Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-27
A Changeabte Day,

e is very slight.
A ChanJeabte Day,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-Up to 10 o'clocl
tonight there have been three changes in tn
Presidents condition to be noted. Early thi
, morning everything was bad, but it could no
have been worse without immediate death
Later in the morning there was rally. Tha
was the first change. The rally was, how
ever, very feeble, and did not continue long
, enough to even fully send up to high mari
i the buoyant feeling generally 10 be iound uh
White house After the short rail-.
during the early morning came tn
midday bulletin. 1t WINS bad; it was very bad
1t showed
WEAKENING IN THE WHOLE SYSTEM
of the patient. That he was worse than a
the same hour yesterday was admitted by tht
physicians. The change for the worse became
more apparent as the afternoon wore on. Al
shortly before 8 o'clock the sleepiness in.
creased, and the President appeared in coma
tose condition Such a condition was an evil
dence of well developed
ri BLOOD POISONING,
which he undoubtedly has. His pulse ran
I'D to 1873, with corresponding increase OF
temperature. Then followed the administra-
tion of stimulants to undo the sleepiness:
| Whisky, of the amount of. five drachms, at
| intervals, and the yolk of eggs, with peptOnzed
milk, was administered by enemata. That
| was the second change The administration
| of stimulants had its effect upon the pulse. 1t
went down but the sleepiness continued,
and, despite the stlmulants, he was
unconscious in slumber for an unusually long
period. During the afternoon with the sub
| sidence of the pulse The doctors announce a
| more favorable condition and the $50 bull
| letin, as DIR. Hamilton expressed it, showed
shade of improvement. That marked the
| third change up to 10 o'clock tonight. The
| GREATEST DANGER
now is that the President cannot be given suf-
ficient strength to carry him along SO that the
more fatal conditions of blood poisoning may
be warded off. He is SO weak and his blood
is SO impoverished that it seems almost i'm
possible to successfully overcome the danger
ous complications, which have followed each
other fast and faster. The
latest dispatches of tonight contained
information of the burrowing abcess broke in
side and pus was discharged through the ear.
All efforts to control the abcesses seemed to
avail nothing. The break inside was admit
ted to be most dangerous sign. One OF the
physicians said before it occurred that If such
a contingency should arise he did not think
the President could survive. Again lastnight
The President became
ANXIOUS AND WORRIED
on he subject of being removed. Mrs. Edison
was with him. The President said, where is
Bliss? In the next room, was the reply.
After an impatient movement the President
said, go and tell him to come here. Tell him
I want to be removed to my own bed. Tell
him l want to be removed and put in my own
bed. won't stay here any longer. After
considerable trouble Mrs. Edison qnieted him,
and he went to sleep for few minntes.
THE PARoTID SWELLING.
1t will be remembered that when DR.. Ham,
ilton cut the gland the other day, he did it in
order to give an outlet for the accumulated
matter, fearing that it might seek an outlet
elsewhere and possibly 60 through the ear.
The swelling OF the gland has not gone down
perceptibly Attorney General Veagh and
Postmaster General James have been most
widely divergent in their views for the past
three weeks. The postmaster general
has kept up hope, and the attorney
general has been the other way.
ing in accord with each other than heretofore.
They are, in fact, not very far apart in their
opinions. The attorney general, after being
told by the physicians about the busting Of
the gland, and being made acquainted with
the other features Of the case, summarizes in
saying: s'The situation is very critical"
Postmaster General James, after talking with
the surgeons, puts the diagnosis of his opin-
ion in the words, Improvement is not i'm
possible" The ground upon which the
RAY OF HOPE,
u,I,iob of 10 o,oloot- hos shad ito lirht around
the whole house, has for the corner stone of
its foundation the free and natural suppura-
ton from the infamed gland. The relief con-
sequent upon the outflow of the matter which
had accumulated is not only perceptible, but
very marked. There hangs the thread
of hope. The gathering at the White house for
the noon bulletin was unusually large. The
talking in the private secretary's room was in
an uHdertone. The crowd got impatient, as
usual when the bulletin was delayed, and
there were those on hand to say that the delay
was the sign ola
BAD BULLETIN
This impression was strengthened by the re-
collection that usually it is known beforehand
the general character of the medical an
nouncement and that to-day there was not
the slightest thing known about it before
its promulgation. There was a
rapid break for down stairs with the bulletins
as they were distributed. Sergt. Dinsmore
had to stand at the stairs and check the STAN
pede of the bulletin holders. to prevent too
much noise being made in the hurry to get
out of the house with news. The bulletin
bearers are becoming a nuisance. The bulletin
was as
DEPRESSING AS ANTICIPATED.
The pulse had gone up ten pounds. Since
this morning the temperature had gone up
nearly 2. 1 and there was no improvement in
the respiration DR.. Bliss this afternoon in
an interview expressed himself as practically
abandoning all hopes of the Presidents recov-
cry and conveyed the impression of having
given the case up. At o'clock this evening
that hour he was asked how
long he thought tho discharge from the gland
| would keep up. He replied that it might dis
charge freely forty eight hours and then
ooze.
| How about the nourishment?
| He has been given sufficient nourishment
| to sustain him by enemata' He has been
given the yolk of an egg, peptionized milk
and six drachams of whisky every four hours.
By the mouth he has been fed
very literally. Very fresh beef juice has been
administered and he retains it all. His stom-
ach is acting admirably.
Is there any improvement in the Presidents
appearance?
There is. He looks better to-day than yes
terday.
Is there any pyemia?
| There is not. There is poisoning of the
| blood, as there has been for some days, but
| pyemia has not developed itself.
Is the report true that the pus discharged
| smells Extensively?
1t is not. The pus is healthy in character,
and there is nothing whatever offensive
about it.
Is there evidence of Inflammation in the 9TH