Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1881, Page 2

x 3 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1881_SIXTEEN~PAGEX ute above the normal power of the hea ‘The pulse-beat means nothing, they.say; the temperature means everything. But an en- give which, day by day, and hour. by hour, is driven at .a speed of 33 per cent higher than it was designed to. go is an engine which is in danger of wearing out, and the heart is the body’s en- gine: The President lies there to-night, where he has been for seven weeks, a weary, broken, terribly sick, and wounded man. From the crown of his head to the soles of lis teet, almost like the afllicted man of Scripture, he isa sufferer. The swelling of the glands of the neck has not materially changed, but it has so tightened the muscles that the President is able to open his month a very little ways,—not. more, it is said, than half an inch. THE sToMACH is in a slight degree resuming its natural functions, but not to such an extentas to give assurance that it can take solid food. The injections of nourishing food are continued, but at less frequent intervals, and it is learned that even this supply of nourish- ment was in danger of being cut off, asa bowel trouble set in yesterday which carried the enemata away before there was an op- portunity for them to be absorbed, and the surgeons were compelled to give instant attention to that unexpected symptom, and to check it, for if the food so administered was not to be retained, and the stomach coull not support life, a very serious condition would soon preseut itself. The wound is said to be doing well. We have thought for some days that it had CEASED TO BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR in the President’s condition,—that it had healed to a point within some’ three or four inches from the mouth of the lowest incis- ion, and the remainder of the track wis THE PRESIDENT Yesterday Morning Found No Material Change in the Patient. No Increase in the Swollen Gland, Which Was Still Painless. The Midday Bulletin Chronicled a State of Healthy Progress. The Wound Penetrated to the Distance of Over a Foot. Drainage and Cleansing of the Deeper Parts Facilitated Thereby. The Operation Followed by an In- crease in the Discharge of Pus. 3 healed and granulated and the ball encysted; but to-day it is learned by the pub- i lic for the first time, although the to Share in the General physicians knew. it ‘yesterday morning Confidence. aud concealed the fact, that n tlexible tube was f yesterday forced into the wound a distance of = twelve and one-half inches irom the mouth through a flesh valve which opened to pressbre, orastough, and that a drainage tube of that length—the longest one that bas ever been “used—ts now, at the end of the seventh week, in Some of the Correspondents Fail Last Evening’s Official Figures: Pulse, 110; Temperature, 100.4; Respi- ration, 19. the President's wound. SMeanwhile the pulse is 110, temperature two degrees above normal and os two degrees higher than this morning, and the ates EEN iS respiration 18. The doctors, WITH AN ASSURED TONE, and withan alr which perhaps they think i3 cheerful, insist that the President is getting on, that he is better, that there ts good ground for hope; but in the bulletin to-night thoy do not say he is better. They simply state thit the President has passed the day quietly, and x man who can scarcely move a muscle is not likely to be very active; but thoy do not say in the bulle- D.W. Bris: tins that there is good ground for hope. ‘All the J. K. Banves, world hopes: that there is, but there is a very 5. J. Woopwarn. manifest despondent feeling in the city to- ‘Roserr Revew night, We have been studying these bulletins BENT: Y now for forty-nine days. We have almost daily D. LAavEs AGNEW. been induced to hppe. but a glance at the scale 1 P.M. of the President's physical condition since July EXECUTIVE Mansion, Aug. 20—12:50 p. m. |'2 shows that there certainly is very little ground ~The President continues to do well. Heis | for any enthusiastic confidence. Dr. Bliss, in- taking liquid food by the mouth in increased | deedysays that . quantity, and with relish. The nutritive THE PRESIDENT WILL GET WELL, enemata are still successfully given, but at | and Dr. Bliss doubtless ought to know. As the longer intervals. His pulse is now 107, tem- ae Sacre Se laaes ee y ccltedh ire ahah its ie rate 1 oe ae | dence was greater than it had been the day be- wng, dressing the Ne healthy’ fore. The Presideut seemed to bave gained and the pus discharged was of a healthy’ some in the Inst twenty-four hours. His wan- gharacter. After “the operation of Aug. & ine | ang, vitality had taken to itself a litte new Set - strength. His sleep had been the sicep of nature. each dressing readily followed the track of: the | Tis untavoraLle symptoms were less. alarming, pate tae cone peered ype hd clout and the seventh day of the seventh week bad we" small | commenced without realizing, tho fears of quantity of, bealthy rus camesas vi pene the. superstitious. Whon the first exumiua- . from the part of the track beyond this | tion was made this moroing ft was ESECUTIVE Manstox, Wasmoton, D. C., Aug. 20—S$:50 a. m.—The President has passed a quiet night, and this morning his condition does not differ materially from what it was yesterday at the same hour. The swelling of the parotid gland is unchanged, and isfree from pain. This morning his pulse is 9%, temperature 98.4, respiration 1S. poling, velther , “@bontaneusly or ater | found that the President was no worse. ‘Tho Roun 2 SNSE: ee an ee ee pulse and temperature were somewhat better. ace | 00 she rizpe. . JMao _ -repons He took some gruel during the nizht by the this deeper part of the track was not reached- dy the tube untl yesterday morning, when the separation of smaii Slouch permttted it ta pass + unresisted downward and forward for a distance of twelve and one-half inches from the external surface of the last incision. This facilitates the drainage and the cleansing of the deeper parts of the wound, but has not been followed by an increase in the quantity of the pus discharge, The large pus cavity which bad formed in the immediate vicinity of the broken rib is tilling up with healthy granulatons, and the original wound of entrance. as far as that cavity, bas healed. # D. W. Buss, J. K. Banses, J. J. Woopwarn, Rosert Reysers, D. HAYES AGNEW. : 6:50 Pp. at. : EXeccrTrve Mansion, WasmincTos, D. C., Aug. 20-6:30 p.m.—The President has passed ‘ue'day quietly. He has been able to take more liquid food by the mouth than yesterday, and | the quantity given by enema has been ‘propor- tionutely diminished. The parotid swelling re- yaains about the same. Pulse 110, temperature 400.4, respiration 19, D. W. Briss, J. K. Bar: J. J. Woopwarp, Roxnert Rerscay, D. HAYES AGNEW. THE RECORD. 745 ALM. A COMFORTABLE NIGHT. ExeEcuTivE Mansion, Wasutneton, D. C., Aug. 200~—7:45 a. m.