The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-12
COTTAGE BY THE SEA.
THE ANXIOUS HOURS RETURNING,
The Presidents Condition Not So
Hopeful : \ Change Fer lhe
Worse = Secretary BIalnO's
Dispatch Not ReaAIuFIng.

LoS0 BRANCH, September ll--Unoificial
Bulletin.-Dr, Bliss says the President has
not had quite so favorable day Us yester.
day, but that he feels no alarm about him.
The official bulletin issued at $50 o'clock
this evening says The President has
passed quiet day, although his tempen.
ture has been somewhat higher and his
pulse more frequent than during the pre-
vious twenty-iour hours, At the evening
dressing quite large slough Of connected
tissue was removed from the region of the
iparotid gland, He continues to take suf-
tticient quantity Of nourishment and enjoys
it. At the noon examination his tempea.
ture yas lO0i pulse, no; respiration, 20.
AT the evening dressing his temperature
was 1906; pulse, no. respiration, 20,
The day opened cloudy and rather sui
try, but before three o'clock in the after
noon bracing sea breeze set IN, contlnu-
ing throughout the day, The mercury fell
to 72and heavy clothing was necessary for
comfort Jrhe carly part Of the day was
not 80 favorable for the President as yes
terlay, owing to the fact that the febrile
rise, which has become somewhat greater,
did not come till late in thenight and con.
sequently had not entirely disappeared
when the morning dressing Of the wound
was made, The rise which now appears
nightly y attributed to malarious affections
and until the fever Is broken tile mornings
may not prove as satisfactory Ms hereto-
fore. Notwithstanding the occurrence Of
increased fever the surgeons and attend.
ants upon the President do not waver in
the opinion that he is gaining ground, nj.
though slow,
col. ROCKWELL EXPLAINS AND MAINTAINS,
Col, Rockwell gave to Nunt ETalstead, Of
the Cincinnati Commercial, u detailed state.
ment Of the Presidents condition. His
tone was unchanged from the utterances
made by him yesterday, and he said in
substance there was no rubbing out the
fact that the President was better that he
noticed his surroundings and took an in
terest in outside matters; that he ate with
relish and properly assimilated his food.
The President, like the ocean, OF course
has his ups and downs, but that his tide
was now at the flood he did not doubt, and
there was every indication he was well on
the road to recovery, lie had heretofore
had some annoyance with his eyes, but
that had apparently diMppeared."
Col. Rockwell was asked if'it was d fact
the President still suffered any hallucination
upon awakening, to which he replied, he
had been troubled more or less for some
time past with o sort !pt temporary bewll'
derlnent. Nothing more serious, however,
said he, than many well persons experience
upon awakening from sound sleep. The
Colonel! said in this connection II was n
serious error to refer to this matter as de
lirium, inasmuch as 1t was invariably TEN.
porary and the patient was always con-
sciOus Of 1t, and he, Col, Rockwell, in.
stanCed his actions ut such times by saying
he would not address any OF. his attendants
who might be standing near him until the
seeming cloud had passed away. He ut
tributed the occurrences OF halluCination,
II such II could properly be termed, To the
low condition OF his system, as General
Garfield was never subjected to such at-
tacks when well.
THE above report wOs the result Of in
quiries made up to four o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Later dispatches indicate that
a change for the worse llas taken place, and
will not, in all probability, tell SO pleasing a
talc.--ED.l b..
roe. DLAINE's DISPATCH, l-.
LOxd Branch, September ll.-secretary
Blaine sent the following dispatch at half
past ten to Minister Lowell; ..|
The President had IN increase Of fever
last night and was very restless until i a.
ST. During the day he has been somewhat
better, but his pulse, temperature and res.
piration have been higher for the entire "a
hours than ohany preceding day since lie
was brought to Long Branch. Ills other
symptoms are not reassuring, and his gen.
eral condition gives rise to anxiety
y, ... BLAINE, Secretary
The figures Of the evening bulletin caused
much anxiety, especially when 1t was
nsccrtained that there had been more or
less fever all day, notwithstanding the an.
At noon that the temperature
and respiration were dbout normal II
apbeArs that this statement was the result
OF an estimate rather than actual exAnina-
| tiOn, and when an examination was male
lN.l# q Nksra NuN
lnent referred to, the temperature was
found TO I've above norma, as is shown by
the evening bulletin.
= nor ENtOuAA0ISG ny Any MEANS.
After the issuance Of the bulletin Judge
Advocate General Swain was interviewed
by reporter: u.. ..l L.t. WI
General, how do you account for the
increased temperature to-hight2'
II don't think II due to any serious
trouble"
"Do you think this the result Of lnalari.
ous affectionsE a...p8' w. ~
ut has not yet been definitely decided
whether there is any malnrial affection. l
think, however, tlat 1t Is very probable
| that the President is affected by malaria,
contracted in Washington, TO moro or
less extent"
"Ilow has he passed the day, generally
EpeakingT'' r.ttl ,.s.
Svery well think he Is as we'll rs he
was yesterday, The figures are not re-
markably high; in fact not higher than
! Ika,, hntp hmm fanPihp ever since he WaR