Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 3, 1881, Page 8

Speedy death of the President re} SI joic- ing afterward when the turn Same! in ihe tide, and hopes, faint at first and A See afterward, were held out of his recov SFr eqtOt until the latest dispatches were re- MS ved announcing that there was a chance of is recovery did the eager multitudes disperse. sipfuring the day the reporters of THe TeibusE 3 sited the stores of business-men and the of- ies of leading citizens, and caught, fresh from pair lips, their expressions as. to what they youghe ot the stocking crime which had plunged the Nation into mourning. Many of them were secn at time when it was believed there was no hope. of the Presidents recovery; others when - it was E ‘lieved that he would'survive; but one and ail, it will be seen, breathed the sume spirit of de- testation for the deed, of sorrow for his death, Should it occur, and ot fervent hope that he ‘might be spared to the country. THE SAENGERFEST. ,, At a meeting of ‘all the Committees of the ‘North American Singerfest Association,” held at the office of the Exposition Building yestqy- day noon, the following resolutions were passed: WEUEAS, The sad news of the murderous aysanit onour beluved Presiaent, James A. Garteld, In tho nuldst of our festive joy. has casta loom upon all singers united here Is Chicuzo to celebrate thelr Na- onal Sdoxerfest; therefure, be it Ieee sired, By the Singerfest Association, that it con- denex the murderous attack with the greatest in- ou feanieed, That 1h it in senneed, it hereby expresses its most sincere and ‘heartiest wishes Tor bis yecuvery. and Chat ila precious life may be spared for the welfare of our glorious Nation. Lovis Wau, ADOLF SCHOENINGER, Joun Horemany, Emit MANNUARDT, HOECHSTER, Special Committee. PROCLAMATION. Cuicaco, July 3.—To the Singing Soctetics of the North-American Sacngeriund: In view ot the terrible event that has filled the Nation with -Sorrow and consternation, and the fact that the Chief Executive of our country is lying on the poigt of death, we request the Singing Socictics of the North-American Siingerbund to abstain to-day fromyall loud expression of festival joy, and especially from making music in the streets. It by 9.8. m. to-day no change in the condition of thePresident shall,have taken place from the more favorable symptoms telegraphed to us at this hour, the picnic will take place, but all our singing societies are requested to proceed to the grove quietly and not to burt the Ieelings of Sheir aftlicted fellow-citizens. Lous Want, Jonn HOFFMAN, qADOLPH SCHOENINGER, EnaL MAUNHARDT, Emit Horecnsrer. ; ‘Special Committee. HENRY WATTERSON. ‘The reporter met Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, at the Grand Pacitio Hotel, and asked him for his views. Idon't think the assasin is crazy.” he said, “put a malisnant, morbid creature, whe hasmade an effort all through hislife to get notoriety. und, failing in that, the terrible faction-tight at Al- Dany suggested to him the idea of killing the President. He is one of those creatures that care nothing nbout the consequences. Proba- vly be was a miserable devil, and had beco all around the world until he had rather despaired of his own life, and killing the President was a sort of suicide. That be was what we understand to beacrazy man, I don't believe. Itis fortunate that he was nota man of Southern origin, because there would have been a Stalwart outcry all over the coun- try against the South. Idon’t see any reason why. inasmuch as this man has done the deed in the direct interest of the Stalwart wing of the * Hepublicans, we should be in a burry to assume x, ‘ a that nobody is guilty but him. Ithink in this matter, 2s in all other matters, the distinguished position of men ought not to give them any rights of assumption whatever; that Arthur and Conkling are just us much open to suspicion as if they were private individuals; and that under similar circumstances private individu- als ure always suspected. While do notebarge them or suspect them of anything, still 1 think the party ought not to be husty in jumping at the conclusion that they would served. think the cireumstances of the tight at Albany on both sides—that the vile methods which both factions bave shown themselves willing to adapt, stopping little short of murder, not at all stopping short of character—incites the belief that, whether anybody is guilty of complicity with this fellow Guiteau or not, there is not a ‘Stalwart’ at Albany who would not be glad. that he bas done the jub. ‘The effect of Gartteld's death will be to reverse the present situation, and throw Biaine and his friends out, and put Conkling and his friends in. At will be, of course. to utterly cust down Gar- Yield and Blaine interests.