Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-19
NEWS BY TELEGRlPH. From All Quarters. VERY DANGEROUSLY ILL. Gravest Approximations for
 Mir. BIaine's Life. SLEEPING TRlINMtn WAKE TO DIE. The Schooner Payne Sunk
 Off Boone Island.
SLEEPING TRlIAMtH WAKE TO DIE.
MAINTAINING TRE GOLD RESERVE.
Activity of the Nihilists
 in Boston.
MIR. BLAINE RALLIES.

The Distinguished Patient Loses COnsc1ousness-The Sufferers Crit fcal Condition No Longer Com
 cealed or Dented-FamiIy Called to
 the Bedside-GrAvest APprehen- sions Entertafned-Natur of the Attack.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 18,-An day long the life of James G. Blaine has hung trembling in the balance. For more than an hour in the afternoon hope was aban- doned and the end was momentarily ex- pected by physicians, family and friends. All stimulation was thrown aside in the apparent imminent presence of death and the suppressed facts of his illness the long denied Bright's disease, the occa- siona1 intervals of delirium, the long hours when he has lain incapable of speech or motion (as 1t is now said was the case when Cardinal Gibbons paid him his recent friendly calD and the other dis tressing features of his illness, all incl dental to the one overpowering organic trouble Bright's disease, aggravated as this has been of late by cold contracted while out driving, and by malarial fever, and confronted by constitution inn siokness-all these facts are now tacitly admitted
 The physicians assert that there have not been any hemorrhsges, but this is almost the only alarming symtom which is now de- nied. The frat crisis was reached between 10 and II o'clock this morning when a sink ing spell set in from which the worst was feared. MT. Blaine's family were called to his bedside and his physicians sent mes sengers after medicines. The distinguished patient lay unconscious and to all appear ances dying until shortly before o'clock when slight rally set in. His pulse, which had ceased to beat became again perceptible, and partial consciousness was restored. At 3 o'clock his physicians, Doctors Johnston and Hyatt, considered him so much better as to render their con- stant presence at the bedside unnecessary. There had been no marked improvement and no change in his condition upon which hopes of ultimate recovery could be based, but the immediate crisis had passed.
 At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon 6 reporter saw James G. Blaine jr., at the family residence. He said that his fathers attack this morning was very bad and created the gravest apprehension. The patient be- came 30 weak that it was feared @ recur- renee of the attack must involve grave consequences. Mrs. Hale, wife of Senator Hale, one of Mrs. Blaine's closest friends, was at the house for hours during the day and made a second call later. About o'clock she left, and soon Senator Hale called. MT. Hale stated as he left the house that MT. Blaine seemed more con- fortable than earlier in the day, but his condition appeared to be critical. ''It may be-" he said, ''that he will recover, but those who have an interest in him have reason to be alarmed. In fact his condi- ton Is alarming. It is difficult to name the trouble. It is a general physical break ing up. When he takes @ cold it brings on consuming fever. This he is not in @ physical condition to stand"
 Doctors Hyatt and Johnston, who were to meet at the house for consultation be- tween ! and o'clock, were sent for just before o'clock Both soon reached the house. Their arrival gave rise to another rumor that the patient was suffering from another attack. This was an error, and the statement was made at p. m. that nothing in the nature of a relapse had oe- cured. While the improvement Is but elight, the reaction has modified the appre- hension. James G: Blaine. jr., and Walter E Damrosch, the ex-seoretary's son-in-law,
  All day representatives of the press have l patrolled Madison place and carefully | watched the old red mansion, which has become celebrated for its historical ssso- l cistions. From the Sickles- Key tragedy, | which occurred more than third of 8 l century ago, followed by the attempted assassination of Secretary Seward, down | to the present time, the pail of i'll fate has hung over the mansion. During the less than four yesrs' occupancy of this house by the Blaines, Mrs. Coppinger, Walker Blaine and Emmons Blaine, the secretary's children, have died.
 A little after o'clock both doctors left Dr. Hyatt eaid MT. Blsine's condition showed a slight improvement over the l morning. They did not consider it neces sary to issue another bulletin.
 Dr. Hyatt thought there was no doubt | Mr. Blaine would live through the night but the patient was very ill, and any com plications that might arise would doubt less cause fatal termination to his illness A little after 6:30 o'clock J. G. Blaine, jr. came out and said to the representatives "We think that father is considerably bet ter than this morning. He was danger l ous1y i'll during the forenoon. During tht afternoon he seems to have rallied some what. The physicians have been here thi l evening, and we think he will live through out the night, and we hope for the best It must be said he is very dangerously i'll.
 These were the strongest statement that had yet been made by the family o l the physicians as to the condition of tn e1-secretary.
 President Harrison, accompanied b. Private Secretary Halford, walked owe from the white house to the ex secretary residence this evening to personally in ! l.; relief and qualification at being informe that there had been some abatement of tn more alarming symptoms. The excite ment throughout the city was intense a
 the news of Mir. Blaine's condition spread
 and the newspapers issued extras whic
 found rapid sale.
 From an intimate friend of the famiI
 1t was learned that it was only when Mi
 Blaine was suddenly seized with the sinl ing spell this morning which threatene for some minutes to terminate in hear
 failure that his family fully realized ho,
 near he was to death. For a few second 2 he seemed to be in extremis The emae
 ated face of the dying statesman wa . white as marble and his features sadl
 drawn. At times he scarcely seeme
 to breathe and at others gaspe
 for breath. The physicians pile = him with stimulative cordials an | nurses chaffed his extremities an l; it was only after working over the patieI II for upwards of thirty minutes and u
 application of every art known to medioil MT. Blaine slowly revived. But the bait
 with death found him weaker than aft
 any previous relapse. He was too wet Id even to whisper, and made no sign of re
 oenition. The family were all in tears @ cept Mrs. Blaine. She maintained outwa
 oomposure and gave such directions
 the attendants as were necessary. B will power, when in fact her heart W
 breaking, is described as something I 19 thetic and marvellous. At 9:30 Dr. Joh ,r, son said: "Mr. Blaine is distinctly bet 'h. than he was last night and much bett
 than this morning" II "What was the nature of the attack = dsyT, ..,,,,. .. ,,. ,.... .,,,,.,.,
 its functions satisfactorily. His tToubl' .or not in his heart, but in the general we " ness from which Mir. Blaine is suHeri
 All the organs are affected and the he
 makes manifest the weakness of tho wh
 system"
 - The doctor also stated that Mir. Bla
 had taken nouriehment during the af
 noon and tonight the reaction for the
 ter was quite marked.
 per At il D. m. Doctors Johnson and H, uld saw MT. Blaine again and gave out the
 lowing, ...
 s.Mr. Blaine seems to have rallied ent
 ly from his weakness of this morning |, appears to be ss well as he has been At