Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1881, Page 1

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Tienes wos o slight improvement In the President's condition yesterday, About noon he took.some coolud beef extract in the natural way, after which he went to sleep, It was feared that on waking he would bo troubled with nausea, but this was not the case, After the second nop, however, some of the syinptoms of Nausea were presant, but the patient strug- gled against thom and the symptoms passed away. The physicians have decided not to ndininster food In the natural way for some time to come, Tho pulse toll considerably during the day, — dnd the physicians were somewhat moro hopeful than thoy have bocn since tho relapse. Mrs. Garfield bears up bravely, and her con- fidence in her husband's recovery remains unshaken, ‘Che situation fs still oxtramely eriticnl, but there aro grounds for hope. The physicians are at their posts, the patient fs strugaling manfully, and at 1 o'clock this inorning his condition was considerably bet- ter Uhan at tho snine time yesterday morning, Pantry cloudy weather and local rains, followed by colder wits, for this region to- day. YELLOw-FEVEn rages In the French col- ony of Sonegal, in the West of Africa, Up to the 8th Inst, there had been eighty deaths from the dread disease. Reports from tha country around Dan- ville, Va,, Indicate that the tobacea crop of the region will be greatly. below the average, and Will be muel {nferlor in quality. ‘The season has been unfavorable, and no change which may occur hereafter can make the crop an average one, Tlarts Any, the Russtan Nihilist, is now in Chicago, and has been for over a week, He has kept very quict, evidently desiring to preserve a strict Incognito for the present, and disclaims that lis preseneo here has any connection with Nihllistle schemes, A rather Interesting Interview with him will be found elsewhere in this issue. Fatusn O'Connon, of New York, who represents himself to be a priest of the Inde- pendont Catholic Church, attempted to de- liver a lecture at Watertown, Ont, ‘Tuesday night. A mob of religlotus idiots interrupted him, threw him from tho platforin, and selzed is manuscript. He had to’ be escorted to his hotel by Constables, Sroretany Biase, who was In Augusta when he first heard tha news of the last un- favoruble change fu the President’s condi-. tlon, returned to Washington yesterday. Ho was at first greatly alarmed, but says that, the patient's condition 1s not so bad as he ex- pected. Ie admits that the situation is very gtaye, but hopes fur the best. Gronay Nierson, of ‘New York, travol- ing agent for the Anchor line of stenmers, committed suicite at the Windsor House, Chicxgo, Inst night, -by shooting into: his mouth.- Nielson: had: lost $100 ag gambling, ° and, boing tinable to pay, became, very niuch déprosscd, aud, rather thay meet tho accusa- tion that lic acted dishonorably, ended his life, i Tue arrest of Whiclock, the runaway de- faulting bant clerk of New York, at South- ampton, England, yesterday was the result ofavory clover pleco of detective work on the purt of one Cosgrove, of New York, Wheetuck js held by the English authorities on the charge of forgery, His extradition cannut take place unttl the President fs able to sign the papers for that purpose. Inpran-AgEent Hunt, at Anadarko, Ind, Ty., reports the discovery of oxtensive sll- ver mines near Fort SH, within the Hilts of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Indian reservation, Adventurous miners have ol- reacly mado thoir way to the scone of the dis-- covery, much to the annoyance. of the In- jr dinns.. Secretary Kirkwootl has ordered troops to the placa to protect tho rights of tho red men. ‘Duma the quarter ending June 0, 1881, there were arrested tn this city by the police force 8,244 persons, of whom 0,Ud4 were males and 1,010 were females, During the same time $34,377 worth of property was stolen, and of this stm $21,000 worth was recovered, ‘There was nlso recovered $12,081 worth of property tho loss of which was not made known to the potice, ‘Tho persons arrested were fined in the aggregate $38,415, } + ¥nanic A, Frowen, the elty editor of the Milwaukeo Evening Wisconsin, and’, A. Qsborn, a reporter of that jourunl, woro ar- rested yesterday on the charge of criminal libel at the sult of Supervisor Mose, formorly manager of tha Milwaukeo House of Cor- rection. Tho bel consists In publishing an aMdavit by a young woman charging Hose with having seduvod her, and with being tho father of her illegitimate child. Suntavan, Vau, & Cc., of New York, have been for somo time forwarding cloth to the Baltimore Polfces Coninlesioncrs under tho impression that {t had been ordered by that body, It now turns out that tho cloth was ordered by one Murriot Boswell, Clerk of the Commissioners, who disposed of tt as soon as‘ recelyed, and for lils own ‘benefit, Je made some $4,500 by the uffulr, but now finds WYmself in Jail, Mehns beon Clerk’ of the Volico Board sinco Its organtzytion In 1808, : * ‘Tim Brooklyn Eugle, in an edttoriat on the President's condition, urges that In viow ‘of the fact that the patiout’s stomach is une able to ussinilate koumiss and other easily ' assimilated foods, the only resource now left {s “to, follow, nature In ite earliest and most radical treatment,” It anks why should not the diet of tha new-born. chill be. pre- serlbed for tho. patient, almost In the con- dition of a child, Tho Rugle says tt is not necessory that the President should know the source of his putriment.