The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-04
PAYNE'S LIFE
EBBING AWAY
No Hope For Recovery of the
Postmaster General.
KEPT ALIVE BY STIMULANTS
PHYSICIANS SAY THE END is
NOT FAR OFF.

IkE WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-POstmaster
wv General Payne is rapidly losing
ground. and his condition late
this afternoon was such that life. was
being sustained only artificially. A
sinking spell at half-past y o'clock,
from which he rallied slightly, rem
dered him much weaker than hereto
fore
At 1:35 p. m. enc of the physicians in
attendance upon Mr.. Payne made the
following statement to representative
Of the Associated Press:
Postmaster General Payne is rapid
~ losing grcSInd. He is sustained now
only by artificial life He is distinctly
worse than at any time during his ill
ness. and the end is not far off,
At $3.50 o'clock Dr. Magruder gave
out the following bulletin:
THE postmaster general has held his
own. Has had no sinking spell since
the noon hour. Continues TO take nour-
ishment. Still very weak
The following bulletin was issued at
s p m:
mo Improvement during the day.
Heart action kept up by repeated use
of arterial stimulants. He continues
to respondL TO them
''NIAGRUDER,
"GRAYSON."
The following bulletin on the post
master generals condition was issued
at $50 p. m:
Continues TO respond well to rem
cdies Is, now sleeping quietly Some
improvement.
&C. LLOYD MAGRUDER.
Private Secretary Whitney issued the
next bulletin, as follows:
AT II D. m. the postmaster general
is resting quietly and the attending
physicians and members of the family
have retired. E. II. WHITNEY"
At 1912 a. m. the family of Mr.. Payne
We're summoned to the bedside. Those
at the bedside were Mrs. Payne, Nd
jcr and Mrs, w. F. Cameron of James
town. n. Y: Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield II.
Cameron of Milwaukee, Charles T.
Jones and Miss Louise Jones, relatives
Private Secretary Whitney Miss Marie
Barbieri. an old companion of Mrs.
Payne. and the faithful colored mes
senger at the department of the posi-
master general. Mr.. Payne several
times called family for Mrs. Payne.
At o'clock Private Secretary Whit
ney announced that all efforts TO &c
vive the postmaster general by stimu-
flants had been abandoned.
At 2:20 a. m. Drs. Grayson and Ma
grudar said that the fluid which had
been injected at midnight. When the
sinking spell began. is now absorbed
and that the effect is shown by the
improved respiration and pulse. II
was added that this is not an indica-
ton of recovery. but that the patien,
might, last until morning. This fluid
is a stimulant. which was given 10
him and to which at first he failed Ia
respond II was after this failure to
respond that it was announced that
further administration of stimulants
would not avail.
At 2:35 il was announced that the
postmaster general had rallied sudden
~ and exclaimed Hello" TO those
! about him. Milk then was given HIM
70 drink Dr. Magruder asked the pa
tient how he was feeling, and he re-
piled; First rate"
At 2:J0 DR.. Magruder said that Mr.
Payne's respiration was better and
more regular than il had been in tbs
past twenty-four hours, and that if tn.
Improvement kept up he probably
would last through the night and thai
a consultation could probably be heie
il the morning.