Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1881, Page 6

; s THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, 2% AT THE STAR BUILDINGs, ‘Borthwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave, and 11th 8t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. ‘TRE EVENING Star is served to sul in the t 10 ts Seth onda cette tet een Cone ih eee cents each. By mall— cents a month, one year, $0: six . ae (Entered at Post Office at Washington, D. C., a8 fecond-clase mail matter. } Tae Weaxty Sran_published on Friday—$2 8 rear, postane ys : for $13; edreyaid. Six mouths, $1; 10 coy 2 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance: ‘Ro paper sent longer than ix id for ‘Rates of ‘dvertising made known on appiication, Che Loe mw Star. V°: 58—N®: 8,858. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1881. TWO CENTS. FIRST EXTRA. 10:30 O'CLOCK A. M. A CHANGE FOR THE WORSE. IT OCCURRED AT 4 O'CLOCK A.M. ——— —_ NO COMFORT IN THE MORNING BULLETIN. —_.——__ All newsat the White House this morning isof | the most discouraging character. It is officially | announced that the President is not as well this | morning as he was yesterday morning. He is | ibly much weaker. His condition is almost comatose. Everything now, 8:30 a.m., points to a rapid dissolution. DR. BLISS DOUBTFUL IF THE PRESIDENT WILL LIVE THROUGH THE DAY. Private Secretary Brown this morning sent word around to the Cabinet that the President was no better. Dr. Bliss, at 6:30 this morning said that the President had apparently slept a good deal during the night. When he attempted to také the pulse a few min- utes previously he found that it fluc- tuated so that it was impossible to count it. Dr. Bliss also said that the President was evi- dently sinking, and it was a question whether he would last during the day. The shad m- provement reported by Dr. Hamilton after last evening’s examination did not continue during the night. A SAD NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Last night was a gloomy and anxious one. During the early part of the night some faint rays of hope came from the sick room, but as the morning hours approached the light shed by them was extinguished by the information that the President was worse. The mem- bers of the Cabinet remained at the house most of the night, and expressed the deepest anxiety and fear. Mrs. Garfield slept some during the night, but did not retire. She has been told that the worst is possibly near. As she has done during the whole illness of the President, she bears up well. There is nothing mew given out as to the wound, and the glandular swelling. Tke trouble seems to be the failure of the nourishment ad- ministered to vaild up the patient any. The exhawstton continues and is not checked. When, this morning, the pulse began to fluctu- ate so that it could not be counted, it was evi- dent that the end was near. There seems to be absolutely no hope of a rally. A CHANGE FOR THE Wo) AT 4 O'CLOCK THIS MORN Dr. Bliss this morning b e the bulletin was issued, told Mr. Brown that there w couragement. The oth fame thin: The Presid: garded ashopeless re one, including even the physic: x perceptibly. The bad ch cceurred this morning about four o'clock. ntil that time the little hope that hd feund tts way into the breasts of the people at the White House was held there. But the change wa: £ as to be entirely unmistak- able. The President may live for 24 hours. It is a bare “may live.” however. Dr. Bliss said in answer to an inquiry that he would not predict that the President would live twenty-four hours. Two of the doctors who knew nothi pange early this morning, we iat the very bad news which greeted them when they came to be present at th on. The bul- | Jetin was vad all around, except in the f nourishment was re- tained. The pulse was | the examination was m ‘at which it proximate. Howin, Official Bulletin. The President slept from hour; or more, at a time thre He continues to retain the li tered by the mouth, and the stimulating ene- his pulse has been more t since midnight, and he is ntly lay. Pulse 120, | . 5. Woopwarp, Roserr Reyscry, Prank H. HaMinton. The failure pulse and temperature to 1 is now one of the very worst signs of the case. The pulse going one Way and the temperature another is usually sign of approachi ion. ‘Their se sawing causes the gravest apprehensions. a Z dissol MRS. GARFIELD INFORMED OF THE DANGER. Last night Dr. Reyburn, recognizing the great danger, told Mrs. Garfield that it would be better that all the children should sleep in the house. For this reason Miss Mollie, who has | been passing the nights at Col. Rockwell's, came from there and passed the night at the Execu- tive Mansion. There was not much sieeping at the White House except by the President, and that sleep was of a character to give unrest to others. ALL THE CABINET OFFICERS ealled early this morning, having been informed of the bad condition of the President. Post- master General James, Secretary Kirkwood and | Secretary Windom left together about nine | @clock. Not one of them felt the least encour- | agement. “What do you think of it” asked Tue Star seporter of the Postmaster General. “T cannot think,” was the reply. “Ts it not about as bad as it could be 2” “It is