Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1881, Page 2

+ former day, there have been the same scenes cof aR z _ THE CHICAG( TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, AUGUST / 28, 18S1-KIGHTEEN PAGES. a . Garded it as a favorable sign that the Presi- dent-was able to nse his jaws. Dr. Hamil- ton said, “This should encourage us to re- hewed efforts” andthe ‘other physicians >. eoinelded with him. ‘ Secretary MacVeazh said to-night that he Temarked as A VERY ENCOURAGING FACT - that the President ate a piece of milk toast Beyburn left the house hurriedly at §p. , Mm, and in reply to a question as to the Presi- _ Gent’s prospects Said: “ All 1 can say is that there has been a positive improvement to-day. I cannot make any provhecies.” p His attention was called to. the despairing “reports attributed to” Dr. Bliss. He replied: “A good many things have been attributed to. Dr. Bliss which I do not betieve he said. Tean make no predictions for the future. All lean say is that there has been positive im- provement to-day.” THE DAY- . STILL ALIVE. : 2.5. "Spectal Dispaten 10 The Chicacd Trune Wasmiscros, D. C., Aug. 27.—“The President ives? Those are the ‘words which this morning it was thought it would be impossible to write to-night. “The Presi- uent’s symptoms show slizlt ameiioration thisafternoon.” That isa statement whieh the most hopefal of the President's surgeons at midday did not suvpose it would 4e pos- . sible to make at’sundown, This has been the most extraordinary day in the hi} of “the President’s illness. zhi weeks azo this morning hé was shot. In exactly two danar' months irom that time we were ef waiting in “the Same anteroom, looking -anxicusly into the samé faces, * -andearnestly asking the same questions, ‘Is healive?? “Wille live?’ The place was _-thesame. The-faces were many of them L greay chanzed. Eight weeks ago. this ‘morning the President was ‘shot down by Guiteay.. Nature was xt peace. ‘The day was “BRIGHT, SUNNY, AND CL FUL, ‘St was then difficult for men to realize that so “horrible a deed-had-been done. To-day has ‘been in many respects a repetition, of that terrible day two months ago, Nature has been as, peaceful. There® have been the, same clear, bright skies, the same «warm thouzh not oppressive air, and, with the exception of the excitement of the “within and. without the White-House. . At- tending. surgeons wore an anxious look. The ~ officials’ showed the ‘traces’ of their: weary. wateh.- The -jonrvalists were <" «a¥orn with their long and apxious period of . Waiting, and the answers which came from that: sick cliamber weré alinost -the same,— ‘.“He.is alive,” “He will not live,’—and to- night still we are standing there under the portico beneath the trees waiting at this hour (8 p.m.) with - .* A FAINT SHADOW OF 4 HOPE be that all may yet be well. ‘Yhat hope’ hasa " veryfrall foundation, and. we are walting with bated breaths. for those. terrible morn- “fing hours, from 3 until 7, when the President ~ has always reached the jo: pression. *.That-he will live,’ ful, : enthusiastic friend avd nurse, Gen. Swain, who has never yielded his .hopes to fear, says,“‘isceriain.” °That he will live.is “ wndoubted.” says Mrs. Garfield, “for my Ibusband cannot die.”” “ That he may live,” the patient’s faithfnl, weary nurse, Mra. Dr, Edsun, says. * is-fatutly po=sible, beeaase he ” eats better and says that he can taste his food."* ¢ That he may tive” the Cabinet officers al suy they will try to hope, but they say it sadly, and they call the hope a straw to catch ‘Yat “That he will live” all medical men in “Washington say is - ; IMPOSsIBnE, -and in this opinion ali who: ean read between the weary, saddened lines in’ the faces of the attending surgeons concur. ~All day a fringe of anxtons people stood by the roadway, and ‘all day the porch of the Mansion was thronzed by ansious seekers of the news, and all day the carriages of physicians and Cabinet ofticers roiled up the graveled road. The visitors ‘were more numerous to-day than they had - been. Besides those who have official rela- .. dons with the President's family came those who bave had merely social relations for ° Many years. It was oue of the signs of sup- " posed approaching death. The quickened symipatities of those wlio knew Mrs. Garfield Jed them to make a pilgrimage to the White House -to express their condolence at the coming sad visitation. - WHERE WAS SADNESS EVERYWHERE. Whese who caiue and those who went bore no. smiling. hope in their faces: Men and women felt that they were in the presence of death. It was trie the event had not hap- pened, but thet it was tu come was'an assur + @nce commpn ty all There was. uo cun- "polation zor anyone - Gen. Swain, with the «lack and hope which has animated him froni the first, résused to give up, but the ‘awful facts were against him. Peovle sadly shook their ‘heads when they repeated. his hopeful words, + for very few were able to accept them, Still outside the grounds the Hfe of the world went on, There was litle’ attention paid to it, however. ‘Men, women, and children studied the bulletins -and discussed the gravity of the situation. ‘The people in the cars WONDERED WHEN THE PRESIDENT WOULD DIE, ‘The crowds at the drug-store windows, ‘where bulletins are posted, debated as to the time when death should come to the suffer- ing patient. There were very few who asked. ‘&he would die. That small and feeble ray that, flickered for a while in the bosoms of those who have always looked on the bright side of the case was all gone. Dr. ‘Bliss had given up hope, and. if he had lost faith, who was thore to believe that there ‘was left a chance for the President's recoy- ery? There were a few indeed who insistest on hoping against the facts, against the lirht ‘of yeason, against everything but ‘their “strong hopes. it is asad sight, that of these faithful put too sanguine friends of the President. hey cannot desire his recovery <miore than those who have GIVEN UP Hore, and their determined fight against the facts wad the evidence, added to the pain of the Knowledge that lifeis slowly ebbing from the man who left the White-House so strong eight weeks ago and returned so weak. The news that Dr. Iliss had given up hope car- vied consternation with it everywhere. Men had reasoned before that they believed the ‘President to be dying, but they did not know how mach of ‘hope remained to them until ‘they heard the Gnal words of the physi- elan. who had been so . faithful in his’ ministrations to the wounded Pres- ident,” and who had so Jong and * so stubbornly maintained the contest against .