—Dr. Bliss feels much encouraged at the condition he finds the President in this morning. He reports him as having passed a comfortable night, sleep- .ing considerable at intervals. About 7 this morning his pulse was %, and temperature apparently about normal. is pw” The President has taken nourishment through the mouth several times to-day, and in considerable quantities. In all he has swal- Jowed about ten ounces of kouaniss and four ounces of milk gruel, without any indications of gastric disturbance. It has not been thought prudent, up to the presezt time, to give bim any other kind of liquid food, but jutce of beef- steak is being prepared and will be tried soon. If it be retained and assimilated, beef juice will nenceforth be given every day. An encma was also administered to the patient this fore- noon, consisting of three andahalf ounces of beef extract, with yolk of an egg. . lLp. M The President went to sleep soon after the mouth, and retained it, received an injection of food, and siept well. The physicians, however did not say that he was any better than he was yesterday. ~~ : THE CONDITION OF THE SWOLLEN GLAND was unchanged, It had neither increased nor diminished, and it did not appear whether the swelling is to scatter or to suppurate. The sur- geons evidently greatly desire to scatter it. ‘Their treatment by external application has bad that object, and the midnight dispatch of Secretary Blaine to Minister Lowell clearly shows that suppuration would create apprelen- sion. The President suffers no pain from this new symptom, but he has some discomfort from it. Itcreates a stiffoessof his muscles whieh control the movements of the jaw, so that he can only partially open bis mouth. The swell- ing also causes the President to hawk a good dealin order to clear his throat. He said dur- ing the night to one of the watching surgeons, “TI could clear this ull out if I could vomit.” The surgeon, with some earnestness, warned him NOT.TO ATTEMPT TO CLEAR HIS THROAT inthat manner. The surgeons buve in their public utterances made light of this new symp- tom, but it is ascertained that there ig much ap- prehension about it. They bave constantly been using hot external applications to scatter it and to prevent suppuration, and during the night were especially earnest in their efforts to that end, but théy were not successful. One of the surgeons, being asked this morning whether tho effort to reduce the swelling had been success- ful, answered with some hesitation: “We have not scattered it. Wedonot know whether we shall." And he expressed great surprise that any knowlcdge of these efforts in that direction should have been made public. Dr. Bliss, speak- ing In generdlterms of the case, sii nothing now tu prevent improvement statement, while hopeful us all his extremely optimistic statements have been, was made with what seemed to be AN UNACCUSTOMED RESE ‘The voice seems to be stronger than it was. At all events, twice during the night the attendant at tho end of the tong corridor heard the Presi- dent cull for a handkerchief. A Shortly before the midday bulletip, which was midday only in name, it not huving ‘been issued ull 1:50, Dr. Bliss said that the President was doing well; that there were no unfavorable symptoms, and that the situation was encourag- ing. Whon tho gulletin appeared it occasioned a profound surprise, from which the prople bave not yetfrecovered. It was, indecd, said in it that the President continued to do well, was taking liquid food by the mouth in increased ‘what had been supposed .to be tho bottom of It. A FLEXIGLE TUBE or catheter was inserted through the tiny aper- - ture. What was called a slough or ascale. of eellular tissues broke away from the supposed bottom of the wound, and the catheter was In- serted to the depth of twelve and a half inches. ‘Thus the unsuspected and extremely unpleasant | revelation was made that the wound had not } healed from the ball outwards, and that there ‘ was_a pus pocket between the granulated bottom of the opening part of the wound and the bail. Yet in that pocket a comparatively small quantity of pus was found. gone? * THE ALARMISTS say that It must bave been absorbed in the stomach and have occasioned blood-polsoning and is the cause of exciting unfuvoruble con- Dr. Biss says that thero can be ditions. no blood-poisoning _ from pus which is not exposed to tho wir; that that pus had not been, and that it is tho sweetest and healthiest pus that comes from the wound. He scouts the idea thut the pus in tho pocket could have oceasioued blood-poisoning,; and grent cure is tuken to keep the air from the pus in that deep external pocket. A GRATIFYING BULLETIN. ‘To the Western Assoctated Press. Wasninaton, D. C., Aug. 20.—Saturday in every stage of the President's illness deems to have always been aday of anxiety, and some- times a critical day. ‘To-day, however, seemsto have been an exception, to the rule. The morning bulletin was a most gratifying one, and seemed to greatiy restore confidence. ‘fhe President's pulse had gone down two beats since yesterday morning, but in other respects the gures were the same us yesterday. ‘Tbe morning. bulletin, thouxb, was assuring, inasmuch as it indicated no un- favorably symptoms, and reports. unoticially received from the sick-room were that the P’res- ident was doing j—thut his stomuch wis re- gaining tone, und that be continued to take and retain nourishing food. The swelling of the parotid gland bad also subsided, and it was less painful, and, in the opinion of the doctors, it WOULD NOT FORM AN ABSCESS, but scatter, and it was not believed it would ap- vearclsewbere. The President has bad a vod duy and is resting well to-night. Drs. Bliss and Reyburn said to-night that the President was progressing satisfactorily, tbat the wound was healing rapidly, aud all now depended on the stomach, The swelling of the purotid gland still causes some pain, but it does not interfere with taking food, as all that is administered is in liquid torm. ' The President’s stomach is grnd- uaily growing stronger, und the surgoons feel very confident. The President bas viken moro nourishment to-day than yesterday. Now most of the nourishment is ziven by the mouth, and the enemata are being. reduced. It can be sutted that the President is doing tinely, aud aed hupes of his recovery may now be enter- tained. “TOE PATIENT. BLAINE’S DISPATCH. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasuincron, D. ., Aug. 20.—Mr. Blaine’s disp:iteh to Lowell this morning said all that can bé said about the President's condition atthe time. Probably the physicians know nomere: “There is certainly no loss, and no very marked gain.” That there must be achange for the better or worse very suon even the sanguine physicians in charge ad- mit. The President must either show a cain within afew days, or relapse is sure to come, ‘The nnnatural method of administering nourishment cannot be relied upon very much longer, Already nature is pro- testing in the way that sueh continued ad- mninistrations would suggest nature would protest. The physicianS prefer to ascribe the intestinal disturbance—the dysentery- like tendency—to these enemat ather than to charge blood-posoning with the diflienlty. Yet it is Known that such disturbance is one of the frequent results ot blood-poisoning. THE REACTION OF THE STOMACIT seems to be partially established, but it is not yet known whether it will receive solid, nourishing tood, and they have not dared make any risky experiments with it. Nut until the stomach can be relied upon to support life can the enemata be suspended. If after they are suspended the disturbances remain it will then be known that the in- sidious pvison is powerful. enough to atta: the intestinal canal. “So perilous is the situa- tion, su many are the conrplicauions that are now asserting themselves, so narrow fs the Jimit of choice given to the physicians in the treatment of this or that new complication as rises, that it seems as though they were like aman surrounded by enemies, each with a fatal though ditferent