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Show ' '(CRITICAL; lEECSSSr EU, ; ; :: PASS: BEFORE; BAY'S EKK: i t . . . Sufferer Responds SIowlj v to Powerful Stimulants; Slight Improvement Is Noted After Bad Right's Rest. BULLETE?. -----WASHTJTOTOJJ', Oct. 3. At 15 p. fix. one the physicians in attendance upon Gem. Payne made the following statement to a representative of tha Associated Press: "Postmaster-General Payne Is rap- ' Idly losing ground. He is sustained now only by artificial life. Ha Is distinctly dis-tinctly worse than at any time daring- ' his illness, and the end is not far off." , . mmmmmmm mmm . 2T7LLETT3V ' WASHIITGTOIJ', Oct. 3. The following fol-lowing bulletin was Issued at 11:50 . ! m-: "There has been some improvement i since the morning consultation. Retained Re-tained all , nourishment. Now -rest-j ing easy." . j ; Dr. Osier returned to Baltimore immediately im-mediately after the morning consultation. consul-tation. . ' ' WASHINGTON. Oct 3. Postmaster-General Postmaster-General Payne's condition again Is crlt- . IcaL Up to 3 o'clock this morning Mr. Payne was doing well, but at that hour he had a sinking spell and from 2 to 7 he was kept alive only by the application appli-cation of powerful stimulants. In fact It required the use of greater quantity j of heart remedies than at any previous -time. There was a weak response to the treatment. Dr. Magruder was sent for early this morning by Dr. Grayson, who remained with Mr. Payne during the latter part of the night and at 8:45 they were joined by Dr. Rlxey. Dr. Osier Returns. Dr. Osier came over from Baltimore this morning and Joined Doctors Magruder. Ma-gruder. Rlxey and Grayson in a consultation. con-sultation. The following bulletin on Mr. Payne's condition was subsequently issued: "1:30 a. m. Since 3 o'clock this morning morn-ing he has not been so well. The heart's -action is again weaker. Condition not so favorable." Chance for His Life. President Roosevelt left Mr. Payne's apartments at. 10:05, having made a longer stay than usuaL The President said that Mr. Payne had taken a turn for the better in the last twenty mln- ' utes. He got the impression that the physicians believe that if they can pull the patient through for another twenty-four hours he would have a chance for life . . . |