, 1881-09-20
EARLY HOPES.


Special Dtspatch to The Chicago 1Hbuns.
IoSo BRANCH, Sept. 19.-Dr. Bliss lmme-
date.y nfter tho evening bulletin u p. n.y.
cn1ne f1om the Presidents cottage with
4brigIlter face thnn lie has hatl today4 lie
said: "Iho bulletin gives the worst s!do OF
y It, Tiers are no more bad symptoms to
mention, We think the lung trouble Is lit
4 tic better, The area OF dullness Inns nar-
rowed a little. We can now hear the respir-
alton murn..tr. lie has coughed more easily.
! it's food Is continued by the mouth and
! by epemata. Ills mind is clear.
lia itas by no means n,', made
+ up his mind that he Is going
/ to die, The time for the chill ias passed
1nnd 1t has not appeared. On the contrary,
\ his temperature Is normal and Ills PULSE
4xrcatly reduced, while bis respiration Is at
THE TONE or DIT BLISS VOICE
7 was slightly encouraging. but it WAS soon
8learued TINT he rca1ly had no great hope.
rhe AttoEney-ienernl went TO tho doctors
y cottage. wllpre lie had a consultation with
u Drs. bliss, Agncw, and Hamilton. Upon
n leaving the cottage, inter this conference,
VI Attorney General MacVeazh said: "rhero
y Il no new hope. 1t would be wrong to
create the Impression tint there ls Thu
81 fact that tliere l,as not been another chill
/ Should uat create hope. lie has had one
u chill to-day. Ii lle had had apother one it
+ would I,aye doubled Ills burdens. There IL
u nothing In Ills condition to Indicate my l1'''
81 uruycu,ent. Possibly It niay be sald TINT he
& il no worse, but thure can bo no new hope
Is until thero Is now strength, and
Z lie CERTAINLY HAS NOT GAINED AMY.
II had not expected that l,e would have an
& other chill today. Tho doctors now think o
t. will escape it. The hour fur 1t llas
=! passed. But tho fact TINT he has
< not Ind two chil1s today Is certainly not
BaRround for hope. lie has had one' ana ho
Hueyer has had more than one day. What u
Mwonderfnl case it Isl THIS morning there
n would hare been good bulletin II tho chill
F Ind occurred fifteen minutes later. The c0n-
u dIttons were apparently favorable, but tho
8 chill came OIL while the examination was be-
8 Ing made"
n TIE ATTo11SEy-0ENEItAL
n then snId tint tho rcpt,rts which pretend to
B give nu account of any dispatches which
= he may have sent totlay to the
Is Vice President were unauthorized. NJ
# no Information hal been given to
81 anybody Us to tho nature Of anything that no
IL may have communicated TO tief: AItlul'
!, 81 Zen. Swain and Col. Rockwell. always
= hopeful, are model attendants for u sick
r. room, No one ever heard u gloomy word
: # from them, and very seldom has Klootn been
! H seen upon their faces. Col Rockwell sonll
= H left the Presidents cottage andsaid, "Thngs
+ look better. .........
!. ALWAYS TOLD you uE WAS GOING TO GET
. WELL"
Gen, Swain, too, 8oou lefr for Ills dinner
J. and said, ''I1o is worth all tho dead
men that could bs laid between here
Il ilns ,nore volume. Ills mtnd Ii cleAr. Ills
stomach il right, llo drank Klnssfis! o'
l. kumyss.nwhtto ago, a1d enjoyed Il. 1t l'as
J. f. mild stimulating qualities, something like
Il u,alt liquors, Tile President Is clleerful."'
= "Does le recognize Ills condition, Gen
cral"
IS T. The doctors can't tell h!m anything abon
r = tl,at, I1u knows his cass perfectly we'll, m't
y l,as fro,n tho first. Ills pluck AMI courage
u are amazing liz will co,ne out OF q chill a'
'r cheerful as II he was leaylnK III evening
q lie MAKES NO COMPLAINTS.
r. There has been n6 Indication Of another ch!l
III II tIs eyent1g, and there IL now ITO probabIllt
III that there will be 0,e." Gen. Swain has no
x, # iost his courage, and evidently mover vii
lis untlI ti,o breath has left the body. DR.. Halr
NC lton. too. Is Inclined to take cheerful vl8W
llo salu; "The evening bulletin certall1l
gives us little moro announcement. 1t
p Z almost impossible to look upon thnt ctsec
ye fuI, smiling face and not feel tlat s Is goln
he to live"
n, well.tressel stranger, who lad been wa!
he lux about tle hotel aud grounds all tle al
crlluutl, sent to Co!. Rockwell Ut the Tres
dents cottage the following note:
ka H Ono whu hrtngs the power OF tue LoFa Iosl
M Christ With him wauts to pray for tho tresdesa
~ JAMES 1uwIN WlLxx.
ns rt,a handwriting was that OF q nerso
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