weapon, and all of whom niust be faced and destroyed before Any escape is possible. ‘Ten di go they were mnct with a complication which REQUIRED THE KNIFE and a prolonged operation. ‘To hesitate was fatal; yet aside from other risks that the use .of the knife involved there was the terrible one that accompanies the use of ether,—terri- ble for'a patient with so weak a stomach as the President, and all the more to be dreaded because the collapse of that organ meant the worst. y oduces nausea. Men have been known'ts-Yetch violently for days on accountof its use. There was no choice, —the knife and ether with the risks, or death. Then, after this —some days atter,—the stomach did rebel, and so long that a collapse was barely warded off. Was it the effect of ether? Hardly, tor seven days bud passed. Was it dyspepsiaY ‘his seems an inadequate explanation, because he has eaten nothing to cause indigestion, Tho physicians HAVE NOT GIVEN ANY SATISFACTORY EX- PLANATION of the cause. They must have known, as all well-read physicians know, that if there has been serious blood-polsoning the effect upon the stomach would have been precisely what it was. Dr. Bliss himself weeks ago very plainly said that if there was pywmia, septicemia, or whatever it may: be called, the stomach would be influenced by it. But tho trouble was there, from whatever cause, and there was no choice. Enemata were the only resource, with all the unfavoruble elfect their constant use were liable to produce upon the membrane of the intestines, especially unfavor- able if the blood, besides devitalized, was also corrupted. Thus limited-again to choice, the treatment seemed for the time to stay the trouble, when suddenly a hew complication sets in. The scercting yluud under the car is found to be intlumed,—so greatly inflamed as to cuuse great suffering, and so rigidly to Ox tho muscles that TInt MOUTH CAN BARELY BE OPENED, and only with pain. Fora time the physicians, Perhaps hoping aguinst reason and their learn- ing, report this ag‘of no great uvcount; but to- day they do not deny that the corrupted blood Where had It | along the track of the new wound made by the knife, detected a little stream of pus burrowing through the granulation, If could only have come froin beyond,—from* -.. THE DEEPER TRACK! OF TIE WOUND. ‘The old pus depot ‘near the rib had granulated. Pressure on the abdomen forced more pus through. Burrowing its way bere and there, as the tendrils of a yine penetrate the hardest wall, “this “pus will find its way all over the body. Tho bulletin says that the separation of a slough permitted the flexible tubo to passthrough this place whence the pus was discovered oozing, and that then the tube went forward and downwurd for twelve and a half inches. Separation of a slough meuns simply that:the tube was pushed by force through 2 pus depot that has been there undiscovered, noone knows how long; that separation was a vitul-nevessity, and the tube was put through the wall. It might have been DANGEROUS TO PUSH THE TUBE THROUGH. ‘They did regard it as dangerous. because here- tofore thoy have not dared put the tube farthor than it would go without the use of force. But it was moro dangerous. not to separate tho slough, and if the slough had been supurated days ago Possibly the trouble with the stomach, the gland, und 'the bowels: would not have ap- peared. The bulletin snys that, although the Insertion of the tubo facilitates drainage and cleansing, yet no increase in the flow of pus hag followed. ‘That may mean, and the impression Isthat it does menn, thut the pus that was dammed up behind™ that slough has gone somewhere cise, if this be so, then we know why tho Presiderit’s stomach revelled,— why the parotid gland was inflamed. While the bowels are disturbed, plugged up there, as is possible, for days, tne socrotion would burrow its way here and there in the system, seeking au outlet. In this connection THE OPINION OF A: MEDICAL OFFICIAL OF XCELLENT REPUTE, given the writer just three wecks ago, reads al- most like prophecy: ‘Ah, but the deeper part of the unknown track of that wound,” said he; “that is what I fear. There will come, if it comes at all, the source of dunger, the causes of dissolution. Tacy will be so insidious, will begin so secretly, will increase so inysteriously, -thut, while the physiciuns will know that somewhore soniething is wrong, they will not know bow or where to find the e Six, eight, ten inches from the skin, between tho separated parts of flesh, there muy be cloggin; or the-parts may come together by granulation and leave an unbealed track infront. ‘Then pus thus dammed accumulates, and, as pus only be- comes unhenithy on exposure to the alr, or after being lon pent up, the accumulation will uot make itself evident, By and by ‘THERE COME INCREASED PULSE, high temperature. The doctors will thon know what the matter is, and, if they cnn only ect at the depot, they may be able to relieve the pa- tient; but, if not, the pus will begin to seek outlet. Nature will try to expel it. It will bur- row here and there. It willbe tuken up by tho Ulood. The stomach will at length be affected, and nausea will come. Then some of the glands, probably those of which mention can hardly be made in print, or tne parotid glands, then the bowels will be atfected, and more than likely next. the lungs. That will beu most omino time, Death may be escaped, and we can only hupe that such inay be the case.” Such was the pbysiclan’s description of what was possible, mare three weeks ayo. It seems now beyond question that for the time being SURGERY 15 OF NO AVAIL. , Nursing,. nourishment, and the President's vi- tality must be relied upon. By and by the time may come when by reason. of an ‘abseess that may form -nround the ball, the knife , will have to be used. The ball, frum the description of the wound given inthe noon bulletin, seems to be slowly drop- ping down, and, if this be so, there can have been no eneysting. 1t ean only be said we situation is very perilous to-night, and the present condi- tion must specdily change for the better or the physiviars’ skill wlll do longer be of any avail. MES. EDSON, the President's nurse, suys that the swelling was first noticed on Welnesday at the time tho President's neck and feee were belug sponged. He compinined of pain at the touch of the sponse. The attention of the surgeons was culled to tha Yact,and they expressed the opinion that the pain was due to a slight stiffening of the muscles from cold, but it waysdon discovered that there was swelling there, un@ constant attention has been puid to it ever since. The treatment of the application of kot cloths was immediately commenced. The President said yesterday that he thought he would be ableto sit upin bed if it were not for the pain in the neck caused by this swelling. A surgeon of high standing and repu- tation is reported ds saying: “Ir the inflamma- tion of the parotid giand really results frou septicwmia, it is likely to prove a source of GREAT DISCOMFORT TO THE PATIENT and annosunce to the physicians. The nature of this putrescent matter is uafortunately to find its way tosomany portions of the body that, |, So suon as one abscess is discharged, others fol- Ylow in quick succession. While it is essentinl for the safety of the’ patient that the septic matter should be drained from tho system in the opening of the abscesses as they show them- selves, yet it would stitl be better if pyatic con- tamination were not visible at all. Putrefac- tion in any fornt shows that the blood is not healthy and strong enouzh to resist septic tend- encles, but it seems that the attending phy: cians have abandoned “the ides of letting tbe in- flammntion progress to suppuration and then draining it from the system. They are dissi ing the inflammation as it arises. and there- by removing the cause of suppuration. ‘This treatment is thought well of by outside physi- cians in the event of its originating from local causes, such as 2 cold, but to pursue this course when the inflammation comes from septicemia is something novel in surgical practice.” EXPLORING THE WOUND. To the Western Assoctuted Press. Wasuinctow, D. C., Aug. 20.