* the fearful ods of the case, Hope had re- anained in the breast of even the most de- ” -spondent. It was because of that they stood, unmindfal of weariness, about the White «House gates hour after hour, that they after this official statement had been made, a messenger was hastening from the White- House grounds with a private note fo each member of the Cabinet, statins that - THE" PRESIDEST. WAS MUCH WOPSE. Soon afterwards the members of the Cabinet began to appear, anxiously inquiring of the journalists in attendance the cause of the new, alarm. Soon afterwards they came down from the physicians’ room, with sad- dened faces and voices husky with eesotion, stating that it seemed probable that all hope Was gone, and that the end was soon to be expected. Even Dr. Bliss had told them that he had little ground for hope. The pulse was then 120, It had been 140 ashort time before, and it was fluctuating in thar dangerous rising and falling way,—the symptoms which med- ical nen say indicate the beginning of the end in such cases. The fatal swelling in the gland of the neck was much wo! It did not suppurate enough to give relief. It was destroying the ear, It was ‘ OPPRESSIVE, IRRITATING, POISONOUS, and it was discovered that there were more cells still to break. The wound did not look well. It was dryer, and the granulation was scanty and unhealthy. No new granulates, said Dr. Bliss privately, had been formed, and. as he left’ the President a few mo- ments before..the great. sufferer had tenaciously clung to his nand as if to entreat him not to permit hit to let go his hold on life. Mrs. Garfield, who had not removed her clothes durmz the anxious night, came out from the sick-chainber and. begged the doctor io go back and give the President some hope, as he was very despondent and iad said sad things. The pulse was. at the hizhest then, and the Presisent, said the’sur- eon in charge, was very, very feeble. He never had been 60 feeble before. The sur- geon -went and * CHEERED.THE PRESIDENT. At was soon after this time that Gen. Garfield, alone with Dr. Boynton and the nurse, sai “Tell me the truth, Doctor, Am I not weaker than [have been for many days?” And, learning that he was, mournfully said, “It is scarcely worth while to keep up this struggle any longer.” In the pathos of these Statements was to be found almost the only hope there was. The President's mind at jeast was clear. Yesterday at the same hour his intellect was waudering anu beclouded. He saw a’ strange man in a corner mocking him us he coughed. He had chaff in his mouth, which he wished to have shoveled out Ue begged Mrs. Edson's par- gion because he did not recognize her. But this morning his mind was‘as elear as it ever was in his life, and his stomach was strong, and in a clear intellect and a strengthened stomach lay e THE ONLY HOPE. Perhaps there would have been less depres- sion this norning bad the President’s mind not been so ciear, for it has been known to Gen. Garfield's: friends al! his lifetime that he was superstitious, that he was notably superstitious as to the number seven, and that he often insisted that theré was some fatal- ity in days, and to-day was the seventh day of the eishth week. ‘The President has from boyhood had a superstitious vein in his com- position.and when quite a young man be- lieved that he would not liye beyond the uge of 3.‘ Later, during the War, he was lendered the command of the Seventh Ohio Regiment while: expecting to secure the Coloneley of the Forty-second, and, turning toafriend on hearing this, he said, with a sad smile: “Seven times six is forty-two. Old fellow, Thad set my heart on that regi- ment. I surely. die in my 42d year.” The surgeons seemed 3 PANIC-STRICKEN. Dr. Reyburn, when asked if there was hope, inournfully said: “The President is no bet- ter.” Dr, Bliss, from whom -such words were not to be'expected until dissolution was near, soou afterwards said that. he did not see how it was posslble for the President to recover. Dr. Woodward, while passing from thé. White House soon after the morning bul- | letin, was asked by one of the doorkeepers, who'was suffering terribly from a cold, “if cold water was not good torit.” The eminent Doctor sald, in an absent way, “Iam sure I don’t know.” He neither: knew what the question was, nor was he conscious of his answer. Ife seemed dazed, overwhelmed. ‘The face of Dr. Hamilton was SO SORROWFUL that no one need ask him to know what. was in his thoughts.. Soon afterwards Secretary Biaine came in with rapid steps, with such a mournful face that no one wished to ask iim if there was hope. In bis. face there cer- tainly was not, Harry Garfield, mani y, bravely. dark-eyed from grief and wateliful- hess and sorrow, soon came out to go for his sister, who was stopping at the house of CoL Rockwell. His face carried a suffi- ¢lent answer to the inquirer. ‘The Cabinet met early in the morning and went away for breakfast, only to come back at10o’clock. Fortwo hours they were to- Rethey, and when they came out gloom was on every face. Secretary Kirkwood, kindly old man, was most deeply affected. There was a look in his faee of the deepest grief. He evidently had not rested for a long time. His beard was unshaved and he had forgot- ten his cravat. TEARS WERE IN HIS EYES, and he told an inquiring correspondent. that there was no encouragement. Secretary Hunt’s face expressed the deepest grief. Secretary Blaine act§ally.rashed across the porch to prevent questioning. Postmaster- General James and Attorney-General Mac- Veagh came out together. and looked pale and almost frightened. They could give nothing of encouragement. They were alarmed,—as Secretary Blaine had already ex- pressed it,—very much alarmed. Once in a while a doctor madé his appearance on his way out, but no hope was gleaned from him. The story is the most touching in the history of the touch- ing case. The morning bulletin gave little comfort. Secretary Blaine brought it down and handed it to a correspondent to read to the watching crowd. The reader went on, the Secretary stood beside him with bowed head and quivering lip, and when the read- ing was finished he walked quickly away. Those who stood near hin noticed that HE SHOOK HIS HEAD SADLY, and that his eyes were filled with tears. The news soon spread about the city. Crowds began to gather.early at the White House gates. There was alarm and suspense manifested in their