—the present con- servative interests,—and bring in Conkling. und Grant, and Arthur, and that whole set, and, to that extent, injure the country,—seriously in- jure its credit abroad. There will uecessarily be confusion in the mind of Europeans in re- ward to the assagination, and they will regard it as evidence of discontent of a class of the peo- ple with their goverument; they won't discrim- inate. The affair itself is of such magnitude that the minds of almost everybody fall into the same general way of thinking. Ofcourse, there cannot be any disinterested man but regards it with horror. EMERY A. STORRS. Emery A. Storrs, who threw his whole soul in- to the last Presidential campaign, and who had formed an affection for the President which ap- parently nothmg could diminish, was found ina most sad and dejected mood at the receipt of the sudden and startling news of what promised to pass into history as 2 great National tragedy. “The fact that anybody would shoot down so Jovable, so geninl, so sweet-tempered a man,” said he, in response to the reporter's introduct- ory retereace to the tragedy, “proclaims the “act to be the decd of acrazy, irresponsible, ‘dis- appointed lunatic. Itcould not have been the actof any sane man. Ihave scena good many men in wy time, but Il doubt if I ever met one who was 60 thoroughly lovable, so unaffectedly ‘affectionate, or who so tied one to him, as James A. Garfield. He could never talk to one of his friends without somehow or other put- ting his arm around him, or otherwise showing that wealth of affection and sweetness which so endeared him to all who knew him. Tho last time I saw him, I remember, ho put both bands, on my knees, as we sat chatting together, and epoke as frankly and as kindly as though T bad - known bin all my life, and we had grown up to- “gether like two schoolboys. He was a good man; and his death, should it occur, will simply be a National calamity. The only mitigating thing - about it—and I regard ghat as something of a public blessimg—is the fact that the assasin could ‘be promptly arrested and his motivetraced. It wag the act of a crazy, irresponsible, disap- pointed lunatic.” “You must have met Guiteau in Washington, suppose?” “Met him? Ishould say I did. Everybody met him. Of course, I bad heard of bim here, and I now recollect particularly an editorial ia Tue ‘TniuNE in which be was set down as a lunatic, is ne really was. After losing sightof him in Chicago, 1 met him last fall around the Repub- fican National and State Headquarters in New York, where he bung around for weeks. He had written a campaign speech, and tit printed, though be never delivered it. When ho uppeared in Washington, his only credentials consisted of this one speech—printed but never delivered. “What were his aspirations in the way ofa ublic position ? PuPAt first be aimed pretty high. In fact, he wanted the Liverpuol Consulship, as Tunderstand it. Thdn, tailing in that direction, he aspired to become Consul-General in France. “He hung around Washington last winter, during: the culdest_ weather, in the thinnest clothes, -with no stotkings on,-and with his toes out of “his boots. Wild-looking as be was, everybody thought him to be buriless and simply *off his nut.” For that reason only be was tolerated. in fact, people pitied him. ‘They hudn’t the heart 70 do otherwise. On one occasion be cuine to me to help him along with bis xpplication for this foreign position, but, baving known bim of old in Chicago, | would have nothing to do with him. Wis inst frenk may teach the autborities some- thing about the folly of allowing crazy people to yun at large. Such a man ought to have been placed in an asylum long ago.” “Have you thought of the political conse- qoeneey involved in the President's probable * death?” “Ican't believe the President will dic, and + won't believe it til I can't belleve anything cise. ‘The political consequences are plain enough. The Coustitution of tue United States determines them. Gen. Arthur will become * President; but I don't believe that Gen. Arthur, as President, is EolDy to carry out any personal prejudices, because I don’t belleve he would have avy. very much doubt whether there is usadderiman in the Nution to-day than Gen. ‘Arthur. Further thun this I have not thought ‘of political consequences. At such atime as this L have no beart for any speculations on the political future.” CONGRESSMAN DAVIS. “This news is simply appalling,” said Con- + gressman Davis. “It is too horrible. I can't * ‘believe President Garficld is to die.” : «Did you meet this man Guiteau at Wasbing- ' ton?" asked the reporter. - “Yes; he came to me, among others, and asked me to sis his application for some sort of an appointment,—one in tae Consular service, I ' pelieve. [had heard of him betore, pf his antics in Chicago, of his being kicked, out. of every * notel here as-a. disreputable deadbeat, and of * pourse refusod to give bim_an sndorsement. + What’ op earth he should want to Kill so lovable aman as Garfield for; I can’t imagine. “He must have beon insane. There is no other way of ac: counting for it.” i ‘What will be the politicalconsequences of the President's assasination in case he should on < * ‘tn tho first place, of course, Vice-President * arthur would become the Chicf Magistrate of - the Nation, This would follow immediately. There would be nointerim, .As soon as notified by the Secretary of State of the President's death, ‘Gen. Arthur would appear and take the onth of office. In the meantime, however, 7 © are without an organization in Congress. Ar- thur failed to vacate the chair before the Scnate ‘adjourned, as has been the custom from the organization of the Government, and, as & result, no Président pro tem. was elected to fill the vacancy caused by tho possible death of the Vice-President during the recess, Norhave we a Speaker of the House. Jn short, Arthur would be the only living repre- sentative of the Executive Depurtinent of tho Government: in cuso of President Gartield’s death, Jf Arthur should die, or prove the vic~ ‘tum of some other uasusin’s bullet, where would we be? Or suppose the Sonate should organize by the election of 2 Democratic President pro, tem. Incase Arthur should die, or be put out of the way, we would