—In an interview. avith a representative of the press this afternoon. ‘Dr. Bliss gavo in substance the following ac- count of the recent exploration of the Presi- dent’s wound by medns of a Nexible rubber catheter, reference to which was made for the first time in the noon bulletin to-day: Since the operation of the 8th of August no drainage tube has beén used in the wound. . the morning and evening dressings, however, & small flexible rubber tube ubout @ quarter of an inch in diameter was introduced, and a weak solution of carboiic acid and water forced through it to cleanse the wound and bring out tho accumulated pus. Up to yesterday morn- ing the surgeons bud been unable to pass the tubo beyond a point distant three and a half or four Inches from tne mouth of the, lust incision. At that point it always met with un obstruction which could not be overcome without the exer. tion of foree, and force the surgeons did not think {t prudent to employ. ‘The apparent tir ness of this obstucle finally led the surgeons to sorbed. NO Fol TAKEN Quinine was given in enemuta atiirsr. duce and don't know whether they will be effectual or and do ing has just been sent by Seer passed a fairly comfortxble day. has not materiully cl Pulse and temperature are both a litue higher, mouth of the incision. Nothing new with regard rs : : THE LOCATION OF THE BALL has been learned, Dr. Bliss suid, from tho pas- sage of the catheter to this depth. Tha tube was sosoft that one could judge approximately the direction whieh {t hud taken. Lt passed duwn- ward und forward toward the point in the ante- rior wallof the abdomen, where it bad always been supposed to Ne, and that was the most that could be aftirmed. Dr. Hamilton thonght, he said, that the end of the tube htcked-about tive inches ot reaching the ball, ana the intervening space had healed. In his (Dr. Bliss!) opinion, however, the distance from the end of the tube to tho ball was not so ret In reply to a question with regard to bedsores from which the President bas been re- ported to be suffering. Dr. Bliss said emphatic- auly that the President has not on his body a single sore, swelling, or abrasion of soy kind, with the exception of the swelling under the ear caused by inflammation of the parotid gland, und the wound in the back caused by the bullet and knife. The inlammation of. the parotid glund bus not, he sald, diminished: much since Yesterday. The swelling ‘of tke surrounding parts had subsided, so that TUE EXPRESSION OF THE FACE is again natural; but the gland itself is still troublesome. Scattering upplications of collo- dion and jodoform buve been made to ft, but it is impossible to say yet whother suppuration can be prevented. Ln the meantime the patient suf- fers to soe extent trom stiffness of the jaw and from the uccumulation of phlegm in tho throut. Upon being asked whether thero were nny indications yet in tho President's case of tinalaria, Dr. Bliss replied in the negative. Qui- nine had been given, he said, in tive-grain doses ut intervals, but rather for .lts general tonie effect than because any particular symp- tom seemed to call for it. The Presiden's fever, in his opinion, fs not of an intermittent type, und is not infltienced by malnria, tn conclusion, Dr. Bliss said the whole ques- tion of the future of the President's caso turns now upon the stomach. If that organ can receive and assimilate food enough to make sood the present drain upon the system and en- uble the patient to reain bis strength, he will stand a fair ice of recovery. If, on the con- trary, the stomuch becomes intolerant of nour- ishinent and refuses for any great length of Lime to receive food, the consequences may bo ata. stomach is recovering its tone, and upon this At present all indications .are that tho fact, he said, they buse their hopeful anticipa- ons. DR. BOYNTON. AN INTERVIEW. Wasminatos, D, C., Aug. —Dr. Boyn- ton, whocame out of the President’s room about half-past 3 this afternoon, made the following replies to subjoined questions: “Doctor there is a report iu circulation that the object which the surgeons -had in view in introducing’ the tube into the depths of the wound yestérday and to-day was to reach 2 suppos vicinit, id accumulation of pus in that + Was there any such intention?” “Not at all. While washing out the wound yesterday the surgeons found that there was no longer any resistance to the passage of the tube ata point where it hith- erto stopped three and a half inches from the surface, and they therefore let it go in as far asit would. the first time in the direction downward and, It went in about eleven inche: forward from the mouth of the wound. Since then it is stated in to-day’s bulletin that it has been pa ed In to a depth of twelve inches and a half.” “The fact that there was no increased flow of pus after the withdrawal of the tube is taken by those who maintain the btood-poi- soning theory Ss un indteution that the pus in the deeper B urts of the wound had been ab- 1s this so.” “ Heulthy pus is neverabsorbed and cannot be absorbed. “There is UNDATION FOR ANY SUCII TITEO! “ Did not the introduction of the tube to the distance of twelve and half inebes give the surgcous some further evidence in rezard to the Jveation of the ballZ” Not much. The tube was a flexible rubber eathetor used In washing out the wound, and we could tell ina general way the direction which it -tuok throuzh the body. The dire vu forward und downward toward a point in the sterior will of the abdomen, where the b has always been supposed to le. Nothing was u-certained. - ‘Tae surgeons think it p that the ball has moved dewnward since it lirst Judged in the abdominal wall, but this fs not ccr- tain.” ~ How do the attending surgeons regard this opening up of the depths of the wound?” It is regarded as tavorable. It is better to bave the wound open throushout than closed or obstructed in the middie, atund cleansed thoroughly.” “"Ehis receut and more complete exploration of the wound, then, showed nothing of au un- tuyorable character" “ Nothing. The opening of the wound so that ‘a tube can be introducea into its depths is an advantuxe, ts 1 before saicl ‘ ~ How about the President's food te-day? Did hetake any beefsteak juice, which was being prepared at noo: “Yes, purt of it. He swallowed about three teuspoonfuls. He bas also MORE MILK GRUEL THIS AFTER- NOOS > “Ilayo any symptoms of malaria appeared?" oe) is tho auministration of quininé continued?” “ No me ‘ire given through the mouth. Whether it still is or not 1 do not know i ius tho swellizy of the parotid gland’sub- sided? “It is only about half as grent.as it was at first, but there has been no material ebanze within the past twenty-four hours. ‘The -swetl- ing up toward the eye bus perhaps goue dowa a little more.” ; “What will probably be the result of “Icannot tell you yet. Applications to re- tteritare still being made, but I whether the swelling will suppurate.”” A * Is the siweiling regarded with apprebensioa, t cause much pain?” uncomtortable, of course, but tho “Noy it pain is not great.” to an inquiry the surgeons report that, In rey President has not mate- the condition of the tially chunged since the noon vutictin. IN GENERAL. ARY BLAINE’S DISPATCHES, ‘on, D. C., Aug. 20.