very bad; but while there is life there is hope. LAST NIGHT'S EXercctive Mawsion. Preat- | dent's condition has not changed materially | since the last bulletin was issaed- tinues | to take by the mo i ribed, gd oceastonally 2 ce yesterday forencon, commencing at half-past eleven o'clock, the enemata have again regular intervals as a means of a stimulants as well as nutrit tained without trouble. At present 116; temperature, 99.9; by the five su SECRETARY BLAINE’S DISPATCH LAST Seeretary Blaine sent the following dispatch ‘at ten o'clock iast night to Minister Lowell: While the President has made no gain to-day. his loss of ground has been less, in the juds. ment of his physicians, than was feared last night. In this aspect there is a slight feeling of encouragement, or at least aray of hope. The adverse symptoms are still manifest, and the one favorable indication of swallowing and di- gesting iiquid food continues. Two or three times during the day he has asked for nourish- ment. He has spoken intellizently and volun- tarily, and tl hout the day mind has been less affected than yesterday. The expected relief to the parotid sw from the discharge the ear has not realized. sitvation is one of great gravity and danger. A DAY OF UNITED PRAYER. | uniess from obse1 | aT. | The | THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER-IN-LAW AND YOUNGER s sONS. A dispatch from Cleveland says: Joseph Ru- dolph, brother-in-law of the President, left there yesterday afternoon for Washington, in company with Captain Henry. Mr. Rudolph has been in charge of the Mentor homestead while the Presi- dent has been away, and had the care of the President's two younger sons, aged nine and eleven years. In obedience toa telegram Thurs- day night from Mrs. Garfield the sons are left at Mentor. They were informed Thursday evening of the President’s almost hopeless condition and were greatly distressed, but did not murmur on being told they could not go to him. THE PRESIDENT’S ALLEGED SUPERSTITION AS TO SATURDAY. It was mentioned in the third edition of Tue Star last night, as a matter of interest at this time, that the President has a sort of a supersti- tion that if he dies it will be on Saturday. He has spoken of this conviction, it is said, several times. It is stated that the President has from boy- hood had a superstitious vein in his composition. It is stated that when quite a young man he en- tertaii the belief that he would not live be- yond thirty-three years—the age at which his father died. Another story is that shortly after the breaking out of the war, and while his friends were trying to secure for him the col- ency of the 42d Ohio regiment, he was tendered the command of the 7th. Turning to a friend when the intelligence reached him, he said with asad smile, “Seven times six is forty-two, old fellow. I had set my heart on that regiment; I shall surely die in my forty-second year.” It is unnecessary to add that he did not die. A Curious Story from Philadelphia. WHAT COL. CORKHILL IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID. A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun this morning from Philadelphia, Pa., says: Col-Cork- hill, U. S. Distriet attorney for the District of Columbia, who has been taking a vacation at Cape May, teft to-day for Washington, having received dispatches that the President cannot possibly live. Col. Corkhill says he is fully aware of the existence of a secret organization in Washington city whose purpose is, in the event of President Garfield’s death, to break the jail and put an immediate end to the life of the assassin Guiteau. Their desire is to hang Guiteau by a slow process, and in the meantime each member of the organization is tobe allowed to put a bullet in Guiteau’s body, taking care not to strike him in any vital point until the last possible moment. The colonel says he has good reasons for the be- lief that the guards of the Jail, who are all of them ex-Union soldiers, know of this secret organization and are in sympathy with it. He says that it has been with the utmost difficulty that the warden of: the jail has prevented these guards long ere this from finding some excuse to kill Guiteau. This explains the encounter between a guard and Guiteau, which took place inthe latter's cell recently. Guitean knows the guards want to kill him, and for that reason he has suffered great mental anguish since the first relapse of the President. He is so nervous that he gets little or no sleep. ‘The colonel says that while he believes that _no torture too great can be visited on Guiteau, he must see that the law is obeyed which protects Guiteau and se- cures for htm a fair trial before a jury of his He 's it would never us to go world that in the capital of the nation the | officers of the law were unable to énforce its mandates, and were at the mercy of a mob. All that will be necessary to secure the jail from the interference of a mob will be a battery of artillery, There are now three batteries of United States artillery stationed at the arsenal in Washington, and about 250 marines at the COL. CORKHILL DENIES. Col. Corkhill who returned to Washington from Cape May this morning, states that in the nterview telegraphed from Philadelphia, he ney er made any