Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-27
Sd Extra.
500 O'CLOCK p. M.
A CLEAN OF HOPE.
THE PRESIDENT BETTER
A SIGN OF STRENGTH.
THE SWOLLEN GLAND TROUBLESOME
AZ the White House This Afternoon.

hau uWlhdied TO very small knot. But very
little excitement was evident i'm the vicinity of
the house. The Cabinet officers left about one
O'Clock. DR.. Woodward and Mrs Edison re-
NAMED with the President during the afternoon
| The reports from the sick room were OF the same
tenor as during the rest of the day. There was
no improvement; there was no gain: there was
no sign that the President had begun to repair
during the afternoon liquid nOurishment was
continued. The pulse continued to fuctuate
Dr. Boynton, who has heretofore given the most
discouragng reports, is an exception again to-
day He speaks more hopefully than any of the
doctors.
| ooL- ROCKWELL THINKS THE PRESIDENT WILL
SURPRISE THE COUNTRY BY GETTING WELL
some OF the Presidents intimate personal
friends and attendants still cling to the hope of
MS recovery. Col. Rockwell. i'm conversation
with reporter of the Associated Press this af-
ternoon, said with much emphasis and feeling.
Notwithstanding the discouraging bulletins;
Notwithstanding all that has been said notwith-
standing the dispatches which have been
sent far and wide over the country
tell yOu the President is not dy-
| ing. and shows no signs of dying.
don't speculate as to the chances of the future
The present is enough for me. He is not dying
now Not ten minutes since 1 heard him tell
Gen Swain, who stood by his bedside, that he
Thought he felt better than he did yesterday A
long while ago. in talking to me about himself
Gen. Garfield said: With me it is always the
unexpected which happens believe the unex-
pected may happen once more in the Presidents
life, and that he may yet surprise the country by
getting well,'
A SIGN THAT STRENGTH HAS NOT FAILED.
fhn ftar, it'll
| in the sick room, the President asked for
drink of water. Gen. S. gave it to him. and the
President took the goblet and helnea himself, himself
'h''s showing that he is not at times
so weak as his pulse would indicate
AT the same time he said: Swain 1 believe |
feel better than l did yesterday at this time.n
Although admitting that he is very i'll man,
Gen S. feels that the President lacks vet the
signs of a fatal Illness
AT FOUR O'CLOCK
no change was still the burden of the announce
ments which came from the patient. There is
an impression that the time before the last
breath is being contracted even within the limits
set by Dr. Bliss, and that in twenty-four hours
the story of death will have to be told The
continued wasting, which the doctors pronounce
the great and almost overwhelming danger
Il ~,
longer there is no signs of rally the greater is
the danger that it can never occur.
Mr.. Brown said about four O'Clock that there
was a shade of Improvement
NO SIGNS OF A CHANGE
Dr. Reyburn came into the house about four
o'clock In answer to an inquiry. he replied
that it was some time since he saw the Presi-
dent, but that he had seen no signs of a change
and did not think that there were any such
signs.
GEN. SWAIN HOPEFUL
Gen. Swain continues to be hopeful His
faith cannot be shaken by even extraordinary
complications. Contemporaneous with DR. Rev.
burn, he said: ''The President is getting along.
His stomach is acting admirably. The Presi-
dent is better than at this time yesterday
THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
who left the house at noon began to return
about four O'Clock. Mrs. MacVeagh has for the
past three days always accompanied the Attor-
ney General in his visits to the White House.
The Cabinet officers had a respite from news
paper inquiries as they went into the house. 1t
is when they come out that they Are subjected
to fire Ofquestions along the line.
WAITING FOR THE BULLETIN
At a quarter past four the early walters for the
evening bulletin began to arrive. They whiled
away the time by speculations and predictions.
The crowd also at that time began to collect
around the gate again. The clerks i'm the de-
partments having had time to get their dinner.
many of them started out on hunt for news
about the President.
ARRIVAL OF Mr.. RUDOLPH AND DR.. AGNEw
Shortly after four o'clock Mr.. Joseph Rudolph,
brother-in-law Of the President, arrived at the
house. James Garfield and Don Rockwell went
to meet him. Following close upon the heels of
Mr.. Rudolph there came DR.. Agnew, he having
arrived on the afternoon limited express from
New York and Philadelphia DR.. Agnew will be
present at the evening examination and his
name will be appended to the bulletin tonight
WHEN HE WILL CEASE TO HOPE
Rev. Frederick Power, this afternoon, at five
o'clock, was asked what he thought of the
Presidents condition. 81 will not give up hope
until the President is Enthusiastically i'm a coma
tOse ccSiiIiOn."
MRS. GARFIELD
has to-day seen but one or two visitors. VERY /
few people have aske,i ior her. knowing that it |
is her deere TO be constantly by the Presidents
bedside. There she has remained. except at |
very short intervals. She has not lost all hope, |
but is fully alive to the fact that the life of her
husband hangs upon a very slender thread
5P. NAN IMPROVEMENT REPORTED.
At five o'clock Secretaries Window, Blaine,
Hunt and Kirkwood left the White House. They
all felt somewhat encouraged: They said that
they believed that there was a slight improve
ment. They had Just received that assurance
from the physicians. secretar" Kirkwood said:
1--WE have just been told thst the President is
better The doctors were very earnest and be-
ieved that there was an Improvement"
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAID TO THE CABINET OFF,
GERS.
Secretary Lincoln was somewhat more ex-
plicit in giving an account Of what the Cabinet
officers had been told. He said: ssWe have been |
told by the doctors that the President is q shade
better. Dr.. Bliss said that the President Is bet
ter now than he was yesterday. The pulse stin
huctuates, but 1t b better pulse. Il ID frmer
and better In tone. 1t has Nu5ng the aftsr-
noon averaged, during its hecfuafions, about
~ The President looks better tkan yestes-