—The follow- y Blaine: J. it. Lowell, Minister, London: At o'clock p.m, all reports indicate that the Pr SE 15) TIEN Wa 2 dent's condition is about the saine as yesterday There is certuinly no loss, and there is no very marked gain. 4 ‘The following wus sent to-aiyh Luucil, Minisler, Landon: The President has Its condition wed since lust night. attributable to the heat, of which he has com- plained. He has shown un inereased appetite, and bas swallowed during tho day thirty-threo ounces of liquid food, principally milk or its preparations. At 11 o'clock he is soundly asleep with the fever of the afternoon subsiding. Beat: DR. MAMMOND'S SERVICE ‘The following is the reply of the See: Sceretary. DECLINED. etary of War and the Postmaster-General to the telegram of Dr. Hammond, sent shortly after dent was shot, asking if he could be It cau now be gotten | } tace betweon the rec=nt obstruction-and the | Besides which you wili observe that I,use no j azo had been a perfectly accurate statement of technical phrases or terms, They ought not to be used at all. They confuse ‘and mislead she Beopla: for whose information they are in- ended.” Mr. Blaine evaded a question calling for his opinion as to the President's chances. He re- murked in symonthetic tones, however: “It is asad case. Sometimes 1 use my telephone to call up the surgeons in the middle of the night. I am so anxious to know how ho is getting j along.” ais I bade the Secretary xood-night I asked if j he bad beard whether or not the President bad uiken any nourishing food this afternoou. He answered with evident satisfaction: “Yes, he bas taken ning ounces of nourishing food and retained it.” . VICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR. From the Inst information to be bud here there isnotruth In the report that Vice-President arthur contemplates insisting upon assuming the Presidential duties. ‘The matter is a deli- exte one, and the course of the Vice-President since tho shooting of President Gartield has beea of a character to warrant that he would take no part in the contemplation of such a plan unless first indorsed | by | the = members of the present Cnbinct: The Cabinet, it is also known, hus made uo recommendation of such a nature, statements to the contrary notwithstanding, and all statemests on the sub- ject heretofore published are’ pure fabrications. It was represented that Postinaster-Generul James bud agreed to sustain Arthur in assuming the duties of President, but the Postmaster- General suld to-day: ‘You may state positive- ly for me that { bave neither been consulted ubout the mutter nor have I considered it.” DR. BLISS. AWHACK AT ITM. Speciat to Pittsburg Chronicle. Wasnixcroy, D. €., Aug. 19—No one Knows who. made up the quartet of doctors who have had possession of the President from the start, with Bliss at the head. The President had no voice in the selection, neither had Mrs. Garfield. Itis positively known that the calling of Drs, Agnew and Hamilton was a necessity submitted to by Bliss, not his suggestion. Why he should have assumed an arbitrary control aid such conspicuous possession of the patient and his associates are circum- stances beyond the comprehension of people who have known him long, and who are con- vinced that he has never been regarded as one eminent in his profession. Why his son, not recognized as a medical practinoner, or even a student—and who will presently inake claim to Iurge compensation for pro- fessional services,—shoukl have been ad- mitted to the President’s room and to_ the consultauons, while the President's old physicion and tricnd is e INSULTED BY BLISS and his boy, is another mystery for the sire to solve. . Bliss has never, during his long residence tn Washington, had any conspicuousress that is referable to his professional success and skill. T recall an instaace in-which heattended a pa- trent of whom I had personal knowleége. Some thirteen years when Senator Doolittle w: serving his !ast termin tho Senate, his wife’ brother, a citizen of Wisconsin, and a clerk in the Patent Otlice, became fll and was attended by Bliss. alone, | felt it to be my duty to give bin daily | uttention. By request of the sick mau U wrote } to bis wife aud intormed her that he was very illand desired. ber presence. At no time did Bliss admit that he was in danger, and the lat- | art of tho Week pronounced him better. I | called on Saturday and was told the paticut was doing well, Oa Sunday morning I went into his room und found his ved empty. “Where was the patient?” His body had been , T TO THE UNDERTAK There Is this peculiarity about Bliss: his pa- tieuts are always doing well, and they’ are fm- proving most when they are nenrest thelr end. Here is the President’ who ean take no nour | istinent in If he is consumed s even the luxury of a food is the process hold on life es “sigus of improvement.’ y wonder that the public has lost all con- fidence in ull the doctors und their reports? If tho favorable representations made three weeks "Se tho President's condition, the cominon belier is that he woul! have been Sitting in an easy chair to-day, Is itauy murvel that whenever an in- dependent and distrustful voice is raised it de- mands that the Cabluct should take the. respov- sibility of directing such inquires to be made us will be satisfactory to thomselves und in coi formity to the sentiments and expectations that are everywhere expressed Without reserve? F. A PARALLEL. { Speclat to Cincinnatt Gummercial. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. Among the va- rious consideradons which inspire hope or doubt concerning the President’s chances of life, the contgcticn of Dr. Bliss with the ense is not the mostussuring to people in this community, Dr. Bliss was the physiclan in charge of Senator Morton's case during his last illness. in this ea- ity he was brought ‘into close relations with of our prominent citizens. fi The desperate struggle tor life made ‘by the great * War Governor” ard beloved Senator wus watched with not Jess anxious interest in this community than fs the brave fight which the President is now muking. ‘The friends of President Hayes watched with deep concern the efforts of the great to re- gain life. Dr. Bliss was then, as now, the re- sponsible physician, During the long illness of or Morton many prominent citizens took in ministering at the bedside of the sick man, and had excelent opportunity for observ- ing THE TREATMENT OF Dit. BLISS. Long after it hud became apparent to those | about his bedside that the man was dying, Dr. Bliss beld out to the country that there were ebunces for his recovery, and encouraged such hopes. President Hayes and Gen. Ben Butler ited Senator Morton at Richmond, and left convinced that he wasdying. But Dr. Bliss stilt hell, out detusive hopes. Remembering t fact, people here bave little coutidenve in the ‘vague expressions of hope put by him re- gurding the Presidect. : still more serious cause for the distrust of Dr, Bliss in this community is his free use of morphia. Several weelss ago a prominent citi- zen, who watebed by the bedside