assertion that t zed band of which the gu who contemplated shooting Guiteau at the first opportunity, nor anything like it; that what he did say, was what has already been ted in The Star, that there were organ- ations in the country formed since the assassi- yas an or- ere mem- iza | nation who did not intend that Guiteau should escape punishment. Guitcan in Jail. HE WANTS ‘TED—THE TO MILITARY sin Guitean. as stated in Tur Star yesterday, has recently become fearful that some outsider meditated an attack upon him: but how he received this impression is unknown ing that the number of sol- diers had Seen increased. Usually he inquires of the guards as they come on duty for the latest news from the President, and receives the ster- eotyped answer, “Improving at the last ac- counts.” to which he replies, “I am glad to hear it.” He is still engaged in writing. SOME OF HIS EFFUSIONS are directed to outside parties in reference to srocuring bail, while others purport to give an account of the alleged version 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 the guard McGill, a few days ago, he has been quite bitter towards the ‘uard. A few nichts after the occurrence, seeing Mr. MeGill in the rotunda, he demanded to know why he was not locked up, claiming that McGill was as guilty as he was, only McG. failed to shoot. Smbsequently he ‘addressed a letter to an official outside whom he regards as a stalwart friend requesting him to go to Judge Wylie and make a charge of assault with intent to kill against McGill, (on information and belief). It is neediess to say that this letter has not been sent to the party it is addressed to. THE MILITARY GUARD. Thus far the military guard at the jail has not been increased, but it is understood that the marines at the barracks on 8th street east are under orders, and in case of an portale they could in a few moments reinforce the artillery at the jail. It is thought that Guiteau fears an attack on the jail, and that rather than fall in the hands of a mab he would have no hesitancy in putting an end to his existence. PUBLIC FEELING. The feeling in the community as the Presi- dent’s condition gets worse is becoming intensely bitter. The government doubtless intends that the prisoner shall be kept safe and that he shall be given a fair trial. PRECAUTIONS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT. Gen. Sherman said last night that full prepa- rations had been made to meet any possible emergency, but declined to say what the ar- Taigemenés were: that the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War sna nitself had consulted and that the majesty of the Iw beh was the proper uae (os [ings as provided by the statutes; and that there was no need for unnecessary public excitement. POSTAL CARDS FOR GUITEAU. Many postal cards continue to arrive in this city.by mail, addressed to Guitean, the assassin. Among these are the following: One from ’G Towa, dated August 23, is “We wish we were thy night. Around thy neck we'd glide, > mms And in an ecstacy of bl We'd choke thee till thee died.” Some one from ee him a * |SECOND EXTRA. 3:15 O'CLOCK P. M. SAD SATURDAY. THE PRESIDENT NO BETTER. BUT HE MAY LIVE SOME DAYS, SO SAYS DOCTOR BLISS. OTHER VIEWS MORE HOPEFUL. A CABINET CONFERENCE. Review of the Situation this Morning. THE LAST RAY OF HOPE EXTINGUISHED BY THE 8:30 BULLETIN. About 7 o'clock this morning the first intelli- gence bearing on the condition of the President was received from the physicians room. This information, though meagre, was discouraging. It was substantially to the effect that the President's condition was a little less encouraging than at a late hour last night; that his pulse had not yet been taken, but that it was noticeably less firm. This feeble rise of pulse was not noticed until Dr. Bliss went to his bedside about 6 o’clock this morn- ing. He then observed that although the fre- quency of the pulse had not materially changed its character was weaker and more unsteady. He did not interpret this as certain evidence of the nearness of the end, but a cir- cumstance calculated to narrow still more the President’s chances for recovery. A painfal pe- Tiod of suspense intervened between the receipt of this information and the appearance ot the morning bulletin, and the latter was waited for with an minous foreboding that it would confirm the worst fears. The bulletin when it made its appearance with the positive statement that the President had grown feebler since yesterday, and noting a marked increase in pulse and respiration, ex- tinguished the last ray of hope held by the gen- eral public, and cast a deeper gloom over those near and dear to the President. The physicians do not say, however, that hope is dead. Blaine to Minister Lowell. THE PRESIDENTS SYMPTOMS ARE OF THE MOST ALARMING CHARACTER. Secretary Blaine sent the following telegram to Minister Lowell this morning: EXECUTIVE Mansion, August 27. Lovell, Minister, London: The President had a bad night, and his symp-’ toms at this hour—9 o’clock—are of the most alarming character. Braryr. Secretary. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION SHORTLY AFTER TEN O'CLOCK was pronounced by one of the physicians to be about the same as it was yesterday afternoon, when, it will be remembered, his condition was very low, his pulse going up to 188. The con- dition of the gland and wound continues about the same. Suppuration still goes on, but the current report that the pus is of a thin character is generally believed. 10:30—THE PATIENT MORE COMFORTABLE. Dr. Reyburn reports that the President's strength up to this hour has not perceptibly failed since the morning examination. He con- tinues totake food about as well as heretofore, and the frequency of his pulse has not increased. He has just been sponged off and seems more comfortable. 3 10:50 P.M.—GEN. SWAIM’S STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENTS CONDITION. Gen. Swaim in an interview with a reporter of the Associated Press at 10:40 this morning, said that the President’s pulse had varied a good deal since the morning dressing. The least ex- ertion, or any slight moyement of the body was enough to increase its frequency so that although its average rate might not change a great deal it was occasionally higher for short periods. “The swollen parotid gland,” he said, “con- tinues to discharge through the ear and through the incision made several days ago, and the discharge seems to afford relief.” The surgeons still hope that the nourishment which the pa- tient takes will sustain his strength and keep him on the present plane of vitality, until the glandular abscess becomes less threatening, when there will be, in Gen. Swaim’s opinion, a chance at least of recuperation. 11 a.m.—Dr. Bliss Says There Is No Change Since the Morning Bulletin. f° Ateleven o'clock this morning, Dr. Bliss said telegraphing for the Vice President. As hereto- fore stated that will not be done until the last hope of & favorable turn has gone. DECIDED NOT TO SEND FORTHE VICE PRESIDENT. Secretary Blaine, Postmaster General James and Attorney General MaeVeagh left the White House at noon. It had been decided not to send fcr the Vice President yet. Dr. Bliss’ ad- vice was that there was no necessity for send- ing for Vice President Arthur. Secretaries Win- dom, Hunt and Blaine left very soon after noon. They said there was no change, and they gave no encouragement to the crowd of questioning newspaper men which now dots the White House porch. 12:30—ATTORNEY GRNERAI. MACVEAGH AUTHOR- IZES THE STATEMENT that Vice President Arthur has not been tele- graphed for, and that no decision to send for him has yet been arrived at. What Dr. Bliss Said at Noon. THE END NOT LIKELY TO COME FOR SOME DAYS. Dr. Bliss was asked at twélve o'clock how the President was doing? “There has been no change,” said the doctor. “To say that there is no change but a continua- tion of his symptoms, of course shows failure.” “Is there any swelling on the body except in the gland?” “None whatever.” “Ts his mind clear ?” “His mind is very clear to-day. It is clearer than for several days. He looks about the same as he did yesterday.” “Has the President lost hope?” “I don’t think he has. ~ He wasa little dis- turbed about seven o'clock this morning. To keep his courage up is. however, a part of our treatment of the cas “How is his pulse? “Tt is now about 116. It fluctuates from 112 to 120.7 ‘*Has there been any gain?” “There has certainly been no gain. In his very weak condition the fact that he does not gain shows a worse condition.” “It would take a strong rally to pull him through?” “It would take a very marked gain of strength. The slim chance for his recovery is slimmer now. It gets slimmer as the time pro- gresses without any additional strength being ened As I said before, no gain is in his case a loss.” : ‘* Have you hope of his recovery?” ~ “T express a hope that he may get well. My belief is that he will not recover. If it were not for the local trouble I would think he would get through. But with that trouble continuing Ido not think he can improve. In fact I can- not see how he can repair,he is so weak, and the debilityshas gone so far.” “Do you think he will live two or three days longer?” ‘* Yes, I think he will.” “Will there be sufficient known of his condi- ue prepare all for the culmination before hand?” “Yes. Tt will be known about what time the illness will culminate. All will know of it. He is very likely to get into a comatose state. I expect that his faculties will fail him before final dissolution It is almost certain that they will fail. Mrs. Garfield fully comprehends the Prestdent’s most critical condition. I told her myself this morning that the President's condi- tion was exceedingly graye.” “Was anything further done to the swollen gland or the wound te-@ag2” “Only the usual morningdressing, and that was very nicely and delicately done. The discharge continues from the wound, and from the gland both through the ear and the incision made by Dr. aon ies Dr. Boynton said at noon “There has been no change in the President's general condition. The pulse varies, but does not go uphigher than #20 or 125. His mental conffition is better than it has been for two davs previous. The trouble is the lack of vitality. I think there is very little chance for his recovery.” THE NOON BULLETIN showed that the predictions made during the morning of no change were in all practical re- spects correct. The pulse and respiration was the same, while the temperature