- at : ——_———_—_— Some time Ago {ho Itallrond Cominlesioiicré, of Hitnols, influenced doubtleys by the over hauling whivh “they recelved last winter ‘entered ; into. consideration of. the: fall- road: turitfs with the rosult that they con sidered them too high, and determined on: Tho news yeached.| | the rallraad ‘jnagnates In duo tue, and they Ny sweeping redfictlon. wore not, pleased, Tho magnates thought that If they.could meet the Connnissionors they could persuade them not to make the reductions contemplated, A conference was arranged ‘for aot Springfield. -I¢ convened yesterday, All the leading roads of the State were yopresented. Tho new schedule .Was condemned, ‘I'he rallroad mon sald that THURSDAY, its enforcement meant bankruptey for tho rond# and poor pay for the employés. ‘Thoy Temonstrated with the Commissioners, but apparently with littic elfect, as the Commla- slonors ave a very whotesoma regard for public opinion, ‘The railroad mon complatn loudly that oy, Cutloin has not kept faith with thom, ‘hey say he promised that thoy would not bo troubled, but the promtse has not been kopt, as the now schedule proves. Gayperra told the parties who inter- rupted him at tho Paris electoral meeting ‘Tuesday night that they were acting moro disgracofully than the worst mob ever known, sud that thoy were slaves. Io pre- dicted that he would ba justified by the people of France at the ballot-boxes next Sunday, “and then,’ satd he, I shiall know how to discover you If Ihave to track you toyour dens.” This Is certalnly very ex- traordinary language for n great statesman to uddress to a riotous mob, — A DELEGATION of nincteen Indlan Chiefs, representing the Stoux, Ponca, and Winne- bugo trives, called to Washington by Secre- tary Kirkwood, had a ‘conference: with that gentleman and the Commissioner of Indian Affalrs nt tho Intorlor Department yesterday in reference to the boundaries of the reserva. tlons to whieh the Chiefs belong. Secretary Kirkwood addressed tho braves representing the Winnebngos, Stoux, and Omahas, asking whether thoy are willing to grant any por- tion of their Jands for settlement by the Ponca Indians pow in Dakota ‘Territory wn- der command of Standing-Bear, and gave thom until to-day to decide, Henn Hennsr, tho leader of the German Liberals, in an address to his constituents urges the necessity of national economy, and siys that all Europo {s suifering from mill- tarism. He contrasts the: condition of the United States, where the malady is un- known, and where the people are prosporous aud contented, with the condition of Europe, Ho predicts that the United States will soon haye ne National debt, and, further, will be come the creditor of Europe. He says that the Increased emigration from Austrin and Germany to Amerien is tho result of mill- tarisin. Herr Herbst seoms to understand what he talks about, . Tus stald City of Bloom ington, in Centrul Illlnols, fins something In the shupe of a social sensatiou, Miss Vina Farley, of that place, has commenced sult.against Mr. Ed- ward J, Gridloy for breach of promise of inarringe, laying damnges at $25,000, Miss Farley avers that Gridley, who, by the way, was married Tucsdny Inst to Miss Ora Wal- ton, the daughter of a wealthy Biooming-. tonian, promised to marry hor on the 20th of last October, and twice aluco that thue prom- Ised that sho should be his wife, ‘he Bloom- ington gossips are enjoying tho affalr, and expect to enjoy the trial of the caso still more, O'DoNovan-Itossa, jealous, perhaps, of the fame which. the Palmer House Irish Convention obtained through the enterprise ‘of the Chicago reporters, called 9 convention of tho simon-pure dynamite patriots, and they are holding session’ in New York this wook.: The Now York reporters have: not even been able to find the place. where’ ‘the Convention ts belng held, but the enter- ‘prising correspondent of Tne Trioune in “the Empire City has found Rossa hinselt, and that worthy declares the Cotivention {3 devising ways and means “to bring England to Ils senses” by blowlng up English ship- ping, Tho dynamite patriot is not quite so outspoken, however, as Crowe, of Peorin, Di. BAxten, who ling