Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-26
BLAINE IMPROVING.
That Is the Latest Report of
His Friends.
MUCH MYSTERY ABOUT HIS ILLNESS

Statement Indicating That He Has Been
Rather Seriously Under the Weather
Trip to California Projected-Comp-
trOlIer Hepburn Recommends Important
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Case of Awak-
ened Conscience.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The condition of
eX-Secretary Blaine yesterday was such as
to arouse the soGcitude of his friends as to
tae result Of the illness from which he is
suffering. 1t is impossible to state accu-
rately or definitely the exact nature of his
present illness, for the family declines to
discuss it, and acting in accordance with
the wishes of the family, thus manifested,
the attending physicians reply to all in
qulries that that is a matter which they do
not talk about outside the residence Mr
Blaine, since his return 20 Washington in
October, continued until recently, appar-
emily in unusually good health as oom-
pared with the long period Of physical de-
preston which prevailed during the sum-
mer at Bar Harbor
beginning of the Present Attack.
Persons who saw him then, said that the
was very sick man. However, upon his
return to Washington he resumed work
in his library, and was busily engaged, 1T was
said. upon revision or a continuance of his
book Twenty Years in Congress" On
Tuesday of last week he was seized with a
chill fallowed by the appearance OF a light
fever. The night before he had complained
Of sg1f ,al- e l
Franck Hyatt, whose treatment of Mrs
Blaine's illness two years ago was so sue
cessful, and who, in the interim, main
tained close personal relations with the ex-
SECRETARY and his family, was called to at
tend Mr.. Blaine.
Significant Change of Doctors.
He is a specialist in diseases of the throat
and lungs, and when he learned the nature
of the complaint from which the patient
was suffering he informed the family that
it was 4 case outside of his own province
and that the services Of skilled general
practitioner were needed. This would of
itself show conclusively that other than the
bronchial organs are affected. DR.. w. W.
johnson was thereupon summoned and is
now in attendance upon the patient, Dr.
Wyatt meeting him at the bedside The
only authoritative statement that has been
heard approaching definite description Of
the ailment from which Mr.. Blaine is suf-
fering is that his trouble is a recurrence of
that from which he has not been free for
the past two years
The Serious Feature of the Case.
The trouble originated in the stomach.
The illness which kept him confined to the
house of his daughter, Mrs Damrosch, in
New York, for several weeks in the spring
OF 1891 is said to have been a case of vertigo.
The attack which prostrated him while at
his desk in the state department last
spring, as is well known, was due to indi-
gestion. But this is not the most serious
feature of the case. Els system refuses TO
respond TO the treatment. Progress towards
recovery goes on to certain stage and
there stops. lie was no better Yesterday
than he was Thursday, and is still confined
to his bed. The lethargy of despondency
is the worst thing the physicians have to
com bat.
An Improvement Reported.
During yesterday afternoon il was stated
that Mr. Blaine S condition was improved,
and at midnight everything was quiet at
| the residence and the change for the better
was said to be fully maintained As a proof
| of his improvement in health ii was stated
that Mr. Blaine had received Murat Hal
stead and had informed him OF his inten-
ton to start for Pasadena, Cal, about the
| first of the month. DR. Johnston, one of
the attending physicians, il WAS under
stood, would pass the night in the Blaine
| residence as "a measure OF pgccaUtion.