Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-09-06
GENERAL News.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD.
UNION.
THE PROGRESS STILL SLOW.
No Perceptible Change for the Better
in the Presidents Case.
PREPARATIONS FOB REMOVAL.
Hours Of Prayer for the Presidents Re-
covery Set.
PROBABLE FATE OF THE JEANETTE,
Ayoob Khan Abandons His Intention of
Fighting the Ameer
Etc. Etc. tc..............-..-.E Etc
Ayoob Khan Abandons His Intention of
Fighting the Ameer.
DOMESTIC.
Condition or the President.

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| Condition OF the President.
| EXECUTIVE MANSION. September 5th-12:30
| P. M.-The Presidents condition is not
/ changed materially silce the last bulletin was
| issued, except that there is some increase 10
| the frequency of the pulse. He has taken
| with some relish the nourishment admins
| tered by the mouth, and had no return of
gastric irritation. Pulse ia, temperature
| 995, respi alton Is. Signed by the physi.
clans.
A Comfortable Afternoon.
WASHINGTON, September 5sh-5 P M.-Dr.
Bliss says the President had very comfort
able afternoon. His pulse, though slightly
accelerated, is firm He considers him better
than at this time yesterday. He manifests
an interest in his proposed removal to-mor-
| row morning, and is desirous of knowing all
the details DR.. Boynten considers the Presi-
dent better to-day than for a week past.
though his temperature is slightly above nor
NAL now.
The Evening Bulletin.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, September 5th-6:3O
P. M.-No material change has taken place
in the condition of the President since morn
ing. The parotid abcess continues to i'm
prove and the wound remains about the same
The pulse is somewhat less frequent than at
noon. At present it is los, temperature 99.S
respiration 18. Should no untoward symp-
toms prevent. it is hoped to move the Presi-
dent to Long Branch tomorrow. Signed by
the physicians.
Threatened Danger.
New YORK, September 5th.-A private
dispatch from Washington, from an unusually
well informed source, says the infamsd gland
on the Presidents neck is threatening to
| slough off, in which case the removal will be
delayed.
Plan Of the Removal.
WASHINGTON, September 5th.-At noon
DIR. Bliss said the President was doing nicely.
There was nothing to complain of. and he
would be removed as soon as possible. The
surgeons will visit his car this afternoon. The
plan for moving him is being discussed, but
it is not yet decided on. 1t is generally be-
lieved about the Mansion that notice viii be
given, and that he will not be moved secretly.
The sole purpose is to avoid noise or hustle.
He will be removed early in the morning or
after sundown. Railroad tracks are being
run from the Baltimore and Potomac depot
on Sixth street, to the edge of ths asphalt
pavemtnts on Pennsylvania avenue, so the
Presidents car may be run ont on the street,
to facilitate the moving of the patient from
the vehicle which carries him from the White
House. News will be sent to the White
House several times day, and bulletins will
ticulars are arranged as to the method of
getting news from Long Branch.
SECOND DISPATCHj
WASHINGTON, September 5th.-The prep
arations for the Presidents journey to Long
Branch are rapidly progressing. Beginning
at midnight, gang of men were busy laying
track on Sixth street, and at 10 o'clock this
morning had 200 yards extension of the
| Baltimore and Potomac track completed to
| Pennsylvania avenue, so that the Presidents
| bed can be placed on wagon at the White
House and the wheels need not leave the
asphalt until the wagon 10 by the side of the
| car All three of the cars which are 30 make
! up the Presidents traiu are now at the depot,
, and worknen are busy putting the finishing
| touches on the Eastlake combination car,
which was sent from Altoona, Pa, last night.
| The railroad companies have arranged mat
| tress frame laid on an inch plank, fastened TO
the sides of the car, so that it just clears the
| floors The bottom of the is ballasted
with iron. All the arrangements will be
completed to-day, and if the Presidents con-
dition will allow. and no storm arises, he
will probably be moved tomorrow morning.
Preparations at Long Branch.
LoNG BRANCH IN. j., September 9TH
| The Central Railroad Company began work
| late this afternoon on a temporary track
| from near the depot to Franklyn Cottage.
| The track will be ready for the President by
| daylight.
The Proposed Rem0yal-A Realistic Pic
ture.
CHICAGO, September 5th.-In connection
| with the Presidents removal, the following
| realistic picture from Washington of his con-
dition will be of interest 1t is no holiday
| trip the President is about to make not the
| voyage of patient in the interesting stages
4 rho ,,pAar
! taken a. all-and there are doubts even now
| in the minds OF the doctors as to its expe-
diency-will be the last desperate resort to
| elude the lightning grasp of DEATH The
| President is suffering, first, from an unhealed
| Sunshot wound the length OF which is esti-
mated at sixteen inches second, from a
compound fracture of the tenth and contu-
sion of the eleventh rib, made by the bullet;
third, by the presence in the body of
| Jagged lead bullet, not encysted and travel
| ing slowly downward fourth, from the
poisonous state of the blood; fitch, the
| gland which is now the cause as well as the
| result of the trouble. This burrowing abscess
in the cheek is now discharging in seven
channels, four of which were opened by the
surgeons knife. and three are spontaneous
| openings. flowing through the ear, mouth and
\ nostriis. The next complication is the weak
and dyspeptic state of the stomach, which
| mas at tliUes ItJSCLeU pTcufTSO iOOtI, duu
| requires to be always treated in the most
delicate manner. For nearly three weeks
! the President has not swallowed mouthful
| of solid food The seventh item of anxiety
and danger is tae fearful debility brought on
! by the injury and its physical consequence.
| and the eighth is the mental weakness re.
sulting from local and constitutional troubles.
| The physicians have been in fear, also, of the
presence of intermittent malar;sl fever in addi-
| ton to the inevitable fever oc,asioned by the
| effort of nature to repair the wound by the
missile. It is proposed to lift him with his
| bed, take him down the long figh. of stairs,
| carry him some distance by stretcher, and
| finally convey him 250 miles by rail. The
| man Is go weak that he can scarcely turn his
| head from eide to side, cannot lift his head at
all, and is able to move his arms and legs
| with difficulty and WEAKNESS. He is too
1 feeble to bear the excitement of seeing the
| face of one Of his most cherished friends, who
made the journey from New Mexico especially
/ to see him, but was not let into the
room No Cabinet officer, with one ax-
| ception, has seen him since immediately
| following the shooting. 1t excites the
| sufferer beyond his strength 20 have his
children by his side. The exerticn of speak
| ing pains him and increases the speed of his
pulse Food is necessary. and he takes it as
| prescribed, as duty, but has no healthy ap,
petite ,r relish for what he swallows. The
| wounds are not constantly painful to an acute
| ing and e1hausting. The suffering caused
degree but the frequent dressings are distress
| by the inhamed gland would alone have
brought strong man low. The original iu-
| jury has made little progress for ten days.
He has been kept up in part since his
last relapse by the freer use of nu
tritive and stimulating injections. These are
| etficacious. and often bridge over crisis suc.
| cessfully but their limitations arc well
known. The bowels cannot endure the
| strain indefinitely. ard will break down. Ii
| the reader will look at the situation thus re.
| viewed in the light of reason rather than OF
sentiment, it will be understood why the DOC
tors mean to remove the President. He is
| plainly dying where he il. If removed there
| is chancs-a bare pos6i5iiity-tha he may
| recover. Yet he may not live to reach Long
Branch. At every I6 feet once started on
the rails, there viii cone jls for that poor
body which holds jagged bali. Can
we conceive OF more desperate exu-,i.