The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-27
SLOWLY SINKING.
PRESIDENT eARPIBLDs CONDITION,
A slight Improvement In HIS General
Condition since 4 O'Ciock-Afs
Pulse in the Afternoon Runs IN
10 I3s - He may Last u
Few Hours Yet, Rtc., Etc,


Executive Mansion, 10 q. m.-But very little
information was obtsineded direct from the
physicians concerning the condition of The
president this morning, prior TO tho issuance
ofthe morning bulletin. The absence of oil
reference in the bulletin 10 the general con.
diton OF tho president and the parotid SWELL
ing Was at once noticed and commented on
by those who were waiting for 1t. The situa-
tion was considered by many as less hopeful
than is was on last evening and al IL.
midnight, and BY others as more 60. Attor-
ney General McVeagh pronounces IL extreme
ly critical, aud when asked this merning how
long he thought the suspense
would last, he replied. "God only knows"
| Postmaster General James and Secretary
Hunt telegraphed to Thurlow Weed that o
CLEAN of hope at 10 o m comes from the sur-
geons. His symptoms are no worse and his
improvement notimpossible. DIR Bliss came
out OF the surgeons room about $3.50 m and
telephoned to his wife that the president was
little better than ON last night. In roply
to an in'erogstory he said the presidents
pulse this morning was less frequent, and the
psrotid swelling had broken In the right esi
and was discbsrging through thai orifoe,
4
oonversed nationally with the surgeons about
the condition of the IL famed gland. He par.
tlok Of food, which seemed to be r,lished by
him, and his general condition appeared TO
be little improved. The doctor expressed
himself hopeful that the smaller gland would
be relieved by the discharge through the car,
and that he would pull through the day
without much change.
Executive Mansion. 10:40 q m.--Sectetary
Kirkwood came cut Of the cabinet room d
few moments since, and In reply to questions
asked by reporter ofthe Associated Press
gave the following statement of the presl.
dents case as he understood il this morning;
have never thought, he said, until
last night that the president
would die, but the Information which WI
received from the surgeons late In the even-
ing was ofsuch character as TO leave very
little room for hope. The danger which
then seemed most imminent was the danger
of absorption Of unhealthy pus from the
swollen gland. The mental disturbances and
increased pulae seemed 10 indicate that this
process of absorption had already begun
and that it was poisoning his blood and this
acting on the brain and heart. Taking
up small egg-shsped piece Of
| sponge which lay on the reporters table, the
secretary continued: As / understood the
case from what the surgeons have told me
the Presidents right paroiid gland Ia in som,
respect like this sponge. Everywhere
through II there is an accumulation OF pus
The eincision which was made day before yea
terday punched one Of these pockets and re
leased the pus which that particular one con
| tasu,l k,,t l.tt L. al nj &.
fact tho others could not be eifectually
drained at this stage of suppuration by ,
single lncision made anywhere. The fear las
night was that the pus remaining in thest
cell cavities wonld become unhealthy, and ri
| before said, result In blood poisoning DR.
Bliss told us however last night just before
ws went some, that no hadn't given up
hope OF favorable change during tho might
and thu surgeons think this morning that
there hss been such slight change for the
better, as DR.. Bliss hoped for. The traakine
Of tho suppursted gland in the vicinity OF
the ear will il is thought afford more relic!
any other wsy, and it Il
therefore regarded ss favorable symptom
The discharge of pue through that chsnne
seems to be free, and thus far of healthy
character, and the patients mind, this morn
log, Is clearer than during last night, SLOW
ing that there has been no blood poisoning
OF any consequence from the gland ss YET
Taking every thing into consideration,
tblnk there is reason, this morning, for I
little more hope.
Executive Mansion, 1l:30 a. m.--Secro,sr,
Lincoln upon leaving the cabinet room thi
morning was asked by o reporter Of the ssso
ciate5 prets Whist be thought Of the proai
dents condition! Well, fe said, lhere |
just enough encouragement this morning l.
revive u fair hope which had up to las
night that lbo president would pull through
From what the surgeons told us yesterds,
evening received tho impression that tbs
swollen paro,id gland had very much th,
character of a severe and dangerous csrbun
Gle, which was enough Of itself TO bring
well man very low, even If IL did no. csus
his death. With this impression hope pret.,
much left NE. This morning, however,
feel again littls encouragement upon tha
ground. The inAsmed gland, am told
looks better than II did last evening, and !
discharging quite freely through the ear
This the surgeons regard as favorable, and
seems so TO mo. think, too, tha
the general condition Is a little improved 10
day. His mind acts better and grasps idoa
more readily than u jid last night, and theE
has been this morning none OF tho incoher
ency in speech which was then noticed.
he were getting worse, do not think thi
would be the case. Upon the whole, there
fore, | think we are justified In feelinI
slightly more encouraged. The case is no
entirely hopeless.
Executive Mansion, 1880 a. ND
Woodward, upon b,ing asked at II o'clocl
whether thore Is any reason to-day for Ii
creased hope, said there is Certainly no res
son for less hope. The pus is being drane
quite freely from the inllamed gland throusl
the car.
Is there any danger that the pus will fln
Its way down and through the throat,i wa
asked,
think not. Nothing but mucous bs
been found there as yet.
What do you hope most for to.dsyi
We hops that the incislon made In th
face aud the drain through the ear will tax
the pus from tho gland.
Executive Mansiou, Noon. - Secretsr
Blaine, who has Just lef. tho executive man
sion, says that tho surgeons are siill feeling
, little more hopsfol with regard 10 tho presi
dents case than they d,a lac. right on nc
count OF continued oun,ws OF pus from th
infAmed gland through tho ear. TIE gensri
condition OF the patient, however, hss mol,
sayo, materially changed during the niorr
ing.
His pulse has been fairly steady, bu,
now . little higher than d $50 Z. m.
Ohicial Bulletin. Executive Manaiou II.