Daily Republican., 1881-08-17

ItuAt WUtC0 ~ 81oe0 1I0m the phy1
cal weakness oooAaioned BY shs debil
Ity Of tho stomach. ~.
ExECUrIvE AAHsT0N, August l6-
$40 p. m.-Dr. Bliss says in bis opir
} Ion the President has more than ever
chance 70 get well; that he IL retair
Ing the nourisLm ment which has bee
administered during the day, and tal
ing everything into consideration th
case still looks hopeful.
| The following cablSgram Was receiy
ed by the British Legation, this aftel
noon:
Queen sorry for presidents rsrapss
inquiries after him.
/ (Signed POEsoNBy,
OSBORNE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August l6--
4.lj p In.-All the members of tn
Cabinet with the exception Of Secrt
tary Blaine are now In consultation IL
the Cabinet room.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 10
4.D p. m.-Tha President is said to b
holding his own, and this il considere,
by the attending surgeons 70 be /,
point In his favor. Generally speaking
he is at this hour considered to to In
better condition than he Was this morn
Ing. Nothing, however, can be ascer
tanned regarding the febrile rise. Th
members Of the Cabinet have been II
CONSULTATION since 4 O'Clock.
| EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 16-
$40 p. m.--The consultation o 1 the Cab
met was with regard to yhe President
condition. 1t WAS a prearranged affail
and was for the purpose Of hearing in a
body statement as to tbs probable out
come Of the present crisis from one o
the attending surgeons. Immediately
after the members assembled Dr Bliss
was summoned aud explained the stu.
alton In substantially the same man.
ner as he had before during the day.
He rtassured the Cabinet 70 such an
extent that tie meeting had no official
Significance, and the members left tn.
mansion about o o'clock in apparently
better spirits. Assistant Secretary Hit
says he lla- not heard that Secretary
Blaine has started for Washington, and
cannot say when he wi,l arrive. There
Is at this hour q more hopeful feeling
0uOut WIG w Iltc IAOuSC-
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 49,
6 70 y. MAS DIR. Bliss entered the
White House this evening to attend
the examination OF the President he
said In response ~ nn inquiry, that
everything was going on we'll, and he
was perfectly satisfied, up to the time
he left the mansion, with the progress
Of the case He had been absent about
an hour. There IL much anxiety as to
what the evening bulletin will show,
and crowds are gathering around. the
bulletin boards In order to obtain the
intelligence at the earliest possible mo-
ment. The official bulletin is expected
in a few minutes
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 10, 7
p. M.--The Presidents symptoms are
still grave, yet he seems to have lost no
ground during the day and his condition
on the whole IL rather better than yes
terday. He has vOmitted but once d,i-
ring the afternoon, the enemosa are re.
tanned. At present his pulse is 100;
temperature, 9S.S; respiration, 10.
d. W. BLISS,
J. X. BARNES,
.J. WOODWARD,
RoBT. REYBURN,
ID. II. AGNEw.
Immediately after the bulletin was
issued, Dr. Bliss remarked to repre-
sentative of the Associated Press, that
it was o conservative statement of the
case and is generally speaking an indi
cation OF Improvement
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August l6, 10
P. M.--ro-day has undoubtedly been
the most unsatisfactory day OF the
Presidents illness. The early morning
showed signs of less hope for the Presi-
dents recovery, and Cabinet officers,
officials. and others of more
or less Importance, called at the White
House to obtain the indications. With
few exceptions the official bulletins have
been referred to as answers to interroga-
tories as to the patients condition, there
being little beyond what they contained
to say.
While the number Of callers during
the day has been small-the evening |
being considered the most critical Pc
riod-those who have been here have |
shown the most intense anxiety, and il
actions, manifested that in their respec-
tive opinions the case had reached an
critical period. This opinion
has not baen confined TO a few persons,
but may 10 said to have been universal
throua ahout the city. The attending
surgeons have avoided cOnversing as
much as possible, especially with MEM
bers of the piess, and the greatest diff
,ulty has been experienced in supply
ing the demands OF the pubic for the
,xact condition of affairs at intervals
throughout the day. An intimation
was dropped during the afternoon that
he Cabinet had been called together
md it was thought that some official
lot was about tn be promulgated. but
his proved to be erroneous. The sub.
ect of the meetiog which took place
1etween and 8 O'Clock, p. ln., was
imply TO hear In body Abatement Of
he attending surgeons on the situation.
with view of ascertaining the exact
Itate OF affairs. DR.. Bliss. was called
lpon to convey the desir cd Information.
He talked some time, and while he
tat+d very explicitly the gravity Ofthe
ituatioD, he was very hopeful, and
that the president had at !
east an even chance for recovery.
Ihis explanation was sufficiently clear
o re-establish to q considerable extent
he confidence of the Cabinet oflicers,
md they expressed themselves as feel !
ng more hopeful after the conference. l
After the Cabinet officers left and it s
scame known what had transpired, .
ecidedly better feeling prevailed
lroughcut the Manson, and, although
9 assurances Of recovery were far from r
they we're accepted with h
1uch qualification and soon changed
he decided sadness which had perva- q
ed the house all the afternoon into a n
eneral feeling Of hopefulness. The
'Ost sanguine were forced to yield to a
he unfavorable indications during the :.
arly afternoon, but previous to the n
suance Of the O'Clock bulletin, the a
kpressions of DR.. Bliss had become =
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