faces. The guards at the gates made a little more display of their drawn swords and the police stood more firmly at their posts; The word came out that the President-was sinking; that there was no hope; that a reaction might come; that his pulse, feeble and fluttering, was higher than it ever had been before since the fatal day eight weeks ago when he was shot. The respiration was rapid and the temperature had fallen just below the normal point, Temperature and pulse were receding from each other,~—the inevitable sign of advancing collapse in such cases. All believed that the President was PROCEEDING SLOWLY To MIs END, and that the great heart of the Nation after all would let the old soldier die. Sadness WATCHED EAGEELY AT EVERY UOPEFUL SIGN that they asked earnestly after information : + from the White House. Dr. Bliss’ statement -that he could seé no ground for hope broke Abe slender threads. There was no demon- siration. “There was no shock. The hope that bad been killed was tov slight for that. Since that statement.the people have been simply waiting for the end. Yesterday-was - aday of apprehension. As evening came there was again some hopes, and the im- rroved “Condition that was reported -was maintained throitghout the night and untit {daybreak this mourning: <'As. late even’as 6 ; o'clock this morning the officials at the White: “4puse Fate said the President. was sleeping “etly, and was reported to be doing well; ¥ sd not know the truth. -Fjve minutes and gloom were in the White House, SOTTOW. and despondency outside, Those who from the outset bad never wavered iti their hope abandoned hope. ‘The physicians even said that the pulse was so fluctuating that it was not possible to take it accurately, and that the figures in the bulletin were only an ap- proximation. So the morning wore away. The Cabinet were present, gravely con- sidering whether it would be prudent to send for the Vice-President. They decided not to do it for the present. Meanwhile he was notified by telegraph of the extreme gravity,of the situation. At 11 o'clock the Président was reported to haye © -RALLIED SOMEWHAT, but that the physicians epuld not tell wheth- er the improvement. yas Yemporary or jast- 2 . } ing. They had given him large quantities of stimulants by the mouth and by ememata, and the improvement mizht have been due to that cause. Still he was retaining his food, and his pulse was a_ iittle better. At 11 o’clock -Dr. Bliss came outand said that he had nothing to say, which showed that there. was little hope to be expressed, as the optiinistie doctor has never been silent when a word of hope could be spoken. Dr. Reyburn soon afterwards said that there had been no improvement.: Soon after noon Dr. Bliss again came out and said: “It is my bellef that he cannot recover. He has-not strength enough. to repair the waste. Ido notsee how he ¢an overcome his great debility. He will have to soon rally from his present condition or THERE WILL BE NO IPE.” Noon came. The bulletin showed that there was no radical change since morning, and that all attempts of the physicians io estab- lish a reaction had failed. The doctors and nurses Kept clase to their duties by the pa- tient’s side, and had little to say. Soon aft- erwards Col. Rockwell came ont and spoke with encouragement of the President’s case. In the interview, published elsewhere. he called attention to the fact that in the Pres- ident’s case it was always the unexpected, that happens, and he was very hopeful! that the recovery which was not expected would take place. ? THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE PRESIDENT’S . + CONDITION, : ‘To the Western Associated Press. Wasnincros, D.C., Aug. 27.—In the ear- lier stages of the President’s ease. when his i till strong, and while changes in his condition from better tw worse and fro worse to better corresponded with the ebb and flow of the surgicil fever, it wus no- ticeable that the low tide of physical condi- tion came in the evening and the high tide of improvement in the early morning. © The febrile rise was then the most prominent feature of the‘case, and as this periodical in- crease of fever was largely due and caused by disturbances, excitement, the heat, and the surgical manipulations of the day, it reached its culmination in the evening.’ Dir ing the night the absence of all exciting and disturbing influences, and the rest and. re- freshment of sleep, caused 4A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS, and his condition touched its most favorable point in the early morning. Since, however, the manifestations of fever became second- ary in importance to the manifestations of exhaustion, the high and low tides of condi- uon, if they may be so called, have so. far as time is considered been exactly reversed. ‘The patient now seems to‘have his worst hours in the early morning, and. his best hours in the afternoon ard evening. His system sinks during the night and rallies in the early part of the day. ‘This flagging of all the YVresident’s vital . energies in the morning was especially noticeable today. Between 4 and 7 a m. his pulse was high and feeble, his mental condition rather despondent,. and all his symptoms discouraging. Most of the members of the Cabinet were at the Execu- uve Mansion atan early hour, and the fact that they did not leave after the appearance of the morning bulletin was one of the many indications that both they and * THE. SURGEONS FELT THE GEAVEST APPRE- HENSIONS. - ‘The bulletin was of a meagre and rather un- satisfactory character, but it clearly indi- cated a change for the worse, and al! infor- mation obtainable unofficially from the sur- keons was fully in correspondence with it, Soon after the morning examination, how- ever, the patient rallied slightly, the range of his pulse -became lower, a faint improve ment was apparent in its’ tone, and before noon the urgent alarm of. the early morning began to subside. About noon most of the Cabinet officers ieft the Executive Marston feeling assured that even at the worst death Was not imminent. The President’s condi- tion at noon, as described by several of the attending surgeons, was substantially as follows: In the first place, his exhaustion had become a very threatening and DANGEROUS FEATURE OF: THE CASE, Hlis_ stomach, enfeebled by the poisoned condition of the blood, seemed unable to properly and completely assimilate the food giyen it, and the result was a steady and un- inistakable failure of all the vital powers, indicated