The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-20
HOPEFUL WORDS
FROM PHYSICIANS
Dr. johnston Says Mr.. Blaine is
III No Immediate Dan
ger of Death.
HE Is IN FULL POSSESSION OF HIS
FACULTIES AND IS CHEERFUL.

The Patient csAvsTses ~ Freely a. Per
mittsd and PRrtakes Regularly sfrour
ishmsnt-A Friend Of tho Family Tell
Different stsEy-says That Cordials o
sumuIative Nature Alone Keep Hin
Alive, and That tho Relatives Hav,
Been Warned to Prepare for tho Worst
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-"Mr. Blaine il
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 partsksn 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
Mr. Blaine in any immediate danger
This last call Of mine was not origin
ally intended, but as | 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-
cradle length
Mr.. Blaine is still in full possession of
his faculties continued Dr. Johnston
land while very weak, he is nevertheless
as cheerful after the trying ordeal as
could be expected. He converses as freely
as he is permitted to do by his family and
partakes regularly of nourishment. 1t is
Impossible to state how long Mr..
Blaine is likely to survive. Speculation
on such a subject would simply be idle
nonsense. | do not think Mr. Blaine is in
any danger Of dying to-day. Further
than that do not care to state"
friend of the family states that Mr.
Blaine is liable to 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. Mr. Blaine
may not live twelve hours and he may
survive three or four days, but L doubt
Il.
The reassuring reports of Mr. Blaine's
physicians have reduced the number of
callers at the house in a 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
Mr. Blaine was dying, have been re-
peated since.
At $50 this morning the family retired
to rest, as Mir. Blaine was resting much
more easy.
Although his friends still say that Mr.
Blaine may possibly survive, and this
statement has some effect upon the pub
lie mind, the shadow of another death of
national Importance still lies heavily upon
the capital.
The possibility of the demise of James
G. Blaine at any moment carries with it
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 personal
popularity. The Red House, as the resi-
dence of Mr.. Blaine, within stones
threw of the White House is generally
called, is always an object of interest, but
never was this historic mansion gazed
upon by SO many eyes, curious, but also
respectful and sympathetic, as yesterday.
AUGUSTA Me-, Dec. 90 Joseph II.
Mnnley has received the following des-
patch relative to Mr.. Blaine;
"A marked improvement but do not
yet know that it will be lasting Hope
for the best. HARRIET s. BLAINE"