of Senator Morton, after reading of the administering of morpbia to the President, said: “Dr. Blis: commencing the same treatment that he pursued with Morton, and he will poiscn the President with morphia.”” THIS FOREBODING is justitled in some measure by the Inte change inthe President's condition. It-is well known Ubut morphia will nauseate a well man, and soon after the President was shot a slight nausea was ntiributed to tho morphia which had been nd- ministered. Dr. Bliss said night berore last that this nausea had no connection with bis wound. What, then, bus destroyed his stomach? ‘Cnose whoremember that, for some titue previous to his death, Senator Morton bad to_be supported by enemuata, us is now the caso with the Presi- dent, think now that the morphiz Js the cause in Doth cases. Although the chances of life are now slight, perhaps if the President's stomach were allowed to recuperate from the morphin he might be xble to tke suificient nourishment to sustain lite, It _is because many of citizens know Dr. Bliss and disteust bim, and see that he is repr imr the treatment given Senstor Morton, that they read with despondency the reports from Washington. A DENIAL OF THE CHICAGO “JOURNAL” STORY. SGTON, Aug, 19. d extract irom. letter written by Dr. Bliss to a friend in Chicago, in which he is tion of search for evidence. They re positively that’ there is nothing to abo ae at Malleys hada band in the death of the ging? claim to have proof to tke contrary in addin tothe alibi resort. Mr. Edward. Malle Me of Walter, attributes much of the put ic fe ing axuinst the young men to the jeans of enemies envious of bis business we fina indignantly denies that he hay ** ployed detectives. He asserted his impeu, confidence iti the innocence of the sect and his desire for the fullest investigation son Walter bad expressed “a desire’ toon His detectives, which be nad opposed’ af SEBO guid he willing to lose his aw walter’ fortune lett him by bis’ mother “aga, etiFan Years for a dollar a week to clear the biog gel bis name. |Dr. Painter, the indetatieabie jee de man, is miued worn with bis labors ousies and bickerings among s Raven officnls and Jurymenc gee W seem ayreed to yal crecy 3 to what the megs bave found, but they “yieel, expe possession of’ the facts from Dr Pruce™, 1a await the report from Dr. Chittendens oes and as to bis chemical wnalysi. 1 mrt girlwas suffocated and Placed where found tinds stipporters, reticence stated to us to-day that they were aang gurrmen the unfortunate girl wus chaste, ed that been careless and imprudent: meee baring until she visited tho Malle Douglss reasserted tonds made a ‘clean breast no more to divulze. Some of ‘th express the fear that her contest ame insutticient to prevent the releuse of th Mf Ng leys. She is pussing her time agreete sett hones next week or tho week after esos, Bud: tight buck to New York. An imporay ese Cee Uon, just recelved trouy'a source worthy ort fidence, 1s that the experts foul Inibe ree ach of the deceased alcohol and enntin go Spanish thes, the lutter causing irritation, of t seminal and reuerative orzans, and only poe? to be administered by a competent payueee? “PROBABLY LYNcnED. °° Special Disvatch to The Chicas Tribune, AtLasta, Ga., Aug. 20—Your coma | spondent yesterday telegraphed the details then at hand relative to the brutal murder of David Lee and wife, two old and respectable citizens of Terrell County, and’also'the ki ! ing of a negro woman and the probably fatal wounding of another negro woman by Frak Hudson (colored), who committed the crime for the purpose of robbing the Lees rest. dence and leaving no ‘living witnesses to tell tho tale. Hudzon, after committing the crime, fled’and was pursued by Sherif Edwa: of Dougherty County, and Narshal Westbrook, two of the best detectives In that section of the State. Ie was overhauled on Butes' plantaticn, : Lee Counts, and taken to Albany,wherene wa landed in jail.’ ‘The fact that the murder was of a most unprovoked character, and that he ned Killed botu white and colored peuple, curried the indignation of both races wild, both togethee assuining x formidable shape. "The indleaation, was so strong that considerable feus were ent ; tertained for the sufety of Hudson by the an thorities. The Guards were called out by Mayor Ww but refused to respond, siving as an ere cuse that the Mayor had no authority to eall ot the military. It is said that this would not have stopped. them bad ther any desire to protect the negro, but that public seq timent wus strongly in favor of [sack lnw that they did not care to interfere and pre vent it being administered. The Governor ws Mrs, Doolittle having been an old | telegraphed by the Sheritl, asking him to au- uvighbor of mine, and her brother being here | thorize the Albany Guards to tura ont and guard the jail for the purpose of Protecting the life of Hudson, but, #3 the Gavernor was out af the city, there was no one to act in his place, and it is believed here that ere this Hudson has been lynched. Jf this be so, no effort will be -utade *O bring the lynchers before the courts, ag public sentiment will crush such’a thing out. ° HELD FOR TRIAL. Pirrspené, Aug. 20.—At the Hearing In the Mollie Maguires murder ease at Union town to-day four witnesses “were examined, the most important being Williaa McDowell and Robert Long. MeDoweil testitici to be. | ing present at the license hearing in Dunbar on June ll, When there were present alo Healy, Kane, and Collins. ‘The latter pre sented McFarland’s license petition to MeDowell with We request to sizu it, which wis refused. fe then asked Healy to signit, who also mm fused, telling him to zo away with bis whisky Hot words ensued, and Healy Colinas again ached McDowcil, who to get rid of him “Get Heaty to sign it and then L will.” and Collins n= plied, * God dium bin, be'l! be uttended te.” AXune then stepped up und added: * Yes, as soun as this license question is settled, you — — —— — he'll be attended to.” Robert King deposed that while returning from tho dedica- tion of 2 Catholic church in Scottdato abouts Istof June, he and Healy were approached ty une in the cars. Kane sald to Healy: “It yor try to ruin me and tuy family Fil whip the bead otf of you, by Godly I mean co do [Saee ie "testimony. of Elin Casey and Jobh Bunting was unimportant, except the preseace of Hosun, McFarland, and two unrecogaized. of. tha murder. Tais review of the testl- to establis Flood, the two Dolan: mien in tho neigbborin closed the hearing. After mony‘ty respective counsel, the Court decided that Martin Donohoe bé discharzed, that Jeha Kane-be remanded, and that tue rest bead- _ mitted to bail, as follows:.James - McFarland and Pat Dolun in .the sum of (35,000 each. Joho Collins iu $3,000, und Mike Dolan, Bernard Flood, and James Rogan in $500 each. It is not likely Any of them will be able to obtain bail except MeFarland. The friends of the prisoners are not very well pleased with this decision. } A THIEF KILLED. 5 LAwnence, Kas., Aug. 20.