The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-09-01
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26

Ane IteeiQent II growing weaker, auO " -
expected that the end 10 nigh. Hope still re-
mains in the breasts Of those nearest him, but
il is the hope which exists as long a . spark OF
life remains in the PROSTATE form. Tho patient
i losing strength, and the liquid nourishment
administered seems to have no strengthening
effect whatever. HIS mind wandered nearly all
from tile condition Of the swollen parOtid
gland. The pns has accumulated In 1t least
half q dozen cells in addition to the one in
which the incision was made on Wednesday, and
the inflammation i spreading, Il is feared, in
the direction OF the brain. All these indi-
cations point to tlood-poisoning. Ono who
Is in position 10 know says that the pus which
flows from the wound ID no longer of : healthy
character, but has become thin and watery !;
that il is the exception now when the Presidents
mind 10 clear, and that for greater portion Of
the time his mind Ii In wandering, partially
stupid, condition; that there ID no longer
hardly possibility that he can live, and that
saturday Or Sunday. He has vitality enough.
il Is believed, to last II least forty-eight hours
Mrs. Garfield, either blinded by her hope or
misguided by the physicians, has not until
within few hours realized that the President
was in 30 low state. or that II was possible
that he would die. She was very much over
come when informed how very low he was,
Rlalne's midnight dispatch il almost hopeless.
The only hope he has is in the fact that the
stomach retains small quantity OF liquid food.
Beside that. al IL dark. Tho President has
lost, not gained bad symptoms have appeared.
The swollen gland ia red and angry. Other
symptoms excite alarm. The mind II WANDER
ing and somewhat heclouded. His strength Il
failing. That IL the startling story.
wAsHrSoroN, Aug. n.
Twcnty-fonr hours have elapsed since hops
OF the Presidcnt's recovery was abandoned, and
he still lives. He may continue TO live for thres
or four days, the doctors say. but the mournfu
conclusion remains that each day draws lin
one day nearer to the grave. The capital Il
in mourning. The outward signs Of griei
have not been vet put on, but all hearts ars
ss deeply stirred ~ though the end had come
The nation 10 Watching at tho bedside OF
dying President, and the vigil is nearly Tin
iahed.
To describe tho painful anxiety with which
every word uttered by tho physicians to-day
every look and gesture by tho men who ar,
lighting with death, has been ~
scivcd, would be impossible. tn
could utter conveyed 20 h,tle hope that th,
worst would almost have been preferable
When the President was shot. and the physi
clans could not tell whether he would live on
the night Of the ID Of July, oil hearts wer
gla,lslcnod by tho news that he had one chanc,
t. live. Twice s,nce then has he been dow
Almost into the depths OF death, an,
Even now he has = chance for liz
the chance that Z Ihmmering spark OF vital
itv always holds out-Gut too feeble aud uncer
tam tor human hearts to grasp. The though
| of the grief which prevailed IN the sick-Soou
WA sufficient to bring toars to many eyss.
strong. true and patriotic man. faded and vast
| ed almost beyond recognition, ly.ng upoa hi
I couch, 1t times hin unlnd wandering and hi
nervous iinxcrs noddinG In accord sith som
nnfathomabls symphony OF an unsteady brain
the face disigured by IN ungainly swelling
| from which tho accumulated poison slow
u dropped; departed strength visible i
| shrunksn featurcs and non0nlass limbs
his stricken wife seated By the bsdside pei
| formine, with loving hands, every coMfortin
mlnistratlon. She Who has been the sres
supporter Of her hushAnd in his trcubls
1 feeds hum ~ aha would fcod child. and give
no evidence of Tho agony which u tugging q
| her heart. The physicaAns Are constantly
the sick mans side watching anxionsly for som
new danger TO b met, or eagerly looking II
1 the lirsl manifestation of favorable change.
/ In this manner the hours III by and nigh
falls without sign Of hopeor rssof comfort
/ While il cannot b. sa,d that there was niue
Improvement III the patients condition yestcl
/ dAv, il 10 at the Same time true tnat he did III
| loee ground, and that he held his own bette
than was anticipated by the physicians. II
took moro than the usual quantity of iqul
food, and assimiiatcd it, and no syml
toms Of gastric disturbance foliowes
His mind WAS clearer than on III
day before, due, doubtless, to tho fact that th
kuppOration through the ear OF the pxroti
gland removed the pressure from the brail
The patient rested more easily and slept MOI
than on the previous day, and the color Of h
skin and bic general appearance vas MOI
somewhat hlgher than on the previo,
day, however, and the character VI Il
pus flowing from the wound was not ~ health
| as il had been. There was less OF it, aud
appeared 10 have . watery appearance. ID
Buynton thinks that tAis u owing to the rres
dents enfeebled condition aud the tLinncss
his blood. Mrs. Garfield has not vet lost hop
She firmly believes that her husband il goil
TO recover.
4 Tnere was . very touching episode in Il
sick-room last night The patent recognize
his wife sittlng by his bedside, aud, address,r
her in 4 weak and trembling voice, sal
.Crete, you had better go 10 your room aud &
little rest" Mrs. Garfield begged TO be pe
mitted TO stay little Iungcr, Mhereupon II
MAS 1t hand when they should separate Il
ever. llra. 0ar6eld was Severely shaken
thas lat remark, but, like the brave. 20,
woman that che u, she mastered her feelin
A1d Appearsd composed.
Col Corkhill, District Attorney at Washin
ton, has bssn summoned home from Cape M
He Gays : secret organic alton has plotted
take 0uiteen from Jail and infiict up
him torture which will be warning TO Assn
sins. Even the jall guards await an excuse
shoot the Hend, who has had scarcciy any sle
since tho 6rst relapse Of the President.
WAsHIxaTos. Aug. -
Despair has again given place to hope. Y
terday at noon few psrsons in Washinet
expected that President Garfield would /
! forty ought honrs. Eome even of those ala
him lad privately begun TO make arrangenei
~ 10 what they should do after the fatal res
should come, Lut to-day no words have CO.
from the -leL-room hut those Of ga
cheer The President is stll Improving.
! DANCE. reems 70 10 growing less. lh
haye boea tLIse oontinuous favorable Lullrt