Show WAITING FOR THE END No Change Has Taken Place In I Mother McKinley THE DOCTORS OPINION NOI RALLY NO CONSCIOUSNESS NO FINAL STRUGGLE i When the Time Comes It Will Iffere lyBe the Passing Out of the I Comatose Condition In Which She Now Rests to the Sleep of Death Canton 0 Dec 5 Mother McKinley McKin-ley has passed the fourth day of her illness and enters the fourth night with the spark of life still burning dimly There has not been a material i development in her case today Her condition has continued one of steadily wasting away The family watched by the bedside all day prepared for the end at any moment and some times feeling that it had come as the patient pa-tient was seized with sinking spells I such as they yesterday mistook for a second stroke of paralysis During these attacks she would perceptibly weaken almost cease to breathe and show scarcely a sign of animation SINKING SPELLS For the most part of these spells were limited to half an hour and when they were over she would resume the quiet repose characteristic of the entire en-tire illness About the middle of the afternoon however a more serious sinking spell occurred and lasted for two hours Several times those keeping keep-ing vigil thought the last flutter of lifes flame had come The attack passed away at last leaving the patient pa-tient almost the same as before it occurred oc-curred There is still a possibility that she may survive the night or even longer but those who have been at the bedside almost constantly have the least hope of such a result Communication was established with the White House as soon as the president presi-dent arrived there this morning and a telegraph wire is constantly open to Washington to advise the president of every occurrence in the sick room Besides Be-sides this he had several times talked with his brother Abner by telephone DOCTORS OPINION Dr Phillips the attending physician has made a number of visits during the day This evening he said he could impart nothing entirely new There had been no notable change during the day She had continued to grow weaker in the same manner and at about the same rate as during the past few days He was satisfied that this condition would prevail the end Asked as to the prospects of her surviving the night he said Yes there is a possibility possi-bility of her living Jill morning Indeed In-deed I am inclined to think she will But she has been taken so long that no one could make a prediction for the future with any assurance of certainty cer-tainty The case is one in which we must be prepared for the end at any I moment When the end comes it will merely be the passing out of the comatose coma-tose condition in which she now rests to the sleep of death There will be no rally no more conscious periods no final struggle The patient has taken no nourishment nourish-ment since Thursday It cannot beI I administered by ordinary methods and the case is one in which heroic methods of administering food are not regarded I justifiable |