beon the President's physician for ten years previous to the shoot- ng, sald yesterday that although of stalwart ‘physique Gen. Garfield suffered much dur- ing the time he attended him from ‘chronic dyspepsia and x delicate stomach, brought about by his sedentary habits and omental strain. «He sntd that the President was in. the’ habit of eating too rapidly, without propor — amastica- tion, and algo made a practice of sitting up tuo Into at night over his books or In con- sidering public business. ‘These habits had the effect of incrensing his dyspeptle condi- tion, Dr, Baxter thinks that the. attending ssurgeons have not given these facts as much attention as the circumstances called for, ‘Tue Association for the Cod! fication of the Laws ot Nations convened. in sesslon at Cologne, Germany, Tuesday under the Presl- dency of Lord O'Lagan, Lord Chancellor of Treland, Representatives from the United States, France, England, Ching, Japan, the Netherlands, Italy, Donmark, Norway, and Swedon wero present, Public international law, international commerclal law, interna- tlonal maritime law, arbitration, and dls- arinament were discussed. Among tho American lawyers atthe Conference are David Duuloy Field, F. A. P, Barnard, Charles A, Peabody, John Jay, George W, Cullum, Andrew P, Peabody, and Clinton 13,.Fisk, It is expected that mich good wilt result from the meeting of the Association. : == * Iria bolloved that Gambotta’s intemperate specch addreased to the mob who interrupt- ed him Tuesday night will resutt $n his fall- ure ‘to got revlocted from the Belleville Dis- trlet, ‘Lhe Democracy of the place ix greatly incensed agalust him, and his Electoral Com- inittcoscuns utterly wnoble to render tlm any: service, as it 1s composed of meddlesomo nonentities, ‘Tho Gaulols advises hin to withdraw from the contest {In Belleville and becomo a candidate for ‘Thivrs’ old district, the “Ninth Arrondissement, Rochefort seems to bo supremely happy over Gane betta’s failure to keep his temper, In ret> erence to his threat against the mob, elsc- where referred to, the loador of the Ruds” Tomarks: Yestorday the Dictatorship; to- duy tho pillory, Who said 1 was hard, to crush tyrant?” ADOUT half-past 4 o'ctuck yesterday, white McGill, employed aga guard in the fall at Washington, was passing Gulteau’s cell he noticed the “occupant cwployed apparontly iy paring his nails, McGill approached the cell and asked Guitean what he was dolng, Gulteay sald ho was dolng‘atothing, and on *“MoGill asking what he was dolug with the kalfe the scoundrel made oath that ho had none: The guard called on hin’ to drop It, . Whereupon tha murderous rumian jumped up and atfempted to-utab: btm.) -AfcUlll pulled out lily revolver, Guiteau grappled with him, ‘and during thy etruyale the yevolyer..went ‘Qf, «. Thiu; broughs :the ° other, guards, and ‘Gulteau was secured, . ‘Tho ” knife, which he swore jie. fad not, was fyuud under hie foot, It fy piada of steel, isfive or. six inches fn Jength, and rather shar Guiteau, after being disarmed, yayed and pitected {n- sanity, How he'camo In possegston of the terday afternoon,—310 below -normal,— and kulfy hes not been ascertained, * AUGUST 18, MORE FAVORABLE The Morning Report Inspires New Hope of Ultimate Recovery. A Continuande'‘of the Favora- ble'News Throughout the Day. Tho Evening Bulletin Confirms and Strengthens the Good Tidings. Beef Extract Administered in Very Smal! Quantities and Re- — tained. : AG MalfPast Six O'Clock Last Evening: Pulse, 1123 Temperature, 98.8; Nespiration, 18, No Indications During the Night of Any Change’ in ‘the Situation. Guiteau Makes:a Deadly Assault on a Jail Offcial in His Cell. AWicked-Looking Kuife the In- strument Used on His Would-Be Victim.’ * Ho Is Disarmed After a "Desperate Strng- gle, Having Failed to Inflict Any Injury. OFFICIAL BULLETINS, 30 Aa Bf. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D.C. Aug. 17—-8:00 4. m.—Tho President passed a tranquil night. sleeping ‘most of the tine. le continues to retain ‘nutritive cnemata, and hns uot vomiled sineo}the last bulletin, His general condition appears more hopeful than at this tine yesterday. Pulse, 110; tem- perature, 03.33 respiration J 18, DWE ‘Birss, J.. Ke BARNES, J.J. Woopwarn, Rongnr Reynuns, ¥Rank H, amino, D. Haves Aayew. 12:0 p.. 31. EXEOUTTVE MANION, Wasnnaron, D. a,” Aug, 17-1200 p, m.—The President's condl- jon has not materially chinged. fines the: ‘last bulletin, He hus bea tranquil) aad has slopt some, Ho has notlyenited, ant the nutritive enemuta are-stilf’retatnod.” Pulse, 113; temperature 93,7: respiration, 18, DW. Briss, JK Bansus, J. J. Woopwanp, Ronrnr Reyvnuns, Prank H. Wasuutroy, D. Mayes AGNEW, 6:30 1. M, ExXEcuTIVE MANSION, WAsuINGTON, D, C., Aug. 17—0:80 p, m.