The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-22
SALISBURY SLOWLY SINKING
MEMBERS OF FAMILY TITHIN
 CALL OF SICK ROOM.
Death Inevitable Though Patient l.
 Making n. Wonderful struggIe-Now
 Kept Alive by Administrations of < Oxygen-Heart Weakness Hourly Be
 coming More Aeuts-Rrief Periods of
consclousness.

London, Aug. 21-9 p. m.-All the members of Lord Salisbury's $ family are gathered in or within call of his bed
 room at Hatfield house. The end is ex-
 pected any minute, though oxygen may prolong his life for several hours
 Since the bulletin issued Thursday
 night announcing that the condition of
 Lord Salisbury was critical the mem
 bers of his family, including yiscount Cranbornefi Lord Arthur Cecil, Lord Robert Cecil, Rev. Lord William Cecil,
 Lady GWendolen Cecil, the Earl and Countess of Selborne and later Premier A. J. Balfour. who came from Scotland,
 have been gathered in the vicinity of l the sick room awaiting the final call It is realized that death is inevitable, though the patient is making wonder ful struggle. For the last twenty-four hours he has been fighting for every breath, helped by a continuel supply Of oxygen. The heart weakness, which
 has been the most dangerous feature since the patients last seizure, is hour ly becoming accentuated and the mar quis is gradually sinking away. He
 does not suffer much pain and has only brief periods of consciousness. Tele-
 grams poured in all day from notable men throughout the world. Late in the afternoon King Edward telegraph led for additional information, though his majesty has been kept informed of the bulletins. There was a continual lstream to-day of callers in carriages and on foot.
 uo+faId 5l,o,,eos z tl,e fa,o;lv caot Wherf, l the former premier lies dying, is a
 gloomy structure, though one of the most magnificent remaining specimens of Elizabethan architecture. It is situ- 1 ated in magnificent park which skirts the quaint town of which the Marquis l of Salisbury is practically the owner. He was always regarded there as the type of England's great nobles and he retained the love and respect of his ten- ants and neighbors, which he recipro- cated in many kindly ways, especially by opening Hatfield park for the use of i the townspeople and residents in the vicinity. reserving only small portion l for his own use. #5 This afternoon while the statesmen lay dying. boys were playing cricket in Nht lawns within earshot of the unpreten- tious room occupied by the patieat. This. his favorite room, overlooks the Iold-fashioned and historic gardens where Queen Elizabeth walked and where it is said she received the first announcement that she was Queen of England.
 While on one side the cricketers laughed and chaffed each other, on the other side. and almost equi-distant from the house. was an ominous con- trast. for there the workmen were fin fishing the grave of the Countess of | Galloway. Lord Salisburys half-sister, lin the family burying ground. The countess died d few days ago, but it is understood that Lord Salisbury was not l informed of her demise. Her funeral l will take place, at her request. at Hat ] field at noon tomorrow. The gates of Hatfield house were closed at midnight with the announcement that there had ] been no change in the patients condi- Itfon since early in the evening, and that no other Bulletin was expected until morning.
 Newspaper correspondents represent ing the whole press of the United King dom are gathered at Hatfield anxiously awaiting further news. The general Ibelief is that his lordship will last l through the night, but there is little ex- pectation that the improvement shown Hast evening will prove more than a last l flicker.
 The Associated Press correspondent is able to confirm from the best source at
 Hatfield the Lancet's, statement that
 Lord Salisbury Is suffering from tBright's disease The ex-premier has
 been suffering from this malady for years and has been practically dying
 since Whitsuntide, His condition was aggravated by the recent fall from his chair. He has been practically uncon-
 scious for the last twenty-four hours, a
 brief interval of sensibility forming the basis for the following not unfavorable bulletin issued at 9:45 p. m:
 There is a slight improvement in Lord Salisbury's condition, which, how | ~ AS