The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-04-12
"A VERY SICK MAN.
Ex- Senator Gonkling Not Expected to
Live More than 48 Hours.
Kansas Farmers String up Four Horse.
thieves and Nine More in Sight.
st. Joe Jail Birds Caught IN the ACT
Of Taklng!a Walk.
A Florida Town Laid in Ashes by
A Spark From Locomotive.

NEW YORK, April 1O.-At midnight
Mr.. Conkling was walking up and
down his room in half delirious con-
dition. He sent for MF. Stokes and
when he arrived MIR. Conklin said to
him: ED, its no use; I'm gone. I've
fought against this for some time;
can't stand it any longer" Mr.. Stokes,
in going out, saw DR.. Sands at the door.
He asked the doctor if Mr.. Conklin had
any chance. DIR. Sands said: He may
live forty eight hours, but 1 doubt it.
At 12:I5 Mr.. Conkling's condition was
unchanged. He insists on rising and
walking about the room, but does so in
delinum, as he has not regained con-
seriousness.
THE CAUSE.
Roscoe Conkling's illness dates from
the eventful day of the big blizzard, on
March II. On that evening he started
to walk to the Hoffman house from his
Wall street Office. He set out at time
when the Snow was drifting very deep
in places, and when pedeStrianism was
we'll nigh impossible save to the very
strongest and hardest. Although he
attended to business for several days
after this trying adventure, his friends
remarked that he did not appear as
bright and alert as usual. He COM
planned of pains in his head and ear.
The pains became acute and finally
grew unbearable. He summoned
DR.. Agnew on Friday, March
80. DR.. Agnew. after an exam
| ination, decided that an abSceSs
had formed within the ear. Despite
all means used to alleviate the pain,
Mr.. Conkling rapidly grew worse and
on Thursday last he was deliriOus.
Soon after eleven O'Clock last evening
it became noised abroad that DIR.
Sands had said that the chances were
that Mr.. Conkling probably could moi
| live more than forty-eight hours un-
less some unlocked for and almost un-
hoped for change should occur for the
| better. The one chance in his favor
was his perfect physical condition and
| the wonderful constitution of the
man. At half past nine O'Clock this
morning, DR.. Fordyce Barker SAID
| Conkling's condition was much i'm
| proved, and that the operation thai
had been performed seemed to have
| accomplished all that was expected
His temperature had fallen to 80 anC
his pulse to 30. He slept three hours
during the night.
At eleven O'Clock the senator was re
ported as not being so well as IN tn
early morning hours, being consciOu
only at intervals of short duration
The effect of the operation is beginning
to show itself in the way of causing
heavy strain upon his system.
at nine o'clock this morning rumor
were in the air about the Hoffman
house that Mr.. Conkling was in yer,
precarions condition. No strictly of
ticial information was, however, oh
tanned. From various sources, it wa
learned that the sufferer was deliriOu
nearly all the time, the result of tn
operation and consequent suppuratlol
that resulted therefrom seemed to b
sapping the very life out of the patient
Mrs. Conkling had become very nue.
alarmed for her husband and had g1vel
up her room on the Twenty-hfth stree
side of the Hoffman house and was es
tablished in the ex-senatOr's elegan
rooms on the second floor of No.
West TWenty-fourth street. MI
Conkling occupies the Who'll
floor of four rooms and tn
sick man is in the BAG
bedroom. Mrs. Conkling is in tn
front room and does not remain a
her husbands side: At 11:25 the cor
dition of Mr.. Conk1ing was considers
to be very critical, but his fine robus
physique makes it possible for him t
fight off disease. AT 1870 Co
Frederick A. Conkling, brother of tn
senator, came out of the house leanin
heavily on the arm of his son. II
was almost too much affected
speak and in answer to question a
to his brothers condition he sal
Every low; very low" When aske
if there was any hope of his recover
he replied. Il fear not, I fear not.
The outlook at noon was very bad fl
the senator. Predictions cannot /
safely made.
At 1890 MIR. Conkling was quiet
doing. His physician, DR.. Hartle,
then left the sick chamber, givin
J those anxiously waiting to learn of h
condition the impression that NJ
, Conkling was doing well and that the
} | was no likelihood of an exigency meal
while requiring physician.