Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-11
A TREACHEROUS MALADY
Doctors are Unwilling to Express ar
Opinion on Conkling's Chances
Of Recovering His Health.
II He Can ba Kep. Alive Three Days
His Life Will be ssTed-A
Refreshing Sleep.
An Opening Made In HIS Skull and Large
Quastiry Of Pus Remsved-Ms Re
fuses to rsks MsdlsIae.
CAN'T LAST LONG.

CAN'T LAST LONG.
REV YORK, April l0-At IL midnight,
Mr.. Conkllng was walking up and down
his room in 8 half delirious condition.
He sent for Edward 8. Stokes, and when
he arrived Mr.. Copkiing said to him:
"Et, it's no use, l am gone. have
fought sgaiDst this for some time. l
can't stand any longer"
MIR. Stokes in going out saw DR.. Sands
at the door. BE asked the doctor II Mir
Conkling haG any chance. Dr.. Sands
said: "He may live fOrty-eight hours,
but douot IT,"
At 1913 Mr.. Conkling's condition WAS
unchanged. He insists on rising aud
walking ABOUT the room, but does so IN
Gelirium, as he has not regained con-
| sclousBess.
At $3.50 this morning DR.. FordYce
Barker said Mr.. Couku1g's condition
was much improved, and that the opera,
| ton tnat had been performed seemed TO
have accomplish all tnss was expected.
His temperature had fallen to go, and his
pulse to go. He slept three hours dur
| ing the night.
DIDN'T KNOW HIS NEPHEW.
At $3.50 a. m. Judge Alfred C. Cox OF
Utica, ne phew of the ex-senator, visit
ed the patient and within ten minutes he
appeared again st the door. He said that
| only Drs. Anderson and Newelse were in
the PATIENTS room. Mr. Conkling pass
ed restless night, said Mr.. Cox, but he
ID considered to be some better. He WAS
awake when was in the room,
but did not speak to me
DR.. Barker would make no
statement this morning as to Mr. Conk-
li1g's chances fJr recovering.
| Ed Stokes called st his sick room short
~ after IL q. m. He said that Mr.. Conk-
ling was conscious and lying in bed. He
refused 10 take medicine from anV person
but Mr.. Stokes. Among other callers IN
the early morning were ex-Judse Horace
Rassell, Ex-Governor Hoadly and Colonel
/ FL G>bhard.
| At II O'Clock the Senator was reported
as not being as we'll as in the early morn
| ing hours, he being conscious only at in
Lervals of short durstion. The eff CT Of
the operation Is beginning to show itself
in the way of causing heavy strain upon
his system.
/ At noon it was stated that Mr. Conk-
! ling had frequently arisen from his bed
i and paced his room in state Of deliriun
until so exhausted that he was compelled
to return to his couch.
THE OPERATION.
Mr.. Conkling moved so much that his
pulse could only be Appropriated. DR..
| Bsrker said that the operation had been
in every way successful. Two holes
about half an inch in diameter were made
in the skull behind the ear and about sn
ounce of matter WAS taken out. He
seemed soon sitter to be greatly relieved.
The operation was performed by making
az incision in the temporal bone. ABOUT
an ounce OF pus toweI out. The patient
WAS under the influence OF ether, and he
rolled and tossed so that 1t was only with
difficulty that the operation was per
formed. DR.. Barker said chat while the
recovery Of the patient is not assured, he
stands much better chance than before.
The operation was very successful. No
dsnger Is spprehended for at least twelve
hours. After the operation Conkltng
arose, walked into an adjoining room,
and retired. Besides the physicians,
Mrs. Conkling and her married daughter
were with the patient constantly.
BY THE BEDSIDE.
New YORK, April lQ-At IL :25 the con-
dttion Of Mr. Conkling was considered
.sob be very critical, but his fine robust
| phJs!qu makes it possible for him TO
fight IF disease. At ll:40 Colonel
Frederick a ConkliDg, brother Of the
| Senator, came out Of the house, bearing
| heavily on the arm OF his son. He WAS
almost too much sffeCted to speak. In
answer &c question SIS to his brothers.
condition, he SAID: Every low, very low
When asked If there WAS any hope OF his
recovery, he replied: 81 fear not, fear
not"
The outlook at noon was very bad for
the Senator, but prediction cannot safely
| be made.
Mr.. C1pklipg's illness dates from the
eventiul dsy OF the big blizzard on Msrch
IL. Ga that Monday evening ne started
| 10 walk 10 the Hoffman house from his
| Wsll street office. He set out after
I O'CLOCK, and at time when the saoW was
drifting very deep in some places ond
when pedestIIsnism was well nigh i'm
possible save to the very strongest and
hardest. Although he attended TO bust
ness for several days after this trying ad-
venture, his friends remarked that ne did
not appear as Or gnt and alert as ususl.
He complained Of
| PAINS IN HIS HEAD AND EAR.
These pains became acute and finally
grew un6earable, and he summoned DR..
Agnew on Friday, March 30. DR.. Agnew,
aftere Examination, decided than an abscess
had formed within the ear. Despite all
medicines used to alleviate the pain he
rapidly grew worse, and On Thursday
last he was delirious.
At 2:35 p. N. DR.. Barker came from
the room where he had been since 2
O'Clock, and said that his PATIENTS con-
dition Was about the same. When DR..
Barker entered the sick mans room at 2
O'Clock Mr.. Conkling asked MIN how long
he mad been there. The doctor replied
| "Ol, only little while"
show very kind of you," feebly said
the sick man and then fell back uncon-
scious. The pstient's pulse at this time
was 80 and his Temperature l0l. The re-
porter asked the doctor II he thought the
Senator would live, and he replied that
Mr.. Conkling's condition was very criti-
Cal, but while there was life there was
hope. Drs. Sands and Barker will hold
another consultation Tonight between 9
ami 10 O'Clock.