have a Democratic Presi- ent.” But is there any danger of that?” “ Well, the Senate is a_ tie, provided Mahone continues 10 act with the Lepublicans, and David Davis with the Democrats, aud provided the New York Legislature elects two Repub- Arthur would no longer have the casting vote, incase of atic. If Mahone should xo to - the other side, and Davis -remain with the Democrats, a Republican organization is, of course, out of the question. All this is on the supposinon that Conkling and Platt are replaced by two other Republicans before the Senate mects. Even then, with Mahone and Davis ou the Democratic'side, it would stand. thirty. nine Democrats to thirty-seven Republicans. “Tn case of a failure to elect in New York, or of a ditticulty to get in after being clected, won't it look a good dealus if Conkling and Platt made the biggest mistake of their fives in resizning?” ‘It certainly would. The fact is, they had no business to resign. The Senate was Kepublican, with Arthur's vote to break the tie, and Conk~ ling and Platt stepped right out, and turned =the ly over to the Dem- ocrats. The people will now clearly sce that what might bave occurred has occurred, —no organization of the Senate,und no power to make that organization Republican. Even if Conkling and Platt were repluced by two Repub- licans, and Maboue were still with us, the Senate would be a tie, and, unless the tic were broken, an organization would be impossible. It was at mistake to resign; and, in the second place, it was a mistake to postpone the organization of the Senate until such organization became im-' possible.” E “Do you think there will bo an extra session immediately should the President die?” T think it very important fur the country and for the purty to have an organization in each House, and to have it soon, and without an extra session that is impossible.” * In case the Democrats should have the power to elect a President protem., whom do you re- gard as likely to secure the place?" “Itwoulan't be the strangest event in the world if David Davis were to receive enough yotes from both sides to elect him in preference to an out-and-out Bourbon. The question would then arise as to whether the Illinois Lez- islature should uot be called together to’ clect his successor. Judge Davis’ election would ererte a Vacancy, in my opinion, and the State would Jose one vote in the Senate. Of course, Judge Davis may not be the coming man, though more surprising things than that have hap- pened, and may happen again.” ~ Should Arthur accede to the Presidency, do you think there would be a general decapitation umong the present Administration officials?" “I think we should havea new Cabinet in just about fifteen minutes after he took his seat. It might be longer than that, but not much.” After a pause the Congressman reverted to the one saddening, u!l-eonsuming intelligence Of the President's assasination. | i ‘Why. stould anybody but a‘fanatical fool want to harm so noble,so bonesta man? Isn’t the country prosperous? The people of the coun- try, with Almust perfect unanimity, believed’ he wag_trying-to do what he honestly felt was right, if the leaders would only let him do it, and the people would have sustained him through it all,no matter whether bis course seemed to burt one man, personally, or another. He took the broad ground ‘1 am going to do this be- cause it is right,’ and it isn’t for any one man to set himself up and say that be Knows better than the President and his Cabinet. But, as I said before, I can't believe Presideat Gardeld is going to die, and I woa't untill am forced to it.” SENATOR LOGAN. A representative of Tae Trrpune found Sen- ator Logan early in the afternoon much cast down by the appalling news, and too much shocked by its awful suddenness to permit of his entering upon a discussion of the political issues involved, in case the President should die, or to do anything but express his most pro- found regrets at- what then promised to be so tragic a taking-off. Once, when some ono in the party of friends with whom he was conversing read from one of the dispatches Guiteau's re- ported statement as to having the cause of the Stulwarts at heart, the General looked up with an expression of ineffable disgust at what he evidentty considered the remark of a very crazy man, even if the reported remark were true, and then quietly resumed his former dejected ant almost stunned appearance. : . IHENRY VILLARD. Mr. Henry J, Villard, the President of tho. Northern Pacific Railroad, was at the Palmer yesterday en route for a tour of inspection over his various lines of roads built end projected. He was asked by a. TRIBUNE reporter what he thought the probable effect of the death of the President would have on railway and other se- curities. “Idon'tknow asit will have any,” said Mr. ‘Villard. “I don't see why it should. The death of tho President can’t stopour production. .1t can't stop our railway building. It can’t stop our mills. [think that everything will goon as it has done.” “* But abroad,” spoke in the reporter. “It is true,” said Mr. Villard, a great many of our securities are held abroad. Jt is accord- ing to how they may take it over there. They may send back: their American securities, and then they will dropa little, of course, but I don't think that will amount to much. Iwas between Europe and America when Lincolo was assasinated. You noticed that our bunds did not drop perceptibly, but abruad they dropped 20 percent. .But there was reason for that then. They thought