Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-25

| ana renamed some Tune, sno IN Sne evening
| after the arrival of the train from Chicago
bearing the cabinet visitors to the World
| fair dedication Secretary and Mrs Noble
and Secretary Tracy called In nearly
| every instance messages of love had SYM
, patty were inscribed on the cards for the
| president and Mrs Mckee. The coming
and the going of DR.. Gardner were watched
| by crowd of newspaper people congregated
on the porsico and they eagerly received the
| physicians statement of the condition of
his patient at the close of each visit Dr.
! Gardner's response to inquiries were always
| frank and full, concealing and withholding
nothing
Couldn't Work Under the Shadow.
The house was closed to sight-seers and
| tourists for the first time since the illness
of Mrs. Harrison began, and notwithstand-
ing the widely published statements of her
critical condition there were nearly the
usual number of the visitors who applied
for admission. The executive force of the
( mansion gathered at their usual desks but
no labor was done, beyond the receiving
ana dispatching of kilograms 1t was i'm
possible to dc work under the shadow that
lay all the thine over the house. The force
remained after the usual hour for closing
and were joined in the evening by repre-
sentatives of the press associations and sew
eral other newspaper men The scene was
reminder OF that which occurred every
day snd night during the long period when
President Garfield lay wounded unto death.
President Harrison's Burden.
The president spent the entire day at the
bedside of his sick wife He did not enter
the Office portion of the building. In the
morning during the hours when it seemed
that death WAS imminent he stood over
the bedside holding the hand of his strick-
m a and breath nv hoy f,,, In
back the invader together and won a short
hour more of earthly companionship. The
result OF the long strain upon the president
Is matter of serious concern to his friends,
bV,t it is believed that he will be able to
endure it to the end with the same conf
dence and trust that has made him such a
CONSIDER to Others in the hours of their
deepest distress.
Rallied Once More for Life.
y few minutes before s D. IN. DIR Gard
ner made his fifth visit of the day to the
White House, and as that had been the
probable hour fixed by him when a change
would occur his appearance was anxiousiy
awaited by the newspaper men gathered
about the door. In the meanwhile il was
learned that for the third time in the course
Of the day had Mrs. Harrison overcome what
1t seemed must be fatal nervous attacks.
Most OF the family were at the supper table
and were summoned thence to the sick
room. The patient, however, again rallied
and entered upon the sleep that follows
these incidents OF the progress OF the ease.
TWO FORMER ATTACKS REPULSEO.
The Family Twice Before During the Day
Summoned to the sick Room.
In the course of yesterday Mr,. Harrison
passed through two other attacks of the
same character As that noted in the fore
going. At O'Clock in the morning, while
the family were at breakfast. they We're
summoned to the sick room, the patient
having given evidences of a return of the
nervous disorder. DIR. Gardner had warned
the family that a recurrence Of these spells
would probably prove fatal, owing to her
enfeebied condition. SO they responded to
the summons under the impression that
the end was at hand But the marvellous
vitality shown by the sufferer all through
her illness again asserted itself and she
again rallied from the attack.
The second Hasty Gathering.
At $50 a m. another relapse occurred
and again there was hasty gathering in
The chamber, but once again she recovered
and emerged from the dark valley into
which it seemed that she had gone down
for final rest. From that hour until in the
evening there was no complication obServ-
able beyond the gradual but steady diminu-
ton Of vital force which marks the pro-
the members of the cabinet who are out of
the city notified of the condition Of
Mrs. Harrison. and it is probable that by
this time they are all en route to the cap
ital.
The Hour of Death Comes slowly.
At II 30 last night DR. Gardner said to
Mr. Halford that IL Mrs. Harrison passed
the midnight hour she would in all proba-
bility live until 4 O'Clock in the morning.
The patients respiration was then scant
16 to the minute Until it decreased to 10
minute DR.. Gardner said there was no
immediate danger of collapse. In the
course of the-disease. he said. Mrs. Harri-
sons respiration had been as high as Is or
30 a minute for brief intervals. At present
small quantities of phlegm formed in the
throat, but the air made its way through
with less difficulty than might be imagined.
Judge BlOdgett Resigns
CHICAGO oct. 25.-Judge Blodgett, who
for p has rr.aSiIa1 be