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Show THE END HEAR. Report of the Condition or Mrs. Harrison Today. A l'nOi,0.(.BI STiUHKilX Popular Sjmpatby Extended to tbe President's Family. inc uniti niiinn noaED Alirnl Jf ember ol the (ahltiel rlniii ronnail la Wn.hlntton -Illalne florlo ItinlKpllal. WAiinioiof, Oct. SI Tho nljht pa-aed alowly for the grlif utrlcken watcher- nt tho Wlillo ltouee. Tlio patient waa rutleu and nervoui Willi mall lluctuatlona In her condition, that did not range far on either iltl from tho gencrnl Mcrnge of exlrcmo deprosalon andexhauitlon. The Preil dint and membera of tho family had llltlo roroie, Ulog frequently In and out of thu lck room. Tho terrible nervoui strain on thoie who watch without hopo and In dttpalrlng retlg. nation la very apparent. Aa the night waned and the gray light of morning spread over thu earth, tho vital forco ol Mti. llarrlion wai at lh lowest ebb and tho l'reilJenl'a anxiety bicaiue to acuto that he felt tho met of aomu luiuranco, no matter of what character, from tho medlial authority. 8f a meeiengir wan Uln latchid to thu home of JJr. Uardner and thorhyalclan quickly ripould, ruichlng tho Wlillo Jlouioat7. lie found thu pjtlentln n condition to warrant tho graveet apt rohcualono and o hoitelevH wm hla report that Iho rrealdintiliilridhlm to rnmalnlu thu While llouio for n time. Dr. Oarduer aooordlURly utnalued und breaifaaled with the family. At U o'clock thoro aprw-:ed to be a dtrurgla for life to bu prolongud for lona lioura at Icatt, and tho doctor left thu Whltollouie, alter giving tho family a amall gralu of comfort to bo found In the statement that Mrs. llarrlion might live until aunllght Ugan to fade Into theahadowa of thu evening. Tho day Is olear, crisp and cool and perhaps tbo Inspiring eunihluo and drjneisof the atmospriera have somu what helped thu Invalid nnd noted as stimulants. Btlo wrta I) lug on her bsck and, whenever shu awoku from hor troubled unsitiifactory sleep, tho waa conacloua. Hlie could still mog nliehcr aurroundlLgs nndnglancuof recognition greeted the ph)ili.lan when he intervd tbo skk room. Thu fatal cough la priaent but naturally natur-ally In tbu enfeebled statu ol the Invalid Inva-lid It Is not pronounced. l.otlr In tho morning thcro was a revival In tho popular Interest In Mrs. llarrlsou'a condition. Many bureau chlofs and other emjlojee nf thu ux iautlodcpartnenta nentvut of their way to too While llouio grounds to ask for Information roarJIng tho condition con-dition of tho patient nnd tho watchmen watch-men at the door wcro faejt tuiy au-twerlng au-twerlng question. Altoruey.Ueuerat Miller called eirly ami siiw ItaUord. Ho did UoHtruTo, tho ltuislau mlulitor, Minister Urlp of Hiredcn, Itev. 1). llaiullu, thu family paator, Aailstant Becrelary Urantand ludlau Conrnli. sloutr Morgin. lialford hluiself was admitted to tbo bIlU room cirly In thu day. ao ho waa rrearcd tu iliacrlbo the situation. Oou of his fliatacta waa In telegraph n eiatomunt Of thu caio to Hecretary Iluik lu Wis cousin, nnd to tiecrotaiy KlUm lu Wit Virginia and suggest tin Ir ijucdy return to Woshlugton. Other abeent members of the cabinet were not tele graphed for, hecausu they are exiectod lo return toJnj or tomorrow. Many lmiulrlea weru mnde this morning ni lo thecoudltlou of thu j atlent by olllclals and cltlteus. Members Mem-bers of thu cabinet not ulriady on their way to Washington bau Uiu tvle-graphod tvle-graphod to Lomo on at once. Nearly all the membera of thu diplomatic diplo-matic oorpacallod at thu Whltu llou.o Uutlng thu forenoon to leuvemcuairea of sympathy for tho l'risldent und famllj. Dr. Uardner was ut thu pulleut'aliedsldu Iiearli thu tntlru forenoon, fore-noon, llu Mat away two or three llmca to attend to other i rofi -ilonal dutlir, but at no ouu tlmo ho was aUout any moruthnu nu hour. Ills cfloits wtiuiluvottd solely to making thu patlint aa cstnfortablu as possible lu herd lng hour. JUST AllOL'TTllE BAMC 8 30 p. m Dr. Uardner has uit madu another visit to thu Whltu llouio and repoits that Mts Harrltonla In about thu samu uondltlon at at thu lost rt ort completely exhausted and uuatlo to apeak, kUIioul.1i apiarontly conscious lu her waklig momunts. Hhu U liable to pass away at any moment mo-ment At 2 this afternoon Dr. (lardnir found Mrs. Harrison wtaker tlinn an hour before. Hhu Is now ulnioot com-I com-I letely ristrated and unsbl-i to ejeak, cough or swallow, or taku cither stimulants stimu-lants or tiourlinmunt of any kind The doctor comldira her vitality moil rruiuikablo. Hecretary John W. I'oiter, Hecre tirliB Ituak nnd 1 lltlna hno tele graphed l'llvatu Hrcretuy Hallord lu ruponiu to Ills nueiugu about Mrs. llarrlson'a condition that thtj will return re-turn to Waahlugluii Immediately. Illaluo nnd famllj left fur Washington Washing-ton this morning. At t IS Mrs. llarrlsou'a condition waa unchanged. ANCillIKH MBIT. Dr. Uardnorruado nnother visit to thu White IIou-o about 1 L" SO. As ho was Ieulug thu houuo ho told lha newspaper men that there waa scarcely nny thnuKueliiCH his Jait visit Hhu wan alowly passing away, ho said, and altlioujh the end might roraunt any minute, po-albly abu might llngir for hourayit. llu explained Ihatshewaa In thu last atagui ol thu dltcnsu and no lougcr ablo to tako nourishment nour-ishment of any Lind. I rujuent allcatlons of n sllroulatlrg molt-turu molt-turu to lur pure tie J lle eceuied to I u thu only treatment that allordod her the slightest relief. Although alio Is In n state of supremo exhausllou and dromlnees the phynlclaii said shu had not jot paaied Into thu coniatcio condition con-dition which uiually precedes death in such iuw Hhe still retalued con- q-f! - tSfK rfJM-T v'a4rt - loloiiincis nnd, when awake, seemed t ria!lo what wsa 'pitting on around Her. ToJny i tho nut day the Whltu Homo linn trim wholly clnoJ to tho tubllo tluoo Mrs. Harilroa was taken sick. TIIC f.ATMT. At 6.30 p. in. Mrs. llarrlion was still nllvouutslnlirug anj Ibo end li apparently ap-parently very noir. |
