Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-14
THE STORY OF THE NIGHT.
Long Vigil of Anxious Watchers at
the Bedside.


the Bedside.
INDIANAPOLIS, March Is. Last light
was long, anxious vigil to the watch
ers at the bedside of General Harrison
and the thousands of friends of the ex-
president all over the country. The
gloom at the Harrison home spread not
only over this city but over the state
and nation, and the whole country lis
tened with the deepest concern for the
story of the fight against death told in
the bulletins that came hourly from the
side of the dying man.
At the Harrison home in North Della
ware street hundreds of kilograms, tele-
phone calls and personal inquiries and
expressions of grief and sympathy were
received from the immediate friends of
the family and from men prominent in
the affairs of the nation who were asso-
ciated at one time or another with the
ex1president.
The distinguished patient himself
could not have fought more tenaciously
for life than his friends.
Anxiety of the Public.
The newspaper and telegraph offices
in Indianapolis were besieged with
crowds of all sorts and conditions of
people, eager for the latest news in re-
gard to General Harrison's s condition.
The sidewalks in front of the offices
were lined with people watching the
bulletins, and telephone calls came con-
stantly. Telephone calls came not only
from every section of the city, but from
towns and cities in every corner of the
state
At a. m. DR.. Henry Jameson issued
the following bulletin:
''Since last report the patient has
grown some weaker with distinct evi-
dence of failure of circulation. "
The watchers at the residence of Gen
eral Harrison throughout the night were
the physicians, DR.. Jameson and DR..
Dorsey; the nurses; Mr.. Tibbitt, the
generals secretary; his lifelong friend
and former law partner, w. II. H. Mil
Ter, and Mrs. Harrison. None of these
watchers remained constantly at the
bedside, for they were so overcome by
the strain of the many anxious hours
that had passed since the patients con-
dition became critical that they were
forced to seek little rest during the
night, but one of the physicians, one of
the household were in constant attend
ance.
Clinging to Life.
The bulletins as issued by DR.. jane
son throughout the night told but little
of the hard, anxious fight that was be-
ing made against death. Each bulletin
carried practically the same information
as its predecessor; there was no marked
change in the generals condition, ex-
cept that he was gradually growing
weaker. But this meant that most he
roic treatment was being administered
and that he was clinging to life with re-
markable tenacity.
The oxygen treatment, by which it
was hoped that the patients breathing
might be eased to such an extent that
the affected portion of his lungs might
be relieved of the strain that deepened
the Inflammation while he would be
able to recuperate little of the strength
that was being continually worked
away, was administered regularly.
While it did not bring results thas were
at any time encouraging, it enabled the
general to prolong the fight
General Harrison gave no signs dur
ing the night that indicated that he
recognized those about him or that he
was suffering greatly.
Cranks Are ON Deck.
A feature of the generals illness,
while source of ANNOYANCE to the phy-