gave him the hand glass. He held it in aposition which enabled him | Mrs, Garfield. Dr. Bliss, Dr. Agnew Gen. Swain and Dr. Boynton stood around the bed, saying not word, but looking at the president He studied the reflection of his features At length he wearily let the glass fall upon the eounterpane and with sigh said to Mrs. Garfield, Crete, l l don't see how it is that man looking as well as do could be so dreadfully weak" In a moment | or two he asked for
 1 HIS DAUGHTER MoLLIE.
 | They told him that she would come to see him | later in the day. He said however, that he want ed to see her at once TheTeupon, Don koekWei l with Miss Rockwell and told her that her father | wanted to see her. When the child went into the | she kissed her father and told nm tnht she was glad to see that he was looking. so much bet | ter He said: You think do look better, Mol | lie?' She said 'l do, papa, and then she took a | chair and sat near the foot Of the bed. moment | or two after Dr. Boynton noticed that she was | swaying ill the chair, he stepped up to her, but before he could reach her she had fa lien over III a dead faint In falling her face struck against the bed post and when they raised her from the floor | she was not only unconscious, but she was bleed. | ing from the confusion she had recelved. They 1 carried her out where she could get the fresh breeze frsm the ocean, and after restoratives were applied she speedily recovered.
 | LATER IN THE DAY.
 | Dr Bliss immediately after the evening bulle- | fin at P M came from the Presidents cottage | with brighter face than he has had today He | said: The bulletin gives the worst side of it. | There are no more bad symptoms to mention. We think the lung trouble is little better. The | area of dullness has narrowed little We can | now hear the respiration mnrmur. He mas | coughed more easily. His food is continued by | the mouth and by enema. His mind is clear, | and he has by no means made up his mind that he is going. to die The time for the chill has | passed and 1t has not appeared; on the contrary. | his temperature is normal and his pulse greatly | reduced, while his respiration Is at ls. | The tone of Dr. Bliss voice was highly en- l couraging, but 1t was soon learned that he had | The Attorney General went to the doctors cot | tage where he talked with Drs Bliss, Agnew and | Hamilton Upon leaving the cottage after his | conference, the Attorney General said: There | is no hope It would be wrong to create the i'm pression that there is It is true that there has been but one chill today but there is nothing in | his condition to indicate improvement There can be
 Until there is new strength, and he certainly has not gained it. 1 have not expected that he would | have another chill today The doctors now | think he will escape it. The hour for 1t has passed but the fact that he has not had two chills | today is certainly not ground for hope. | MAcvEAGH's STATEMENT
 lI:2O D. m.-Atty. Gen. Macyeagh has just come | to the Elberon hotel from the Frsncklyn cottage | ll.axs rtt.srg tafa anffs
 aI sent my dispatch to Mir. Lowell at 10 p. m. | Shortly before that Dr. Bliss had seen the presi- dent and found his pulse at l06 beats per minute, | and all conditions were then promising q quiet | night The doctor asked the president fl he wss | feeling uncomfortable in any way, The presi- | dent answered. Not at all.i and shortly after | wards fell asleep and Dr. Bliss returned to his | room across the hall from that occupied by the | president. About fifteen minutes after ten the | president awakened and remarked fo Col Swain that he was suffering great pain, and placed his hand over his heart Dr Bliss was summoned, | and when he entered the room he found the president substantially without pulse and the ac- | ton of the heart was almost indistinguishable. He said at once that the president was dying and directed Mrs Garfield to De called; also the other | doctors. The president remained in dying con dition until lO:35, when he was pronounced dead. He died of some trouble of the heart, supposed to | be neuralgia but that, of course, is uncertain notified Gen. Arthur and sent dispatch' 'to | Messrs Blaine and Lincoln, who are en route om Boston to New York. The cabinet now, at ll:5u | D. m are in consultation.
 OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
 ELBERoN N J., Sept. 10. 1l:30 P. M | The President died at l035 After the bulletin was issued at 5:30 this evening the President con tinued in much the same condition as during the afternoon the pulse varying from l02 to l08, with | rather increased force and volume Alter taking nourishment he fell into quiet sleep about x | minutes before his death, and while asleep his | pulse rose to 120 and was somewhat more feeble At ten minutes after 10 he awoke, complaining
 of severe pain over the region of the heart, and
 almost immediately became unconscious and ceased to breathe at lO.3o,
 Isipnedl D. w. BLISS,
 FRANK H. HAMILTON,
 D. HAYES AGNEw.
 GEN swAMs STATEMENT.
 LoSo BRANCH, Sept 2O.--Judge Adyocate-Gen