Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
HOPEFUL WORDS
 FROM PHYSICIANS
Dr. Johnston Says MT. Blaine is in No Immediate Dan
 ger of Death.
HE IS IN FULL POSSESSION OF HIS
 FACULTIES AND IS CHEERFUL.

The Patient Converses as Freely as Per
 mitted and Partakes Regularly of Nour-
 ishment-A Friend of the Family Tells
 Different Story-Says That Cordials of
 stimulative Nature Alone Keep Him
 Alive, and That the Relatives Have
 Been Warned to Prepare for the Worst.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-''Mr. Blaine is resting easily" said Dr. Johnston, his physician, at midnight, in reply to the usual questioning.
 "Very much to my qualification found him awake and apparently cheerful. He had partaken of nourishment during the evening and the family were also more cheerful.
 "Dr. Loomis' speedy return to New York is evidence that we do not consider Mir. Blaine in any immediate danger.
 This last call of mine was not origin ally intended, but as I was out with my family making social calls at a rather late hour thought would run in and see Mr. Blaine before retiring. During my stay he conversed with me at consid- erable length.
 ''Mr. Blaine is still in full possession of his faculties" continued Dr. Johnston, ''and, while very weak, he is nevertheless as cheerful after the trying ordeal as cou be expected. He converses as freely as he is permitted to do by his family and partakes regularly of nourishment. It is impossible to state how long MT. Blaine is likely to survive. Speculation on such a subject would simply be idle nonsense do not think MT. Blaine is in any danger of dying to-day. Further than that l do not care to state." A friend of the family states that MT. Blaine is liable to a recurrent attack of heart failure at any moment and that the family have been warned to prepare for the worst when it comes. When," said the gentleman, ''the physicians state that Mr. Blaine is better, they simply mean that he is alive and that is about the true statement of his condition.
 ''Cordials of stimulative nature and other liquid nourishment are given him at frequent intervals, and these alone | keep him alive. He lies helpless on his bed and cannot change his posture with | out the aid of his attendants. MT. Blaine may not live twelve hours and he may | survive three or four days, but doubt | It."
 The reassuring reports of MT. Blaine's ! physicians have reduced the number of l callers at the house in Q remarkable de- | gree.
 None of the scenes of the night when | crowds of people gathered in front of the ! house, called thither by the report that
 MT. Blaine was dying, have been re- | peated since.
 l At 80 this morning the family retired | to rest, as Mir. Blaine was resting mucl l more easy.
 Although his friends still say that MT
 Blaine may possibly survive, and this | statement has some effect upon the pub l lie mind, the shadow of another death O. | national importance still lies heavily upor l the capital
 ! The possibility of the demise of James l G. Blaine at any moment carries with il
 feeling of depression in every Depart
 ment, throughout Congress and into al
 most every home in Washington. Perhaps never were there more striking
 evidences of dying statesman's persona
 popularity. The Red House, as the resi-
 dence of MT. Blaine, within a stone'
 throw of the White House, is general.
 called, is always object of interest, bu
 upon by many eyes, curious, but als'
 respectful and sympathetic, as yesterday | AUGUSTA, Me, Dee. 20.- Joseph H
 Manley has received the following des
 patch relative to MT. Blaine:
 "A marked improvement but do no
 yet know that it will be lasting. Hop
 for the best. HARRIET s. BLAINE"