Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-13

bed, from which he never again arose.
Medical assistance was summoned that
evening. but he grew worse and DR..
Magruder on leaving the sick room
Thursday evening announced the SER
ious character of the illness, stating
mat recently decided symptoms OF
heart trouble had developed. DR..
Rixey, surgeon general of the navy.
was called in and kilograms were SEM
TO relatives announcing the gravity of
the postmaster generals condition.
throughout the following day Friday
MS condition remained extremely
grave and twice the end seemed near
Heroic remedies in moderate doses
were reserted to with gratifying re
suits. DR., c. T. Grayson, a naval sur.
geon, was called into the case and
later in the day DIR. William Osler
heart specialist and diagnostican of
Baltimore, was called into consulta.
tion.
Feeble Heart Action.
Friday sinking spells began and a
bulletin was issued announcing that
feeble action of the heart was the
cause of great alarm and a later one
stated he had had a number of sink.
ing spells. That night he gained
more rest than on any night since he
had been stricken, but early Saturday
morning there was a recurrence of the
sinking spells.
He rallied with the application of
stimulants and restoratives, but soon
gIew weaker again.
No Ray of Hope.
Thus, from the beginning the
friends of Mr.. Payne had cause for
gravest apprehension, and practically
not ray of hope was held out for his
recovery.
Saturday night was a severe tax on
the remaining vitality of the patient
and during Sunday afternoon his con
dltion became so critical that the rela
tlves were hurriedly summoned. Mr..
Payne, however, rallied under vigor.
Gus treatment and was able to take
nourishment, to converse with the
doctors and speak to Mrs. Payne. An
unusual degree of improvement was
reported by the doctors.
Sinking Spells Return.
Sunday was a day of sharp con-
trasts. In the forenoon and early az
telnoon he suffered a succession or
sinking spells and at one time the rel
atives were summoned to the sick
chamber, and at Mrs. Payne's request
a minister was called to the bedside
rally followed and later in the day
the doctors announced a decided i'm
provement. This condition continued
throughout Sunday night until 3
O'Clock Monday morning, when one of
the most serious of the relapses oc-
Cured. A serious relapse of Monday
morning was severe strain on the al
ready weakened constitution of the pa.
uent.
Rapidly Loses Ground.
During the afternoon the informa
ton came from his room that he was
rapidly losing ground, that life was
being sustained artifcially and that
he was believed then to be near
Deaths door. The official bulletin at
IN the afternoon, summing up the sit.
uation for the day, stated that there
had been no Improvement during tn.
day and that the hearts action was
Kept up by repeated use of arterial
stimulants.
Sinks Monday Night.
Monday night Mr.. Payne suffered
one OF the worst sinking spells of his
illness. The relatives were summoned
at midnight and remained two hours,
momentarily expecting death, but
shortly after there was a slight rally.
The physicians regarded this, however.
as merely prelude to dissolution and
regarded it as remarkable that the sick
man was alive when Tuesday morning
dawned. For short time during the
early morning hours his pulse grew
steadler and there was a feeble rally.
but weakness again became marked
and there was steady dimunition of
throughout the forenoon. fol.
lowed by lapse into unconsciousness
around the noon hour, from which the |
sick man never emerged The family |
once more was called into the sick
room, the last Offices of the Episcopal
church for the dying were given in the
afternoon and the end, which came at
6:1O was awaited, as hope had gone
and death was seen to be near and in
Career Of Many Honors.
Henry G. Payne was born in Ash.
field, Mass, November %, 1S43: re.
ceiyed a common school and academic
removed to Milwaukee In
1863 and has since made his home
here; in 1872 he organized the Young
Mems Republican club, which was the
nucleus of the republican central com
mittee of Milwaukee county and
served it various times as secretary
End chairman. Later he was chairman
)f the state central committee and for