Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-13

only tradition and superstition have given the
Savior such a worldwide reputation. He be-
hayed very strangely, and his relations were
afraid he would commit suicide during his fits of
hallucnation.
OClock.-Continucd Improvement.
At 3 o'clock the President was resting quietly
The Improvement over his condition heretofore.
which was very noticeable this morning, con-
tinues. 1t is as marked this afternoon. CON-
pared with the same hour yesterday. as the i'm
provement this evening was over his condition
yesterday evening.
Report to the Consulting Surgeons.
THE PRESIDENTS GENERAL PROGRESS MORE
FAVORABLE THAN HITHERTO.
ExEGTTIvE MANSION. July 13-The following
telegram was sent by the attending surgeons to
the consulting surgeons this afternoon:-.'Exec-
utive Mansion. July 49, pinto Drs. Frank
H. Hamilton and d. H. Agnew. The febrile rise
yesterday afternoon was less marked and oc-
Cured at later hour than on the previous day,
and to-day, for the first time. the Presidents
morning temperature fell to the normal point
The general progress of his symptoms appears
more favorable than hitherto. During the last "a
hours he has taken 80 ounces of milk and
one ounce of rum. This Worning he had also a
slice of milk toast. and chewed the breast of a
WoodcOck. but did not care to swallow the meat.
he had last night one quarter of a grain of sui
phate OF morphia hypodermically Gn no "a hours
during the past week has he received more than
single dose of this quantity and slept well
during the night. This morning he received ten
grains OF the bi-sulphate of quinia. Yesterday
at pm. his pulse was 104, temperature 102 4.
respiration "A To-day at $50 a: M, pulse go,
temperature 9S5. respiration 20. At 1 pm
pulse ~. temperature 1905. respiration %
d. W. BLISS, u. WOODWARD.
j. X. BARNES. ROBERT REYBURN
SECRETARY BLAINE TO MINISTER LOWELL.
Secretary Blaine sent the following cable this
morning:
LOtceN, Minister. London: The Presidents con-
ditlon this morning is much better than at any
time since he was wounded. Temperature nor
MAJ; respiration very nearly norrnal: pulse 96.
ram IN feet and legs greatly diminished.
weather very warm but Presidents room kept
as cool as desired.
(SignedD BLAINE. Secretary.
No Probability of Death.
DR. HAMILTONS BELIEF THAT THE PRESIDENT
WILL GET WE'LL.
The fears of the public that President Garfield
yet remains in great danger Of death have been
heightened within the last two or three days by
statements among the Washington dispatches of
certain newspapers Some currency has also
been given to the idea that the official bulletins
Issued by the attending physicians are not reli-
able, the President being in much more seri-
Gus condition than is made public. DR.. Frank
H. Hamilton was sought by Times reporter
last night for information in this matter The
official bulletins, he said. are worthy of every
confidence. AS consulting physician he could
bear positive testimony to the honesty of Dr.
Bliss and his colleagues in preparing the bule-
TINS: the reports thus given are complete and
and perfectly reliable.
I'm the official bulletin. Doctor. there is re-
ported every afternoon rise in the pulse and
temperature; is that a bad symptom?'
There is in it no reason for alarm: it is i'm
fact. but natural. Since the second day after
the President received his wound these diurnal
increases have been marked. They were to be
expected. With any man ordinarily the pulse
Will beat faster in the evening than in the moYn-
ing, while if one remains i'm bed throughout the
day the change will bo especially noticeable
Nobody has the slightest right to interpret such
changes as bOding i'll to the President"
Had you patient suffering as is Gen Gar
neid, would you even from the first have feared
for the result?''
"My knowledge of this wound is not sufi-
clent for me to give satisfactory reply to that
question:
Prom what you do know of the wound would
you have considered death prObable?"
Not after sufficient time had elapsed to prove
that the wound was not fatal"
HAS sufficient time elapsed in this case?"
II am willing to say this. the chances are now
all in the Presidents favor
'And there is no probability of death?'
'The people have no cause for alarm. Gen.
Garfield is getting along eXcellently. There is
not probability of DEATH"