The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-13

-' AIoill lSoI4 Is now lying in an un-
conscious condition. His condition has
peen a slow but continuous decline since
o CLOCK Tuesday afternoon. He is con-
stantly growing weaker, and the CON
sestlon continues to spread. There is
nolhlng to indicate that his death will
occur for several hours at least
b1nD1tANAPOLIS, nd, March 13. m
lactlcaIly no change in President Ga1'
rlson S condition. IL
A AMNDlANAPoLIs. NJ A,t Ind, March 13 2.ao
mains +h ne condition of Gen. Harrison re-
the 1os+ t--e same as it was announced in
tne last previous bulletin issned ~ -
CLOCK. He remains ,unconscions ord -
breathing with difficulty. The ,I1roIla1 s &c
ms Iesplrat1ons has increased to q sliob+
eAlent' out not enough to cause addie
tlonaI alarm to the physicians wa+chi-,o
al ms bedside. 1t is apparent to e,,a-S,
:" IVA a tcner that the general is fighting for
liis NE. Every breath comes with
eslussie. The doctors are marvelling At
.ne WONDERFUL constitution which is able
TO resist the slowly, but constan+1, =,
creasing Inflammation Tho +-oi,oa Ia
nurses and Doctors Jameson Ha71a,I go
dorsey are constantly watching for +bo
slishtest change, either for the worse or
better. wise VI
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 10 can
benjamin Harrison can live but Fa+v
ioufs. HIS condition UP to an early hour
thls (Tuesday) morning, was enconra erir9s,
10 MS physicians, but at that time he
became restless and an hour or 50 !atnr
II. Jameson, who had left the ex-presi-
ueht BEDSIDE at midnight for his own
.ioine, was hastlly summoned by DIR. Dor
Ssy, Sis, VINO mas remained constantly in the
SICK room for several days past.
None but the physicians and a few IN
innate friends are admitted to the house
although there has been constant
stream OF carriages with callers all day.
IhoSe at the Harrison residence are: Mrs
harrison and little daughter Elizabeth
Private Secretary Tfbbetts Drs. Jane
sen, Dorsey and Hadley and a corps of
trained nurses
Col. Russell Harrison and Mrs. Mckee
nave been advised by wire of the serious
turn IN the generals condition, and the
former has wired that he will leave
Washington at 1:S0 o'clock Wednesday
morning for Indianapolis. Mrs Mckee
however. is detained at her home In Sar-
atoga, N. Y, through the illness of her
children, it being impossible for her to
leave them at this time.
When the general was taken sick, it is
said he requested his physicians to make
no unnecessarily alarming statement to
the public as to his condition. Follow
ing these instructions it has been with
the greatest difficulty that any authentic
news has been obtained from the sick
room up to within the last twenty-four
nc urs
When an inquiry was made by tele-
phone as to the generals condition. the
INQUIRER was promptly referred to DR..
jameson. The latter issued hourly bull
letins to the press.
CONDITION CRITICAL.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon DR.. Jameson
declared in his bulletin that Gen Harri-
sons condition was critical At 3 o'clock
and 4 o'clock additional bulletins were
issued which simply stated that no change
in the condition of the general had oc-
CURED from earlier In the afternoon.
Drs Jameson, Hadley and Dorsey watch
ed by the bedside, not leaving it for
moment, except to retire for short,
low-voiced consultation in a corner, or
in adjoining room. Mrs Harrison
still waited for the most minute favor
able symptom.
At o'clock this evening it became ap-
parent that Gen. Harrison was dying,
and the physicians at the bedside of the
distinguished patient made no effort to
conceal the real gravity of the situation.
They said it was matter Of hours only,
and all hope of his recovery was aban-
doned
Gen. Harrison continued to sink from
early this morning. He was for the
greater part of the time in semi-coma-
tose condition, and at last there were In
dications of approaching delirium. The
continual spreading and deepening of the
Inflammation and congestion was the
danger that had been feared from the
beginning of his illness. Early tonight
was increased respiration that told of
the creeping of the congestion and the
strength of Gen. Harrison began to dim
inish rapidly.
SINKING RAPIDLY.
At 10 o'clock he was much weaker than
he had been two hours before and from
that time on the sinking rapidly con-
tinued.
Shortly after 10 o'clock tonight, with
his face plainly betraying his agitation,
DR.. Henry Jameson. the physician in
charge. left the residence of Gen Harri-
son to go to his office to procure some
additional medicines, which the gravity
of the case demanded. When he re-
turned he said that the condition of Gen.
Harrison was extremely critical, and that
weakened condition. the patient might be
able to resist the deepening of the conges-
tion.
During.the afternoon the physicians re-
sorted to the "oxygen'' treatment In an
endeavor to furnish relief to the general
from the constant labor of breathing
with which he contended. 1t consisted In
supplying the lungs with pure oxygen.
BY this means the ability of the part
of the lungs not congested and inflamed
to purify the blood was greatly increas-
ed. The injured and infiamed parts are
permitted to rest by means of the oXy-
gen treatment, while the parts still af-
focted work double. 1t was the treat
ment which saved the life of Rudyard
Kipling, when he suffered from pneu-
monia.
DR. Jameson. when giving out the public
bulletins has been conservative, and it
was thought by some that Gen. Harri-
sons condition was even more alarming