The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

THEODORE DUNHAM.
1t was said at that hour that Mr..
Kipling was very low and unconscious.
This bulletin was the last authentic
news from the sick room. There were
the usual rumors about the hotel some
perhaps founded on the actual condition
OF the patient, but it was hard to gather
even small quantity of hope from
them 1t is not an exaggeration to say
that at o'clock this morning all were
prepared for the worst. DR.. Janeway
and Dr. Durham were with the patient
at that hour, and had been almost con-
tinuously throughout the night
There was general impression about
the hotel last evening that MIR. Kip
ling'S condition was worse than at any
time since he became i'll. DR.. Janeway
arrived at the hotel at $3.50 p. m, and as
he was not expected until later in the
afternoon it looked as if there had been
a sudden change for the worse and that
the physician had been called. He re-
NAMED in the hotel until Ais and then
left, returning in a half hour. Almost
at the same time an oxygen tank was
brought to the hotel and taken up to
the kipling apartments on the first
floor That the oxygen was to be adj
ministered was practically admitted by
DR.. Janeway. This is heroic treatment,
and is resorted to only in extreme cases.
Both DR.. Janeway and DR.. Durham
were with Mr.. Kipling alternately
throughout Saturday night, and both
were in attendance on him early yester-
day morning. At $3.50 o'clock yesterday
the following bulletin was issued:
Rudyard KipIing remains in critical
condition. The disease continues.
z. q. JANEWAY,
THEODORE DUNHAM. .
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son of DR.. E. Janeway, was called in
consultation concerning the critical
condition of Mr. Kipling. DR.. Durham
came from the sick chamber soon after
IL o'clock. His wife is sister of Mrs.
Kipling.
Is Mr.. Kipling suffering from pneu
monia? % DR.. Durham was asked
we will call it Inflammation Of the
lungs" he replied.
IF he gets through to-day will he be
safe?"
IF he gets through to-day he will
be much nearer to safety" said DR..
At 4:3O o'clock the following bulletin
was posted:
Mr. Kipling still remains in very criti-
cal condition.
DR.. Janeway would not say anything
about Mr.. Kipling's condition. saying
there was nothing to add to the bulle-
tin. 1t was learned, however. from
other sources that Kipling was ex-
tremely weak. At times he recognizes
those around him. Those at the bed
side are DR.. Durham, Mrs. Kipling. her
mother, Mrs. Balestier, Mr.. Doubleday,
the children and two nurses.
An order has been issued from the
hotel office that no letters nor notes
shall be sent to the room unless they
are of the utmost Importance. and
then only when the names of the send
ers are known. There is a constant
stream of visitors at the Grenoble ask
ing for information about the author
One clerk is kept busy receiving cards.
Some of the callers were admitted yes
terday morning TO the sick chamber
Among these favored were: W. D.
Howells, Nikola Tesla, S. S. Mcclure
and Charles Battell Loomis.
The following bulletin was issued at
o'clock last night:
Mr. Kipling's condition has been very
serious during this, the sixth day OF the
disease, giving rise TO the graYeSt appre-
hension for the outcome.
E G. JANEWAY.
THEODORE DUNHAM-
At that hour the physicians were
making almost constant use of oxygen.
Their demeanor indicated a most criti-
cal stage of the disease. Mr.. Kipling
was delirious when the bulletin was