The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-04-12
COMBINES CONDITION.
He Had Been Dellrous, But Apparently
Better at Last Accounts.

fought against this for some time. 1
can't stand 1t any longer
| Mr.. Stokes in going out saw Doctor
! Sands at the door. He asked the doctor
if Mr.. Conkling had any chance.
Doctor S2Ed5 said;
He may live forty-eight hours, but l
doubt it,"
Atl2:l5 Mr.. Coukling's condition was
unchanged. He insisted on rising and
walking atOQt the room, but does so In
delirium, as he has not regained con-
sciOusnes5.
At $3.50 this morning DR.. Barker said
Mr.. Conkiing's condition was much i'm
proved, and that the operation that had
been performed seemed to have accom-
plished all that was expected. His tenn
perature had fallen to 80, and his pulse to
go He slept three hours during the
I night.
At 1925 O'Clock the condition of Mr..
Conkling was considered to be very
critical, but his fine, robust physique
makes it pos ible for him to fight off the
disease.
At ll:3O o'clock Col. Frederick A. Conk-
| ling, brother of the senator, came out of
the house leaning heavily on the arm of
his son. He was almost too much affected
to speak, and, in answer to question as
to his brothers condition, re said:
"Yery low; very low"
When asked if there was any hope of
his recovery, he Replied
II fear not; fear not"
The outlook at noon was very bad for
the senator, but predictions canrOt safely
be made.
At noon it was stated that Mr.. Conkling
had frequently arisen from his bed and
paced his room in a state of deliIium,
until so exhausted that he was compelled
to return to his couch.
Mr.. Conkling's illness dates from the
eventful day of the big blizzard on March
II. On that Monday evening he started
| to walk to the Hoffman house from his
Wall street office. He set out after 6
o'clock, aud at time when the snow YVES
drift ipg very deep in some places, and
when pedestrianism 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
adventure, his frienos remarked that he
did not appear as bright and alert as
usual. He com planned of pains in his
head and ears. These pains became
ACUTE and finally grew unbearable, and
he summoned Dr.. Agnew on Friday,
March 80.
Doctor Agnew, after examination, de-
cided that an ab cess had formed within
I'll ear. Dus pite all medicines used TO al
leviats the pain, he RAPIDLY grew worse,
and on Thursday last he was deliriOus.
AT 3:35 p. IN. Doctor Barker came from
the room where he hid been since .
O'Clock, and said that his patients con-
ditiUn was about the came. When Doctor
Barker entered the sick mans room at 2
o'clock, Mr.. COnkling asked him how long
he had been there.
The doctor replied:
"Oh, only a little while"
"How very kind of you feebly said the
sick man, and then fell back unconscious.
The patients pu Sc at this time was 80,
and his temperature 1Ol.
The reporter asked the DOCTOR if he
thought the senator would live, ard he re-
piled that Mr.. Conkling's condition was
very critical, but while there was life there
was hope. Doctors Sands and Barker
will hold another consultation tonight be-
tween and 10 o'clock
This afternoon Mrs. Fred Grant and
Mrs. U. s. Grant called at Mr.. Conkling's
and left flowers and notes expressing
their sympathy and their hopes Of his
speedy recovery.
At . o'clock DR.. Barker called and
remained half an hour. Up to the time of
his arrival, the patient had restltssly paced
the room, and the attendants could do
nothing with him. He refused all medi-
ipI
his mouth. When the doctor arrived Mr..
COnkling recognized him and said:
doctor, can't you do anything TO stop
this torturing me!"
"Why certainly" replied the Doctor
take this medicine"
Mr.. Conking took it readily from the
doctors hand and then said:
Cent go out? 1 am very busy"
Again the doctor answered:
"Certalnly.' adding, Take these pills
first"
He then administered the pills, which
speedily produced sleep. Mr.. COnkling,
to whom the doctor had handed his coat
and vest had partially dressed himself,
but now fell back on the bed and into
deep slumber.
At 5:45 his pulse was 80, temperature
100.
p. m.-Leonard Lathrop, of this city,
an old schoolmate of Mr.. Conkling's, has
Just come out of the ex-senator's house.
He says Mr.. Conklipg has just walked up,
after forty minutes nap, and is now in
better condition than at any time since
he was taken sick.
$50 a. m,-Judge Alfred G. Cox, of
Utica, N. Y, nephew of the ex-senator
visited the patient, and within 10 minutes
he appeared again at the door. He said
that only Doctor Anderson ard the nurse
we're in the patients room.
"Mr. Conkling passed a restless night"
said Mr. Cox, "but he is considered to be
isome better. He was awake when 1 was
the room, but did not speak to me-"
Doctor Barker would make no statement
this morning as to Mr.. Conkling's chances
of recovery.
Ed Stokes called at the sick room
shortly after IL o'clock. He said that
Mr.. Conkling was conscious, and ly-
ing in bed. He refused to take
medicine from any person but Mr..
Stokes. Among other callers i'll the early
morning were eI-Judge Horace Russell,
Ex-Governor Hoadley ana Col. Ed. Geb
hard.
At IL O'Clock Senator Conkling was re-
ported as not being 20 well as in the early
morning hours, he being conscious only
at intervals # short duration. The effect
a