by a higher, feebler, and more fluctuating pulse, a less satisfactory condi- tion Of the wound, and until to-day a con- siderable degree of mental disturbance. The condition of the s wollenparotid gland had not changed in ans\respect for better. ‘There had been a slight harge of pus both from the incision made several days ago and from the orifice of the car, but ita quantity was uot sufficient to relieve the inflammation or diwinish the size of the swelling. ‘The gland continued, therefore, to exert a depressing and dangerous influence upon the patient’s already weakened vitality, and there was no prospect of any immediate change for the better in its character. ‘The Process of re- pair along the track of the ball had ceased, and THE GRANULATIONS WERE ‘BECOMING No- TICEABLY LESS PERFECT. a” The pus discharged by the wound was also unnatural in appearance and consistency. <All these unfayurable symptoms were due directly or indirectly to the vitiated con- dition of the blood. In the opinion of the surgeous the danger of death from exhaus- tion might be avoided were it not for the condition of the giand, but it seemed very doubtful whether the process ot repair could begin or go on in the presence of that com- plicauon. Such in brief were the unfavor- able features of the President’s case at noon. The only favorable symptoms were the con- tinued ability of the stomach to take and retain food, and a clearer and more perfect action of the brain. Soon after noon the President’s attendants reported a slight im- provement in his condition. At.2 p.m. Col. Rockwell sent the following telegram to W. N. Robertson, New York: QUITE COMFORTABLE. “ At this hour (2 o’elock) the President is quite comfortable. Lis pulse is lit. Ue voluntarily remarked that he felt stronger than yesterday. Whatever the -future may bring he has not yet en any signs of dis- solution.’ He said years ago that ‘It was alway the unexpected that was happening with him?” Later in the afternoon the surgeons ad- mitted that some of the President’s symp- toms were more encouraging. ' [lis pulse began to show greater steadiness, and a slightly improved quality, and his mental faculties were clearer. and more active than at anytime during the past, week. Both these symptoms were taken as indications of improyed nutrition. The President himself voluntarily said several times in the course of the afternoon to his attendants that he thought 7 ME FELT BETTER THAN HE DID YESTER- AY, DAY, and remarked that for the first time in sey- eral days he found himself able to taste the food which he swallowed. ‘The 6:39 official bulletin showed a slight amelioration of the patient?s symptoms, and, although the change was too trifling to justify any great amount of encouragement, it was ‘eagerly aecepted by those who could not bring themsetves to believe that the President would die, as ground for renewed hope. Dr. Bliss, in conversation with the Rey. Dr. Powers, pastor of President Garfleld’s church, said about 7 o’clock that the Presi- dent liad’ had thus far rather a better day than was anticipated this mo He did not think there was enough nge, how- ever, as yet to justify any anticipations of recoyery or to nadify the views entertained by himself and the’ other surgeons as to the extreme gravity of the crisis. .“* If? he said, “the. President gets through to-morrow as- well as hedia3 to-day, I think there will be | on. leay some ground for, encourazement.” ————— THE NIGHT. NO MORE ENQOURAGEMENT. Special Dispatch 18 °Tiq Chiceco Tribune, Wasuincros, D. C.,°skug. 27. ing bulletin brought uo mote etitouragement, and yet there came unofiicial figw¥ to the cf- fect that for the first time in eletgif'days the President this afternoon had eatel at was called solid food in the shape of m: foasi, and there have been reports to-night that_the surgeons again think there Is-once moré.a chance, and they are making a desperate, ef- fort to bring the President back to life. so the President lies in the sick-room, a wasied form, and the crowd outside thinks of him, talks of him, and wishes it might put lis strong arms about him and keep him from the de&ith, that is claiming him for its own. He and the surkeons have been waking to- day a splendid fight against fate. Nature rallies occasionally, and his brightens and his pulse grows stronger. Stimulants. are administered, which may account some- what for the apparent gain. WHEN THE END COMES. there will be no shock, for every one fs thoroughly prepared for it. Very few of those Who now stand at the rates ask for news. They believe that there is now but one thing to learn, and that wilt be known soon enough. The crowd turns to specu-~ Jating. They seem to live in the atmosphere of the future. For them the President is dead, and, while the children play in the square yonder, and the fountain spar- kles in the sunshine, they idly disc Arthur's Administration and the possibi of organizing the Senate. There is no Jack of sympathy among them. There are no more sorrowful people in the world to- day than the people of Washington. They know the dying President as few people of this country do. Lis faee ‘and form have been as familiar as the streets for twenty years, They knew him in * WIS MIDDAY HEALTH and in all the buoyancy of his spirits. ‘They do uot sorrow than other people, but they have been facing the end now for many days, and their overwrought. minds and nerves ask relief from a consideration of* what the future shall brmg forth. The crowds have gathered again on the streets to-night. The only noise comes from the newsboys with their: extras. There’ is a solemn sadness over all. The people still refuse to return again to the hope they have abandoned. Death, it is thought, cannot come to-nisht, but it must come very soon uniess an unexpected and a radical change shall come instead, R At 9:50 p. un. the White House was closed for the night. The presence of all the Cabinet, with the exception of Postmaster- General. James, led to a rumor that the Post- master-General had gone to New York on A SPECIAL MISSION TO GEN. ARTHUR. + All the Cabinet spoke encouragingly of the President's condition. Secretary Lincoln said, “* We feel renewed hope.” — Secretary Windom said, “ His condition is favorable.” Secretary Kirkwood said, “ We have more hope.” Dr. Boynton came out shortly after, and sald: “fhe President is getting along about the same, and I think there has been an improvement since yesterday. . He ‘has retained and enjoyed solid food. isabout lls. The gland is discharging, and, ifhis vitatity holds owt until we’ can re- Moye the blood-poisaning, he will recoyer; but the discharge is not as copious as we would desire to give him needed reliaf.”