The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-01


of an encouraging nature and the opinion
is general that the president is on a fair
road to recovery.
The following bulletins have been issued
to-day:
OFFICIAL.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, $50 a. m.-The
President slept well during the night and
this morning is cheerful and expresses
himself as feeling better than at any time
since he was hurt After a slight rise of
Yesterday afternoon, his temperature be
came again normal early in the evening
and so continues. He apsears stronger
and has evidently made good progress on
the road toward recovery during the last
few days His pulse is now 81, tempera
ture 98 and respiration 19.
Executive Mansion, 1890 p. m.-The
presidents wound continues to do well.
At the morning dressing it was found in
all respects in satisfactory condition. AT
ter dressing was concluded his head and
shoulders were raised in the same manner
as yesterday, and he took solid food for
breakfast, with more relish than he has
hitherto shown. At present his pulse is
100, temperature 98 410, respiration 19.
ANOTHER TEST.
i
comfortable day. Under the supervision of
the attending surgeons. Professors Bell
and Taintor this morning made another
application to the patients body of the
electrical apparatus known as an induction
balance, with view of completing the
tests of Saturday which were not entirely
conclusive, and ascertain definitely and
certainly, if possible, the location of the
bah. Professors Bell and Taintor have
been almost constantly engaged for two
weeks in experiments with the induction
balance and have made several improve
ments which greatly add to its efficiency
They tried this improved apparatus upon
the presidents body for the first time last
Saturday, and although it indicated fairly
the location of the ball, it was afterward
found to be slightly out of adjustment.
The experiment was not regarded as con
elusive. TIE results of this morning tests
however, are entirely satisfactory both to
Profs. Bell and Taintor, and to the the at
tending Surgeons, and it is unanimously
agreed that the location of the ball has
been ascertained with reasonable eXactness
and certainty, and that it lies as heretofore
stated in these dispatches, in the front
wall of abdomen, Immediately over the
groin, about five inches below and to the
right of the navel.
ATTORNEY GENERAL McyEAGH
at the request of the postmaster general
gives an opinion on the law limiting and
allowing for expenditure in the carrying of
mails that it cannot be contravened.
The postmaster general can not exceed
the limit fixed by Congress in 1880, and an
expedited service must provide increase OF
force and material employed to correspond
with the increase of pay. This is official
condemnation of Brady's methods in the
Star route matters. The department viii
hereafter abandon these methods and stick
to so per cent off in limitation of increase
THE DEBT STATEMENT
issued to-day shows decrease in the pub
lie debt during the month of July ofS10
O78, ,O23; cash in Treasury, 234, S78, 100;
gold certificates, So, 749, $50; silver certif-
Gates, S51, ,9S3, $50; certificates of deposit
outstanding $40, TAO, ,000 refunding certifi-
Gates, S653, 800; outstanding legal tenders
S346, ,6S1 ,O16; fractional currency, $7,O98,-
645, cash available August 1st. 154, 827,-
81, $50, $40, 78S.
Amount of 6 per cents continued at 81
per cent las, 100000,
GENERAL NOTES.
Guiteau will be responsible for the post
poning of the final decision of the Whita
ker case. The yoluminous record of the
court martial has to be gone over by Gen.
Swaine, Judge Advocate General, and re-
ported up to the President Gen. Swaine
viii not be able to give it his attention un-
til after the President is out of danger.
Meantime Whitaker will remain in the army
as cadet, though it is almost an open fact
that the verdict of the court martial is that
he should be dismissed from service
There is another social scandal exciting
Washington, involving a married gentle
man who was until recently prominently
connected with the Signal Service witt
rank of Captain. 1t appears that resi-
dence he owned has been occupied by
former female Treasury clerk of great beau
ty, and the Captain supported her in ele
CANT style. The Captains wife found i
out and the matter is now known.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-The President
has had very comfortable day and the
surgeons say tonight that he has made
marked improvement; since morning he
has taken solid food; his chief dish to-day
being mutton chops and this nourishment
agrees with him. He has now good ap
petite, and the evening rise of fever was
not very marked. DR. Bliss says the Pres
idents wound is very sore and that very
naturally he breads the dressing, that the
state of his pulse, temperature and respir-
atlon are taken Immediately after dressing
OF the wound, and that the Presidents
dread OF the dressing causes his pulse and
temperture to rise above the actual fever
height. The surgeons are convinced that
this theory is correct, because the fever al
ways rises so early after the evening dres-
sing-it did to night at nine o'clock. The
President was resting quietly without any
fever, apparently.
LOCATING THE BALL
After the wound was dressed Yesterday
evening the Bell indication balance was
used TO locate the ball. Wherp it crossed
the spot on the right side of the abdomen
that was discolored for few DAYS after
The wound was received the electrical ap-
paratus vibrated perceptibly, though it did
not ring out as loudly as it was intended
Ia passing the vibration was sufficient to
satls1y the surgeons the ball is lodged just
where Dr. Bliss said it was, anterior to the
wall OF the stomach and that it is lust be-
nea,n the diseolored spot. Prof. Bell
worked last night and to-day at his appa-