Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-12-22
BLAINE STILL ALIVE
HIS PHYSICIANS REPORT HIM
A LITTLE BETTER,
SO Callers Received at tho Housc--
Tho Great Life May End at Aimos,
Any Moment IL the Latest Informa,
tion Given Out

still alive. Whether this message ear
be repeated tomorrow, tonight OF
even in an hour 1t is impossible to say,
The doctors themselves, learned as any
in the profession, can say no more.
They attended him yesterday and
after q thorough examination left the
house, and jumping hurriedly into s
cab, drove away before anyone eoulS
question them. The black butler
answered the bell. "The doctor, F"
he said, "told me to say that Mr.
Blaine passed fairly comfort
able night and that he is u little bet
ter than he was Yesterday That
was all the information he would i'm
part, and he has been too long under
the tutelage of Mrs. Blaine to be
pumped. The information, though
meager, is half satisfying, for it per-
mits Of comparison. Yesterday morn
ing. according to the familS's OWE
statement, Mr.. Blaine was very low
lower, in fact, than at any time dur
ing his illness and tho family was
very much alarmed. According to to-
gate so low and the family are not SC
greatly alarmed.
The night was an anxious one for
the family. The physicians left at a
late hour, after giving instructions to
be telephoned for at the slightest I'M
favorable symptom The crowd which
since early in the afternoon had stood
on the opposite sidewalk, In the street
and on the walk on either side of the
i"Red House" scarcely thinned till the
town clock rang out the hour
of midnight. Then the lights
in the house began To go
out, and as each one disappeared some
of the crowd departed, and when,
about / o'clock, the last light went out
and left the house in absolute dark
ness, the remnants OF the crowd de.
parted, leaving only the newspaper
death watch behind. The latter, bun
died up in heavy overcoats-for the
night was cold aud damp-rcmained
till morning, pacing slowly back and
forth beneath the trees in Lafayette
Park, just in front of the house
Sut there was nothing unusual to
record. The night went by and morn
ing came and the suffering statesman
was still alive. The early birds of toll
paused in their walk for moment tC
look at the house and then passed on.
When the newsboy left the, morning
paper the butler instantly opened the
door and carried il into the house. lie
looked sleepy the white tie was under
his car and his swallow-tail coat was
wrinkled. lie had evidently slept in
his clothes all night to be ready to re.
spond at once to any call that might
be made.
A little before 10 o clock the doctors,
accompanied by DR.. Loornis, of Brook
Ign, who had come in on the early
train in response TO telegram, re
turned to the house and remained
there for nearly an hour. Then Drs.
Johnson and Hyatt came out and gave
the correspondents the following
bulletin:
Although Mr.. Blaine's condition
during the last week has given seri
ment he is decidedly better and in nc
immediate danger 1t is impossible tc
predict what changes may occur, bun
his condition this morning gives o
more hopeful feeling as to the progress
Of his disease.
"ALFREp T.. LOOMS, NJ. ID.
- FRANK HYATT, NJ. ID.
"W w. JOHNSON, NJ. D."
The only difference in the report
which is given out by the same au.
thority to-day is that the cancer, in
stead of being in the stomach is in his
bowels. Besides there is kidney
trouble, which, together with the pros
trated nervous condition Of the patient,
Is sufficient TO warrant the state.
ment that the ex-Secretary is
doomed to an early death. The
doctors may relieve him of pain and
for a few more times bring him
out of the sinking spells into which he
falls. He suffers from cxcruciating
pain at times, and opiates have to be
administered to prevent him crying
out in his agony, but that is all the
doctors can do-they cannot restore
him to health Mr.. Blaine has
not been out of his bed since
Saturday, and the hallucinations
which visited him on Friday
have not appeared. He has been un
conscious a great part of the time, but
it was because of the opates admin
istered. When he has come from their
influence he has talked little with
his oldtime accustomed clcarlcss. But
he does not talk much. lie is too
weak. No one but the doctors and
members of the family are permitted
to see him.
After all, however it is II fight
against chronic ailment which is
certain in its, deadly effects, and this
was the most discouraging feature of
the case. The betterment of the
patient meant only that this was one
of the good days in the advancement
of the disease, while tomorrow might
be one of the bad days and possibly
the fatal day. There was no longer
feeling, however, either in and about
the household or in the community ai
large, that Mr.. Blaine's death was
question of hours or moments. That
had been the feeling last night, bu
| now it was that death would be
question of perhaps DAYS.