. It Taoust be said, however, that Dr. Boynton’s opinion is qualified by the statement that the President is in such a condition that in two hours’ time all these slightly favorable indi- cations might disappear, as they did last night, and that, should there be a recurrence of the symptoms by this morning, the most sanguine could. no longer hope. At the White House at midnight it was said. that it was greatly feared that this. rally was only temporary, - SOME IMPROVEMENT. To the Western associated Press. Wasninetox, D. C., Aug. 27.—There is undoubtedly some improvement in the Pr dent to-night as ‘compared with his condi- tlon earlier in the day, and though. it is not auch, it has had the effect, of somewhat re- viving the hope of -his ‘possible recovery. ‘There has been since night set In au abate- ineut of the fever, and the President asked for some tnilk-toast, which was prepared for him. Me ate it with apparent relish, and this encouraged those around him to hope that it might possibly indicate a beginning of an appetite which would increase. Secretary Blaine said to-night that THE PRESIDENT WAS CERTAINLY BETTER, but whether it Was a mere transitory im- Provement or something that promised im- provement could not be told. Dr. Boynton said about 9 o'clock that there was a per- ceptible improvement, enough tq founda vers slight hope upon. He thought the de sire of the President for toast might show an improvement in the tone of the stomach, and this was a favorable sign, inasmuch as one thing absolutely yecessary now is to build him up and impart strength to bis system. This was impossible until the President could take and digest nourishment enough to strengthen him. Dr. Boynton said there was favorable change ; ENOUGU TO INSPIRE HOPE ONCE MORE. {t was apparent at the White House to-night that there had been some improvement in the case. Everybody there felt better, but this feeling was only comparative. It was based upon the idea that there was now some reason to hope for a. further improvement. District-Attorney Corkhill said to-night that Guiteau would be well guarded and protected from any hands except those of the law. Le said nobody but officials will be permitted to see Guitean until he,is arraigned for trial. THE ASSASIN GUITEAU is fearful that some outsider. meditates an attack on him, but how he received this iin- pression is unknown, unless from observing that the number of soldiers had been in- creased. Usually he inquires of the guards as they “come on duty for the latest news from the President, and receives the stereo- typed answer: “Improving at last ac- counts.” To which he replies: “Iam glad to hear it.” He is.still engazed in writing. Some of his effusions are directed to outside parties in reference to procuring bail, while others purport ‘to give an account of the alleged ion that inspired him to shoot the President, and his reasons for- the shooting, such as have been published over and over again, Since’ the episode -with Guard McGill, a few days ago, he has been . QUITE BITTER TOWARD THE GUARDS, Afew nights after that occurrence, seeing Mr. MeGill in the rotunda, he demanded to know why he wag nof focked up, claiming that McGill was as guiltyas he was, only McGill failed io shoot. Subsequently he ad- dressed a letter to an official outside, whom he regards -as a Stalwart friend, requesting him to go to Judge Wylie and make 9, charge of assault with intent to Kill against, BeGill (on information and belief). It is need- less" to say that, this letter , has not “been sent to the party. it ‘wus addressed: to. The officials at the jail give out .the statement that fall inquiries of uiteau -about the President are ansyyered er evasively or that’ he is improving, but indications are that, from some souree or other, Guiteau gets information as to’ the President's actual condition. GUITBAU Has GROWN VERY NERVOUS, andis in constant dread from an attacl outside of. the jail, which shows that he eee of the critical condition of the Presi- ent: ; HE cake ae Secretary Lincoln’ this evening ordered. four batteries pf artillery frofi Baltimore to Washington immediately,""'and — another order was issued | ftom the War Department « lrecting all staff; _ offi: oars. of the ariny* now in. the ‘sity i His puise4 f absence to be ready at a mo- ment’s warning to réport to their respective commands. ' Two additional companies of troops hate been stationed at the jail, and it is the evident intention of. the authorities, both civi) and military, to protect Guiteau from mobviolence. The authorites consider that it would bea reflection upon this Gov- ernment and upon thé people for the assasin GUITBAU-TO BE EXECUTED BY A MOB. While atl officials in every branch of service share that indignation which demands a prompt ‘irdliction of punishment upon the asin, they feel that the dignity of the Government. requires that the law must take. itz: course, and they are determineshto enforce this. Orders from the Navy Department have been issued Similar to those fram the War Department, that of- ficers on leave shall prepare toreport to their cominands. The same have been issued to the Marine Corps. The marines at the bar- racks here and the soldiers at the Arsenal have been ordéred to be kept in readiness for service at a moment's notice. It is evi- dent that the various’ reports that there are fears from mob vivleuce outside of that which Guiteau is most concerned have had an ef- fect upon the officers of the Government. & DR. BOENTON. said at half-past41 o’cloék to-nicht that_the President’s condition afd prospects could be briefly stated: ‘Thatif he'had vitality enough left to sustain him until {his bloo«-poisoning can be conquered he will recover; if not, he will die. Boynton said that blood-poisoning had caused all the trouble with the President; that but for that he would be up now. He said the swelling of the parotid gland con- tinues about-the saine, and discharges mainly through the ear; that the President does not suffer mich now with the condition of the mucus matter in the throat. He could not venture any opinion as to whether the slight symptouis of improvement -promised recov- ery or not, saying it was Impossible to tell. <All the docfors agree that there is no. danger of the President tying to-nizht. ey GLOOM. IT PREDOMINATES THOUGHOUT THE DAY. Wasuixeros, D. C., Aug. 27.