Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-07-06
RESTING QUIETLY
At Midnight.


5.35 Pm.
WASHINGTON, July ). The President now
sleeping Attendants and watchers taking
advantage of his quetness, and are mostly
all doing in different parts of the hallway
and adjoining rooms.
7.3O p. M.
WASHINGTON, July ). The Presidents
pulse remains at lO4, and there are no I'M
favorable symptoms. He is resting quietly.
$50 p. N.
WASHINGTON, July 5. The condition of
the President continues as favorable as at
the last bulletin. Pulse. l0G; temperature,
100; respiration, "a. No further official bull
letins will be issued till t. morrow morning.
unless in case of an unfavorable change.
(Signed) d. w. BLISS, NJ. d.,
]. J. Woodward.
ROBERT RAYBURN.
900 T.. M.
WAsHINGroN, July 5. No change in the
condition of the President reported up to
this hour.
What DR.. Hamilton SAYS.
New YORK, July 5. DR.. Frank II. Ham
iton, who left the President Monday, ar
rived here to-day. In conversation he said
that the condition of President Garfield as re-
ported by telegraph was most encouraging.
The fact that natural rest is possible shows
that nature is asserting herself to some en-
tent. When asked ''when will the crisis
be reached he replied: 81 shall call the
crisis reached and passed when the President
gets entirely well. Wherever that bullet is,
its presence will be known by an abscess
that FORMS when that tronble is over we
shall know all danger is passed" He de-
clined to give an Opinien. saying: sit would
do Garfield no good, and might have bad
effect on the public.
Resolutions of sympathy in London.
LONDON, July s. The Court of Aldermen
at their meeting at Guildhall, to-day, adopted
resolutions expressive of sympathy with
President Garfield.
COndoling Words from the Poet Alfred
TennysOn.
Alfred Tennyson. the poet, has telegraphed
to United States Minister Lowell, expressing
deep regret at the attempt on the Presidents
life, and asking for the latest news regarding
his condition.
No Decline in American Securities.
The Financer says that the murderous
outrage in Washington has had only very
moderate effect on prices of American Sc
curities, and after the first tendency to panic
had passed away. which it did very quickly,
remarkable steadiness has become apparent,
and reduction shown in London prices was
unimportant.
The Vienna Papers.
vienna, July ). The papers make the
Conkling Grant party responsible for the
attempted assassination, and lay great stress
upon the necessity for a moral publication of
the American administration system. They
declare that the whole civilized world should
array itself against the criminal.
Arrest Of Edmunds.
MONTICELLO, Ark, July 5. Howard Ed
munds has been arrested for the murder of
Miss Sallie Watson, daughter of Hon. 1. X.
Watson. Edmunds is cousin and brother
in-law of the murdered lady. He is now in
Jail. The excitement is intense and increas-
ing as fresh evidence is found against him.
Fears are entertained that he will be
lynched. The body of Miss Watson was
found in the woods. Saturday afternoon. She
was missing four days.
Lemonade Poisoning.
WARRENsBURG. Mo-, ). boat load of
| picnicers, 600 in number. partook of lemon
ade yesterday, that had been poisoned with
acid. Eight died and one hundred lie in a
critical condition. The vender was arrested
and will be prosecuted. Great public indig-
nation.
sympathy From France.
PARIS. July5. La Republique FRANCHISE,
Gambetta's organ. published this morning a
short paragraph, expressing sympathy with
the President and the United States at the
present juncture.
The Presidents Condition Favorable.
ELBERoS, n. j.. July s. The following
dispatch was received by Grant from the
Executive Mansion at 3 o'clock this after
noon: The tenor of all reports continues fav-
orable and great hopefulness prevails. The