then over there that che. death of the . President. meant tho breaki ‘inion. It is different” now. Mr. Gartield bas no political significance atall. It was the froak of a crazy man, and therefore there will be no trouble.” “But Nortnern Pacific dropped to-day,” said the reporter. fi “Yes,” sald Mr. Villard, “one ortwo points, but that’s nothing. The idea alwaysis to sell stocks whenever there is. un excitement. To gel! short is what the operators try todo, When the stock ig thrown so heavily on the market, of course there willbea break. But. that don’t lust... No, sir, 1 am satistied wnat there will be no panic inthe stuck market. Besides that, Mr. Arthur, if be takes the chair as President, will be conservative. He is a first-class business ‘man, who is pledged to do what is right. Besides that, be could not affect stocks very much, because Congress hus settled the funding question. Our eurrency is both stable and elastic, and I don’t believe that the present financial policy of the Government will be changed. You can say for me that I do not be- lieve that the business interests will seriously suffer ug n result of the assasination. It is aad and Fovolting, but that is all that one can say about it.” : SENATOR KELLOGG. ‘United States Senator William. Pitt Kellogg, of Louisiana, arrived in the city yesterday, and at the Grand Pacific Hotel a TriBuNe reporter found tm immediately upon his arrival. He said: pa “It is shocking! It is too bad! I could bardly believe it, when [heardof it. It.wilt kill poor Mrs. Gartield und the General's mother. Do you know,” said the Senator, “ that this assasination, has set me to thinking very seriously on the complications which may ariso should the Pres- jdent die, What would be our status in case of. the death of Mr. Arthur also? If President Garfield dies the Vice-President, Mr. Chester A. Arthur, will succeed him, as a matter of course. But then, granting that New York sends back two Republican United States Senators, the parties become: a tie, When Mr. Arthur presided he bad the casting vote, but with him gone the majority is zone.- Unusual as it may feem, the Senate adjourned without electing 2 President pro tem. He would not succeed to the ollice of President in cuse of the death of the Vice-President, but it Ieaves the United States Senate unorganized, and virtuatly uopre- pared tor the emergency which has so suddenly and unexpectedly urison. The Speaker.of the National House of Representatives would suc- ceed to the Executive Chair in case of the deuth of the Vice-President now. But we have 00 Speaker of the House now. The House expired by limitation on . the 4th of: March lust,“ and a | new ngress takes its place this fall. ‘The Speaker's term of office ex- (aan with the House. Heisnotmore,and thus oth Houses are left unorganized, which leaves the Nation in a very bad shape. As soon as Mr. Arthur takes his place, if the worst should come, he would have to’ catl Congress together, but I pan't see how they can get over the Sonatorial complications thatI now see and-which may arise. There is virtually but one life between ernment and’ no government. Idon't be- Neve that this man would ‘ever bave shot the President except for the morbid idea that arose imhis head that it would help the Republican party. itisindeed very unfortunate that the Senate did not elect a President pro tem.” a Died as a ** Punch.?? in Paris, on the morning of, June 9, an Amer- ican named William Porter, aged 23, was found hanging from the lustre-hook in the middie of a room be occupied. in a boarding-house: of . La Rue Boetec.{in the costume of aPunch.” A Jetter on his desk explained that be committed suicide because disduined and-laughed at’ by a jnilliner’s apprentice with whom be had last winter fallen imlove at a bal masque, In remem- brance of the™ sudden effect her charms pro- duced on him, he donned, when resolved to exe- cute his suicidal idea, the grotesque dress in which he first saw herand he begged that. he should be interred in it, ‘ te |. so hopeful now that another bulletin will not be EXTRA 6 O°’Clock A. M. SLEEPING. The Doctors So Hopeful as: _to Stop Issuing Bul- letins. Thirteen Men Have Lived with Bullets in Their Livers. James A. Carfield Has a Living Chance to Be the Four- a6 teenth. Painful Scenes Through the ‘Long Night—The Vari- ous Alarms. Tha President’s Heroic Conduct at _ All Times, at Worstvand aes Best, Arrival of the Poor Little +. Wife, Just Up from Ty- phoid Fever. Poor Blaine Entirely Overcome with Grief—Garfield’s Love "for Him. . Garfield, the Hero, Awoke .at 4 a.m. and Told a Little 5 Story. i "1AM ae: EXECUTIVE Mansion, 1:15 2. m.—The follow- ing bulletin has just been issued: “1a.m. The improvement in the President'scondition, which began early in the evening, has steadily con- tinued up to this-hour. His temperature and respiration are now normal, and his pulse” bas fallen to 120. The attending physicians re- gard all his symptoms as favorable, and a more hopeful feeling prevails. D. W. Burss., M. D. All the members of the Cabinet remain at the Executive Mansion throughout the night. ‘The 1 o'clock bulletin fs regarded as very en- couraging. The improvement noticed about 9 and maintained as mentoned to-night is still manifest. The President is dozing quietly, with a stronger and more natural respiration, and shows no symptoms of suffering acute pain or the wounding of a vital part. The doctors now begin to say that, if the present wound will heal without calling too severely on the patient the worst is past, Still -his condition is regarded as very critical. The White House at this hour is very durk, and still the Cabinet are gathered in their room, but go one is in the sufferer's chamber but Dr. Gibbs, and his son. Mrs. Garfield and heér children are sleeping aftor the fatizues-and éxcitement of the day.’ Crowds stilt hang about the entrances of the grounds’ to get the latest news from those who have access to those in- side. ‘ i’ 1 2:45 A. Me oa Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, WasnincTon, D. C., July 32:45 a. m.—A visit to the White House at this hour doesnot show any marked change. The physician in charge, Dr. Bliss, said: “There bas been a constant improvement since 7 o'clock. His condition. more favorable.” Is be going to recover?” was asked. ‘The physician stopped, and very gravely said: “We will-pull him through if it is possible to doit. What is now to be greatly feared is the secondary condition.” é ‘The Doctor, on the whole, seemed hopeful, but not conident. These hopes did not seem to be shared by the Cabinet, which was present in the ante-room. One of the Cabinet officers was, at this hour, overcome with “grief. There bas been a difference of opinion among the physi- cians as to the propriety of immediately probing forthe wound. Some insisted that ether should ‘be administered and the wound probed. = THE PHYSICIAN IN CHARGE SAID “Ni ‘The ball, ne said, had done its work. The wound should not be disturbed. Opportunity must be givenfor the President to recover from ‘the shock. “The bullet has dono its swork. ‘There must be ‘no more bieeding.” This was tha_-_ decision ot the pbysiclan in charge. ‘The medical men all say that it will not now be possible to predict the final result until about. twenty-four hours from the time of the shoot~ ing. After that all the condiuons of inflamma- tion and congestion sect in. ‘The natural func- tions of the body are now suspended. ‘Cheurine has been. removed by artificial means. - The President at this hour fs awake and anxious, oaA.M. | Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasiinctos, D. C., July 3~3 a. m.—L'he bul- letin issued from the White House at 2:45 dif- fers in no essential particular from tho Inst di- patch, except in the factthat the President has taken some light nourishmént, which Is the first that he has caten since the shooting. s Exrcurtive Maxsion, Wasuinctox, D. C., July 3—3a.m.—The attending physicians feel issued until 7 a. m. 4A.M. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., July3—ta.m.—The President has just awakened greatly refreshed, and has, not vomited since 1 a m., hay:sg taken milk and lime- water on each oceasion, frequently asking for it. Pulse 120, fuller, and with decid- edly more character. || Temperature, 98 2-10; respiration, 18. The patient is decidedly more cheerful, and has amused himself and watchers by telling a laughable incident of his early life, 2 Dr. Buiss. THE WOUND. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ‘Wasuinctos, D. C., July 2.—The physicians have been able to trace the course of the bull. It entered in the back above the kidneys, passed downward, then penetrated ono of the Idbes of the liver, and is cither imbedded in the liver or. is ludged in the interlor wall of tho abdomen: ‘The army surgeons present at the White Louse say that there aro thirteen cases in the medical books of the world .of persons who have lived with a baltin thelrliver. If this bullet is im- bedded in his liver, Gen. Garfield will bethe fourteenth of thesé? phenomenal cases, If the ball bas passed clear through and lodged in one of the abdominal walls it can be removed. ‘The surgeons do not find any indications of in- cisive congeaiations of blood about the liver. TIE COURSE OF THE BALL 4s confirmed by the independent observations of two surgeons who- made examinations without any conferenee with each other and: compared notes afterwards. . Their’ tracing ~: exactly agreed...Dr. Bliss’ saya. that « Mrs. Garfield too. preserves: the ,same:- remarkable com- posure. “He ' “received -:\ her™ when - she I¢ft'the President's room after that -interview. ith her supposed dying huaband, the nature of which is known only to God and those two. He said she came out remarkably composed, calm, pale, tearless, statuesque, id requested the tor to give ber every “tninute detail of. the President's wound. st Ustened calmly tw.chim for twenty minutes, ‘when - hos!‘ described in detail ali the physical ‘conditions of the case, or the effects or different. symptoms, and the single pe that thero might “President, said, “I am a Stalwart. I have ‘made Arthur President.” The police officers ‘others whoclaim to know that persons prior. to 5 — SSS FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAND, sutooy EVAL Platform. THE SCENE OF THE TRA ‘soo nung | B STREET. -Ladies' Room. MEN'S WAITING ROOM, ‘Track. Platform. .*" Boies ee. 3 The Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Depot. . re A ‘ i tar a GEDY. - : 5 Guiteau: @ Exit. @ H hs 4 4 s . a eos : q w——E : ae s : Baggage Room. Hq Exit. ve ‘New ork Track. be. She listenéd to him without flinching, with- out atear, without a moan or acomplaint, and requested that .