St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-25

Washington. Has Private Ad-
vices of a Serious Nature.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The follow
ing telegram was received at depart
meDt of state this afternoon:
City of Mexico, Feb. 24.-Secretary of
State, Washington: Mr.. Wilson has de-
veloped a marked typhoid fever; gen.
eral condition grave, though fever is yet
of mild type. DR.. Mallet Provost,
whom sent from here to Aguas Ca
lienteS to see him, has had him removed
to Guadalajara. which he considers the
location which will give him the best
sanitary surroundings in Mexico. To
bring him to this city would be most
dangerous. lie shall have the best at
tention. CRITTENDEN,
United States Consul General.
William II. Wilson. son and private
secretary of the congressman. received
a dispatch from his father early in the
day asking that the premium on his life
insurance policy, due Feb. q, be looked
after. While there was nothing un-
usual about the request. it was taken as
rather suggestive by Mr.. Wilson Jr., and
he was quite uneasy. The last heard
from the family was by letter from Kan
sas City as the party were about to
depart for Mexico and at that time Mrs.
Wilson said her husband appeared to
have thrown off all the i'll effects of his
first attack. Young Mr.. Wilson COM
municated his fears to some of his
fathers friends, and it was thought that
the son should leave for Mexico unless
some reassuring word were received
very soon. This was before the state
department dispatch was received. The
were done with fever hanging about
him, ana this was accompanied at times
by slight hemorrhages. Throughout
these strains on his vitality, he kept up.
meeting all demands for his time, voice
and energy. AS is we'll known, his
speech closing the debate was made
while he tottered and was hardly able to
sustain himself, and at times his son,
who was at his side, expected him to
faint. AS against his worn out system
is the indomitable will and courage of
Mr.. Wilson, and 1t is the hope of his
friends that they will carry him safely
through the present ordeal.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24.-The Republic
special from City of Mexico says: Hon.
William l.. Wilson, of the house of rep
resentatives Of the United States and
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee of that body, is seriously i'll at
Guadalajara with typhoid fever. Quad
alajara is the highest spot Of the central
Mexican plateau, and Mr.. Wilson was
removed there yesterday by the orders of
DIR. Provost. of this city. In the hope
that the difference in climate might re-
yive him. The fever, according to DR..
Provost, is now in its tenth or twelfth
about the time Mr. Wilcon left Kansas
City. Mr.. Wilson was Ill when he ar
rived here. and went at once
to the springs of Aguas Ca
lientes, which is about fifteen
hours distant from here by rail.
to recuperate, thinking that there was
nothing more the matter with him than
a temporary breakdown from over
work. At the springs, however, IN
stead of improving, Mr.. Wilson became
worse, and so rapidly that Hon. John G.
Tarsney, of Kansas City, congressman
from the fifth Missouri district, who
wife and daughter, telegrapbed Consul
General Crittenden here Wednesday to
at once send the best American phvsi-
clan that could be found here to AguaS
CalienteS to see Mr.. Wilson. Gen.
Crittenden at once summoned DR.. Pre-
vost and acquainted him with the facts.
The doctor reached the bedside of the
patient Thursday noon and found Mr..
Wilson very sick man. After diagnos-
ing the case he pronounced it typhoid
fever, and said 1t had reached about the
tenth day. He informed the family
that Mr.. Wilson must be at once re-
moved to Il higher altitude. and Guada-
laiara was decided on. A special coach
was sent down from here, and the sick
man, his wife ind daughter and Mr..
Tarsney and wife taken to Guadalajara.
Such was the condition of Mr.. Wilson
that when 1rapuavo was reached about
sundown Friday rest had to be taken
until this morning, when the journey
was resumed, and ut $50 this afternoon
Guadalajara was reached. DR.. Provost |
says that there is no doubt in his mind
that Mr.. Wilson contracted germs of
the disease in the subcommittee room
in the basement of the capitol at Wash
ington. where he had been hard at work
for months preparing the tariff bill that
bears his name.
DR.. Underwood is with Mr.. Wilson
and nurse for the time being, but if
Dr.. Provost goes again to Guadalajara
he will take with him trained American
nurses from this city. Mr.. Wilson has
not been informed as to the nature of
his disease, but his wife and Mr.. Tars-
ney were told what it was by DR..
Provost. They were very much shocked.
Pensions and Postoffices.