had gone up. Speaking from Dr. Bliss’ standpoint of “no gain is a loss.” the President’s condition at the issu- ance of the bulletin was worse than it was this morning. In other words, the sinking condi- tion of the President continues, and he is not even repairing a little, while a good strong rally is necessary. The bulletin was as follows: Official Report—12:30, NO MATERIAL CHANGE SINCE MORNING. EXECUTIVE MANSION, 12:30 p.m. There has been no improvement in the Presi- dent's condition since the last bulletin was issued. He continues to retain the liquid food administered by the mouth as well as the enemata. At the morning dressing the parotid swelling appeared about the same as yesterday. No material change was observed in the wound. Since morning the temperature has risen about to Tue Srar reporter that there was “no change in the President's condition since 8:30 o'clock.” “How about the wound and the gland?” asked the reporter. “Their condition is about the same,” answered the doctor. “‘Isthere any improvement in the genera! condition of the President?” “T cannot say that there is.” - “How is the pulse, now?” “The pulse has gone down to 114. There is nothing I can say other than what is contained in the statement that there has been no change.” 11:30 A. M—VERY CRITICAL. The situation of the President has not changed much since the earlier parts of the morning, but continue very critical. The members of the Cabinet are all still here. WHAT MEMBERS OF THE CABINET SAY. Secretary Windom said that it was useless to disguise the fact that the morning bulletin was very discouraging. He was not ready, how- ever, himself, to eaythat the case is hopeless He intended to hope, and think, and believe to tne end, that the President willlive. Post- master General James would only say, ‘while there is life there is hope.” Attorney General MacVeagh declined to converse upon the situation, but admitted that it seemed to him Jess hopefv! this morning. NOON.—VARIOUS OPINIONS AS TO THE PRESI- DENT'S CASE. Representative Dezendorf, of Virginia, was at the White House this morning. He went to the telegraph office after his conversations with the people at the House,and sent two dispatches home to the effect that while the President's condition was very critical he did not believe that there was ately no hope. Dr. Reyburn says that the relief to ‘the Presi- dent from a degree, and the pulse has fluctuated some- what. At present his pulse is 120; temperature, 99.6; respiration, 22. Frank H. Hamitton, D. W. Buiss, J. K. Barygs, Roser REYBURN. DR, REYBURN THINKS THE HOPE OF RECOVERY VERY PAINT. Dr. Reyburn said at one o'clock to Tae Star reporter: “‘The President has slept during the morning. He continues to take nourishment.” “Doctor, do you think there is any possible hope of recovery?” “Well, itis a very faint hope.” “DON'T ASK ME THAT QUESTION.” Dr. Hamilton leftthe White House at a quarter past one. “Ts there anythin; the Star man, “There isnot. There ismothing outside of the bulletin that I can tell ypu.” “How do you feel abont it doctor; do you think the President will die?” “Well—,” and there was a pause of a few seconds, and then suddenly, “Don’t ask me that question.” COL. ROCKWELL SAYS THE PRESIDENT 38 NOT IN A DYING CONDITION, Col. Rockwell said at 1.80 this afternoon: I have been with the President for twelve hours out of the last twenty-four. You caa say that, despite the reports all ayer the city and the bul- Jetins posted throughout the country, the Presi- dent is not in a dying condition. Eight min- g you can tell me?” asked alent to saying that he is worse, because the longer he goes on in this way without Positive repair, the less become his chances of recoy- “Has he failed much this forenoon?” “Not a great deal since 7 o'clock. His time of greatest depression is early in the morning. It was so yesterday morning and was so again this morning. After that he rallied a little and his pulse fluctuated during the forenoon between 110 and 118.” “Does he realize his condition?” “TI think he does to a certainextent. He has inquired about his pulse and about the condi- tion of the inflamed gland several times to-day.” “You do not think he has given up the hope of mis own recovery?” “No, I don’t think he has. He seemed more discouraged about himself this morning than usual, and I think hisdiscouragement had some- thing to do with his physical depression. His mind seemed for a time to react unfavorably upon his body.” “Did he ask you how he was?” “Yes, and Mrs. Garfield and I gave him reas- suring replies. That seemed to brace him up, and he soon afterward rallied.” “What is the condition of his mind to-day?” “His mind is absolutely clear.” “ Better then than yesterday ?” “Much better. He understands everything | that is said to him to-day, and is conscious of what goes on about him.” “What is the appearance of the parotid gland to-day 7” “Tt has not changed much.” “Does it continue to discharge ?” “ Yes; it discharges rather more freely, I think, through the ear.” “Are any of the other glands of the body af- | fected?” “No.” | “And there is no suppuration except in the | id and the gland?” Nowhere else.” ‘ow does the wound look?” Not quite so well as heretofore. ‘The granu- | lations were not so perfect this