Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-03

Mrs. Garfield Hurries to Washington,
THE PRESIDENT CONSCIOUS AND
CHEERFUL.
HOURLY BULLETINS OF Has PROS
TRAIE CONDITION
Hopeful Signs OF Improvement.

Hopeful Signs OF Improvement.
Tho thrilling news of the shooting OF
President Garfield was received in this
city with the most painful solicitude, and
until nearly midnight anxious inquirys by
throngs Of people were made at the news
paper Offices for the bulletins from the
White HOUSE of the Presidents condition.
To meet the wide spread popular anxiety
felt concerning him, the INTELL1GENcER
prepared to issue special Sunday
morning edition, which it places
before the general public and
and distributes amoug its subscribers by
carriers, as far as it is practicable to reach
them this morning, some six hours in ad-
vance of the receipt of the New York and
Philadelphia newspapers in Lancaster.
This enterprise is rendered all the more
necessary because, in accordance with the
custom of observing "the Fourth by
the local newspapers, there would other
wise have been no issue of them until
Tuesday evening.
To furnish our readers with the fullest
news the associated press advices were re-
| ceived, and direct communication opened
with special correspondents in Washington
aud Philadelphia, with the rest facilities
for getting information. The result of
the employment of all those agencies will
be found below together with various
new matters Of local occurrence, and a
specially prepared and exhaustive sketch
of the presidents life.
The Washington Tragedy
The latest particulars throw no further
light on the causes impelling the assassin
to his bold and bloody crime. He re
mains under confinement, and the search
after his antccedents confirms the reports
Of his deliberate preparations for the con-
summation Of his murderous purpose. lie
is an crratic Illinoisan, who, if he is
crazy, has been made so by his disap-
pointment in his search for Office and his
frenzy over tho fact that Stalwart of
Stalwarts - would have SO much better
chance for place and pluuder under Ar
thur than under Garfield.
Mr.. Galfeld steadily manifested worse
symptoms from p. m. until p. M, aud
the bulletins reported him sinking rapidly,
there being evidences of internal hemor-
rhage and every reason to fear tho worst.
Great fears were entertained that he
would die before his wife could arrive and
every power of steam locomotion was
strained to get her to his bedside, tho
severe tension on her nervous system bo-
ing aggravated by the fact that for weeks
he has been nursing her back from the
gates of death and that sho was rejoicing
in the expectation of meeting him to-day
to 30 on summer trip Of health and Joy
full recreation for both of them. Happily
she arrived to find him conscious and
very soon to hear This physicians express
greater hopes for him. At about9 o'clock
he seems to have rallied and steadily
until after midnight he maintained him
self in a condition which justified his
physicians in issuing hourly bulletins, of
which each succeeding one gained in tho
confidence of its tone.
At I a. m. this tendency to improve.
ment had not been checked. The
presidents vigorous bodily health, buoyant
spirits and temperate habits of life, had
altogether served him we'll and probably
saved the nation its chief magistrate and
from the calamity of an unfit successor.
Suffering Much and Bad Symphonic.
Special to the INTELLIGENoER
WASHINGTON, July 2, 4 p. M. The
president has been suffering much from
vomiting blood. He has been given NOR
phine which has reduced his pulse to 116
andthrown him into comatoselstate. The
railroad officials have been asked to hasten
the train with Mrs. Garfield, lest lie should |
die before she arrives, though he may sur
vive until tomorrow. General Barnes
aud dozen other physicians are at tho |
White House, but none give hope.
SUNDAY HERALD.
Sinking Rapidly.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 5 r. 1.-THE
president is again sinking and there is
little hope of his recovery:
Within an Hour Of Death.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July a. $50
=. M.-The president is under tho influ-