New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10


has been found to work satisfactorilv II
seems probable that no part of the clothing or
any forelgn substance other than the bullet
mas entered the Presidents body According
10 nus own statement, as reported by General
SWAIN, 1t was the first bullet which grazed
fls arm, and the second which, as LIE de-
scribcs it, "did all the mischief
CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT.
TIE PRESIDENT IN EXCELLENT sPIRITs-MAc1IrSFRy
FOR COOLING THE ATMOSPHERE OF TIRE SICK
RooM-PIdvATE SECRETARY BROWNS TRIVIA
DUTIES.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July e.-Tle history Of af
fairs at the Executive Mansion for any one of In.
last three or four days might he reprinted and se-ve
III It's general features r that of to-day. Con
tinued improvement" Is the burden OF the bulletins
and of thc doctors replies to inquirers abont the
wounded President. There dangers vet ahead
b't people do mt and cannot apprc ciate the fact
and so long rs the table Of probabilties sums up
longest on the side of recovery there is no reason
Why the dangers should be 6wet upon
The President although his guardian ANGELS will
not allow him 10 talk, manages 10 make il known
that he Is In excellent spirits, and this finds reflex
III the counteaances OF all who are about him. An
AIR Of suodued and decorous jollity pervadcs tho
anterooms, as might bc the case II the President
were absent for day and only the boys left at
home Ia keep house. Members Of the Cabinet call
generally twice a day. and, in the evening are
usually accompanied by their wives. The ,isitors
do not, Of course, enter the sck-rocn nor do they
aRnroach II sufficiently near to disturb the patient
To-day. for the first time, the three younger mcn-
bes OF the family present in Washington have been
permitted 10 VISIT their father. one at a time. Ths
president has repeatedly 2ske for them but il has
not been thought advisable TO crafty his wish be-
- Vice-Preslent Arthur called this morning. Mrs.
''arleld mad gone ont for drive that he did
SC heI ~nu as none oi the members of the Cabinet
were present lac talked for short time with the at
tending phvsicIans.
APPLIANCES TO SECURE CoOI. AIR
In end about the basement there is quite gather
ing of engines boilers iron tin and rubber pipes
rope, and other mechanical annIiances. 4 steam.
engine stands near the eastern basement door Upon
the green sward and between it and the door il
placed a large portable black boiler with hues,
stopcocks and connecting pipes in formidable az
ray. Other boilers md additional apparatus ara
npon their way. They 10 he used for conders-
ing air for cooling purposes which Will be
afterward in the sick room.
In the basement. exactly under the middle Of tbe
building stands another engine an upright one Of
seven or eight horse power. fred up and ready for
operation. IL is the motor for the Jennings aplara-
tus, which was unsnccessfully operated last night
and VIII b. tired again tonight after some necessary
changes IN the tiues of the house completed Tho
machine consists. besides the engine of an oblonr
chest OF boi.e--iron about eight feet in length hv
three feeJ in bpadth and depth and containing
a great number Of cotton screens drawn H. Lit
SItnmonnfhe II is another iron chest, open at
the Top. within which 500 pounds OF lea
pEinh!ed win sa!t have been placed. The
water from the melting ice is conveyed into the
lower ches. by pines and ston-cOchs in sufficient
quahtllT To keep be screens thoroughly moistened
with ice water. Through and between these screens
tsN"N'he IAN driven al the speed Of !. 100 rsyou-
tlous minute The air. before qdmittance 10 the
sick room, Is purified by charcoal.
TIE NUMBER or CALLERS DIMINISHING.
a n eli 81
diyiduals in Private Secretary Browns lice be-
side Mr. Brown himself and the doorkcepers. With
out there were none except the military guards
and police, but these conspicuous for num-
bers.
The fact illustrates the sense Of confidence OF tho
public mind in the rcassuring bulletins of the doc
tors, aud marks also the end of eventlul and
exciting week. The bulletins and the occurrences
at the Executive Mansion have been the one topic
Of conversation. III the presence of the threatened
death of The President all the town found
in social and oicial life have chatttd famiiirIs
over the Varvmg phase OF the Presidents symp.
toms. An incresse Of one Or t,o pulsations rlin-
ute recorded in the bulletins. has been snfioeng
to bring throngs Of anxious visitors the gates Of
the W hite House.
THE PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Mr.. Browns Office is the vcSubulc of Executive
authority, and lis presiding genius is som, thing Of
phenomenon. Youthful in appearance without ex-
pericnce ia affairs except such the confidential
ainsnuersis and clerk OF Congre ssman Garfield and
later Of Candidate Garfield. could gather. thru It
without his o~n seeking nio position OF great re-
sponSbility, he had before the great calamity
of last week already earned the respect Of
those with WHOM, he Was brought in contact Ills 10
stion was trying enc To him the persistent Office
seekers first made their nnwelcome purpose known
and patience and skill beyond Tho capacity Of many
experienced diplomats were nccessxry deal with
tnen without offence. FmneSs ia refusing
whe1 reiusals were Necessary fertility and resource
in postponng that which could not be denied abso-
ln,ely and great Judgment in granting that which
could neither he postponed refused. we-e among
the qualities necessary TO the successful performance
of his wcrk All at new and terrible
emergency came and all the world in
person or by proxy must be seen and heard
From near daylight until midnight Mr.
Browns office was the busiest centre OF
affairs IN WASHINGTON. Thus far the anxious world
came, bat beyond al must be kept quct and still
for a President was perhaps dying. Doctors Cabi-
official an private life must be seen. heir wants or
gest ions noted and attended TO- their ncirieS
answered. Journalists 10 whom the country at
large look "a for information upOn the one absorb,
ing theme mast be and informed OF the progress
OF affairs foreign ministers calling 10 express the
sorrow OF those they represent must be rcccivcd a
hundred pe'pie a. once were awaiting wCrd from
The eNei-busy secretary. At rare intervals a NJ
Ncnt was shatched 10 open a few envelopes
from the never decreasing pile OF letters
notes and teegrams upon his desk and
10 dictaie 90 his assistant replies. Through iS
all he has rc'; lned excellent possession Of himself
and IS tonight apparently as fresh rs when the
wounded President was brought 10 the Executive
Mansion.
QUIET DAY PASSED.