— Tho Presidunt’s con- dition is oven better than It was this morn- ing. ‘There has been ne vomiting during the day, and cnomata continues to be retained. Moreover, & teaspoonful of beef-oxtract has twlee been ndimlnistered by. the mouth and not rejected, aud small quantities of water swallowed from thie to timo exelte no uausea, ‘The wound continues to do well. At present lifs pulse fs 113, tomperaturo &.8, respiration 18, D, W. Buss, J. K. Barnus, % J. J. Woopwanp, «' . Rouent Reynurs, Frank I, Wasinroy, D, Hayes Aoxew, _—— PROGRESS. 8AM Special Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune. Wasuinaton, D.'0., Aug, 178 a. m—~ The morning bulletin is expected to. be a: very favorable one. Tho pulse has fallen grently since cvoning, and is thought to be now Ilttle over 100, The temporature is sate Isfactory, being a very little above normal, Respiration is natural, Atl reportors and at- tendants who remained at the White House during tho night agreo that {tf was ono of quite hopeful progress. ‘The President had no nausea, and most of the tle slopt tran- quilly and naturally, It has now been six. teen hours since nn attack of vomiting or retching, and his stomach is evidently nore composed and. stronger, . The’ physicians intend, therefore, to administer a slight amount of food during the inorning hours to try the powors of thoorzan, This will bea critleal moment in the case, and tt Is un- necessury to say that tho treatment adopted will be taken only after mature deliberation, and then with the grentesteaution, ‘The tine and nature of the experiment will doubtless bo discussed at THY MONNING CONSULTATION, which will be held now in a fow moments, Surgeon-General Barnes hins already arrived, Dr, Hamilton will bo present, and will then seo the patient for tho first tlio In several days, 03 It was not thought necessary. to take him tothe White House Inst night, ‘The doctors’ nro evidently feeling mare hopeful. Yesterday thoy could ~ not but share the: genera! dopresston in toms. From 2 to So’clpck yestorday aftor- noon was ns gloomy »# thne as Washington: has seen since the carlydaysinduly, Dr Bliss alone malntalned his Inperturbable disposition, and showed by his stern face and silent manner that he recognized as eleatly ag any one the grayity of the situation; but, luter in the afternoon, the Presidont raliled slightly, to bo sure sight, but onough to. show that the recuperative powers were not completely — prostrated. ‘This «gaye just ground for renewed hope, and this encour aging progress: seams te-have beon malne talned without Interruption through the un-. tiro night, Womay rensounbly expect that the President? this monn 43 much ‘hu: proved, The moratng bulloiin.s wwhtel has iat been issued, ls. sotaewhat ronssuring, nud the doce tors say miay be rogarded.as furnishing a basis for hopé,':-'‘The most thas they say, hhow= evor, is that: his genoral condition fs more hopoful than ut this tlie yesterday. titst be confessed that this 1s not as onvoute aging a report as had been wlshed for, You terday hope was not strony, ‘The pulso is 110, tompegature 04,3, respiration 1%. ‘Tho’ temperature ly the same that it was yes- it vicw of the omfnots ae of tho symp- | this 1s the firet tluo that BUI 1881—TWELVE PAGES. has been below normal tn the morning, but {tis always lower at thattimo than at any other part of the day, and the surgeons have Just Informed a member of the Cabinet that tho relations between pulse and temperature this morning are not surprising and. NERD NOT UF CONSIDERED UNEASILY. Dr. Hasnilton, who did not see the pationt until this morning, signed the bulletin with the five other surgeons. No food lings been administered since yesterday, None but the nourishing injections lave | been retained, and seem to have fur. nished the necessary strength, —al- though tho physicians, of course, do not expect to bulld the President up by any such artiflelal means, Themost that they hope to do fs to sustain life without injury to the system while Nature is nt work recruiting the President's ruined stomach. ‘This ex- anination Is mado under the most favorable conditions after the President has lind some refreshing sleep ant before the dress- {ng of tha: wound. ‘The bulletin says nothing of the pus or the wound, and wo shall be obliged to watf until the noon bulletin ty know ofMteially the condition of the wound. Alto- Rether the morning bulletin fs to 9 stight degree reassuring, but does not permit basis of confident hope, Senator Dawes called atthe White House this morning to inquire as to tha Vresident’s condition, Ie was told that it had finproved, and the Senator sent off private dispatches to that effect, 100 A. Me ‘The news from the White House at this hour ts.that the fmprovementin the Presi- dent's case continues. Ie does not lose strength, and his stomach is hourly gaining {n tone. : Je has not had any gastric disturb- ance ‘since 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and ft 15 probable