—The gloom around the city ana at the White House was slightly lifted this afternoon aboui 4 o'clock. Achange was then noted tn the President Tor the better. The whole morning since 5 o'clock had been as depressing as it possibly could be without the announcement that death had made its appearance, ‘The Presi- dent himself became discouraged this mor- ing about 7 o'clock, and it was only by bol- Stering him up with hope that he threw otf the condition of hopelesness which, had it continued, would have been as alarming a phase of the case as any one of the many which have developed themselves. it isa part of the treatment that despondency in the patient shall be prevented. At noon there conld not have been found a ray of hope with a lantern, Dr. Bliss, Dr. Hamil- ton, and Dr. Reyburn, in successive conver- sations, said, in as many words, that THEY DID NOT THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD RECOVER. They united in the opinion that a rally, anda very marked one, would be necessary to counteract the yery weak and. debiiitated condition of the President. Dr. Bliss said, further, that debility had made such progress Liat he could not see, how it was possibl: for ‘the President to repair. Ie would say that he expressed a hope, but certainly did not think that the President woula recover. The afternoon hung along in this unfavorable manner until about 5 o'clock, when it was noticed that the President was a very little better. Mrs. Gartield, who had been by his side all day long, was the first.to notice the change. The change was not for any great good in the President’s enfeebled condition, but still it Was a change for the better, and carried with it renewed hope in the breasts of the people:| both inside and outside the White House. THE CONDITIONS OF THE CHANGE were described by Secretary Lincoln after a talk with Drs. Reyburn .and Bliss. Seeze- tary Lincoln then said: “We have been tald by the doctors that the President isa shinde better. Dr. Bliss said that the President is better now than he was yesterday. ‘The pulse still fluctuates, but it is a better pulse. Itis firmer and better in tone; it has during the afternoon averaged during its fluetua- tions about 114. The President looks better than yesterday, and his stomach is doing very well, indeed. ‘The trouble is in-that swollen gland. If it were not for thata strong hope of recovery might be enter- tained; but that local affection 15 bad,—it is. very pad. ‘The gland suppuruted again this afternoon. There was a discharge from it about three hours ago, and another discharge about an hour ago. Che President has taken nourishment freety during the afternoon, and has asked forit. here is,” concluded the Secretary, “‘a slight improvement, but that gland is CAUSING GREAT TROUBLE, and keeps the improvement from being sate isfactory.” ‘ ¥ Inashort time after the aboye conyersa- tion with Secretary Lincoln, the evening bulletin was issued. It bore out’ the fact that during the afternoon there had been a slight improvement. Since the bulletin the improvement has been pronounced as being more marked. Dr. Boynton says, and he has until to-day taken a more hopeless view of the case than any one else,’ that he thinks there is a marked improvement ana a chance for recovery. ‘Che President to- night took the first nutriment that partook of anything like a solid character. He vas given some milk toast, and ate it with a relish, Col. Rockwell, after this toast was eaten, said that he was more than ever con- fident that his prediction of the early part of the evening that the Preshient was going to surprise the country by getting well was on amore solid foundation. Despite all the symptoms which are favorable and other things of the same HOPEFUL CHARACTER that emanate from the. White Honse. the at- tentive ‘observers of ‘affairs at the White House do not Jose sight of the fact that, in order that there may be any change that can be considered as material in its character for the better, there must be 2 condition that shows that there is a building up from the very low condition of the President. ‘There has been as yet no such change, but it can he. said that the favorable change of this after- noon carries with it a prospect that there may be such a building ub. Outside of that nothing of a favorable charae- tercan be chronicled. The eifects of the bulletins upon the people both inside and outside the White Uouse, was very clearly marked to-day. The’ unfayorable bulletins of the morning and noon to-day carried gloom everywhere. The somewhat more favorable bulletin of to-night raised the spirits of those at the White House, but did not influence, to any great extent, those outside. This shows that the publie is pretty fully convinced that the President is in A MORE DANGEROUS CONDITION than is believed af the White House, and that the fear’ that tne, worst will result has yery strongly taken ppssession elsewhere. Until there are inore zfavorable indication from the White Hoyse than even the reassuring reports of to-night, the people will not be Jieve that there is any very hopeful chance of recovery. There was much quiet, subdued bustle and stirabout the White House to-day, There were-mauy pecple there. Carriages drove up to the barred portico more fre- quently. ‘The gate was surrounded by a knot of waiters for news. The’ crowd dwindled after the morning bulletin was issued, and did not again increase in size ‘un- til shortly before noon, . The mounted mes; and rode: the op, Mr. Brown’s room was not ! Sengers weré keption the. go all the while, r hofses-never ata less speed fo crowded, some restriction toadmission there- to having,been made. fon ty att THE CROWD OF BULLETIN FIEND$ is kept now ont of the room. Those anx- iougy looked-for pieces-of paper are dis- tributed from down-staits. The noisy stam- pede following the handing out of the balle- tins fs thus avoided. At one time yesterday the rush away seemed to shake the whole house. There was.a feverisp excitement in the city last nicht. This morning the bulle- tins were eazerly read in the last hope that there might be some favorable sign. The pub- lic anxiety and depression if manifest eve where. In the Departments, while the clerks assemble as usual, little work is ac- complished. Even the business of private citizens is nezlected. The President's condi- tion is the topic of discussion. Some who have astrong conviction that death is inevitable go So far as to discuss the political aspects of thecase. Among other themes which have come to be considered in connection with the President’s case is the probable nature of Guiteau’s defense. The bad results of in- considerate criticism .of the President’s at- tending physicians is shown in the mere sug- gestion, which has been heard dozens of times during the past day or two, that the assasin would ra{se the plea of death by mal- praetice. Cver the whole city there isa gloom like thet which followed the assasina- tion of Presitent Lincoln. Instead of wait- ing for good tidings (though such would re- ceive joyous welcome) the people seein to be awaiting and expecting what they most dread,—the announcement of the President’s death, CABINET OFFICERS. - THEY WAVE S1.LL A FAINT HOPE. Reecial Dispatch to The Citcaco Tribun’ - SHINGTON,“D. C.. Aug. 27.