Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-12

Mr.. Blaine Continues to Steadily Improte-
He Passed . Restful Night.


Mr.. Blaine Continues to Steadily Impross-
He Passed . Restful Night.
Mr.. Blaine is fighting on death with peril
nacity that is surprising to all who are con-
nscted with the case. Ever since his serions
sinking spell of several days ago the condition
Of the eI-Secretary has shown signs Of steady
improvement
RKPoRrED As BETTER THIS MORNING.
Mr.. Blaine was reported to be much i'm.
proved this morning.
The front door Of the house vas opened ut 8
O'Clock and inquiry made Of the attendant re-
garding Mr.. Blaine's condition. The reply WAS
that Mr.. Blaine passed . comfortable night
and Is now resting easily"
James G. Blaine, IT,, wrapped In . storm
coat, braved the snow and shortly before 9
o'clock started out for walk At that hour
the servant at the door OF the mansion said
Mr.. Blaine was resting quietly and seemed to be
better.
Dr.. ". W. Johnston made his customary call
this morning, but did not stay as long a. he has
usually done He found his patient CON-
Portable as could be expected and much
better than was to be expected day
or two ago. Mr.. Blaine passed satisfactory
and restful night and there has bsen nothing Of
interest In his case beyond the fact that 1t has
improved steadily. Mr.. Joe Manley, who came
on from Maine in the early part Of the week.
was at the house Q large part Of the night
and said today that be found Mr.. Blaine
surprisingly strong. He has recovered con-
seriousness thoroughly and seemed brighter and
better than be has been for . good while back
Mr.. Manley said that 90 far he could see
there was no reason why Mr.. Blaine's life
might not be prolonged indefinitely. The menu
bers OF the family share in this hope and arc
correspondingly cheerful 1t Ii impossible to
say how the physicians regard the matter, for
h., hor~
asked AZ to the possibility Of any permanent
Improvement Ia the condition Of their patient
There were fewer callers At the house today
than any day during tho past several weeks.
The snow storm Of course ives partly account
able for thia. but the fact that every
and in no Immediate danger was the larger
factor. Even the hand piano Oh wheels that
has been such feature In the neighborhood
during the past two days failed to weather the
storm and the household went without its Gus
tomary concert
This hand organ has grown to be quite an
institution in the neighborhood Of the Blaine
house and attracts good deal of attention from
passersby, who fear at first that the music must
be great annoyance to the sick man. This il
said not to be the case, however, for
it IL understood that the ex-Secretary himself
used to be very fond of this form of street
music At any rate the enterprising Italians
who push and turn the instrument have
been literally rewarded for their sweet
stratus. When 1t first stopped in front
OF the house the grinder was at work on
"Ta-ra-ra Boom -de-sye," while the pusher was
hunting around for spare coin. dollar bill
foated out Of the third-story window,
wrapped up in piece of white paper, and when
the finder broke the glad news to his partner
the key Of the organ was turned at once and
the people who stood near were greeted with
the dulcet tones of The Man That Broke the
Bank at Monte Carlo"
AN UNEvENrFUL NIGHT.
Last night passed in the Blaine mansion
without any event indicating change in Mr.
Blanes condition, SO far as the reporters
could discover.
The attention Of DR.. Johnston was called last
evening to dispatches which purported to
diagnose the disease from which Mr.. Blaine is
suffering. One account in particular, stated
to have come from physician and a friend of
the Blaine family, was to the effect that pecu-
liar malady Of the stomach was the cause Of
Mr.. Blaine's illness.
Dr. Johnston said Mr. Blalne's stomach was
now the strongest organ in his body. His
digestion was good and throughout his illness
there had been no vomiting on the part of the
patient. OF course, added DIR. Johnston, Mr.
Blaine, like any other sick man, cannot digest
solids, such as beefsteak.
DO you care to make any further statement
in regard to Mr.. Blaine's trouble?" was asked.
81 do not" was the reply. ''There is no
great secrecy about it. / do not think it
proper, however, that the doors of the Blaine
household should be thrown open to the public
and its privacy disturbed"
Mrs. Eugene Hale called about 5 O'Clock in
the afternoon and remained an hour or So No
one else of note had called since the physcian's
visit Of the afternoon. When Mrs Hale came
out her answer to An inquiry as to Mr.. Blaines
health was reassuring. "Mr. Blaine is resting
very comfortably indeed this evening"" she
said.
mansion at midnight said that the ex-Secretary
was then resting very quietly, and that there
were no apprehensions felt Of any turn for the
worse during the night.