The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-20


THE DOCTORS SAY LITTLE.
This bulletin was issued ct IL o'clock.
The doctors will not say. however. that Mr..
Blaine is anything like being out of danger.
Still. one of them said that he had very
strong hopes that Mr.. Blaine might improve
80 that it would be possible for him TO be
removed 10 some more congenial climate.
presumably California. where the change.
he thought, would be beneficial, if it aid
not work q complete cure. DR.. Loomis re-
turned TO New York on the noon train. He
has never attended Mr.. Blaine before, and,
In fact, Is said never TO have seen him until
Mr.. Blaine slept fairly we'll oil through
the night. His sleep was o natural one.
and when he swoke this morning he seemed
10 be much stronger from the rest. He sat
MP IN bed for . little while and was able
20 converse with those about HIM. It was
not permitted TO him. however. TO talk as
much as he desired. ALI were careful that
no shouid not overexert himself. de still
suffers but little pain. and is cheerful. His
mental powers seem unimpaired.
AL day long the street IN front of the
house was lined with peopie,iand every one
who passed seemed anxious to know the
condition of the ex-Secr.tary. All eyes
were Turned upon tie bic. red brick house
which has been the home of so many prom
inent people. and winch fox years has been
kuUNu ~ lilo DltlLD iudllelUu. lilo Gar
riages which drove mp to the front door.
the people who entered and the people who
came out were all objects Of curiOus interest
10 the passers-by. 1t had been so since early
morning. It would be difficult to enumer-
ate the names of those prominent In OIL.
cial and social life IN Washington who
called TO make inquiries about the
illnstrions patient. The early de-
70 psr'T snsir o daily a work 0'h went s0 ous
of their way to pass the historic old man
sion en- Lafayette square, and they stopped
and gathered In little knots here and there.
mans condition, expressing qualification at
the news of his Improvement. They knew
that greatness was passing. and that tho
page in history, so dazzling with brilliant
achievements that It's failures were almost
1ndisfipguishable. was about to reach it's
final period. President Harrison manifest
ed the deepest interest and greatest con-
Germ in the condition OF his former Secre-
fsry OF State. and frequent are the IN
quiries sent from the White House to Dir.
BIaine's residence.
NEAR THE BORDER.
All day yesterday Mr. Blame lowered
very close 60 the line separating life from
death, and it was realized that if any fur
Their complications set in there was
little if any hope for him. His condition.
st is true, has shown q slight Improvement
to-day, but hardly such as to give grounds
for M real hope. Mr.. Blaine may live for
some days. He may live for an even longer
period. The disease from which he is suf-
ferlng Is such that o week is not q long pc
riod In Its progress, but he Will never again
be q well man. He may die at any time.
The physicians themselves admit that 1t 10
impossible to predict what changes may
occur. Little change for the better is to be
hoped for. All mem bers or Mr. Blalne's
family are now here. 1t 10 understood that
they all realize Mr.. Blaine's condition.
One of Mr.. B.aine's intimate friends sald
to-day that be entertained no hope what
ever. nor did the doctors The family, he
said, were reluctant to give up hope. but at
the same time they realized that death
might come at any time. Some OF the IN
innate friends OF Mr.. Blaine, he said, have
known for n week past that Mr.. Blaine was
In a critical condition, and that the end
might be expected soon. he said that even
the family ave been forced to expect the
worst, and that iS was for this reason that
q day or two ago the absent members were
communicated with. Mr. Blaine's present
condition. the same informant saye. is due
TO q recurrence OF an attack which he has
had several times before. This time the
attack was very much more severe than
rhe Others. and he was by no means In o
condition TO Withstand 1T az well. Ihe
original trouble with Mr.. Blaine. according
TO this friend. is due to bis exhaustive
iabors and the manner In which he has been
II III oA VIZ LaAaAo - -.
vitality He has for years been working
under high pressure, until his whole sys-
tenn has been tired out and undermined.
CROWNS ont of this exhaustive physical
state have arisen complications. The weak
est parts were naturally the first to be
affected, and the first local trouble was
with the kidneys. The attacks from which
he has suffered from time to time are under
stood to ave been due to kidney disease.
and each attack has left him more suscep-
tible to cold and prostitution from over
work. The progress or the disease has
been steady. though retarded as much as
possible by skillful medical treatment.
The same gentleman said nat he had dis
cussed the situation with the physlcians.
and, from what he had learned from them.
he was convinced that there was no longer
the end was very near; that it might come
ut any hour, or might DO delayed for days.
FALSE RUMoR OF DEATH.
The rumor that Mr.. Blaine was dead was
current about the streets, last evening. and
by 10 o'clock there was quite q crowd in
front of the house, anxious for the news.
It was an illustration of Mr.. Blaine's won-
derful popularity with the people. Express
sions of deepest regret were heard on all
sldes, and great relief was felt when these
rumors OF death were denied. Almost the
first news that reached President Harrison.
last night. came by telephone. 1t was to
the effect that Mr.. Blaine was dead. He
asked his private secretary if the news
could be authentic. Mr.. Halford replied
that it had come over the wire. and he sup
posed that it might he true. The President
at once prepared TO leave the house. and.
in company with Mr.. Halford. hurried
across the avenue TO Mr.. Blaine's house.
He seemed TO be very much relieved at the
information which be there received.
MIR. Blaine maintains, this evening. the
hold he secured this morning. when his
condition showed q slight I'm provement,"
was the reply of DR.. w. j. Johnston. Mr..
Blaine's physician, when asked how his
drsyin guished patient was at . O'Clock to-
night. DIR. Hyatt. the consulting phy 81
s clan. who was present. concurred IN the
statement. They had just como IRON the
sick-room. where they had held q fifteen
minutes consultation. "Mr. Blame is
still in full possession of HIS faculties
continued DIR. Johnston, lend while very
weak he is, nevertheless. as cheerful after
the trying ordeal of yesterday as could be
expected. He conyerses as freely as he Is
permitted To do by his family. and partakes
regularly of nourishment- 1t 10 impossible
TO state how long Mr.. Blaine is likely 10
survive. Speculation on such o subject
would simply be Idle nonsense. i do not
think MI. Blaine il IN any danger of dying
TO might Further than that do not care
TO state"
A friend OF the family stated that Mr..
Blaine ia liable TO q reourrent attack of
heart failure of any moment, and that the
family have been warned To prepare for the
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