that a slight amount of {food will soon be offered his stomach, A more hopeful feeling prevails, but the result of the coming experiments are awaited with breathiess interest. The relutively fower temperature this morning, with indentical pulse, Indicates o slight loss of strength. ‘'his was. to be expected, for no one pretends that the President’s life ean be prolonged for any considerable time by injections. ‘Thesenre emptoyed as a Inst resort to give the system a temporary sup- port, which must bo at best Inadequate, in order to permit THE OVERTABKED AND PROSTRATED 8TOS- Ac to rest and gather strength to agalu begin its vital functions, If it is found that these can be resumed even in a slight degree it will be a substantial advance. It would follow, however, even if the stomach at the firat or any subsequent trial falled to respond, that hope would be gone. It would bo a very bad indication, and prove that the President’s condition was desperate, The {njections would be in such cireum- atnuces resorted to again, and the feeble stomach given another rost In the hope that itimight yet rally, Nor is it necessary that success or failure must be complete, The stomach. may act favorably, though very Inperfectly and feebly. Nothing final, thera- fore, ean be judged from the effects of al- ministering food, except that If the nourlsh- ment is retained it will be n distinctly favor- ablo symptom, while If the last and most judicious attempt: is followed by: complete fallure It will Indicate that the stomnch’s power 1s «lestroyed, aud that death must soon follow, 1145 A, ot t After the dressing of the wound the sure geons stated that It was In good condition and thatthe President had: not vomited. It is expected that this nfternoon will be a very critical time, as about 13 o’elock it Is the pur- pose to give the President a small amount of carofully-prepared food through thestoniach, in order to see whether that organ js in con- dition to resume its functions. If the food should be retained without distress thore wHl be hope. If vomiting should follow ap- prehensions would again arise, 1245 v, 3 The midday bulletin furnishes ranewed ground for hope, he conditions are not materially changed since 8 He has passed a tranquil morning; has slept somo, ‘and has tained the nutritive fujections, No rofor- ence is made to the morning dressing of the wound orto the pus discharge, which fs a singular omission, His pulse is 112, tempera: ture 08.7, respiration 18 Tho temperature has slightly Increased, which, as compared with this morning, Is an improvement, for at that tine {t was two-tenths below normal, and there has not been any rise in the pulse, I'he attempt is soon to be made to adininister some food In the natural way. Meanwhile the customary. buoyant feeling hag returned at the Executive office, and the statement is earnestly made by thoso in at- tendunce that the President will not die. » BIER a Surgeon-General Barnes says they think now of trying to feed the President o Ittle nourishment before 6 o’clock, The food will probably bo about a teaspoonful of milk and asmall quantity of prepared beof extract, 4345 1M ‘To the Western Associated Press, EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D.C, Aug. WS p. u—One of the attending surgeons says tho Prosident has had’ a vory good day,and has been benefited by tho nourishment administered, In reply to the -aneation whethor thera liad been any vornit- ing, the Doctor sald; “No, ‘The pationt has retained tho nourishment to-day.” When Inst taken, a short time ago, the patient's pulse wag 114, BPM Owing to the contradictory Information obtained during the inst hour with regard to the Prosldout’s vomiting, a note was justsent to Dr, Bliss, who Is now in the surgeon's room, informing him that 9 gontleman who had recently been inthe private part of the house had sald upon leaving tho Mansion that the Preafdent had vomited once this afternoon, nud that his pulse was slightly highor. Dr, Bilss, in reply, wrote: “There hay not been any vomiting to-day,” BM ‘Tho Prestdent has been aslecp nearly two hours, ‘There hias becn no recurrence of vauses In nny degree, No morphia was ad- wilnistered to-day, about 110, spstair, Atthis hour cverything Is quiet in the sick-room, Dr, Wiss and the mombers of the Presidenv’s housohold have retired for tho night. iA Ae During tho past hour the President has only partlaily awakened, Gen. Swalm sits beside him, but does not ind It necessary to coninunicate with the physicians, since the pationt was sponged off at half-past 10 o'clock, Ils pulse at this hour fs 1:00 a. There has been no qwaterial change in tho President's condition reported since mide ulght, ‘The attendantsin theslck room haye not -found it necessary to communicate with the doctors, whotare, dozlug In an adjoining Foo eluce about, 10380 po, + ——— TUN PATIENT, AN ANNIOUS SONNING, Special Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasutnaton, D, 0, Aug. 17.