Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-26

! MacFeagh prOnounces the situation extremely
/ critical. and when asked this morning how long
he thought this suspense would continue re-
| piled: "God only knows" Postmaster General
James and Secretary Hunt telegraphed to Thur
| low Weed that
| a CLEAN OF HOPE AT 10 AN.
comes from the surgeons. His symptoms are
no worse. and Improvement not impossible -
| DR.. Bliss came out of the surgeons room about
! $50 this morning and telephoned to his wife
that the President was little better than last
night. In reply to nterrogations, he said that
the Presidents pulse this morning was less fire.
quent, and that the parOtid swelling had broken
| into the right ear and was discharging through
/ that Oriice. The patients mind was clear and
/ he cOnversed nationally with the surgeons about
the condition of the inflamed gland. He partook
OF food, which seemed to be grateful to him.
and his general condition appeared to be little
improved. The doctor expressed himself as
hopeful that the swollen gland would be relieved
by the discharge through the ear, and that he
would pull through the day without much
change
Iu4U A. M.-THE BREAKING OF THE ABSCESS
GIVES THE PATIENT RELIEF.
Secretary KirkwOOd came out of the Cabinet
room few moments since, and in reply to ques-
tons asked by the reporter of the Associated
Press gave the following statement of the Pres-
dents case as he understood it this
morning: Il have never thought"
he said, ''untl last night that the
President would die but the information which
we received from the surgeons late in the even
ing was of such character as to leave very little
room for hope. The danger which then seemed
most imminent was the danger of the alb
sorption of unhealthy pus from the
swollen parOtid gland. The mental
disturbance and the increased pulse
seemed to indicate that this process of Absorb
ton had already begun, and that it was poison
ing the blood, and thus acting upon the brain
ana heart Taking up small egg-shaped
piece OF sponge which lay on the reporters ia
Die. the Secretary continued: LAS understand
the case from what the surgeons have told
me, the Presidents right parOtid gland
is in some respects like this sponge; everywhere
through it there are little cells or pockets in
each OF which there is an accumulation of pus.
Inc lnclslOn which was made day before yester-
day pierced one of these pockets and released
the pus which that particular one contained
but it did not drain the others, and, i'm fact
the others could not be effectually drained at
TINS stage OF the SuppulatOn bv single in
clslon made anywhere The fear last night
was that the pus retained in these small cavities
Would become unhealthy. and as | before said.
~,
however, last night just before we went home
tnat he had not given up the hope of a favorable
change during the night. and the surgeons think
TINS morning that there has been such a slight
cIlange Tor the better as Doctor Bliss hoped
lor. The breaking of the suppuratinG gland into
the cavity of the ear will it is thought.
Afford more relief than could be given in anv
other way, and it is therefore regarded as a ia
Yorable symptom. The discharge through that
channel seems to be free the prs is thus far of a
healthy character and no ind
morning is clearer than last night showing
that there has been no blood poisoning of con-
sequence from the gland as yet. Taking every
thing into consideration, think there is reason
tLis morning TOR little more hope"
A GLIMMER OF HOPE.
Attorney General MacVeagh 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. To-
day these two gentlemen came nearer being
IN coincidence 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 bursting
OF the gland, and being made acquainted with |
the other features of the case. summarizes i'm |
saying: The situation is very criti- /
cal" Postmaster General James after talking
with the surgeons puts the diagnosis of his |
opinion in the words: Improvement is not I'M
possible The ground upon which the ray of |
hope which at II O'Clock has shed its light |
around the White House has for the corner
stone of its foundation the free and natural sup-
puration from the inlamed gland The relief |
consequent upon the outflow of the matter |
which had accumulated is not only perciptible |
but very marked. There hangs the thread of |
hope.
THE PATIENT BETTER AT NOON.
..Thp or ha n iSob %bo,
better it will be-" is what comes from the physi-
clans. The discharge from the ear. induced by |
the inward bursting of cell in the swollen
gland continues There has also been and still |
is discharge from the ncision made by Dr. |
Hamilton the other day. Towards noon the ap-
pearance of things at the White House was |
much brighter, and the gloom of the morning |
was partially lifted. The reports from the sick
room gave the glad news that the President was |
resting great deal easier and that he was
much relieved. Upon these reports was founded |
the more cheerful spirit that pervaded the house |
IL Is not so much any one symptom or mere de- |
veiopment that causes anxiety now, as the COM |
pcatiOn OF the many different ones which |
seem to follow each other in an endless process |
sion.
DR.. HAMILTON STILL HOPEFUL.
DR.. Hamilton says that the President is shelter.
and that he still has hope for the patient
THE PRESIDENTS HOROSCOPE.
In times of deep public anxiety whatever
there is OF superstition among the people comes
to the surface. The announcement that the
President demanded to be taken to his old home |
at Mentor was regarded by the superstitious as
very bad sign, for there is a vague notion |
among them that such wishes ALWAYS preceda |
death. After the President was shot. THE star
republished an extract from the horoscope Of
Gen. Garfield, as published in March last by
= Ruthiel." At that time the prediction as tn
the mode of death seemed to have no application
to the Presidents wound. but since the DANGER
has been removed to the face it will be read
again with interest. and may perhaps strengthen
the superstitous in their belief in signs in the
sky. The astrolOger said:
This being nocturnal birth and the moon
being on the cusp of the ninth house she was
the hyleg. or giyer of life. Her position couId
scarcely have been more unfavorable She was
very near the most evil of the uniixed stars Ca
pat Algol. at her full. and nearly in parallel to
Mars. These things threaten injuries to the face
and eyes and painful DEATH
ANOTHER CRANK
turned up at the White House TODAY Ue was
from Ashtabuia. Ohio. He had black wbiskers
nd rlai, Int