Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-16
SLEEPING QUIETLY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Au-
gust 15th-9:l5 P. MA gentleman who has
just come from the private parlor says that
Mrs. Garfield informed him that the Presi-
dent is still sleeping quietly.
PULSE DECREASED.
WASHINGTON, August 15th-9;3o P. NJ
Private Secretary Brown. just from the
Presidents room, says he is still sleeping
naturally. without morphine, none of which
has been administered to-day. His pulse has
decreased ten BEATS and is now 120.
no FURTHER NAUSEA
WASHINGTON, August 15th-9:35 p. Mo
further nausea has been experienced by the
President. The surgeons estimate his tenn
perature now to be about normal. The indica.
tions are that the pulse is still subsiding.
REPORT SENT TO ENGLAND.
WASHINGTON, August 15th.-The follow
ing cablegram was sent at $50 p. NJ. this
evening:
Lowell, Minister, London: The Presidents
condition is less satisfactory The irritation
of the stomach has returned. He vomited
three times since o'clock. His temperature
ia now 99.6-less than for several DAYS; pulse
130, respiration %.
HIT, Acting Secretary.
RESUME OF THE DAY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Au-
gust 1oth-11:30 P. M.-Although there has
been feeling Of anxiety at the Executive
Mansion all day, no alarm was felt regard
ing the Presidents condition until late this
afternoon. The fact that none of the attend.
ing surgeons have entered the business apart
ments of the Mansion during the day occa-
stoned unfavorable suspicion, which the
evening bulletin proved was warranted.
Since the bulletin was issued there has been a
constant arrival Of anxious irquirers at the
White House. The room of Private Secre-
tary Brown has been crowded all the even
ing. Among those first to arrive were Post
master.General James and Attorney General
MacVeagh. Shortly after came Assistant
Secretary Of State Hit, Secretaries
Window, Kirkwood and Hunt, Second
Assistant Postmaster General Elmer, First
Controller Lawrence, General Francis
A. Walker, Associate Justice Harlan, Gen.
eral Sherman, General Drum, and many
more of prominence. Secretary Lincoln
is in New York and Secretary Blaine in New
Hampshire. Both these gentlemen have
been communicated with by telegraph con-
cerning the serious condition of the President
Private Secretary Brown said tonight that
he expected Secretary Lincoln to return to
WASHINGTON tomorrow. One Of the attend.
ants upon the President said at 1890 that he
did not consider the Presidents condition
necessarily alarming, although it certainly
warranted anxiety that he had not vomited
during the past six hours, and that his sleep
had been perfectly natural. In the opinion
of this gentleman everything is being
done for the patient that professional
skill can suggest, and he feels quite sure that
the morning will show an Improvement.
Members of the Cabinet left the Mansion for
their respective homes about II o'clock, at
which hour the patient was still sleeping
naturally and quietly. Drs. Bliss and Rey.
burn remain at the Executive Mansion dur
ing the night. Assistant Secretary Hit
deemed it advisable at late hour tonight to
inform Blaine of the unfavorab,e change in
the Presidents condition, in order that he
might return to Washington.
ALL QUIET AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Au-
gust 16th-2 a. M.-At this hour everything
is quiet in the vicinity of the sick room.
The physicians are doing, aud TIE watchers
in the Presidents room cannot be seen.
Nothing has been observed since midnight to
indicate any interruption to the Natural
slumber which the President was then en-
joying.
| CONTINUED CONFIDENCE OF THE SURGEONS.
WASHINGTON, August 15th.-The midday
bulletin was not issued till nearly o'clock.
The pulse was then 11S. temperature 90, res.
piration 10. The bulletin says that since the
| last bulletin the President has not vomited
again, and he is now able to retain nourish.
| ment on his stomach At the morning.
dressing there was free discharge of pus,
and the wound is in good condition. The
Presidents temperature has fallen since
morning, and the midday bulletin appears
alarming. though the surgeons say it is no:
so. They attribute the higher pulse to ex.
haustion caused by vomiting, and look upor
| the reduction in temperature to be q favor
able symptom. There is uneasiness outside
of the White House, and the surgeons do moi
say much. 1t is evident that they do not fee
as confident as formerly, but they feel more
hopeful now than last night or this morning
Morphine was again administered to the
President last night before he could sleep
and while he has not recovered from the lasl
operation as the surgeons hopsd. they still
insist that he will rally, and believe he viii
get well.
AN EXCITED DAY IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, August 15th.-Thers has
been the greatest excitement here to-day
| about the President since the day he was
shot. Business was almost entirely suspended
and people were running everywhere hunting
for the latest news. The White House was
filled up. and throngs pressed about the
gates. The excitement started with the
morning bulletin, which was considered very
unfavorable. The midday bulletin, instead
of reassuring the people, increased the
uneasiness, and the night bulletin made
matters still worse. Everybody wanted
to find out what the surgeons thought
of the case, and what hopes they had bu,
this was rather difficult, as the surgeons kept
themselves out Of sight. This added to the
alarm. and at night the whole population was
on the streets, going to their homes and t.
the White House. The surgeons remained
close by the President, and the grounds at the
White House were thronged But little
could be learned that could be called defin.
ite. Those who had access to the rooms
near the President and the doctors would say
little. Colonel Corbin said the situation was
critical. Attorney-General MacVeagh tolc
Senator Pugh, of Alabama, that it was use
less to deny that the case was rs critical as
could be. Ex-Sheriff Doggett, of Brooklyn,
who has access to the personal attendants oi
| the President, said it was as bad as could be.
| All this served to increase the feeling ol
alarm, but gave no satisfaction as to The
state of the case. 1t was plain all day that
all the surgeons were alarmed. There wa.
no coucealinp that fact Vsrious rumor.