—Every: eye: was turned to the public bulldings this morning to sea. whether the flags were at halt-mast, ‘There, was a great relief tu the people when they learned from the morning, bulletins published in the newspaper oxtray that the }resident was at ‘lenst somewha’ better, and that there was some grotind for: the renewal of hope. When tho sun went down last night the terrible apprehensions of the afternoon had been somewhat re Heved, but probably the great: majority of persons were yery anxious to know the re sult of the night, Confidence had not been re- stored. The President, however, was alive, aud Nils chances for living had been improving alldny. ‘The morning bulletin. showed that the plan of resting tha stomach was not In- terfering with other functions equally neces- sary to life, ‘The pulse was the same as lt was the preceding day at the same hour, Tho temperature was thiee-tenths of a de- gree less, ‘The respiration was practically normal, Tho slightly lower temporature of course inarked THE DECREASE OF STRENGTH, and itwas again below. the lowest normal point, and it was the first day that It had deen below the normal point inthe morning. This, of course, suggested’ tho possibility of a collapse of the vital energies, which showed that the Injections, while they were retained, would not ‘of thomselves avert dissolution, Nor did tho surgeons pretend that the President's life could be long preserved by such artiticlal means, The thenry was that injections might sueceow vn temporary expedient, by means of which the digestive organs could have an opportunity to secure rest and give strength for the com ing struggle. During all thy morning there was nochange. ‘The stomach seemed grate- ful forte rest that had been secured, and made NO SIGN OF REBELLION. The President: was thiraty, but nothing was given him todrink during the morning, al- though broken ice externally appitedt fur- nished some relief. ‘The noon bulletin showed a rise in the temperature, which, although generally to be dreaded, was under the elreumstances gratifying, fur It indicated that the danger of 2 collapse was passing away. ‘The pulse showed agrenter tendency to foverish symptoms, which alse was a proof that the President had enough strength left tofeeda fever. ‘The resptratton-was the same, ‘The President had not yomited since the last bulletin nor since 4 o’clock of the previous evening. He had, therefore, been twenty-four hours without any gastric disturbance, and the surgeons thought that they could safely try the experiment of supplying him through the stomach with a littlenourishment. ‘They knew they had probably reached TUE EXTREME CHISIS OF THE CASE, for the possibility of the President's recovery would undoubtedly depend upon thia experl- ment. Could tue President’s stomach bear the demands that would-be made upon it? ‘This would soon be seen, ‘The result was awaited with the most Intense interest. Lin- mediately: after the. midday bulletin was Issued and the wound was dressed, Dr, Bliss told the President that it was’ the purpose of the physicians to give him something to eat. ‘Tho President sald, “ I will try to like ‘| it,and keep It. down.’ ‘Tho expression, “I will try to like It,” meant a good deal, and is the keynote to one of the greatest dificul- tles which the surgeons have encountered in this case. The Prealdent from the outset has hud an extreme aversion to food, His stom- ach entered upon a violent rebellion from the moment ho was shot, and a stomach which has been dyspeptic ever sinco the War WRB ovine iss pastes, bd eee RENDERED THE PUYSICIANS ‘LITTLE AS- BISTANCE during tho Inst six weeks. When the Pres- ident, therefore, sald that he would try. to like it and to keep it down, ft Indicated that he was: determined to make an extreme ecf- fort to conquer his apparently ruined stom- ach. <A teaspoonful of cool lufusion of. beef tea, which had been very carefully prepared, was then given him by tho Doctor, and It was swallowed without difficulty by the Pres- Ident. “The doctors,” said one of the num- ber afterwards in describing . the scene, “watched tho patient with the greatest anx- fety. It was possible that the stomach would immediately reject this, nourishing food, upon which so very much depended. If so, the situation would be of the gravest ehnracter, and all the terrible apprehensions of the Inst few days mignt be realized. ‘The President, however, showed no nausea, aud, after a few moments, dropped asleep.” ‘his was at 12:40 p.m. After ASBLEEY OF AN KOUR he awoke, and, rs ho has often been attacked with slekness of the stomach upon awnaken- ing, the doctors had looked forward to this moment as an extremely critical time. ‘The President opened his cyes upon Dr. Biss, who was standing at the bedside