Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-24
Mrs. Harrison lowering Be
tween Life and Death.
Her Demise Only a Question of
a Few Hours.
The President and Family ALI Night
at Her Bedside.
Remarkable Vitality of the Suffering
Woman The Sands of Life Almost
Run Out-A Sad Day at
the White House.

WARRINGTON, OcC. Z3.-Mrs. Harrison
is approaching the end. How long il
will be before death supervenes cannot
be told. 1t may be only few hours, OF
possibly day or more, but that she
cannot last much longer is certain.
This has been sad Sunday for the
president, his family, and the other
faithful watchers at Mrs. Harrison'e
bedside. DR.. Gardner, up to 10 O'Clock
p. M. paid six visits to the sick room, in
the southwest corner of the preaident'e
home, and each time he could give no
word of encouragement to the anxious
family.
The history of the day, as gathered
from the reports of the doctor, is one OF
steady and rapid decline of the little re-.
manning strength of the patient, until
it seemed that the utmost limit of weak
ness possible with life was reached.
The present change for the worse,
which is more alarming than any pre-
vious decline, set in last night. The
previous night was restful one, but
last night Mrs. Harrison was uneasy and
very restless. This continued through
out the night, and as a consequence she
grew much weaker. She was already in
a most exhausted condition, and further
loss of strength made il questionable
whether even her remarkable vitality
could bring about another rally.
DIR. Gardner this morning at O'Clock
found the patient 30 weak that he was
fearful the end was near at hand. He
visited her again soon, and found that
she continued to grow steadily weaker,
and could scarcely move. Her condl-
tion was 80 alarming that the doctor re-
peated his visit:within short time, and
finding all efforts to rally her unavail-
ing, and that her strength continued to
ebb away, he made yet another call two
hours later.
DR.. Gardner visited the White House
at 5 O'Clock this afternoon, making the
fourth time he had seen Mrs. Harrison
during the day. As he was driving out
OF the grounds he was stopped by q
representative of the Associated Press,
and in response to an inquiry, said Mrs.
Harrison was in state of extreme ex-
haustion, and unless she could rally
from it, she was apt to pass away within
as weak as she possibly could be and
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this morning, and gradually be-
She displayed remarkable vitality
throughout, but had nearly reached the
limit of her endurance. In reply to
direct question on the point, DR.. Gard
ner said Mrs. Harrison might pass away
at any time within q few hours, and
again she might linger for forty-eight
hours. While he did not exactly say so,
he lntimated plainly that he feared the
end would come before morning.
Seven O'Clock again found DR.. Gardner
at the White House. He stayed about
half an hour, end when he came down
stairs could give no word of encourage
ment. He said Mrs. Harrison was go
weak that she had not even strength to
cough, and that her condition was criti-
cal in the extreme sense of the word.
Death might come at any time now.
When DIR. Gardner left the house
after his 10 O'Clock visit, he said Mrs.
Harrison was resting quietly, and be did
not think she would die tonight. There
is still evidence of the patients wonder
full vitality, for the doctor said, although
che is weaker than when he last saw
her, yet she is stronger than he ex-
pected to find her. Mrs. Harrison suf-
fered from nervousness during the day,
and this helped to bring about the ex-
haustion which has been fastening the
decline that has been in progress all
day. She sleeps about half an hour as
time, and takes but little nourish-
ment, consisting of peptonized beef
with stimulants. She is perfectly con-
ecious.
Before leaving the house DR.. Gardner
notified the president and members of
the family of the exceedingly precarious
condition of Mrs Harrison, but said he
would not call again during the night
unless summoned by information OF q
change in her present condition. The
president and family, fearful of the
worst, are sitting up with the invalid.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-At l :45 a. m.
Mrs. Harrison was slowly sinking, and
it was feared she would not live through
the night.
Al 2:40 am. everything was quiet at
the White House, but most Of the mem
bers of the family were still sitting up.