The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1881-09-01
PRE- IDENT CARR .ELD.
he is SinIsiMg.-~All IL Gloom
Physicians without Hope
Executive Mansion, Etc.


en.t =, $3.50 a. gn.-Ihe assurance con-
ttined in tile morning bulletin, That the
stomach bad reasserted itself and that otf1-
ar indications We're less satisfactory, raised
rhe hopes oC the deapondent this morning.
The night, compared with the preceding
oue, was comparatively quiet. The Pres-
dent Frequently aWoke, but not So often as
during the night before, the accumulation
Of p}]@gm being less troublesome. About
a. ~. Iha President asked for koumiss,
and small quantity was given him and
retained by the stomach. The morning
dressing showed a normal temperature and
respiration and the pulse two beats less
than yesterday morning. The wound was
l0and to be doing we'll and the infiamed
gland In about the same condition as last
night @
Tie anxiety Is somewhat legsened by the
development Of the morning, but the
gravity Of the situation is still apparent.
THE PRESIDENTS MIND wANDERs.
New YORK, August 22.-An extra tele-
gram, Washington special says: AS soon
az the President awoke this morning q hot
poultice OF flax seed was applied to his
neck There Is no great desire now to pre-
vent the Suppuration Of the paoted gland.
The effect Of an abcess upon the brain Is
much lrcAdcd, although during the night
there was Il sli9htabberration Of mind ap-
parent in lis muttcring. While awake
the pulse, when last taken, about a. m.
haze fallen to l03. Peptcized beef, in very
2tnaiI quantities, was administered through
Aiz mouth at j IL. N. and WAS retained
The Presidents mind when he aWoke at
that honr was clear, but Ills mental and
physical laRaitltlc was greater than at any
other time in his long struggle for life.
BLISS INTERVIEWED.
d. Bliss at i p. n3. said TO u representa-
tive Of Inc Associated Press, that the PRES
idcnt had had much mere favorable after
noon than yesterday, and was doing fairly
we'll. He continues to swallow nourish-
meut in the shape Of milk porridge and
koUmias without difficulty, and has, III the
opinion of the surgeons, had food enough
to-day 70 sustain strength. lie suffers no
further annoyance from tho secretion Of
mucous III his throat and II entirely free
from pain. @.... ""@.
The President asked DR.. Bliss this after
noon what lie thought Of his condition,
and the doetorrapIied that IL he could keep
down n0ttrfshmcnt enough he would get
through ali right, The President then in
CURED how long il would be if he should
make favorable progress before he could
take a trip on Il steamer 70 go to Mentor.
The doctor could not give him definite
reply, None Of the Presidents symptoms
are w0rac this AFTERNOON ana some of them
are better. Ills condition continues crit
jcal, but his attendants think there is lit
tie more reason for encouragement.
THE PRESIDENT REPORTED DEAD.
CHICAGO. August p, 80 p. m.-Anoth-
cr report that the President is dead was
industriously circulated this afternoon and
wheat declined Ii full centon the curbstone
in consequence thereof, tits believed that
the rumor has spread over the Northwest
and probably has reached San Francisco.
There was intense excitement for q time,
Of course. The rumor was wholly q base
less one, as the report from Washington
aloWs.
WASHINGTON, August %, 10 P. M
Although no information can yet be OBJ
tanned directly from the attending sur
geone, it is understood that the Presidents
case las taken an uufavorabe turn this
evening and that the swollen parotid gland
in which pus ia now forming IN small
cells or pockets, threatens Immediately
dangerous consequences it;fa unless d ia
vorabIe change takes place within the next
1wcnty-four hours the worst is apprehend-
I'd.
WAsH1SGroE, August 25.-At q very
late hour tonight the Presidents condition
wa2 very alarming. Unless there is q
change for the better Within ~ hours tt +
admitted that he will not survive. The
President is very weak indeed, has been
ont Of his mind most Of the night, and his
faculties have wandered wildly; Tie
trouble now arises from the swollen gland
and the consequent serious complications
Of that gland. III addition TO not having
diminished tn It's swelling, It now shows
nnmistakably thar the pus has aecumula-
ted III at least half dozen cells in aGdl-
ton to one opened yesterday, and tha5 by
opening Them as much matter could De
discharged from each Nh came forth Eestef-
day after the incision.
/; is also egiden. that the accumulation
81 pUs Ii pressing downward III the other
cells. Ii Is feared ii. will also So upward
and reach The brain. These signs ind1-
cate most marked degree of blood pots-
onung has hold On The President, ana all
is gloom.
The members III t1e Cabinet a1a very ape
prehenRiye
Nobody here thinks there ia moro than.
d rare chance for his recovery
Atthishourall is quies about tiif ii ksSee-
adye Mansion. Tie members Of the Cao-
met who remained sometime after the
house had been closed, left NJ II O'Clock.
Two policemen keep watch It the en-
trance 10 the grounds end report every
~ a4eF.Sa II faa1.