Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-03-15

ton and congestion was the presence
of the great danger that had been
feared from the beginning of his ill
ness. Early Tuesday night there was
increased respiration, which told of
the creeping congestion, and the
strength of Gen. Harrison, began to
diminish rapidly. At ten o'clock he
much weaker than he had been
for two hours before, and from that
time on the sinking rapidly contin-
ued. Shortly after ten o'clock, with
his face plainly betraying his agita-
ton, DIR. Henry Jameson, the physi-
clan in charge, left the residence of
Gen. Harrison to go to his office to
procure some additional medicines
which the' gravity of the case de-
manded. When he returned he said
that the condition of Gen. Harrison
extremely critical, and it is inn
possible to say how long in his weak
ened condition the patient might be
able to resist the deepening of the
congestion.
Resort to Oxygen.
During the afternoon the physi-
clans resorted to the Oxygen" treat
ment in an endeavor to furnish relief
to the general of the constant pain
and labor of breathing with which he
commended. It consisted in supplying
the lungs with pure oxygen. By this
mean the ability of the parts of the
lungs not congested and inlamed to
purify the blood was greatly in
creased. The injured and infamed
parts are permitted to rest by means
of the oxygen treatment, while the
parts still unaffected work double.
It was this treatment which saved
the life of Rudyard Kipling when he
suffered his eve illness from pneu-
monia.
DR.. Jameson, in giving out the pub
lie bulletins, has been conservative,
and it was thought by some that Gen.
Harrison's condition was even more
alarming than these bulletins would
indicate. It was stated Tuesday III
ing that a prominent member Of the
Harrison family had telephoned from
the residence at noon that all hope
had been abandoned.
Hundreds of Inquiries.
The widespread interest in. the con
dition of the former president is
shown by the hundreds of messages
from every part of the country which
poured into the newspaper Offices and
to the Harrison home during the day.
TIL No xro not n stale ~, +orrsto~1
that did not make inquiry by wire,
and many were the expressions hop.
ing that there might be a turn for
the better. Among the many tele.
grams of inquiry received by Private
Secretary Tibbetts was the following
from the white house:
'swashington, March 12.-wiIl you b.
good enough to advise me of Gen. Har.
rison's condition. The president is very
much panied to learn by the latest reports
of the serious character Of the generals
illness.
(Signed)
GEORGE CORTELYOU, Secretary"
D. M. Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms OF
the United States senate, left Wash.
ington for Indianapolis Tuesday when
he learned Of the serious condition Of
Gen. Harrison. The people Of Indian,
apolis, who have known the general
so long, were not less eager for news
from the bedside than the citizens OF
other cities and states, and the tele.
phones in the newspaper Offices were
in constant use during the day in an.
swering inquiries. The news that
there seemed to be little if any hope
for recovery as a shock to the
neighbors and friends of the general.
although they knew he was a very
sick man.