The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-14

Iour later. Pulse SO, temperature
9 Clio. respiration %.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July lis
|. M.-The unlavorable symptoms
which made their appearance yester-
lay afternoon have entirely sub
ided. The president passed very
night, and this morning
his pulse is 90, temperature SO clio.
This would seem to indicate that in
creased pulse and temperature of
asst evening was merely temporary
but al surgeons sup
posed at the time due to some mo-
memtary tax upon his nervous sys-
tenn. rather than to any unfavorable
change in his condition.
j. w. BROWN,
Private Secretary.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
The president is passing a COM
Portable day. Pulse 100, temperture
1908, respiration %.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-Dr. Bliss
this afternoon reports the presi-
dents condition has been steadily
improving ever since morning. The
transient increase in the pulse and
temperature last night was only
natural fluctuation of fever, and not
an indication of any unfavorable
change. The president is better
in every way this afternoon than at
the corresponding hour yesterday,
and he has not u symptom which
need cause any uneasiness. Ills
pulse at 2 y. NJ. was only 80, and
although he has taken no anodync
since yesterday, he is now sleep
ing quite natural sleep. The at
mosphere of his room is still main.
tanned by refrigerating apparatus
in the basement at steady tenn
perature of 70 degrees, which the
president finds most comfortable.
.WAsHINGToN, July 12.-The fol-
lowing telegram was sent by the
! attending surgeons to Drs. Agnew
and Hamilton, eansulting surgeons,
this afternoon;
During the afternoon yesterday
the presidents temperature rose to
the highest point it has yet attained.
IL began to fall, however, inn
mediately after he received his
evening morphia, one-qnarter OF
grain of sulphate hypodermically,
and this morning corresponds with
previous days. About six this
evening he had a consistent and
copious movement OF the bowels.
His wound was dressed antisep-
tically yesterday evening and this
morning. He continues to retain
all nourishment prescribed for him,
and has had twenty-four ounces of
milk and one of rum during the last
twenty hours, besides asmall guam
tity of milk toast. This morn
Wing at $50 o'clock he also
'cceived ten grains of bisulphate Of
onfpia. His general condition this
mo, 'hing appears better than yester-
dav Last night ut p. M. his pulse
was 1OS, temperature 102 $40, res
niration "a. This morning at A.
NJ. pulse &c, temperature SO CLIO,
respiration "a AZ p. NJ. his pulse
was 100, temperature 100 $40, res
piration "a.
WAsHINGToN, July 12-7 p. NJ
The president bias passed n much
more comfortable day than yester-
day. Pulse 1O4, temperature 1O2,
respiration "a.
CHICAGO, July L2.-John Griscom
concluded his forty five days fast at
noon to-day. His pulse this morn
ing was &C, respiration 100, temper
at1re SO. At noon just before he
broke his fast, he weighed 1473
pounds. About two hundred per-
sons assembled in the theater to see
the faster take his first Inouthful of
food. Behind the scenes table
was spread, containing raisins,
peaches, oranges, cake, break, crack
ers, cheese, whortleberries, biscuits,
beefsteak, strawberries, milk toast
and ice water. He spoke OF
the day quietly, and walked
around experimenting arrange
! ments, talking to the reporters and
even helping the walters handle ar
ticles of food, showing no signs of
unusual hunger or excitement.
When the curtain went up the audi
, ence applauded heartily, and Girls
: com made q little speech setting
forth his well-known views about
{ fasting, saying he believed that
: much physical sickness and distress
was due to overcrowding Of the
, system with food.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July r.
: DR., w. Guiteau, veterinary surgeon,
of this city, is q cousin of Charles
, Guiteau, lie has no doubt that tiIa
: man is now insane, and that he baH
, been SO for years. Two years ago
f he was in this city delivering pub
lie lectures on the subject of
"Christ," in which he argued that he
, was as great a man as Christ, and
J that only tradition and superstition
"A have given the Savior such void Z
II wide reputation. He behaved y6ry
strangely, and his relations were
afraid he would commit suicide dur
ing his fits of lallucinaton.
New YORK, July IL. AT noon to-
day Gale, the pedestrian, completed
J 20o5 quarter miles of 5000 quarter
miles in 5000 consecutive ten min
utes. He is still in good condition.
| COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 12,-Gov.
Foster has received kilograms FROM
the governors of Indiana, Massachu-
sets, Kansas, Wisconsin, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Illinois, Virginia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Missouri, New York, Me-
braska, Vermont, florida, New Jer-|
sey, West Virginia, Wyoming Ter
ritory, approving the sugges ton in|
reference TO fixing day TO be OBJ
served as day ofprayer for the rel
covery of President Garfield. The|
governor OF Georgia was added TO
the committee on date.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 12.--The
SUMS special letter from West
minister, Carroll county, dated yes
terday, says Robert Bell, colored,
died in this city last night, aged
somewhere in the eighties. His life
was known to have been in
sured for large aggregated
sum, and his death and in-I
surance policies were the chief
topics of conversation to-day. Quite
a number are interested in the poll |
| cies, and the whole amount is esti-
mated at over 100000. IL is said
that $l74,000 have been taken on
bis life in the past two or three
weeks, one syndicate having put in
$4,000. Bell has been sick six
| weeks. He was a staunch Demo-
crat, voting the straight ticket at
every election since the fifteenth
amendment clothed him with cleo
tive franchise.
PARIS, France, July 12.-The pa
pers say that the fete OF the revolu-
lion of the republic, which occurs
Oh Thursday next, the I4th instant.
the ninety-iirst anniversary of the