morning as they | have hitherto been.” } “Has the character of the pus from the wound | changed?” “Not materially. It perhaps indicates a little more depletion of the system.” “Has the slim chance of which you spoke enn doctor, grown any narrower since | en?” “Yes, I think it has. He has less chance to- day to recover than he had yesterday.” “* You still hope for recovery?” ‘Yes, I hope for it.” “But what is your judgment—your belief with | regard to it?” “My belief is that the President cannot re- cover. If it were not for the local trouble—I mean the condition of the parotid gland—he might gain strength and make progress, but I | do not see how the process of repair can bezin | or go onin the presence of that complication.” “If there should be no improvement how | long would the patient probably hold out?” | “I should think he might live two or three | days. wl do not think death will occur sud- wi “You say his mind to-day is absolutely clear? Is it not probable that his ‘mental faculties will | fail before the end comes?” 1 “Yes. I presume death will be-preceded by a period of unconsciousness.” | “Have you advised Mrs. Garfield to send for | ther members of the family?” ‘No. I do not think it is our place ta make that suggestion. irs. Garfield Knows perfectly | well how the President is. “Has any one been admitted to the room to see him yesterday or to-day except the surgeons and the usual attendants?” “No one, to my knowledge.” “If death occurs will its approach be recog- ble for any considerable time in advance?” I think it will. It is impossible to predict with certainty what course the case will take: but I think it likely that if worst comes to worst the President will sink gradually, and that we shall have some hours warning of the coming of the end.” 2 P.M.—NO CHANGE SINCE NOON. The condition of the President has not mate- | rially changed since the noon bulletin. THE PRESIDENT CONSCIOUS OF HIS CONDITION. Dr. Boynton was asked this afternoon if the | President retained his consciousness?” “Yes,” said the doctor; “he does.” “Does he say anything?” was asked. “Yes,” was the reply, “he called me to him this morning and said: ‘Doctor, am Inot weaker than I was yesterday? ‘Yes,’ I answered, ‘I think you are.’ ‘Well, said the President, ‘Doctor, is there any use of keeping this fight | up any longer?’ ‘Yes,” said the Doctor, ‘there is?” MRS. GARFIELD STILL CLINGS TO HOPE. Gen. Mason, who is a cousin of Mrs. Garfield, had an audience with Mrs. Garfield between half past one and two o'clock. She had not aban- doned hope and still clinged to the belief that the favorable turn in the President's condition will yet appear. Secretary Blaine to Minister Lowell. 2p. m.—The following has just been filed for transmission: Lowell, Minister, London: ‘There has been no change for the better in the President’s condition since morning. His fever has risen and his pulse at this hour (2 p.m.) ts 120. His physicians do not regard the case as hopeless, but very dangerous and critical. Buarye, Secretary. Scenes in and About the White House. There was much quiet, subdued bustle and stir about the White House to-day. There were many people there during the morning. Car- riages drove up to the barred portico more fre- quently. The gate was surrounded by 2 knotof Waiters for news. The crowd dwindled after the morning bulletin was issued and did not again increase in size until shortly before noon. The mounted messengers were kept on the go all the while and rode their horses never at a less speed than a gallop. Mr. Brown’s room was not crowded, some restriction to admission thereto having been made. The crowd of bulle- tin fiends is kept out of theroom. Those anx- iously looked for pieces of paper are distributed from down stairs. The noisy stampede follow- ing the handing out of the bulletins is thus avoided. At one time yesterday the rush away seemed to shake the whole house. Dr. Hawkes, the tutor to the President’ 's boys, | gives no hope whatever for a rally | the danger that it can never o 3d Extra. 8:00 OCLOCK P. M. A GLEAM OF HOPE. | THE PRESIDENT BETTER ——__>——_— A SIGN OF STRENGTH. THE SWOLLEN GLAND TROUBLESOME, At the White House This Afternoon. | The White House was as quiet as could be this afternoon. The crowd in front of the house had dwindled to a very small ki But very | little excitement was evident in the vicinity of the house. The Cabinet officers left about one Dr. Woodward and Mrs. Edson r mained with the President during the afternoon. | The reports from the sick room were of the same tenor as during the rest of the day. There was no improvement; there was no gain: there was no sign that the President had begun to repair. | During the afternoon liquid nourishment was continued. The pulse continued to fluctuate. | Dr. Boynton, who has heretofore given the most | discourazing reports, is an exception again to- | day. He speaks more hopefully than any of the | doctors, | COL. ROCKWELL THINKS THE PRESIDENT WILL SURPRISE THE COUNTRY BY GETTING WELL Some of the President's intimate personal | friends and attendants still cling to the hope of his recovery. Col. Rockwell, in conversation | with a reporter of the Associated Press this af- | ternoon, said with much emphasis and feeling, | “Notwithstanding the discouraging bulletins: | notwithstanding all that has been said; notwith- | standing the dispatches which have been | sent far and wide over the country, | I tell yon the President is not dy- ing, and shows no signs of dying. I don't speculate as to the chances of the future. | The present is enough for me. He is not dying now. Not ten minutes since I heard him tell Gen. Swaim, who stood by his bedside, that he thought he felt better than he did yesterday. A | long while ago, in talking to me about himself, Gen. Garfield said: ‘With me it is always the unexpected which happens.’ I believe the unex- pected may happen once more in the Pres life, and that he may yet surprise the country by getting well!” | A SIGN THAT STRED HW HAS NOT FAILED. During the afternoon, while Gen. Swaim was in the sick room, the President asked for a drink of water. Gen. 8. gave it to him, and the President took the goblet and hel us showing that he is not 8 | so weak pulse would At the same time he said: “Sw | feel better than I did yeste: Although admitting that he is a very il! man, | Gen. S. feels that the President lacks yet the | signs of a fatal illness. AT FOUR O'CLOCK no change was still the burden of the announce- ments which came from the patient. There is an impression that the time before the last breath is being contracted even within the limits set by Dr. Bliss, and that in twenty-four hours the story of death will have to be told. The continued wasting, which the doctors pronounce the great and almost overwhelming danger, ind the ally the greater is ut. Mr. Brown said about four o'clock that there | was a shade of improvement. NO 8 8 OF A CHANGE. Dr Reyburn came into the house about four o'clock. In answer to an inquiry, he replied that it was some time since he saw the Presi dent, but that he had seen no signs of a change | and did not think that there were any such signs. } longer there is no signs of a GEN. SWAIM HOPEFUL. Gen. Swaim continues to be hopeful. His faith cannot be shaken by even extraordinary complications. Contemporaneous with Dr. Rey- burn, he said: “The President is getting along. His stomach is acting admirably. The Presi- dent is better than at this time yesterday.” THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET who left the house at noon began to return about four o'clock. Mrs. MacVeach has for the | past three days always accompanied the Attor- ney General in his visits to the White House. The Cabinet officers had a respite from news- paper inquiries as they went into the house. It is when they come out that they dre subjected to a fire of questions along the line. "WAITING FOR THE BULLETIN. Ata quarter past four the early waiters for the evening bulletin began to arrive. They whiled awey the time by speculations and predictions. The crowd also at that time bezan to collect around the gate again. The clerks in the de- partments having had time to get their dinner, many of them started out on a hunt for news about the President. ARRIVAL OF MR. RUDOLPH AND DR. AGNEW. Shortly after four o'clock Mr. Joseph Rudolph, brother-in-law of the President, arrived at the house. James Garfield and Don Rockwell went tomeet him. Following close upon the heels of Mr. Rudolph there came Dr. Agnew, he having arrived on the afternoon limited express from New York and Philadelphig. Dr. Agnew will be present at the evening examination and his name will be appended tothe bulletin to-night. WHEN HE WILL CEASE To HOPE. ‘Rev. Frederick Power, this afternoon, at five o'clock, was asked what he thought of the who has been absent for the past two weeks, returned late last night upon receiving the un- favorable information from the President's sick- room. He finds that there is nothing to build, hope upon. 2 Scverish excitement in the city last night. This morning the bulletins were President's condition is the sole topic of discus- sion, Some who have a strong conviction that death is inevitable go so far as to discuss the political aspects of the case. Among other themes that have come to be considered in connection with the Presi: dent's case is the probable nature of Guiteau’s defence. The bad results of inconsiderate criti- President's condition. “I will not give up hope until the President is unmistakebly in a coma- tose condition.” 5 MRS. GARFIELD has to-day seen but one or two visitors. Very is her dezize to be constantly by the President's bedside. There she has remained, except at all felt somewhat encouraged: there was a slight improve- hey betiorod kt ment. They Just received that assurance from the physicians. Secretary Kirkwood said: “We have just been told thet the President is better. The doctors were very earnest and be- lieved that there was an improvement.” ‘WHAT THE DOCTORS SAID TO THE CABINET OFFI- i cERs. 1 few people have asked for het, knowing that it | ¢ day and indeed. gland. If it were aot for recovery might be entertained. affection is bad. It is very bad. charge from it about three houw ago, and other discharge about an hour ago. The Presi- dent has taken nourishment freely during the afternoon and has asked for it. There is,” con- cluded the Secretary, “a slight improvement; Pased upon statements made to the members of the Cabinet by Drs. Bliss and Reybarn. Secre- tary Lincoln also said that he did not think thal Dr. Agnew had yet seen the President. 