Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-07
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
CONDITION OF THE PRESI-
DENT.
Continued Improvement with Fa-
vorable symptoms.
Surgeon General Barnes Thinks
He Will Recover.
NEWS UP TO A p. M. YESTER-
DAY.
OTHER ITEMS OF EASTERN IN
TELLIGENCE.
OTHER ITEMS OF EASTERN IN
TELLIGENCE.
Especial to the sEsr1sELl

are intensely anxious for the trying days
that are yet to come"
The President is still better; pulse, 81.
Every other condition is equally favorable.
Some progress has been made in cooling
the Presidents room, and later expert
monts will, it is believed, wholly overcome
the effects of the heat which prevails. AL
though a stiff breeze has sprung up, mod
flying the heat somewhat, the President is
better than at any tint yet, and his attend
ants are almost exuberant.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 1890 P. M.-The
President remains as quiet and comforta-
BILE as at the date of the last bulletin. He
takes his nourishment well. Pulse, 100;
temperature, 80; respiration, %.
(Signed) J. J. WOODWARD,
J. K. BARNES,
D. w. BLISS,
r. REYBURN.
WASHINGTON, July 6-11:30 A.. M.-The
Presidents pulse is 95. Other conditions
continue favorable. Everybody in the sick
room is cheerful. The President told Col.
Rockwell that he felt very much refreshed,
having slept we'll all night. He feels better
than at any time since yesterday morning.
His voice is strong and his manner cheer
full. Mrs. Garfield is also gaining strength.
WASHINGTON, July 6-12:55 P. M.-There
has been a slight rise in the pulse of the
President since the official bulletin of $3.50
this morning, caused by the changing of
the bed and the movement of the patients
body which it necessitated Thu symp-
IONS are still considered as very favorable.
New YORK, July GA physician says
That madical man haliava the sympfonS
demonstrate that no vital part has been
wounded; if wounded, the temperature
would have luetuated and risen higher. 1t
it is believed the bullet turned upward and
lodged in the dense tissues of the spinal
column. This accounts for the pain.
WHITE HOUSE, July 6-12 M.-The Pres
dents condition shows a slight improve
ment. His pulse has fallen to 95 to-day.
1t is intensely hot, the thermometer all
the morning stood at 80. 1t is now "a.
The President has taken some nourish-
ment with evident appetite. His stomach
shows excellent digestive powers, and the
state OF his blood is perfect. Mrs. Gar
field is very hopeful to-day, although she
recognizes that all danger is not passed,
and that the next nine or ten days must be
viewed with apprehension. The Presi-
dents mind is clearer this morning than
at any time since the shooting, owing to
the fact that no opiates have been admin
istered during the last "a hours. He gives
his physicians the minutest descriptions Of
his feelings and condition, and talks as if
he were detailing the symptoms of some
other person.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 1 p. M.-Unless
some unfavorable change should occur, no
further official bulletins will be sent before
X A n " Eynari m on IA orn ~ ~ M baiax .ao1a
under the supervision of the physicians
with different sorts of refrigerating ap-
paratus, in order to relieve the President,
if possible, from the unfavorable inhu-
ences of the great heat, by artifcially
cooling the atmosphere in his room.
ESQ P. M.-The Presidents condition at
this hour remains unchanged, all rumors
to the contrary Notwithstanding. Clothes
were dampened with ice water and placed
where drafts Of air could pass through
them, and the temperature has been re-
duced to 81 degrees. Revolving fans will
be placed in the chamber this evening.
The weather continues very hot, and it is a
matter of necessity to keep the atmosphere
in the sick room cool.
4P. M.-Surgeon General Barnes saws
the Presidents condition is much i'm
proved. The case is, however, still in
volved in hidden dangers, because the
course of the ball and the nature Of the
wound is unknown, but he feels hopeful Of
his recovery. He has not been hopeful be-
fore, and even predicted his death.
A Terrible Slaughter by a Negro.
JACKSONVILLE (Miss.) July 6.-The par
ticulars of a most horrible triple murder
have just reached here. Sheriff Meckler
of fernando county, who lives some miles
from the Courthouse, having occasion to
go there on the Goth ult., left his three
children, aged respectively 8. II and IA
years, alone with a negro named King, to
whom he had been very kind. The black
fend shot and MORALLY wounded the eld-
est and drove the others to the woods. He
afterward shot the second child dead and
cut the throat of the younger, leaving il
also for dead. He then returned and
robbed the house Of what he could carry,
aid waylaid Mr.. Meckler, designing to kill
him on his return. A neighbor accom-
panied Meckler, and the murderer was
thwarted. The two wounded children when
found were able to give an account Of the
terrible affair, though one, and perhaps
both are now dead. The murderer was
captured, confessed the crime, and was
hung in the presence and with the approval
OF 200 citizens. white and colored. He
died sullen and unrepentant.
Massacre Of Americans.
SANTA FE IN. M July 6.-News from
Ell Paso states that a party Of Americans,
travelling with their wi conveyancesf from
Para, Del Norte, to Chihuahua. came sud
denly at the sand hills, about 40 miles
s0pfb Of HI Dacn nnon ~ 11oI lI q
Americans, and aportion of the survey
ing party Of the Mexican Central Railroad.
The surveying party originally numbered
80 persons, and was under the command
OF Locating Engineer G. @. Upham. The
discoveries Immediately returned to Ell
Paso, from which place a strong detach-
ment OF troops were yesterday sent to
ascertain the particulars. 1t is supposed
that the massacre was committed by the
remnant OF Victories band of Apaches,
under Nam, Victories war chief. Nam
and about 80 renegade Apaches, the last
of a once large and powerful tribe, have
been hiding and committing d~epredations
in and about Candelaria for months, and
although continually pursued by Mexican
troops, have so far not been punished or
caught.
Denouncing Conkling.
CLEVELAND. July Sat Chardon,
Cayauga county, in the heart of Garfeld's
old district, extensive preparations had
been made for an old-fashioned celebration.
consisting of a barbecue. procession, races,
etc. From seven to ten thousand people
from Cayauga and adjoining counties gath.
cred, but the demonstration was abandoned
and the mass organized and were addressed
by J. Rhodes of Cleveland, the orator Of
the day, and Revs. Locky and Page. The
speakers unhesitatingly expressed the opin.
ion that but for Conkling's course the at
tempted assassination would not lave oc.
CURED. They regretted Arthur's eleya.
ton to the Presidency-may be possible