*: : EVERYTHING POSSIBLE BE DONE TO SAVE : “MIM. oe Among the papérs found on: the person of Gufteau, which the District authorities are.en- deavoring to keep secret, is x letter addressed to Gen. Chester A. Arthur as: the President of the United States. It considers him as the Pres- ident by bis (Guitedu's) act, and gives bin advice as to the construction of his. Cubi The Cabinet ‘proposed by Guiteuus as foNows: Roscoe Conkling, Secretary of State; Levi P. Motton, Secretary of the Treasury; John A. Logan, Secretary of War; Emery A. Storrs, Attorney-General; James to be retained as- Postinaster-Geueral. ‘The positions of Secretary of the Navy and ‘Secretary of the Interior, he says, are of no consequence. Guiteau adds that the system of - prohibiting appointment of more than one Cabinet officer from a State. HAD BETYER BE ABOLISITED. Dr. Bliss says to-night, and all_ the physicians concur in his statement, that “James ‘A.+ Gar-: field is the bravest man on earth.” None of the old army surgeons who were preseut and who have scen so much of: the dead and ‘dying -in the hospitals in. the War ever encountered 2 ease of so much: pluck. Knowing every mo- ment of his danger, with his mind as clear asa bell, on the very summit of hudan umbi- ‘President: ‘ Garticld,, knowing that he ‘was ‘looking: right "into the | jaws of death, has never for a moment faltered, and has never relaxed-n muscle at the thought of the dangerous possibilities of the situation, butod the contrary, has given cheer nnd encourage- ment to the stricken friends around him. f . 4 et. is RUMORS’ OF A CONSPIRACY. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribune * WasuincTos, D:C., July 9.—This morning the theory that Guitéau was one of a band of con- spirators was widespread, It arose from the report, which now: j learned to-have been in- correct, that Guitrau,. after having shot.the who arrested him, and who beard the shout,’ that that is not the truestory. However,theré are the assasiuation have suid that the Presigent would not leave the city to-day." A geatieman called upon the Attorney-General, forsnstance, this afternoon, and swore to the following state- ment: That at the Pennsylvanit dopot office yesterday-he heard a strange looking grou in- quire what. time: the. Preatdent’s in would leave to-day, ana, being informed, said,‘ Ht may not go. We sball give him o rusb."\ A grent many similar stories have beem brought to the detectives and the legal officers this after- noon and to-night. -_ : ALL THE DETECT@VES IN TUL OITY- aud all;the secrét service officers Mm, Goverh- “ment employ havé been at work following every aS possible thread. ‘No trace of any conspirucy hi yet been discovered, and the impressionxy-night prevails that Guiteau,if he is responsible for any- thing, is alone responsible for ie at- tempted murder of tho President. This after- noon, when tho «President .was reported .to be rdpidiy sinking. he sent for his private secre- tary and directed : that a commission be made out to Walicr Blaine, private, secretary of the: Secretary of State, to be Third Assistant ‘Secre- tury of State. vice Payson, promoted to ‘Den- mark: The President afterwards sent for‘ Walter. Blaine and handed him the commission, saying:" “T-do not do this for yourfather's sake, but 1 do it for your sake. “You nre‘worthy of it.” - MRS.-GARFIELD’S' ARRIVAL. <5, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ~‘yVasninaTon, D. C., July —The green lawn éxtended from the Presidential mansion. to the monument over which. # balf-dozen tame rab- ribs were..playing. The foliage of the trees, fresh from‘tho heavy rains,.was glistening in the sun. ‘The. sky even was cloudless. There was @pread-out. from. that: south baleocy a pictifre of National beauty and peace. Yet be- neath these trees and over that grass sentrics were walking; The- horses drawing the Presidential ofase rushed’ panting and foam- tng to tho steps. yAttorney-Generai MacVeagh lifted Mrs. Garfield from her, carriage. °_ Young James Gurfield,'with bis father’s own fortitude, took bis mother’s arm as.soon es sho had touched the ground, embraced her, supported her up by the winding steps, speaking to/her such words of cheer as the terrible facts could permit. The Garfield girls were assisted by oth- ers. Mrs. Garileld stili'showed TRACES OF MER LATE ILLNESS.- As her boy kissed her the tears seemed starting to her eyes, but the strong will, a wifo's devo- tion, a consciousness of:the necessity. of being brave to meet her husband, all seemed ‘to give her superhuman strength. Up these long wind- sing steps she walked, outwardly calm, quickly ‘askitg.fuestions. in -an almost gasping reat, “but with a painful, terrible, anxious ‘look up6n that wan saddened face that noone who witnessed it will ever forget. She was im- mediately taken within the Preeident’s cham- ber. Meanwhile the” President bad. heard the grating of the wheels upon the ground,and sald to Postmaster-Gencral James, who was holding his hand: “She has come. .I would like tosee her alone.” Mrs. Garfield entered. All the per- sons left the'chamber; ‘and mau and wife, in what was thought to be, the death-chamber, were left alone. Mrs..Gartleld could ‘remain there but a few minutes. “Her exhausted nature asserted itself. 