Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-04
Blaine to Lo,ueu. 1OP. II.

Blaine to LO,UeU, 10 p. NJ.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Sept.
s.--Secretary 8. Blaine sent the following DIS
patch at 10 o'clock tonight to Lowell, minis
ter at London In the judgment of the sur
geons the President has gained to-day. The
change is not great, but it is in the right d.
rectiOn and against the adverse influence of
very oppressive day. His appetite is improv-
ing and his pulse, temperature and respira-
tion have all been better than might have been
expected in such excessive heat. The Presl-
dent will probably be removed to Long Branch
early next week to escape the malarious intu-
ence of the Washington climate at this season.
(Signed) BLAINE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, II P M.-Beyond
what has been stated in the official bulletins
during the day there is nothing to be said re-
garding the Presidents general condition. 1t
is CONCEDED by the attending surgeons that
there has been a slight improvement to-day as
compared with yesterday. AS shown by the
evening bulletins the wound remains I'M
changed. It is not thought, however, the
wound can improve materially until the
glandular trouble has subsided. The swelling
of the parotid gland is gradually and salts
factoriy decreasing, and the general opinion
among the surgeons appears to be that a
change of air will prove beneficial to this
complication as well as to the other difficult
ties from which the patient is suffering.
The all absorbing topic tonight is the con-
templated removal of the President from the
White House. Last evening, after consult
alton with the attending surgeons, Attorney
General MacVeagh telegraphed President Rob
erts and Vice President Cassatt, of the Penn
sylvania railway, advising them it was prob
able it would be decided in the morning to re-
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next week, and requesting them to consider
the best method of doing SO, and 70 arrange
for it as in their judgment was best. 1t was
added that the removal was desired upon the
bed on which the President is now lying. The
gentlemen answered they would have car
specially arranged for the convenient
carriage of the President, and
would place it, with two other cars and an
engine, at the disposal of the Presidents ply
sicians probably as early as Monday morning;
that all proper precautions would be taken to
diminish the fatigue and other annoyances of
the journey whenever it was undertaken.
Among other things, President Roberts said:
"You can assure the President We will have
the best and most suitable car we can arrange,
which will be combination car. We have
put men to work TO alter and fix it up. We
will also send our best special car and a bag
gage car for those whom he may desire to
vice on notice"
In conversation on the subject of the Presi-
dents removal, Attorney General MacVeagh
said tonight it was at first thought it would
be advisable to have temporary railroad track
run from the main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad so as to connect with the White
house, but after fully considering the matter
it was deemed .impractcable to convey the
President over newly laid track, and it was
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and rOOmy wagon or carryall, which will ac-
commodate the Presidents bed, and in such
conveyance the present intention is to transfer
the patient from the Executive mansion to the
car prepared for him. The bed will be
carried down stairs to the south front
Of the house, and there placed in the wagon
and driven slowly and carefully to the Perm
sylvanla depot, where the wagon be driven
alongside the car, into which the patient will
be lifted without being removed from his bed.
The attorney general and Mrs. MacVeagh ex-
pect to leave Washington about twenty-four
hours in advance of the President, to arrange
details for his reception. Upon arriving at
Long Branch the patient will be removed from
the car and driven to one of the cottages ad-
joining the Elberon hotel. A'''
The special train will be strictly confined to
the use of the President, Mrs. Garfield, and
daughter, Mollie, the physicians, and the i'm
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vision is made for representatives of the press.
Attorney General MacVeagh said tonight
that the train will not stop at any stations
except to take in water. tI 10
In a subsequent dispatch to MacVeagh Pres
ident Roberts states one of the three cars fur
nished will be his own special car, which will
be placed at the disposal of Mrs. Garfield. He
also says that in order to lessen the annoyance
from smoke and cinders the car will be pushed
in front of the engine, and nothing but an
thracite coal will be used by the locomotive,
and that sgery precaution will be taken to
avoid othes trains passing the special train;
that those 10 the opposite direction will be
stepped until the special passes, in order to
avoid any unnecessary noise. The special
tIaiD, President Robert says, will be in Wash.
ington early Monday morning, ready to start
at any time, and the arrangements will be as
complete as he can make them.
Y = not yet decided when the removal will
b maize, but proosbly it will be determined
upon definitely tomorrow. s
DR.. Hamilton LETT for New York this after
noon.
Dr. Bliss said, ct half past nine, that the
President had passed comfortable evening,
that he was not so restless as at eight last
night, and nothing anfavorable had developed
His pulse at that hour was 107, or five degrees
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