Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-12
THE EVENING STAR.
SECOND EDITION.

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SECOND EDITION.
LATEST NEWS.
The President Still Improving.
The Assassin and His Pistol.
5 o'clock-The Presidents Condition Still
Favorable.
At three o'clock the President continued in
his favorable condition. He was resting well
There was no change over the past two hours.
Report Of the Consulting Surgeons.
DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENTS con-
DITION.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 12-The following
telegram was sent by the attending surgeons to
the consulting surgeons this afternoon:
"EXECUTIvE MANSION, IL m.-During the
afternoon yesterday. the Presidents tempera-
ture rose to the highest point it has yet attained.
1t began to fall, however. Immediately after he
received his evening phia--one-quarte OF
grain of the sulphate hypOdermically-
and this morning corresponds with previous
copiOus movement Of the bowels His wound
was dressed antiseptically yesterday evening
and this morning. He continues to retain all
the nOurishment prescribed him. and has had
twenty-four ounces of milk and one of rum dur
ing the last twenty-four hours besides
small quantity of milk toast this morn
Ing. At $50 this morning he also received ten
grains OF bi-sulphate of quinia. His general
condition this morning appears to us rather bet
ter than yesterday morning. Last night at z
N m lie 11co af,,ro
piratiOn "a. This morning at O'Clock pulse So.
temperature 1915, respiration D. At | pm
pulse 100; temperature 1908. respiration "a.
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ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE FEATURES
of the Presidents illness is the falling off in the
White House mail. This, Notwithstanding the
fact that great deal of assassination matter is
sent to the President. The falling of in the
mail is due entirely to the fact that no applica-
lions for Office are received: no papers in behalf
OF any applicant are sent on to be filed. and no
endorsements yard long come in. 1t is Ger
tanly something very strange to find no ltera-
ture OF this character in the White House mail
bags.
The Cooling Apparatus.
The grand collection OF engines and things
to work cooling machines in the White House
basement is being removed. All but one of the
cooling plans have been abandoned That one
is the Jennings process, which has continued
to work admirably. A duplicate of it on a
larger scale is being put together so that by no
possible accident CAR the cool temperature of the
Presidents room be reduced 1t is very important
that the temperature shall not be changed except
as desired. The exhaust fan makes l20 revolu-
tions minute during the day and about 60 an
hour during the night to keep the
temperature at the Presidents bed at
IS degrees. The temperature can be
regulated by the doors and windows. but that is
not considered the better way. The tempera-
ture is to be regulated by the revolutions of the
exhaust fan. Telephone communication be-
tween the sck-roOm and the basement where
the small engine is worked has been established
A word from the sickTOom is answered promptly
10y an increased or lowered temperature. which
ever is wanted. No noise of the engine or the
working of the machinery reaches the sick-room
II there are any OdOrs or impurities in the air.
they are eradicated in passing through the
chamber where the partitions of toweling are
BY scientific comparison it has been found that
the air in the Presidents room, in addition to it's
low temperature, is two degrees dryer that in
any other room in the house. The Chase cooling
apparatus which was yesterday put up in the
ante-room was to-day removed. This was greatly
to the regreat of the reporters who sat inside
the flannel walls and wrote their reports COM
fortably, with the thermometer between 50 and
20 degrees.