—Ex-Policeman Tlarmon was sitting in front of Bears’ hard- ware store, about & o'eluck this eveuing, Keeping watch oyer the premises during tein- porary absence of the proprietor. _ He heard au unusual sound in the rear pa J in the region of the safe, and went buildi back to see what was going on, when he discar- burglar sprang to his fect and tired xt Harmon, the pall striking him just below tne lett nipple, Inukibyz au ugly Uesi-wound, and passed 03}, grazing bisarm aod just grazed bis hip. Hat mon then ran to the Strect and called ror belp. The thief ran out after him, cutting 1008 a horse “that stood bitebed = near wnied bim, and put bin to most speed, clostly followed vy the MursBal anda crowd, The thief run towarns the Sata saded off by Eis azd Rowes, two colored policemen, When within i oruered him to hilt. whieh ots from bis revolver. of the ered a burglar trying to pick the lock. Tne Killed, by papers on his person, was foundte be one. Murphy, who, with aman named Jobason, caine here from City and ran a temon- ade-stand at Bismarck Grove during the music- {jnbitee. Murphy was about 2 years of age. A Coroner's Jury is now Investisattog the mate ter. ROW IN A GROGGERY. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. .- A, UL, Aug. 20.—A. row occurred GALEN. v e late last nichtata groggery on Upper Maia 1, deyeluped intoa streetin this city, whi riot, in which fully seventy-five of the rowdy” element of Galena -participated. During: | the indiée Night-Watehman Fitzpatrick was © severely stabbed in the arui near the shoulder by # youpy man named Matt Ramage, the ringleader .of the rioters, while -attempt-_ evening examination. and slept for un hour or | quantity and with relish, was retaining sow i ng.€ ae i ig nourish- oes Seer he nya, | believe 80. When he awoke another enema was admin- | ing injections, had a pulse of 107, temperature ble earned Reece ook he THE DEPTHS OF THE WOUND HAD HEALED, | | Executive Manstoy 5 Dr. William A. | quoted as saving that he holds no interviews | [ye to eect bis arr AA posse. com . or atleast the tric of the ball had heated Heunmond. Surgeon-Generat (Retired), New York | with newspaper correspondents, but that they | taius of uitizens” was ‘Sutamoned to. uk 8 thanks, istered, after which (10:15 p.m.) he again. fell medical 3 asleep. His fever has subsided within the past and, hav: normal.—wS4,—and. respiration 18. It was and while on tho w: inferred from: the fact that the temperature City: Your kind offer is declined insist upon inventing Tulsé and foolish Weare satistied with the President's eivass tf and couchiding with, body found a gland weakened by disease, ss the salivary gland was by the rebellion of the stom- where the rubber catheter was stoppe poli re few days since, however, it was noticed that sativas with him two hours, and at the present time his pulse | wag, i and temperature are lower than at tho evening | SiS zs gone oie elanslulse swelling was not ach, and having found, uttacked, and in- | quantity of pus discharged by the nd atone | Attendant and a consultation with eminent | think the President's surzeans and pbs the ty were stoned by his cam 0 that swelling, an oe tae eee 2 | quantity of water which the wound woul hold " P. Lixcoux, rr eho r ‘ Ss _ bee stranger named Peters received an uzly saying that there his been a slizht change for | teft it still in doubt whether the treatment | BAY¢ caused tho other complications? In the | UNGrtio pus hud deed removed. ‘This clearly nino subject of considerable comment umong mem- | on the top of the Bend, kiving tie SkUM bare MAS Le Ja bers of the press during the, day. end, in order | The aifaie cused inter itement in thedlty. ease of this inflammation tho physicians’ choice was a narrow-one, limited to one of two alternatives: They could either cause the inflammation to suppurate and discharge as ab- 0-day On vindicated oue of the two things—vi t to. kill, aod that the pus, which waé in excess of the appar- ent capacity of the wound, came from a con- cexled and uhsuspected cavity, or Unit the surgeons were intstaken in supposing the aun to obtain the fucts in the case, tho article w: clipped from a morning puper and seet to Dr. Bliss, witha request that be sbould 5: it ing whether or not be wrote the letter referred: ‘The response of Dr. Blfss is e¥ follows: . Ramnge was liken be: the better in the direction of great ability to re- ecive and assimilate nourishment, and the outlook to-night is favorable. The President, however, is extremely weak, and improve- adopted for scattering had been successful, but THE BULLETIN CREATED A SURPRISE in its statements that yesterday a flexible tube IPATHY. banquet was given Evarts last night by Lonno: 1g. 1S, to the Hon. William Mi. d in $1440, Mayor Caille hns offered n reward of $I ifor the arrest of those concerned with bim ia, ment will be very slow. , -had been inserted twelve and one-bulf inches | scesses do. or they could scatter it. At first they re dies Co + Fé sarvative ( tae mpsiere into a wound which was supposed to be not | reared suppuration, but then would the vitality | that she cnateuctian eben prevented the ‘ns eae eon AE fb tae Conaerya is | .“Inreply to your. note requesting tu be In- | thetmusdorons asseu Tho President is now sleeping quietly, ana the | ™ore than four inches deep. The doctors do | of the patient, upon which frightful drafts have | ace of the catheter did.not interfere with tho | GfNe ithed Bluest ‘spoke or-the gina | formed IF the Incloscd stip, fromthe Chfeagg. |e ene ; fever of the evening is somewhat reduced. The | HOt choose to explain why they did not inform | been already made, subunit to dnother like this? | How of | pus outward frum the deeper | tyo President's relapse eaused throughout Ene | Ptouiny Jutrual was waiften: bs-me fate i). 5 COUNTERFEILER ARRESTE: physicians sum up the day by saying that he has | '¢ People of this yesterday; possibly because | If thoy scattered the intlamnmation, Ltr oe. nano tnCOry or a pes | Sand, and expressed u fervent nope tur bis re- | Hon? and ye only ane of the many fulae aaorcel Svectat Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribune.” | made some progress because his stomach is fn. | e¥ did not consider that it was any ot the peo- :E WOULD IT Not NE and tho surgeons theretore cime to the | Goren, He thougue tae after President Gat | utiweks upon mie since L have occupled the po- | 1,4 Crosse, Wis. ulug. 23—ChielotPo nn that: the deeper parts of the wound crime would not be altogether anfortu- | ston as surgeon in charge of the Vrusident. £1 ioe Trot caused the arrest to-day of a Pe ple’s business; but they do say to-night that a wound of twelve and a half inches long at the end of theseventh week gives them no appre- -hension, although two days ago they declared that the wound was nearly bealed. Dr. Bliss tells the story of the discovery of the fact that the wound was not beuled its whole length, as had been supposed, in the following manner: When the wound 4s dressed after removing the pus, it is always cleansed by : FILLING IT WITH WATER, which they subsequently remove. It had been observed for some days that when the water was removed it was discovered to be something less in quantity than the amount which had been put in it. Where was the rest of the water? That was the problem which caused a great deal ot anxious thought and careful search. It was assumed that there must be an unknown cav- ity, which day by day absorbed a little of {t, or proving. They do not give any assurances be- yond that, . THE DAY. NOT AS V:EASSULING AS HOPED. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasinxetos, D. C., Aug. 20.