The daily gazette., 1881-08-27
SECOND EDITION
NEARING THE END.
The Presidents Life Slowly, Surely
Ebbing Away.
NEW COMPLICATIONS.
Mrs. Garlaeld Notified to Prepare
for the Worst.
MINISTER'S HOPELESS.

Fears that Mefastatic Abscesses are
Formfug - Excitement in the
C0untry-Mr. blaine Says 'sThe
Situation fs One OF Great Gravity
and Danger"
Before sundown yesterday the most
hopeful in the city yielded at last, rec
ognixing that the end was near. 1t
was day of anxiety, hope fighting
against despair. Hope is lost, and
now the White House simply waits
for the Angel of Death to enter and
bear away the life of its distinguished
victim. Mrs. Garfield knows and is
prepared for the worst and she bears
up nobly. Doubtless she was prepared
in some measure for the bad news, but
for all that she wavered for moment
and then said, Sand must this sacri-
fee be demanded of me? Gods will
be DONE" The circumstances under
which the sad news was brought to
her are thus described by an eye wit
ness. DR.. Boynton, on coming from
the sick room at late hour last night,
encountered Mrs. Garfield in the hall.
He took her hand and led her into the
library, where a light was burning
low, and gave her a seat at the win
dow before he answered her question,
sis there any change Z" eyes" he
said, ''the wound shows very bad symp-
| toms, and his position is critical"
What more was said is not known,
but as Mrs. Garfield rose she spoke as
above and hurried away. In the
morning DR.. Boynton sought her out.
els there any change ?'' again she
asked. "None for the BETTER" was
the reply. "You had better talk with
the children" In this way the news
was carried to the wife of the dying
President. Later in the day she asked
DIR. Bliss if there was any hope. His
reply was, 81 fear you must prepare
for the worst" During the day she
came and went into the sick ROOM
Sometimes she spoke to her husband,
bat she never gave way, and If she had
tears to shed she kept up a brave
heart before the people she was forced
to meet, and with pale face and reso-
lutte will came and went among them,
giving no sign of her anguish.
THE PRESIDENT DELIRIoUs.
| Last night the President slept at
intervals, DOING for fifteen or twenty
minutes, having troubled sleep. His
voice, husky and broken, muttered oi
Lawnfield and the farm. When he woke
it was in delirium. He babbled away
and could not be hushed, and when his
attention was attracted and he was
made to know that he was being ad.
dressed, there was an apparent effori
on his part to collect and control hii
wayward faculties. In this he woulG
be for a few moments successful .Ther
be world lose his hold again, the ideai
would slip away, the tongue wouit
babble of green fields and the country
home, until sleep drew down the eye.
lids and hushed the restless organ oi
speech. To only two persons did he
give any signs of recognition during
the early hours of the morning. One
of these bein1 DIR. Boynton, whose
voice he seemed to know, and to whose
questions generally responded ration
ally. The other was his wife. When SHE
came into the room the rest drew bach
and she spoke to him in whispers and
. took up the hand that he vainly trieC
to lift himself and put it about hel
neck. Later in the morning wheI
, Colonel Rockwell came in he reconizet
and spoke to him. Once he recog
nized his wife and urged her to go anC
take some rest, and added that he wal
afraid they must be separated. This
remark was the first indication that hs
has given that he realized the gravity
, of his condition. He also in the nigh
called in an i'm patient manner for DIR
Bliss, and when the Doctor came said
al want you to put me into my owl
bed won't stay here any longer"
WASHINGTON, August 26--10P. M
LOWELL, Minister. London:--
; While the President has made no gair
to-day, his loss of ground has been less
| In the Judgment OF his pbysicians, thar
, was feared last night. In this aspec
there IL slight fesling of encourage
ment, or, at least, ray of hope. Tht
) adverse symptoMs are still manifest, ant
the one favorable indication of swallow
ing and digesting liquid food. Two 0
three times during the day he has aske
for nourishment BE has spoken intell
gently and voluntarily, and throughou
the day his mind has been less sffscte
than yesterday. The expected relief Il
the parotid swelling from the discbarg
through the ear has not been realized
| The situation 10 one of great gravity an
danger. BLAiN ", Secretary.
! Dr. Bliss Again More Hopeful-Th'
Gland ssActing More Kindly"
DR.. Bliss talks very hopefully again.
| He said a few minutes ago that he wa
! encouraged by the discharge OF th
gland. 90 far It was. dong well. an
had given signs of snbsding natural
|. and favorably. II 1t went on "a 1t ha'
! begun, 1t would soon cease to be sourc
I of annoyance and danger.
j. He thought sloughing was averted.-
SIT all depends yet upoa the stomac1
II that keeps up he has chance, AM
!, there seems no disposition on its part 9
ls give way. The wound 10 getung o
II nicely, and the swollen gland is actin
y J more kindly, 80 that think he is bet
Ic ter, and that his chances are greater mo-
0. than yesterday"
v "Did the doctors lose hope yesterday
d "No," he replied. "They felt thI
- there was very great danger, but v
hova navar Abandoned home. aud Co