—Secretary Lincoln, 01 leaving the White House at 5 p. m. was asked what was the President's con- dition: He said that, from conversations with Dr. Bliss and Dr. Reyburn, he could not say that the President was any- worse than on the previous day. He felt encour- aged from the fact that the pulse was firm, if not firmer; thouzh fluctuating slightly about 114, He also felt encouraged from the fact that the President tetained nourishment. Ue said that, aside from the swollen gland in the face, the conclusions of the day were Telatively favorable. But as to the gland he hardly knew what to say. He added that they hardly dared ask the doctors the worst in that respect. Mr. Lincoln expressed satis- faction that THE PRESIDENT’S MIND WAS PERFECTLY. CL and that none of the w ‘orable symptoms in that respect which haye marked previous ‘s have made their appearance. When asked as to the probability uf the President's death. he replied: “Oh, we are not talking about death now.” Secretary Windom came out a few mo- ments afterward, and in response to the Same questions said: “There is just enough change to have the faintest hone, but the surgeons would not want to say that there was change, nor change enough for any one to have any considerable encouragement. Their faces pre a little shade brighter. ‘fhe gloom has lifted a lit- ue: ‘They say that ¢ NE NO WORSE THAN HE WAS YESTERDAY, and there has been no aberration of mind to- day, That is a straw, but we cling to it, though it is scarcely enough to justify hope,” : “Is there anything true in the report that arrangements haye been made for a procla- ination for an extra session?” “No, there is no truth in that story. The subject has not been considered.” “Has any conelusior been reached in the Matter of Gen. Arthur??? too ts “No; the Cabinet has considered the sub- ject a good deal to-day and yesterday, but has as yet reached no conclusion in the mat- ter." At 6p.m.the grounds were almost de- serted, but at 7 there was a busy scene, SECRETARY BLAINE . - 7 walked into the Touse through a running fire of questions. Ue said that there was a little hope, but that, though it was only as a straw, they must take hold of it, That if the President was to. rally he must take a start from one of the fluctuating points. It might be that be would start from a favorable point and improve. : SECRETARY HUNT arrived at the White House at $:15 and joined the other members of the Cabinet. He was lonch encouraged by the evenug bulletin. ee coL. ROCKWELL. 1 HE WILL NOT GIVE Ur. ;__ Svectal Dispatch to Tre Chicago Tribune, Wasurxetox, D.C. Aug. 27.—Col. Roek- well came out of the “room about 1 o’clock this afternoon. He ‘gtopped for a moment inthe Cabinet-rgom, to Speak a word or two of encouragement to the members of the Cabinet and their wives, who were pres- ent, and then accompanied Mrs. blaine down-stairs and placed her in her carriage. As he stuod at the door of the reception-room leading to the private stairway he turned and said to your correspondent: “Garfield is not dying. Despite .these bulletins, despite the assertions you see and hear on every hand, the statements which haye been telegravhed throughout the country, the President is not dying. Lam not talking wildly. lam body- ing forth my sober thoughts. This is not a thing which I think; I feel it isa thing which I know. The wish is not father to the thought. ‘The. thought represents a fact, Whatever may lie in the future, TUE PRESIDENT Is NUT DYING to-day, He does: not feel, nor look, nor talk likea dying man. But a few moments azo Swaimn came into the sick-room as I left. The President turned towards him as he entered, and said: ‘Swaim, I feel better than I did yesterduy.? 5,7 said Swaim, ‘you are bet- ter,’ and I believe he is.” “ Did he speak in a natural tone, and yas his mind clear when he spoke 2” “Yes to both. His mind has never been anything but clear, so far as my knowledge goes, Lhave never seen him delirious, and Lhave been with hima great deal. Further- more, Idon’t beheve -that he has been de- lirious at any time. Le may have been, ow- ing to his great weakness, half-conscious just before ‘and just after a nap, but he has NEVER BEEN OUT OF HIs MIND. All this talk ‘about delirium is speculation pure and simple. Fix your mina on the facts. Do I think he will notdie? I don’t think anything about. what will not be. I simply speak of what I know to be now in the living present. Looking into the future, ifyou must look; remember that Garfield said of himself years ago, * The unexpected always happens to me,’ and believe with me that it will this time. I believe that it is pos- sible that the whole world may be disap- “Does the President realize his conde": tion 2°? 2 * Yes, dithough he says little aboat tt, But he has inquired frequently if he was zaining orlosing any zround. THe physicians, ot course, conceal to a sreat extent his extrema ly critical condition.” f “Has there been any change nent 7? “No, no material change other than a lit. © in the treat. ; tle extra stimulant, perhaps, end an increaspa® quantity of food.” * Who have been the principal attendghfy to-day?” “The same as heretofore. MRS. GARFIELD . 2 has been with him the greater portion of the day? “Has she given up hope 2” “By no means. She exhibited rather more 7 anxiety ast night than any but to-day she has appeared couraged.” ‘ time hitherto, “ Has the President's mother or any of the ” family been suuunoned 2?” _ “No, not to my knowledge.” ~ “Have the children been allowed inthe room recently 2”? “No, they have not- seen more'than a week."