New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-16
MRS. HARRISON'S CONDITION.
THE PROGRESS OF HER DISEASE TEMPO
RARILY ARRESTED.
SOME SLIGHTLY ENCOURAGING FEATURES OF
THE CASE. BUT LITTLE HOPE OF COMPLETE
RECOVERY SYMPATHY FOR THE


THE CASE, BUT LITTLE HOPE OF COMPLETE
RECOVERY SYMPATHY FOR THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY
Loon Lake, n. Y, sept. 1o.-Dr "a' 49,.
ported that Mrs. Harrison was ui"e - .,
morning. with indications OF na'urai "0So'p"' "
the fluid in the chest cavity , a.,
The examination showed that the PioSi'S' vi ~
siseasa had heen temporarily arrested In other
words there had no perceplple increase !" 'He
effIson OF fluid I'm the chest cavity u"rihs 'Ne P'
ceding twenty four hours, ana the phSsclans WIZ
encouraged to the belief that there had been Il
popro, absorption Another feature OF the case that
civos announcement to the physicians Is that airs
1Iarrson WINS moro restless than usual during the
night condition indicating TO them that she sun
noseses considerable nervous force ana mas not YET
reoched state OF complete exhaustion or coma Inc
two operations she has undergone recently have al
fected her less than feared, as 1t was not sup
nosed that she had such good recupcrative powers.
While there some people here who THINK thal
Mrs Harrison has chance OF recovery. the majority
are inclined 10 the belief that she will never leave
this Mace alive The President and the members OF
his household pretend to be encouraged at Mrs. lar
risons present condition, but 1t Is painfully evident
10 their Intimate friends that they have little or no
hope OF her complete recovery.
The physicians no longer conceal their real anxiety
at the situation and practically admit that the case
has gone beyond the point where medicine or human
nhvSicians while there's life there's hope but
II is a rare exception when a person affected win
consumption as Mrs. Harrison now Is RECEIVERS from
the disease
The guests of the Loon Lake House are much In
tcrcsted in the and display great sympathy for
the Presidents family No thinks Of inuuding on
their privacy does the least thing to worry OF
disturb the patient The usual concert and dance Mt
tho hotel were omitted last night out OF consideration
for Mrs Harrison. Notwithstanding that the cottage
In which she lives is thousand yards distant
and completely beyond the range of the music The
President and the other members of his family Keep
in secuson and never leave the cottage except 10
get their meals at the hotel Auth,
DR.. Gardner said this morning that he did not mink
On operation would be necessary to-day under existing
circumstances. Or. Trudeau, of saranac, who usually
risit here to-day He Is however, only one hour
away and be readily reached In case OF necessity
sympathc inquiry today in regard to the condition
y Mrs Harrison. They were from General (iensT,
Wananaker, Secretary Noble and Others. one was
from the Association OF Mtary xST
" Contrary 10 expectation. Dr. Doughty. the New
York specialist, made another call On Mrs Harrison
this afternoon He arrived at the Loon Lake railroad
sSHn oeck n on l his way to
Joined there by Dr. Gardner, the attending physician,
mrs mrs H1 arson s' eOndton that delay
In his return to his professional duie; in New York,
But Of course If he could spare the tine the anS
decided TO call upon Mrs. Harrison and to TAKE tne
then drove 10 the Presidents cottage and made an
examination of the invalid Dr. DOUGHTY me "e rsSG
and subsequently, Informed the family that he saw
no appreciate difference In Mrs larrsonS condion
no further accumulation of fluid in the chest ana ,he
quantity there was not n,d ,bo Che was ne com
Portable as she could be made. and that it was en-
cnlIraCiDe to know that the disease Ind nlade no
oporrs.s within the last twenty four hours. Tapping
viii not again be resorted to- except IN the case Oh
4 telegram was received by The President tonight
from the Atlanta Chapter Ct the Daughter vi uo
Is the president expressing their sense of SORROW at
her illness and hope for her recovery =, o,o,,.c,,
tonight was met with re response that Mrs liar lar
rison about the same as at the last repDIsi anu
SYMPATHY OF THE MILITARY TELEGRAPhEhs'
Omaha, Neb. Sept. 15.-The Un:sd states Military
Telegraph Corps its meeting tocay adopted resolu
ton OF sympathy with President Harrison in the III
ness Of his wife and praying for her speedy restouoh
TO health.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON As A YOUNG MAN
othe Editor OF The Tribune
sir: | herewith exhibit to YOU an original letter
dated November 1G 1919, no portion Oh Wihch H"9
ever been published, written by Judge John flev's
svmmes one Of the most distlncu shed men in the
history of the "Telrltory northwest Of the River
Ohio to my great grandfather, jonathan Dayton
ESQ. in Senate Philadelphia There Is paragraph
in It which may prove interesting to your reau US
in which he introduces hes son fn-law captain liar
rison who became President, ana describes some vi
the Qualit es Of tho young mans character join
than DAYTON was the fourth Speaker OF the House Oh
representatives from 1891 10 1893. lie was thi'od
states Senator from New jersey from December -
1899 10 March 3, 1905. The letter Is dateu lii
cnnat 10Th OF November. 1882" apparently III 'ie
interval after Dayton had been elected senator ana
before he took his seat. The paragraph 10 WHICH
l call your attention Is as follows
MAY / be permitted, sir. 10 beg your puuo""se
az Captain Harrison and his little family VINO come
along: no will appear almost a stranger al rInia
delpha Pray sir take him by the hand ana ioln
Inn your countenance-h wants not parts ana hs ~
crcat share OF candOr-- perhaps his manners "ou,
10 more pleasing he had less honesty ana sinceriS
and more OF the cOurtier in his compostoh' put MS
angles will become more obtuse ana roulo'u ny ".
inr osled and shufied round and round IN me cromu
OF spacious world pebbles lose ther snarp IL
ners BY being tossed and rolled by tn @ nCnEy NV
gream.n 100 -AD-'
Ncw-York, sept. ii, 1892
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