7 FOE SEVEN LONG HOURS _ that had scemed to her an‘eternity she bad been hastening to Washington, unable to re- ceive nourishment, suffering such agony as only those who love'can know. She grew faint, The “should ‘into’ the. *dining-room without ‘that "the President’ noticed it and-{nsisted that she _@0: down-stairs.: for Supper. Mrs. Garfield: conserted, “and, escorted by Col. Rockwell, she. went to the family dining- room at about 7:50 p.m. The party had hardly ‘commenced their meal when a messenger ran hastily down the ‘private stairs and ceremony, announcing thet the surgeons .had said President was dying rapidly, and that they must come quickly. The party rose at once and went to Gen. Garfleld's room, where they found that, while he was sinking rapidly, he had yet his full consciousness, -as be had ail day, but he’ scemed to be rapidly nearing death. At 8 o'clock be was still lower in condition, and, a few moments. later still, bis pulse beat at the rate ofj 153 a minute. The anxious group of physicians looked every minute, every second, to sec the- sufferer breathe his Inst. This low condition continued for’ ‘some time without change, circumstances. which aston-. ished the surgeons, and, as. the condition con-— tinued until toward 9 o'clock, they became hope- ful. Atlo'clock the pulse had gradually re- ceded to 1° beats per minute, and at last for the first time sinee the shooting, the President fell into i i -- AN EASY SLEEP. a At 10:15 the pulse was at 121, and was so much stronger that hisattondants declared It to repre- sent a reduction of at least ten less than at 10 p. m The temperature of the body was also much. reduced, and it then’ became’ evident to most scep- tical ‘of his medical attendants that the won- derful physique and nerve power of the Presi- dent might possibly bring him out of the valley of the ahadow of death. At 10:15 p. m. the Pres~ ident’s private secretary, after consulta- tion with the Cabinet, came down the stairway of the first floorway to the first tloor, aud directed, at 11 p. m., that the door should be closed and locked, and that no person ’} " should be admitted whatever. Prior to this ne bad directed that no cards should be sent to CoL. Hockwell or toDr. Bliss,or any otherof the surgeans attending. Atl were too much ex- bausted, me _ Spectat Dispaten to The Chicago Tribune. _Wasaixetos, D. C., July 3.—The “:longest hours will have their ending, and at 6:30 p..m. the operator reported thatthe train that was’ bringing Mrs. Garfield was within the city limits, ‘and she might soonbe expected at the White House. The cheerful news was carried to the Président, who thanked God for it and said: “I shall live to see her.” At fifteen minutes before 7 the President's carriage was seen approaching the White House from-.thp back way through ‘words succeed euch other for a while, and Heo [city were anticipated. the agricultural and monument groun driven at great speed, and taking this a road to avoid a crowd. There was = escort, either of military or police, Be sides the President's carriage there O° one containing Col. Corbin and Maj. Swipes the latter who had escorted Mrs. Gartield one back steps of the White House, 2 stopped. uted. sien? : years. visitors tok White House woudeced eae Meare i ae there. It was young James Garfield, whowe waitlng to greet and cheer his mother ac YS end of the saddest journey that poor wor : ever undertook in her life. a BULLY FOR BROOKs. Svectal Dispateh th The Chicago Tribune, Wasarnoton, D. C., June 2.—The medical meq’ are taking a good deal of encouragement to- night from the fact that Chief Brooks, of the. Secret Service, is reported to have & bullet in hisliver. He isa very hearty man. A STRONG GOVERNMENT, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. - WasnixGtox, D. C., July 2.—“'This shows the strength of democracy,” suid one who hag traveled in the East. “Seo these excited people; >< they voted for Gartleld. Thoy feel the wound. They are part of the Gove. ment. How different in the despotic East, I, was in ‘Tokio when Okubo was assasinated. He, like Garfield, fell at the handy of political fanatics who justified tneir Dloody deed on the scure of poittical necessity. it wag & stormy day, and few were out. The spotot the'tragedy was vislted by some. Thero were little gatherings of citizens here and there, and a group of reckless students ran through the corridors of their building shouting, * Now we are free! now we are free? ng But the citizens in general showed a grent in- They looked at it thus: Okubo the Government. Somebody wick change. They have got it. It makes no difference to us. We are merely the people. Our taxes will be col. lected, we presume, as usual. It makes me proud of my country to seo the difference, and makes me believe that what are called strong governments are the wonkest, and weak gove ernments the strongest.”* ARTHUR AND CONKLING. Speciat Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yor, July '2.—Gen. Arthur stopped at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in the morning soon after bis arrival {n this city, prior to going to his hme on Lexington avenue. For an hour or more. before noon he was in consultation with ex-Senatr Conkling in the apartments of the Jatter. Numerous cards were sent to the ten- eral and ex-Senator, but they declined to se¢ the “.greater number of the visitors Both sald that they -had been much shocked upon receipt of the terrible intelligence that they bad no disposition to talk witb any one. Ex-Sonator Conkling was disin- clined to express his feclings to the newspaper representatives who called, and said that he felt very bad. His countenance ptainly showed that he was sorely distressed. Gen. Arthur andthe ex-Senator F g EAGERLY SEIZED THE TELEGRAPHIC Dix 5 PATCHES which were brought to them. When: Gen. Arthur went to bis residence be asked his servants tosec that he was not disturbed. In the evening he sat in the front parlor reading the /Mifference. governed wanted a& i ra pewspaper reports from Washington. He _ sai to a reporter: “What can I say?..What is there to be said py by me? Iam overwhelmed with gricf over the awful news.” It was asked whether ho would go to Washington, and at first said thas he did not know: what he should do. A few minutes later he said that in: all probability ho would not start for Washington until officially - notified of the President's death, HORROR AND INDIGNATION. