The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-12
Mr.. HOBART'S ILLNESS.
Still a Very Sick aan--No visi-
tors Permitted to See Him
--His Actual Condition.

Especial to 1.-The Jersey city News.'l
PATTERSON, April II, 1S99.--The "Calp'
says today
ALBERT A. Wilcox, the confidential as
| sistant and business associate of Vice
President Hobart, has just returned rom
a flying visit to washington. where he
went for the express purpose OF ascertain
ing the exact facts concerning MI. Ho-
bart's health. Mr.. Wilcox was seen by
by a "Calr' representative last night, and
from him the following was learned
Mr.. Hobart has been a pretty sick
man, but his condition is improving. slow
ly, it is true, but steadily. He looks
| brighter and is more cheerful His face
has quite a good color, his respiration is
recovering it's normal stage, his tomac
is getting in better shape, and he begins
to nave a little appetite. HIS cough IS
now less frequent and wearing, so long as
he is not permitted to talk, and gradually
his nervous system is q~uieting down SO
that he can sleep tolerably well. Until he
was taken with this attack Mr.. Hobart
never knew what it was not to be able to
drop asleep the moment his head touched
| the pillow, no matter what the excitement
of the day might nave been.
"But. although improving, no one except
L the QOcpOTS anu AulSC dAo 1 tiObH.
is allowed to see him. Mr.. Wilcox was
the first one besides these who has been
permitted to visit his room, and he was
only granted the privilege on condition
that he would not talk a word of business
and would not remain in the room more
than five minutes.
Mr. Hobart chafes under this and he
took occasion to tell Mr.. Wilcox that he
-, :. ~, n M \ offcf nfnry
visits at all. Not ever President McKin-
lev, who goes once or twice a day in per-
| son to the Cream White House." and
who sends over an abundance of flowers
/ from the conservatory of the Executive
Mansion, is permitted to see the Vice
President. This iron-clad rule is necas-
sary because otherwise Mr.. Hobart would
| be- oyerrun with callers. and he would
| only become worse.
Neither are any letters nor other mail
| matter allowed to reach the invalid's
room. Scores of letters arrive by each
mail, but they are all intercepted by mis-
| secretary. or some member of the family;
and as a large majority of them are re
| quests for some sort of a favor, it is not
necessary that he should be bothered
with them. Consequently there is no
use OIL any one Wllllio w
dent while he is i'll, for the letters will not
reach him. 1t will be still more useless
to try to secure a personal interview viii
him.
esThe trouble with Mr.. Hobart is that he
is simply worn out with lie
was not a well man on his last Visie
home, and he has been growing worse
ever since. Then interviewed the severe
,N - fux-, r-hioh he has nor vel
fully recovered. on account of the weak
| ened state in which it found him Coin-
plicated with that was one OF those at
| tacks of acute Indigestion, with when ne
is periodically troubled. While stlh III,
he went South with the President, fnlnk-
ing the change of air would benealt Illin.
Instead of thai it made him worse. but
.ow he is steadily, though slowly. recover
ing. 1t will probably be two or three
weeks before he is able to leave MS room
and think of attending to business"