Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-17
Surgeons AnHionS But Hopeful
incidents Of an Anxious Day.
Cannot Lire Through the Night.
1Snppial Telarrau to fha GI0bo I

Especial Telegram to the Globe
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-I have Just seen a
private telegram from Cleveland, Ohio,
which says an especial personal friend of
the President has received message from
Washington, saying that Garfield cannot
live through the night.
THE SITUATION IN DETAIL.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
CHICAGO, Aug. 16-5 p. m.-Within
the past hour | have visited all the lead.
ing newspaper offices in the city to as
certain what their private advices are
from Washington. They are uniformly
of discOuraging character and they are
preparing matter relative to his
death, though latest adv1ces indi-
cate that he will probably live
through the night. Their information is
very positive that his death is now ques-
ton of time
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Dr William A.
Hammond in an interview said the idea
that the President is now suffering from
dyspepsia is all bosh. He is suffering
simply from py@mia, and has been
ever since the recent chill. He says the
vomiting and irritation of the stomach are
caused solely by the presence of the bull
let in has body, and adds there is now no
hope for the President, and | give him but
three or four days to live, He has not
been given proper character of food and
has been reduced seventy-fve pounds in
weight. This treatment has gone so far
| can see no chance of recovery.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-The last bulle-
tin has cast a gloom over the attaches OF
the Executive mansion, and the greatest
anxiety prevails.
The change which has occurred is even
noticeable in the expression and counte-
nance of Private Secretary Brown, who
has from the first entertained the most
sanguine opinion that the President
would recover. Secretary Hunt when ask
ed, a few minutes ago, if he could
say anything favorable regarding
the present condition of thu
patient, said in a tone which showed thai
he was deeply affected, that there wa
absolutely nothing to say; that everything
that could be said was now known. Th,
extreme quiet which pervades the man
sion, even in the offices occupied by tn
clerical force, is almost oppressive. Con
versations are carried on in monotones
and a general feeling of anxiety and act
ual alarm is plainly perceptible. Th
most sanguine are apparently fast losing
hope, and callers may be seen leaving tn
mansion with q look of despair upon thei
countenances. The President compre
hends the situation. He ha
been told that his stomach demand
absolute rest, and that no effort will b
made to give him nourishment in tn
regular way. To-day enough nutrition
enemata will be administered to answe
the demands of the case, but probabl
nothing, unless water, will be put ON hi
stomach by this means Th
hope is that tonight or to-mol
row he may be strong enoug
to retain something. At II O'Clock tn
surgeons said they thought they coul
determine by p. m. whether the Pres
dent would live or not, that if the ten
perature went down and the pulse ker
up it would be sign of death. At ths
hour the pulse stood at ~
After that the pulse receded some br
the temperature has gone down 81
The surgeons do not say anything nov
but it is evident they entertain little
any hope. The fall of temperatur
though slight, is regarded as serious, an