The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-20

that the President may die in one of
sthe rigers should they prove fire.
squent.
The rigor of this morning lasted
Bnearly twenty minutes. The Presi-
! dent is reported as having slept
some since then, but is now awake
land he has taken a small quantity
of nourishment. The frequency of
the chills occasion great anxietx
DR.. Bliss is of the opinion that if
j the rigorS continue for fOrty-eiCht
hours the President cannot live, and
it is quite possible that he may be
carried off in one Of the chillS.
1O40 NOON
DR., Agnew says the situation at
this time is decidedly bad, and could
not be we'll worse. The President
has not rallied as usual from the
|effectS of the rigor. Much excite
|ment prevails and the worst fears
Iare entertained, and justly so.
11.3O am. DR.. Bliss briefly
summed up the situation as deci-
IdedlY critical. He said there was
mo doubt the rigors were the result
|of extended complications in the
fright lung, aided, of course, by the
exhausted condition of the Presi-
dent, which has been caused by
|blood-pOisOning. Boynton expects
the patient to rally from the effects
|Of this mornings rigor, but admits
THAT there is cause for the gravest
apprehension. He says the chills
may continue for some time, with
|out serious results, but it is not pos
|sible to make any predictions as 20
1.-THE conrSe the disease will take
next. 1t is now agreed by al at
tending surgeons that the rig0rs
lare the results of the lung trouble
land pyamic condition of the blood.
|AgneW prOnOunceS the case deci-
|dedly alarming. The guards about
|Francklyn Cottage have been or
ldered in the event of the Presidents
demise to Immediately extend their
picket lines. Government will
probably monopolize the only tele-
gr ph wire, Which runs to ElberOn-
and press dispatches will, in that
event, have to be sent twenty miles
/ by courierS.
IA am.-Dr. Bliss says there haf
/ been no material change in the
Presidents condition. There IS no
evidence of repair IN the wound and
THE discharge looks bad.
1890 m.-Dr. Bliss Sd S the Pres
.ident more comfortable. y Teac-
/ tiOn has taken place and the pulse IS
now lis, temperature about uOrmal,
/ and respiration "a There is, how
ever, danger Of another chill 20
wards evening.
Secretary Hunt has just come from
aFrancklyn Cottage. He says the
President is now sleeping quietly,
land there is no material change III
This condition
Members OF the cabinet, excepting
Blaine and Lincoln, came to ElbeToR
at Il o'clock, and are now sitting on
the piazza of Att0Tcey-General Mac
Veagh's cottage.
1t can be stated on authority Of
the cabinet officers now here, that
Vice-President Arthur has not been
summoned and that DO action re-
Igarding his coming here has been
taken. He has been advised reg
|ularly OF the Presidents condition
from here as be was from Washing
ton. Blaine is still looked for and
has been kept well informed of the
Presidents condition. Secretary
Lincoln is expected TO arrive to-day
Tor tomorrow DR.. Bliss has lust
|gone to Francklyn Cottage to make
the noon examination. The bulletin
lis awaited with intense anxiety.
The members of the cabinet still re-
main at General MacVeagh's cot
'tage.
The following official bulletin has
just been issued: 1890 pm: The
|chill from which the President was
suffering at the time the morning
bulletin was issued, lasted about
Fifteen minutes, and WIS followed
by Il febrile rise of temperature and
sweating. He has slept much Of the
time, but his general condition has
not materially changed since Tenn
Iperature 98.2, pulse 1C4, respiration
10.
Dr.. BOynton says the President
passed the most quiet night he had
Experienced since he was shot. The
reason for it can be readily ac-
counted forinthe extreme weakness
OF the patient. He is fearfully weak
and debilitated. The doctor then
Explained the occurrence OF the
!rigor. 1t appears the chill came or
while the morning dressing was in
progress, and the dressing had t9
be stopped OH account of its occur
renee. The patient III st complained
Iof feeling cold, and almost immedi-
|ately was attacked with severe
shaking. During the time the chill
prevailed, DR.. Bliss says vomiting
land severe retching occurred.
|Rigor was Of about twenty minutes
duration. After It passed OF the
patient become comparatively COM
Portable, and paTtOOk of some nOuT-
|ishment and his pulse fell about
three beats to 40. While the chill
was on the pulse was 143 and very
feeble.
MacVeagh, on behalf of the cabi-
net. has officially notified tie man
lager of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company 10 hold a special