Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-26
THE DEATH ANGEL.
ALL HOPE or TIFF PRESIDENTS Re-
COYeRY ABANDONED.
No PercsptibIs Gain in Strength Tor hrse
DNs-The 6landuIsr Complications
Giving the Doctors Serious
Concsm-6loorH at the
White House.
WILL PROBABLY LAST TILL SUNDAY
SAD NEWS.

The prevalent feeling at the Executive
Mansion to-day was one OF increased
anxiety. The symptoms of the Presi-
dent ND to six O'Clock were not decidedly
worse, nor had any marked unfayoraole
change taken place in his general con-
dition, but his failure to gain strength
from constantly increasing quantities oil
nourishment taken disappointed expec-
tation, and the threatening aspect OF the
giandular swelling was taken as another
Reason for Disbursement
1t seemed 10 be generally felt by the
friends of the President who come here
every day for information, but whose
views of the case represent outside cur
rent Of thought, that the patient had not
gained as much as he ought to have
gained from the amount OF
nourishment taken since Monday
morning, and that this is due to imper-
feet assimilation and nutrition. Enough
food Is taken daily, they say, to more
than sustain the patients strength II 1t
were all turned into blood and vital force,
but eyitently it is not since there has
been
No Perceptible Gain In Strength
during the past three days. This, they
argue. indicates that septiceama or some
other uniavorsble influence is at work
interfering with the processes OF nutri-
Iion necessary to the great efforts OF the
stomach TO supply the system with food.
The President, they say, should be gain
ing strength now to get through an
other bad Sunday, or 10 meet another
possible reverse in the shape OF new
COMPLICATIONS, but instead OF that he IS
Hardly Holding His Own,
and has no reserve strength TO draw
upon in case OF necessity. They lind,
also. another reason for encouragement
in the behavior of the parotid SWELL
ing. When the incision was made yes
terday afternoon it was generally sup
posed, although, perhaps without
sufficient warra: . that it would a.
ford a speedy, not Immediate, relief, and
mat from that source no further
danger was to be apprehended.
There was consequently feeling OF dis
appointment to day when 1t was iound
not only that the
Swelling Had Not Decreased
in size, but that the pus was forming in
a number of places here and there IN
the gland, and that the complication
ssemed TO be even more serious than
before the operation. These and other
like considerations, together with the
absence of any positively encouraging
assurances from the surgeons room, have
checked to day the hopeful anticipa-
tions which were expressed yesterday
afternoon. The surgeons, however,
while conceding the gravity OF the situa
ton, continued to maintain through
out the afternoon that the outlook
was no worse than yesterday. DIR b lss
came into the telegraph office at the
eastern end OF the Mansion about
o'clock, and while waiting for some one
who he wished to see, talked frankly for
twenty minutes with regard to the Pres
ident's condition. He admitted that
there had been no gain OF strength, and
no Improvement in the general
condition, but ne attributed this largely
10 the glanduIar swelling, which had be-
come, be said, rhe pri&clpal and most
threatening feature Ut tue case.
small quantity of pus had been lis
Charged ut tha noon examination.
hut 20 relief had yet been
affected and it had bee rne
evident that the pus WAS forming in
small cells or pockets thrulSnout tue
whole of the iutiamed gland thus
Nf
Complca ION.
As far as thr patient other symptoms
were concerned no apprehension Is felt.
The wound, he said, was grauulating
we'll and tha stomach was performing
its functions properly, aad the increased
quantity of food that hal been taken
dnrlng tue day, were it not for the
threatening ASPECT of the glandular
swelling, il would, he thought, be plain
sailing. At4 o'clock DIR. Revburn re-
ported there had been no mat,r a! change
In the patients condition, and there
was no indication IN the $50 bulletin If
any immediate alarming emergency.
After 7 O'Clock, however, rumors beg IN
to be heard OF an uniavOrable change in
the case and later in the evening they
were confirmed by Secretary Blaine's
Telegram to Lowell. No information
could be obtained directly from the sur
.geons who remained IN their own
consulting room or in the Presidents
chamber, but il was ascertained indi.
rectly that the unfavorable change had
its origin in the parotid gland. This
WAS beginning TO exert an active
and alarming influence upon the
patients general condition. At
10 O'Clock DIR. Boynton said
he was about discouraged. The Presi.
dent has taken nourishment enough,
but ii did not and could not do him
much good while the parotid inflamma.
ton continued, and while his
blood remained in its present con-
dition. Upon being asked il the
effects Of the blood poisoning
would soon disappear, he replied,
"Yes, but fear not soon enough.
am afraid the President will not have
strength enough to pull through. ! do
not like to admit even to myself that he
cannot recover, but there has been
A Change for the Worse.
and while / do not entirely give up
hope, nv hope is much weakened"
"You do not anticipate i'm
immediate death. Mono, / do not
think he will die suddenly.
All the members Of the cabinet were
atthe Executive Mansion to night, many
OF them with their wives. They went
home, however, before IL O'Clock, and the
mansion was closed for the night
Sleeping st Midnight
ExEcUTIvE MANSION, August 25, Mid
nighG-Soon after the evening bulletin
was issued the attending surgeons be-
gan to notice q change for the worse
in some OF the Presidents symp-
toms. He became more restless
than during the day. His pulse grew
more frequent until it reached about
l20 beats, and be began to be subject to
hallucination with regard to his eircum-
stances and surroundings, but most
of the time be SEEMED rational,
but at intervals, especially iust after
taking, he talked ineoherenIly aud did
not seem 10 be conscious of his siIua.
ton. Examination was made vi his
inflamed gland aud ia an