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yorg, July 2.—The word assasination{$ seen and heard everywhere. “‘Isthe President « dead?” was the question on every one’s lps through the day, and on to the moment wher the latest news could be obtained. Politica and poljticians are wordsused with loathing, and any oneclaiming to be a Stalwart just now would © scarcely escape lynching on the spot. The pub- He feeling is most intense. Excited crowds throng tho newspaper bulletin-boards and engerly discuss the news. An immense crowmt is gathered in front of the Herald office, where half-hour bulletins are exhibited under the blaze, of an electric light. An evening paper, in it | o'clock edition, printed a dispatch headed “Tha President Dead,” adding that Mrs. Garfetd did not arrive in time to be at his death-bed. It was iy A PIECE OF SHARP PRACTICE, resulting in an immense sale of the paper. Tho report of the President’s death was read amid Drenthleas silence by groups of men and womeo lining the streets, and the news of irs. Gar field's absence from her busband’s death-bed evoked the deepest sympathy for her in ber great sorrow. Fortunately thoso who were down town. were enabled to reed the exact truth on the bulletins, and tne fact that the President was alive, although rapidig ~ sinking, seemed to remove a great weight from -the public mind. In the early part of the day business was for a time suspended down-town It seemed impossible for any one to grasp the news.. Opinions differed as to the cause of the . assasination. It was not generally belioved that Guiteau was insane. Some inclined to se in the tragedy A DEEP POLITICAL PLOT, and argued that prominent statesmen would be found at the bottom of the affair. A prominent Democrat declared that Guiteau had been egged on to do the bloudy deed. He condemned it as @ political misfortune. ‘The horrible news, bo said, would echo through the civilized world, Diasting the reputation of the American Repub- lic. Senator Robertson's romark that “we might as well live in Russia if pubiic officers are to be assasinated for doing their duty” finds $ ready response among the intelligent citizens The scene of excitement here hus not been vere alleled since the murder of: President, Lincoln. Were the ussasin in New York he would have short shrift, Oa Overy hand murmurs of speedy retribution, are heard. The crowds, too, have thelr phases. As they come together, or get near enough {0} read the bulletins sharp glances and soxty settled gloom is plainly noticeable. ‘The cro stand for hours PATIENTLY WAITING FOR EVEBY SCRAP OF INTELLIGENCE, : On the’ corners of Wall, Broad, William, s@ New streets, men were gathered In grou} = ing each other and every passing .acqaaintence for “the latest news.” Without exception, the indignation and condemnation against sasid and his crime were freely ut Men knew no politics, in such & “discussion. Democrats and Republicacs were all men, and, for once.at least, united ins coms mon belief and sentiment. Every mun asked\ 7 every other u en tars docs i meant there anyt! pol ia ice" “Are we ina South American republic?” “Is this Nibils2 in the United States?” Some men took asioony yiew of the situation, and appeared to see ia all sorts of but by far the greater oul and said. that the people perior to any shock which deniy fall against those who were chose torule, ‘The City-Hall was almost entirely serted by the local. politiclans, Among thos ol who were In the hull the feeling of regret the indignation at the dastardly shooting of, President was universul and outspoken, with it reference to political parties or factions.” Nii out exception every one condemned the the most vigorous words, and that this reat and condemnation sprang frum a goauine deep sorrow no ono. who beard 1t exposed could doubt. “Mayor Grace was deeply alec when the news first. reached nis office, and V° ssoon afterward he adjourned the’ trisl the Potice Commissioners, which was in atthe time. The Mayor said, later in tha that the tragedy ta Washington bad SHOCKED AND GHIEVED UBL It was but a step from the diseracefut polit, exhibitions recently enacted in Albany 0 tearful tragedy’ now enacted in Washing oe and, while bedid not connect this deed with iy, ities, yet it seemed as it the whole polities! iy stem’ of the country was rotted as It Hever been before, Tho shooting of Presiden ’ Garfield was a terrible calamity to tho lt ese eae she Vaden io: ee foes exampled prosperity. Insuch tim SSuntesty God for the pros race ae mighty ‘or the prosperity 0! and now came the awful ovent at Washing “It should wake up the Nation toa true SED" 5 its dependence upon the Almighty. «°° dafe WALIFAX. : Special Dispatch to The Chicago atarax, July. 2—The report of the sta i toassasinate President Garfield created late i excitement here. The telegraph st pase oie Consut’s off J wi for barticulars of the, sad adair, and 1¢ B50. the topic of conversation all day: 7 ‘Tribante ty FP WYOMING. - CHEYENNE; Wyo.,July 2.—Out of the assasination of President Garfeld. depattment has ned tor thirty dave grand firemen's tournament and parade. Were to come from several States aud Terri! |. and the dest exercises in the history grandest exel 4 prorhi