6:15 P. M.—OOL. ROCKWELL SAYS “rE PREST DENT 18 BE Col. Rockwell, leaving the house at half past six o'clock said: “The President is better.” Mrs. Garfield within’ short time expressed the same opinion. There is a slightly better feeling at the White House this evening than there was yesterday. How long it will continue it is im- possible to tell. The fear is that it cannot con- tinue long. The bulletin snatchers did not as semble in as full force as usual this evening. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL GONE TO NEW YORK. Postmaster General James went to New York this afternoon. It 1s understood that he goes to consult with the Vice President. The exact purpose of his visit to New York not being fully known has caused some little comment. THE SLICHTLY PAVORABLE CHANGR in the President's condition which was noticed about four o'clock this afternoon, continued up tothe evening examination. The evening bulle- tin, it is expected, will show that there has been a slight improvement OMicial Bulletin 4:30 p.m. A SLIGHT AMELIORATION. + EXecrrive MANsioy, August 27, 6:30 p.m. The President's symptoms show slight amelios ration this afternoon. His pulse is somewhat less frequent and his temperature lower. Moreover the mental disturbance described in yesterday morning's bulletin has disappeared. Phe parotid swelling has discharged a little pus opening spontancously formed into the ear as well as by th incision made, but it is not perceptibly sn The liquid food given by the mouth and the enemata continues to be retained. Pulse, 114; temperature, 98.9; respiration, 23 D. W. Brass, a3 J. K. Bares, Ronent Revwven, Frank H. Hamiroy. D. Haves Aonew, WHITE HOUSE NOTES. Marshal Henry arrived in this city this afters noon on the same train with Mr. Jos. Rudolph. the President's brother-iadaw. Captain Henr; was at the White House this evening. Col. Corbin gave a favorable report about the President when he left the White House at 6:30, Dr. Bliss, who left the White House after the 6:30 examination, said that the President was better, and that the bulletin would show an ime provement. A SPECIAL TRAIN is said to be in readiness at J the Vice President to Washing should be reques City to bring n,ifhis presence A LEYTER from one of the most Wall street, received at the Surgeon office to-day, contains the following e shall continue to hope hope, but we do not a to base it upon excepting the one belief he surgical prominent gentlemen tn Generals sentence: knowledged medical and dance our country can render.” Imprisoned Assassin, HOW HE IS PASSING THE 7 The assassin withstanding th monitor, he wil! military inti in, a8 at present, with the Hels yet un- dent's condition and iy obliy him as usual, » Pre $8 now to be to: ine on outside t time (when not eng his Bible, which i as to what is There is him from the er of removing dent dies it is art for his trial might con- prison, as a court-room may be easily improvised in the chapel or in the re tunda, THE TRIAL, as the shoo is al J, need not last longer than two da Las a scaifuld is already erect= ed in the jail, e since the ¢ remained the d Queenan xpril required to adjust execution of Bi only a few ho It is urged of this kind the extent of the aw : e. and n of Pres. ldtake > in one buildi possible. and with as little delay as —oo—______ President Arthur, RTON TO-DAY. nator Jones, of had a long inter- view with Vice President Arthur this morning, Col. Bliss hasbeen with him fornearly two hours. The latter stated that neither h m the Vice President had received p ispatches in Vice regard to the President's condition. He hardly thought that hur would go to Washington to-da; summoned, for if j he took th train he could not arrive at the capital w ren.o'clock. Hi think a special train would be charts: ————— Frightful Accident in New Nork. TWO MEN FATALLY INJURED. New Yorks, Aw -—While Superinten- dent Robert Sheehy, of the Brush Electric Light. Co., with a gang of workmen, was preparing to test the four lamps on a 150 feet high pole, which are destined to iiluminate Union “ye the hoisting gear at the top of the pole just as the lamps had reached the top and the lamps and = their carriage, a heavy mass of iron, weighing over six hun- dred pounds, fell with a crash a hundred feet down to the platform upon. which five men were fending the hoisting apparatus. Two of the men were fatally injured, one of them having died since, and the other is in his last throes. Three were seriously injured. Superintendent Sheehy, who was on bead Rag py saved himself by Jumping to the ground. He is ited to be slightly injured. The accident happened ab 2:45 a.m. p did not ‘a . ke BALTIMORE, August 27.— Virginia 6's, consol, 38; do. past due coupons, $4; do. second series, 38: do, new ten-forties, 52) to-day. BALTIMORE, August 27.—Cotton quiet—mid~ dling, 2%. Four strong and city mills advanced, others unchanged, |W! y-and firm; western closing strong—southern red, 1.40al. 1.56; No. 1 Maryland. 14 ter red, spot and Au r ber, LA2¥al.43; October, Leal 46 din. ‘Corn, 1.4945 a1.40%. southern 3 easier and inact!, suthers white, low, 77: ». Ti: do. eetern mixed spot and August iber, 714 asked; October, Tui, eg