intently watching the effect. The Doctor said, * Do you feel better, aud do you feel refreshed and natural?” ‘Cho Presiitent answered that he did. “So you keep it down yot?” sald tha Doctor, “Oh, yea,” replied tho President, “Aye you ready for anether ilose 9” added | Dr. Bisa, ‘Tho President satd, think it best.” A second spoonful was then giveu him, and it was taken without repugnance. “How do you feel 2” sald the Doctor im- mediately afterwards, “All right,” sald the President, And so it seemed. No bad results wera apparent, and in a few moments more the Preatdent was again asleep without tho ald of morphine, : RTEADY IMPROVEMENT, Tho bulletin to-night showed a stendy tin- provement since the crisis of yesterday after- noon, and it sald In express terms thnt there was no. yomitlog during the day, ‘Ihe six surgeons signed this bulletin. ‘There seems, notwithstanding, to bondi (ference of optnion as to the fact of the vomiting, Di. Boynton, whe is constantly present in the sick cham: ber, aud Mrs, Edson, the nurse, have both “Certainly, ff you said that the President once during the aft- ernoon was attacked: with retching; that an hour after the second. spoonful of beef X- tract was administered he had nausea, but that he retained the Naud fn Mis stomach, ‘This apparunt contradiction ts slonbtleas to be explained by the fact that the surgeons did nat care.to have the clroun- stance of the reteliing made public, innstmuch asthe fuod was not rejected, and so they mada no mention of it in thelr bulletins, Why there should be A DESIRE TO WITHHOLD THE INFORMATION from tho public is one of the many myster ies which attend these oficial bulletins whiclt Will perhupsnever-beoxplatned, ‘Che knowl- edge of the fact that thore was rotching somne- what modified the buoyant fouling late Jn the afternoon, but when it appeared that tho attending and consulting surgeons dld not consider It necessary to mention it the anxle- ty was ina’ measure relicyed.: I is- sald, however, that, although the names of all the surgeons are appended to the bulletin, some of them did not deem Jt wise to withhold uny of tho symptoms from the public, but they werv overruled, The language: of’ Beor retary Biatne to Minister Lowell doubtless sore accurately expressed the real situation thaw the split of the official bulletin. Ie sald: “Tho President ty in bettor condition than atany thne fortorty-clght hours, Hope 1s somewhat revived." Et must not ba forgotten that the President iso yery weak man. One who has recently The Chicago Dailn Tribune, — ipace FIVE CENTS.:\, fps “gin him expressea amazement at Nis emse a ited condition, : wean. IH MAS LOST aEVENTY-FIVE POUNDS, rat nut more, Mrs, Edson recently sald that she could count hls ribs under the ‘sheob across the sick chamber. * ‘This is nota mat- ter of wonder, in view of the President's great reptgnanca to food; and to the fact that hie has taken very much smallor quanti- tles of nourishment than Is genorally sup- posed. One of tho Cabinet officers recently expresgedl the greatest sppre- henston that the President was starving to death, and he thought that much more atton> ton ought to bo pald to the stomach. . Asur- gcon notconneeted with the case, who has much reputation for his skill in the manage- tent of, stomach disorders, said to-night Uhnt he had greater hope than at any time for ten days. ‘The fact that the atomach was retaining the liquid food was oncouraging, but tho fact that its rebellion had alarmed. the attending surgeons ant. forced them to pay more attention to tho stumach was, ho salt, the greatest cause of gratification, THE PRESIDENT 18 BETTER ¢ this evening, What thatmenns precisely can he best stated In the substance of a: dispatch sent to-day by a member of the Cabinet to an Intimate friend. Me sald that the President is better, but that better menns a step back from danger, and step that must have beew taken or the President would not have lived. it iste be considered that the President hes nade progress towards health, but that he has not further ndvaneed towards death. ‘That is tho story of to-day. ‘The ‘President has anere than held his own, aud las even-nitde av advanee, All tho fuets that havo been developed stuce the Prestdent’s relapse on Sunday are relied upon to vindi- eate the physicians in thelr assertion that the wound has had nothing to do with the eritieal condition of the patient. TUR WOUND seems to be doing splendidly, Dr. Bliss told ie this evening that it Is one of the hand- somest wounds he ever saw. Lo grew.on- thusiastle in desertbing if, and, making o scone of his two hands, sald the great cavity was originally Jike that, bus that lt ling healed almost if not quite hulf. ‘There is sttt! some question ns to whether the debility of the stomach is not tha result of wn abstraction of pus from the spongy parts of the body, but Dr. Bliss scouts