The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-20
MR.. BLAINE is DYING.
TRN HTAwEEMAN WAS SINKING AL
gUNDAY AFTERNOON,
Aud All Hope Inns Been Abandoncd-Eis
Physfei&ns Say That the Chances Arc
All Against Him-Sinking Rapidly.

All Against Him-sinking Rapidly.
Washington, December 1S-(Special.)-
Mr.. Blaine is dying. He will probably
not live through the night. His physicians
say he may last twenty-four hours Or the
end may come at any minute. A curious
feature Of his Illness has been the fact that
it's seriousness has been withheld from the
public as far as possible. Why his family
has done this nc one Knows, because ID is
now known that his condition has been
hopeless since last Friday.
To thd Family his physicians on that day,
stated that there was no hope of his recov-
cry. Thoroughly conscious, Mr.. Blaine
has himself realized for several days that
the end was near. but whether or not he
has become a member of the Catholic
church no one outside of the family seems
to know and they n0n-communlcatlve.
Since 3 clock this afternoon he has been
sinking rapidly and at midnight the end
seems near.
The Blaine family has been almost deci-
mated by death within the past few years.
First it was Walker Blaine who was his
fathers chief assistant in the state depart
ment, then his daughter, Mrs. Copplnger,
and last June his second son, Emmons
Blaine. died in Chicago. There are but
two of the younger Blaines-Alrs. Dana
roch and Mr.. j. G. Blaine. Jr.
The house in which MIR. Blaine is now ex-
piring has been an unfortunate one for its
occupants. 1t is the old Seward house on
Fifteenth street 1t was once club house
and was the scene of the famous key-Slck-
les tragedy. In 4 window of the club house
Barton Key was discovered making signals
to Mrs Sickles, for which General Sickles
killed him as he left the building
During the war William Seward occupied
the building and the room in which Mr..
Blaine now lies is the same
that Paine entered and stabbed Seward in
an attempt to murder him on his sick bed.
Stewards son drove Paine from the build
ing after serious fight in which both were
wounded. After the war the building was
occupied by the government as the commits
sarv generals office. Il was used for that
purpose until Mr.. Blaine reftted it for his
residence when the Harrison administra-
ton came in. During Mr.. Blaine's occu-
pancy of it it has met with one round of
fatalities Il. w B.
Suffering from Bright's Disease.
All day long the life of James C. Blaine
has hung trembling in the balance. For
more than an hour i'll the forenoon, hope
YVES abandoned, and the end was momen
tarily expected by his physicians, family
and friends ali stimulation was thrown
aside i'll the apparent imminent presence of
death; the suppressed facts of his illness,
long denied, but now admitted to be Brights
disease occasional intervals Of dilirium and
long hours when he has lain incapable of
case when Cardinal Gibbons paid him his
recent friendly calO, these and other dis
tressing features OF bis illness, all incidental
to one empowering organic trouble
Brights disease-aggravat as this has
boon, of late by @ cold contracted while i'm
prlldentaIly venturing ont driving two
weeks ago, End by malIrlaI fever and con-
frontcd by constitution Impaired by near-
~ two years of continuous SclnesS-all these
facts are row tacucallY admitted.
Tho rEyCicupc Jnpr;. q hppr
any hemorrhages, as has been asserted,
but this is almost the only alarming sug
gestion which Is now denied.
Thu first crisis was reached between 10
and IL o'clock this morning. when a sinking
spell set in from which he worst was fear
ed. His family was called around the bed
side and the physicians sent messenger af-
ter messenger to the nearest drugstore
with prescriptions requiring hasty atteu-
ton.
Unconscious All Day.
The distinguished patient lay unconscious
and to all appearances dying until shortly
before / O'Clock p. IN. when 4 sight rally
set in. His pulse which had a,nist ceased
to beat became again perceptible and par
tial consciousness was restored
1T O'Clock his physicians, Drs. .Eohns
ton and Hyatt, considered MIN so much Tu-
proved as to render their constant pres
ence at his bedside unnecessary. There
had been no marked Improvement, and no
change i his condition upon which hopes
of ultinate recovery could be based, but
the immediate crisis had passed. At 80
o'clock a United Press reporter saw James
6. Blaine, .ir., at the family residence lie
said his fathers attack this morning was
very bad and created the grayeSt 3pprahen-
sion. His condition became SO weak that
it was feared il view of his enteeEied con-
ditlon, a recurrence must involve the great
est consequences. Mrs Hale, wife of Sen
ator hale of Maine, one OF Air. Banes
closest friends, was at the house several
hours during the day and made the second
call late i'll the afternoon About > O'Clock
she left and soon after Senator hale called.
Mr.. Hale's statement as he left the house
was that MIR. Blaine seemed IA little more
comfortable than he had been earlier in the
day, but that his condition appeared criti-
cal. 1T may be-" he said, that he will
recover. but those who have an interest IN
him have reason to be alarmed. In fact
his condition is alarming. 1t is difficult to
name The trouble. 1t is a general physical
breaking up. His mind is perfectly clear"
The house was lighted up early and al the
lower shutters closed Drs. Hyatt and
Johnston, vino were to meet at the house
for consultation between and 5 O'Clock,
were sent for Just before O'Clock. The
fact that both Drs. Johnston and Hyatt
were summoned gave rise TO q rumor that
the patient was suffering from another
attack of exhaustion. This however proved
to be an error and the statement was au-
thoritativelv made at z o'clock p. m. that
nothing IN the nature Oh 4 relapse bau oc-
cured
The Worst Feared.
While the Improvements in Mr.. Biaine's
condition is but slight, and not sufficient to
afford any great amount of encouragement
to his family and friends, the reaction seem
ed to modify the feeling of apprehension for
the immediate future.
A little after Is o'clock both doctors left.
Dr.. Hyatt said Mr.. Blaine's condition
showed a slight Improvement over this
morning. He thought there was no doubt
that Mr. Blaine would live through the
night. AT the same time he is undoubtedly
critically i'll, and any complications thot
may arise would doubtless cause Il fatal ter
mination.
What t5is son Says.
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