—The news from the’ White House to-day has not been as reassuring as hud been hoped. The Presi- dent is no worse, but it is difficult to state in what particular he isany better. Possibly the fact that he is no worse should be taken as an indication that he is better: but we have been so long indulging in strained theo- Ties of that sort that such an assumptiqn affords very little encouragement. The truth is, the President is.a very sick man, and even the most sanguine of his attending . physicians do. not vent- ure to express the opinion that he | @8t which had been supposed to be Sen Senate the end of the unbealed portion of tho isevenon ree G get- the rond to recovery Ue is get wound. was. in - fact ai wall> of ting on sincothly, evenly,” said. Dr. Bliss to- night But Dr. Bliss is an optimist. It is the progress which aman makes when WIS PULSE BEATS ALMOST TWICE IN A SEO- ND, &ranulated flesh, which divided tho external Unhealed portion from anotner unhealed por- tion between that wall and the ball. Yesterday morning, in cleansing the wound after the, pus s was remo’ before th and has been beating no ¥ for seven weeks moved, @ water was injected, it i ; ..¥as observed that a slight amount of: pus was an average of twenty-five beats to the miti- |'coterme the apen nart of the wound through But to scatter was to gain time, and iu time the stomach might have taken nourishment enough to strengthen tho patient, so that dater suppuration could be endured, and therefore the intlammation, if it be possible, wHl be scattered. Such are the compli- canons that are attacking that weakenod, ema- ciated body. There, too, is the bullet and the twelve inches of raw flesh along the track of the wound. We havea bulletin this noon an hour anda half late and louger'thau any that bus yet beeu issued, which told « very sad and sug- gestive story to those who could read between Dr. Woodward's cautious and non-committal lines; so non-committal wus it that those who read on the jump, so to speak, thought it was -. RATHER FAVORADLE than otherwise. Not so. Tnat eminent pbysi- ‘cian saw the President the day be was shot, and again the next morning. He spoke most omin- ously, and another physician sald words so de- spondent that itis uot time yet to print them. in ‘bose weaty-five liues the story of all the compHeatlions' is told to the medical men. It seems that, iustend of a wound that bus healed from the bullet to within three inches of the skin, the conditions are reversed. It is a wouud that has healed from the orifice. of -tho bullet three inches in. The skilled eyes of one of the surxeons a few days aso. as he looked pee ORS must still be opea, and that the oxcess of pits whicli could not be’ otkerwise xecounted for must have come trop there. not! tandivg: the apparent obstruction encountered: by the eutheter. On Thursday Dr. Bliss made A LONG EXAMINATION OF THE WOUND, but was still unable to get the tube deeper than about three and n half inches. On Friday morn- ing, however, during the dressing of the wound, a smail piece of ccitulir tissuc. a piece about na large as the end of one’s little fiuger, stouyhed of or became detached, and was washed out with the pus. This friigment of tissue bad ap- parently been hilf detached for some time, and had acted as a ‘sort of rude valve at the point where ‘te track of tho ball seemed “to ‘be obstructed,, closing it iigainst the cuthetet and ‘amunst water from the outside, but épening to pressure trom the inside, and allowing the outflow of pus from the deeper parts of the. wound. Upon the re- moval of this fraginent of tissue; Dr. Bliss again introduced 9 texible rubber tube, ang, finding itno longer encountered resistance, passed it in a3 already stated, to a distance of twelve and a quarter inches. Almost the entire track of the ball was then thorouzhly washed out and elcansed. ‘The pus which came from thisdeeper part of the wound, although not local in quality, was unusually white, and was perféctly healthy in character. It was,in fact, better pus than that secreted by the ‘more superficial parts of the wound. . If any soptic taint has passed into the patient’s blood, it “>riginated not tn the pus, which bas been entirelt” protected from the air, “but from that secreted in the suppurating sur- was $i teau nate, as it bad. brought into strone relief the tsympithy of England for Amorica, and Strengthoned the tics between tho two coun- tries. mood. nded in the happiest Mr. Evarts resp 25th inst. He will leave Liverpool on the A CHAT WITH Wasutncton. D. C.. Aug. I spondent w: retary Brown at bal: Jock to-nig luted by Secretary Blaine, accompanied ts. Hinine and Gen. Sherman, who were then coming out of the Cabinet-room on the to thelr Waiking aloug with Mr. Uitine, Lusked bim “Will you be able to inake x more favorable showing to-night than you did in your afternoon dispateh to Lowell, London?” 6 Mr, Blaine answered: * I don't know yet, but I expect to, 2 will not bave the information on which to base my night dispatch to Lowell until JLo‘clock. Lhave x telephone running from the surgeons’ room in the White House iato my office at the State Department and one inte my rou at home, aad [have an arrangement with the stfrzeons by which they give me at that hour the result of Weir observations ‘taken at tit moment. So yon sce what I'gend to London at nearly midnight is ENTIRELY RULIALLE AND. AUTHENTIC! Jremarked: “You ure very conservative in a . Binine; “I do not believe it is right to colof the stutements in the slightest de- gree, It is a crime, I think, to say one word that is not absuluteiy warranted by the facts. ‘our corre- rivat have not, heretofore, thought proper to nik any public denial of those benrtloss attacks upon my character, and do now only in reply to your kind note of this date, because you seem to think it of suilictent importance to call my attention to it. Very truly yours, “DW. Bris: >CRIMINAL NEWS. JENNIE CRAMER. Spectal Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune. New Haves, Conn., Aug, 20.—The Coro- ner’s jury.in the case of the pretty and un- fortunate Jennie Cramer have had a bus; time of it to-day. Each ian was busy indi- vidually sifting the evidence, searching for new, and preparing for the verdiet. Coroner Bollman said to Tue Trrpuxe ‘represent- ative that he had new evidence. to- present, and that the jiry woiild probably meet Mon- afternoon to hear it. The preliminary hearing of the Malleys on the charge.of mur- der is set down for Monday at 9 o’clock in. West Haven before Justice Booth. Perhaps the counsel will oblain a con- tinuance of the case, and they hope to obtain Iluggins, alias Johnson, alias Oberbottop'sr charged with passing counterfeit money His dealings In this city were not very oe sive, u3 officers huve watened hha closely. “Th? arrest was mnaide at-the depot.” When nrrestet he bad a number of counterfeit silver doliars OF his person and wes quite tiush. Calef Harte. s that it isan important arrest. This ts 8S thirteenth Goverument prisoner arres! by Mr. Huten. = STORE BURGLARIZED. Speciz. Visputch to The Chicacy Triauns Guanp Kavips, Mich to tue Grand Rapids Eagle say p Studen’s store at Hersey was entered M burglars lust night and atour 51,000 worth OF, Jewelrs, tine dress gnods, and “clothing carrer: off. The burglars got _in by bretking the DAEt door. Nu clew to them, but tro job was oti, dently the work of professionuls, : Re: AFTER A LURGLS Spectat Dispatch to The Caicaco Tribune. -Erars, Hl, Aug. 20.—City-Marshal Powers ent up to McHenry to-day to arrest Frank ie xton tor the burglary of George Swa’s livery barn and the larceny of a zold wateb and; $251n money. THe property wus seen. It por a relense of the Malleys on‘ vail on the ground of insulicient evidence pending the continua- i Session of the lad, who left. town imusdiacely after the occurrence. He fs goud fur Jollets