that notion, . although the more conservative people about the President prefer to wait and ascertaiu us to that suspicion from Inter results. ‘This much fs true and cannot be contradicted: that slight blood-polsoning would account for all the evils that have befallen the Presi- dent during the Inst few days. Perhaps there as been : NO NLWOD VOISONIXG, | but Dr. Bliss has thus far offered nothing but assertions to prove the contrary. Ac- cording to him and to most of ‘the attending physicians, the difliculty has been entirely stomachic and disconnected with the wound. if there shall bo no further developments in- dleating pyemia, the doctors will be shown to have been perfectly right. In some other respects they have undoubtedly been right. ‘The events of the past four: days have. at Jeast shown that the talk about malaria.and typhotd fever has been the wildest nonsense. Now for four days’ tho President lias been” in. his weakest condition,’ and if there wore any traces. of.malarin or typhoid abotit hin they would havo Detrayod them-- selves unmistakably, ‘They haye done. no such thing, On. the contrary, one of tho most discournglng signs about the case his been ‘the almost entire absence of fever. ‘Until last night, THE INDICATIONS... ‘. wore that there has not been enough fuel in the body to supply the firoof a fever. The President may therefore be considered safo from thatdanger, Is he safe from the eapri- clous weakness of his stomach? That 1s the | problem, which Is still in tho ‘process of-solution.. For forty-two hours he drew; on his stored-up tissue. Nothing of importance was added, and the little nourishment that was given him was by Jujection, It.is true that nourishment given in that. way has. been known to sus- tain life for tifty or :sixty days, and In one Instance where the sufferer was afficted with cancer of the stomach. But the gestion in tho President's case must be sooner solved than that. If his stomach 4s ever to regain its power of assimilation it must do it soon, forthe demands of the systein will not be met through injections. Has tho stomach any power of -recuperation?. That’ |s. tha question now staring the Presidént’s phy- sicinus in the face. IMPNOVEMENT, :, Ty the Western, Assoclated Press, Wasiuxaton, D. C., Aug, 1%.—To-night's bulletin indicates some little improvement In the President. The doctors say this much: they say he Is holkting his own, which ty. alt they could ask undar the elrcumstances, as thoir object is to keop him from talling back any while his stommoh gets a rest. ‘The sec ond teaspoonful of beef-juice given him this ‘ftornoun nauseated him a Httle, audthat pasyed off, and ‘the nourishinent rematned on lls ‘stomach, ‘The dovtors then concluded not to administer any more for several hours, but they intend to'try to give a teaspoonful about every two hours through the night. If.his stomach wilt retain this, Chey say, on tmme- dinta ond suttatactory Improvement In the ease may be counted upon, * About 7 o’cluck Dr, Boynton, who ia a constant attendant of the President, and who Is very frank in giving the state of the cas, sald; “Thy President |s certainly bettor. L will not say much better, but THERE 18 BOME IMPHOVEMENT.. That fy apparent to all around him, and ea pecially to hiinself, Me feels better, Is ° stomach has retalned nourishment this atter- noon, which $y 9 goud sign, ‘The enewats adiministored not only sustain life, but they nourish hin, Hols guluing strength under that treatment, lio [sn yery . dliterent man now from whut he was thirty-six hours nyo, I can-tell you his stomach has been given a rest, ond meantime Nature has done her work, Hola not out of the wodds yo but ho ts doing well, andthe ‘Drowpect It eleertny.”” “Doetor,”” asked the reporter, “Ie thore any sign of blood poisoning?” ” “No, there is none, ‘Tho wound is nut alving a particle of “trouble,. It is doing . splendidly, It fs granulating rapidly, and hus healed moro-Jn the’ last twenty-four. hours thaw during the preceding two weeks, ‘Tho President’s stomach 1s yet weak, and lie has no relish fgr food; but that will come ia good time,” Dr, Agnew sald he did not care tor yoke any predictions, but would say the Pree! dant : was dolug woll, > DI BLISS expressed iingelf as satisfied. with the vi prog: "poss of tho caso, and sald better could. sfut be asked for under tho clroumstances,”: Bvery- body feels better and things look’more hope- ful, bué much depends upon: how the Presl- dont’s stomach } will’. bear: - nourishment through thu: night,“ If thore [sno fever lu the mornlog his chances wil! bo good. " MARSHALL JEWEL, called atthe Mansion this evening and re- quested to bo peruiltted to sea Mrs. Gartield. bi hy request was granted, and, after roturo- ing trom the private quarters, the gentleman sald he hud jnformed the lady of his Inter tlon of leaviue the city Iu the moruing, wud