The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-13

Indianapolis, Ind, March 12.-General
Benjamin Harrison can live but a few
hours. His condition up to within
few hours Of this morning CTuesday).
vas encouraging. but at this time he
became restless and an hour or two
later DR. Jameson, who left the bed
side for his own home, was hastily
summoned By Or. Dorsey, who has con-
stantly been in the sick room for sew
eral days past.
None but the physicians and init
mate friends are admitted to the house,
although there has been a constant
stream of carriages with callers all day.
Those at the Harrison residence are
Mrs. Harrison and the little daughter
Elizabeth: Private Secretary Tibbetts,
Drs. Jameson, Dorsey and Hadley and
a corps OF trained nurses. Russell
Harrison and Mrs. Mckee have been
edVised by wire of the serious turn
IN the generals condition and the for
mer has wired that he will leave Wash
ington at 1870 o'clock Wednesday for
indianapolis. Mrs. Mckee. however
Is detained in her home at Saratoga, N
!, through the illness OF her children,
iC being impossible for her to leave
them at this time
When the general was taken i'll it is
seid ne requested his physicians TO
make no unnecessarily alarming state
u7ent to the public as to his condition.
AS the physicians have decided to heed
this request, il has been with the great
est difficulty that any authentic news
has been obtained from the sick room
UP to Within the last tWeDty-four l-OurS
When al, inquiry ig made by telephone
as to the generals condition. the in
Quirer is promptly referred to DR.. JAM
ieson. The latter is now issuing hourly
bulletins to the press.
Condition Grows Critical.
At > O'Clock this afternoon DIR. jamie
son declared in his bulletin General
HarrisoH's condition was critical At 3
End o'clock additional bulletins were
issued which simply stated that no
change in the condition of the general
had occurred from earlier in the after
/. noon. Drs. Jameson. Harley and DR.
: sey watched by the bedside, not leav-
ing it for a moment except to retire
for a short, loW-vOiced consultation in
q corner. or in an adjoining room. Mrs.
Harrison still waited for the most min
utest symptoms OF favor
At > O'Clock this afternoon it became
apparent that General Harrison was
dying. and physicians at the bedside of
the distinguished patient make no ef-
fort to conceal the real gravity OF the
situation They say that it is a mat
ter Of hours only. and all hope of his
recovery is abandoned.
AFfntrdi t1dfEiSfin continued 10 SINK
from early this morning. he was for
the greater part OF the time in a semi
cOmatose condition and there were
symptoms OF approaching deliTium. The
signal spreading and deepening of the
Inflammation and congestion was the
presence of the great danger that had
been feared from the beginning of his
illness.
Early tonight there was increased
respiration which told of the creeping
Harrison began to diminish rapidly. At
10 O'Clock he was much weaker than
ne had been Two hours before and
from thai time on the sinking rapidly
continued.
Shortly after 10 o'clock tonight. with
his face plainly betraying his agitation,
Mr. Jameson. the physician in charge,
lCft the residence OF General Harrison
10 so 10 his Office to prepare some ad-
dit onal medicines which the gravity
of the case demanded When he re-
turned he said that the condition Of
General Harrison was extremely crit
zeal and that il was impossible to say
how long tn his weakened condition the
patient might be enabled to resist the
deepening OF the congestion.
Resort to Oxygen.
During the afternoon the physicians
rcSorted TO ,hS oxygen treatment in an
endeavor to furnish relief from the CON
slant pain and labor of breathing with
which the general contended. It con-
sis-ed IL supplying the lungs with pure
oxygen. By this means the ability of
the parts OF the lungs not congested
and infiamed to purify the blood was
greatly increased. The congested and
srnameC parts are permitted to rest by
means OF me oxygen treatment. while
the parts still Unaffected work double.
the life Of Rudyard Kiplins when he