? Mrs. Edson returned to the White Housg their father fog for the night, althoush this is her night of THE DOCTORS. DR BLISS INTERVIEWED. Speciai Dispatch to The Chicags Tribune, Wasuretox, D.C. Aug. 22—Dr, B upon leaving the sick-room soon after 13 + o’clock this afternoon, was asked What the brospects of the patient were. “He- an. swered: 2 “I must tell you,.as a medical man, that I : do not see any hope of the President’s Te covery. Ido not see how he can repair the Wwasie or overcome his great debility. If he is to recover there ‘must bea very radical change seen within afew hours, ana I ean * verceive no reason to expect that change.” “Do you say, then, Doctor, that you aban- don all hope?” es “No, Ido not say I abandon all hope, There is a great difference vetween enter. taining hope and declaring that a case is hopeless. I hope, as we all hope, but, asIsaid, as a medical man Ido not think he can re- } cover.” “ What was-the condition of his wound this morning?” “The wound did not Inok so well. THE GRANULES WERE sCayTY in quantity and unhealthy in appearance.”, “When was this unfavorable indication found 2?” * “ Between 4 and 5 this morning. The pulse Went up very high and then dropped down. again, and it has been fluctuating a good deal during the day, which indicates @gteat debility. He is very weak. He is weaker this morning than he has ever been.”” “Is his mind clear 2? s “It is nerfectly clear. During all his wake ing moments he has not been wandering or beclouded in any manner as he has been ae other tines.? e “Do you expect he will retain his faculties to the énd if the end must come 72 “Tdo not. It is searcely possible that he can retain his faculties, HEIs SO VERY WEAK? He probably wfl die in a comatose condi- tion.” m “Do you expect that dissolution will take Place suddenly 2” . “No, we shall have eight or ten hayirs’ no- tice of it.” P “Do you expect that he will die to-day “No, Lhardly think death will occur toe day. He may last two days.” ead “Does he seem conscious of his condi tion ?* . “ . “He realizes that he is in a precarions state. He was quite depressed this morning abautto’clock. and askeu meif I thought he was getting weaker. I gave him a cheer- ing answer. Mrs. Garfield soon after went into his room and helped to cheer him up.” ** Have you notified the family 2°, “No, itis not my businéss to notify the family. Airs. Garfield is thoronghiy con- scious of his situation, and is bearing up very nobly “ What is your treatment to-day ?? “We are GIVING HD! sTIYULsyTs by the mouth and by eneuia, and he is retain- ing them.” “When is his worst condition this morn- - ing were there any specially bad indica- tions “Yes, about 7 o'clock there was a very marked pallor about his face. That, of course, atharmed us. as it was a serious indication, butinashort time he rallied some and the Pallor passed away. He was worse at that early hour in the morning, and that hour has -. come to be regarded from our experience as the point of lowest depression.” Dr. Biiss, in short, for the rst time in the eight weary weeks, publicly admitted that he no longer had any rational hope of the Presi- dent's recovery. 3 i DE. BOYNToy. To the Western associated Press. Wasuixetoy, D, ,, Aug. 27.—Dr. Boyt ton said'to-night'that, while there has an unmistakable improvement this after- noon in the President’s symptoms, there is no certainty that it will not be lost in the next twelve hours, and he does not regard it as aifording ground as yet for much eucour-~ agement. He added: “I regard the entire absence of mental dis- turbance since yesterday as one of the best features of the case. The President’s mind has not been as cleat for a week us it has been to-day.” : “How much ‘nourtshment has he taken since morning?” “I don’t know the exact quantity, but he has taken quite as much as it is desirable he should take. He has food every two hours, sometimes three er four ounces of beef ex- tract, sometimes an. equivalent quantity of milk. In fact, he has had almost every ddy this week enough nourishment to keep a well man in good condition.” “ “Why, then, has he’ not gained more strength 2” a “Because the food which he takes is_not half assimilated. The stomach, it is true, disposes of it, but it does not turn it inte good, rich blaod.” st z “Is this defective nutrition the resulé of blood-poisoning 7” “Yes. : ; “Will not the system throw off the polson in time?” ie as ““It will If the patient holds out.” , “What is the condition of the parotid: eland to-night 2” * ss “Ithink it shows a little improvemegh, but it is stil! E A VERY DANGEROUS COMPLICATION.”. pointed yet. While he lives-and stows no worse We can and we will hope on.” MRS. EDSON, HER HOPE SOMEWHAT INCREASED, Spectai Disratch to The Citcazo Tribune, WashtNatox, Aug. 97.—Mrs, Edson re- turned from the White House at6 o'clock this evening to ber residence with her meagre hopes of last evening of the Presi- dent's recovery somewhat increased. Being asked haw the President Thad Spent the day, she replied: I might say that this has been rather a’ comtortabje day for him. His ming has not been so clear for ten days, his stomach is really in a_zo0d condition, and he has taken considerable food with relish. ; “Then you regard the day passed: as a -Satisfactory one, and he will’ yet-pull through?” was asked. ‘ “Dg not understand me to say that I feel confident he wil! recoyer, for I tg not, but I ‘HISiOASE 18 NOP ENIRELY HOPELESS, nq I feel more hopeful to-night than I ‘haye’ for two days.” ~ ne “If the patient’s strength proves adequate - to carry him through two or three days, is there not hopes that the gland can be gotten under contro} 27 © “I think there is a prospect of a change "Be tor the better in the gland in the vourse of twoor three days, It will be troublesome for some time, but, if the President Holds ° out, there is a fair chance that it will ceasein two or three days to beas alarming a complt cation as it is now.”? : “ How did the wound dressing 2? ; * A little better, Ithink. “The quantity of pus discharged was small, but it was thicker and had a better appearance.” “Upon what do you think the President's slight chance of recavery depends™?. 2": “Principally upon the ability of his stom ach to assimilate—not merely take, but as- Jook at to-night’s ,Similate—nourishment enough to maintain his strength and improve the quality of the - blood. If the stomach can do this, and the glandular complication does not Interfere, he may recover; otherwise he will die. The {2- dications to-nizht are that the process of: 23- similation is going an more. perfectly, but it much more en, - Been” = a ' ;