Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-13

{ government and the future tranquil and>unprej
 | diced conduct of the executive functions;
 ! the commonwealth of Kentucky, do hereby orda
 and proclaim Thursday, the 18th day of July inst,
 ps % m rasang ana m ts ay ana sna ss
 good people of this commonwealth assemble in the
 churches or other places of worship and unite the
 every perfect gift imploring that the great caaami
 t B oTss Yer s our .S area may Sr
 ident of the United States, may be youchsafed to
 as %ay be restored t tS his m eSnn famy @ ar atrocities.
 The proclamation is dated Frankfort, Ky July z, and is duly signed, sealed and ha
 been officially promulgated.
 AN EXPLANATION CONCERNING THE BULLETINS I Considerable unfavorable comment ha been caused here to-day, and more particu | larly at the White House, on account of re ports coming from New York that ther \ seemed to be an impression among person t in that city that the bulletins in regard to tn Presidents condition are more or less col ! ored for the purpose of allaying public ap { prehension. It is said that many persons incline to the opinion that the original tele grams sent from time to time to Drs. Agnev and Hamilton. the consulting physicians regarding the Presidents condition are moi given for publication and that telegrams purporting to be copies of those sent to the consulting physicians are prepared for excitement and consequently do not give the real condition of the
 President as it really appears. These
 theories are not only erroneous, but exceed
 ingly unfair. Anyone who has found it his
 privilege or duty to spend much time at
 the White House during the past ten days knows better. The bulletins are written by
 one of the doctors and signed by all, and
 either they are true description of the Pres ident's condition at the time or the doctors are liars. As matter of fact, only the i'm formation in the published bulletins is imparted to Mrs. Garfield and the near friends of the family, and it is sent expressions from the physicians. Not one of them objects to being interviewed on the case, and there have never been any con- hicts of opinion discovered. It is not the intention of the attending physicians to ex- press any opinion in the bulletins issued, but merely to convey to the public the patients true condition from time to time Dr. Bliss says this method was agreed upon as the most advisable, as it offers an opportunity to those interested to confer with the respective medical advisers and form their own opinion as to the result of the Presidents injury. At present, for instance, the doctors do not try to conceal the fact that the President is 8 very SICK man ana 06 IS not out or QaQS6f, but they do insist that all his symptoms are favorable and that there are as yet no indi- cations of unfavorable symptoms to come. Much of the comment about the doctors has grown out of the high condition of the pulse, respiration and temperature as shown in the bulletins. These figures the doctors insist have not yet, at least since the first three days, been higher than was to have been ex- pected under the circumstances.
 
 The Presidents pulse since the hopeful symptoms of his case set in has invariably quickened in the evening and decreased in the morning. The doctors attribute the in crease to the heat, stir and hustle incident to the day time, and the decrease to the cooler and general quiet which prevails at night President Garfield's natural pulse when in good health and quiet is about sev- enty beats per minute. The highest pulsa- tion yet reached in his case has been 126. For the past few days it has ranged from 108 to 96. In cases of extreme lethargy the pulse has been known to go down to IT and the other extreme on record is 100, the lat ter occurring with children with water on the brain The Presidents temperature has been as flow as 9S.9, only four-tenths of 8 degree above the normal. Last night it reached the highest point, 1928. The sur geons ascribed this unusual rise Git had not previously been going above 101 and frac- 5ions) to the excitement of the patient pro- luced by hammering and other noises and stirs that are necessary to the introduction of the pipes for compressed air. In cases of been known to fall to 72, but hen not until death was imminent. The Presidents respiration has varied from L9 to24. In health when entirely free from any exciting influence the natural respiration of m adult is from IA to 20, but in cases of sickness and of wounds it has been recorded IS low as and as high as 100 per minute.
 GU1TEAU GROWING LESS BUoYANT IN JAIL.
 The prisoner Guiteau grows sullen and uneasy in his cell at the jail. He thinks if le could read the papers, smoke cigars and would be happy. These favors are refused Jim and he pines noticeably. He does not are to talk as much as at first, but now and hen talks long and hard with the district at- orney or whichever of his assistants may all on him. He has said great many things o these gentlemen not made public. The pe- uliar ideas of the prisoner in regard to sec ional Cabinet have caused considerable com nent as indeed his every action is more IT less commented upon. Guiteau has a ampaign speech on Garfield and Hancock which he has been in the habit of using as an to prominent political person ges. In New York he approached Conkling nd rendered him copy of this speech, but l vas treated rather cavalierly. The next l ime he met him was in Washington nd he again handed Conk1ing copy if the speech saying he (Guiteau) i vas an applicant for office and this speech 1 would show the grounds for his claims. l }onkling on this occasion angrily declared ] hat he did not want the speech and threw it l n the ground with scorn. Senator Don Cameron witnessed the scene with some 1 Guiteau says, stDon and came | 0 the conclusion that my Lord Roscoe was l nubbing me-"
 THE MISSING BULLET ACCOUNTED TOR. he President is touched on to-day in letter | 0 the editor of an evening paper as follows: 1
 ANNAPOLIS, July 10. MIR. ED1ToR-As was eye witness of the shoot 1 ag of President Garfield and being able to explain mich shot tered the chief magistrates body and l ne course and present whereabouts of the ball that lissed him. deem it 1t proper to give y9n the infor ne mystery of the ball which the newspapers were wing to solve. In the Baltimore Sun of Friday ot few lines that spoke of the difference of | pinion t., whether it the first second shot nat struck the President and the mystery that ounded the bullet that entered the coat sleeve and trace of it could be found, though most diligent earch had been made for it. They may search till l ooms day, but without s1ccess, for the bullet that ntered into the Presidents sleeve second after assed into my pocket and is retained by me as | ne President. but because it very narrowly scaped entering my body, which it ould have done had its progress not been checked l ? & large silver medal which wore suspended from ly neck and which pres nted to by Rev. athar Freitag formerly pastor of St Mary's church
 this city On the morning of the 2d July being in vicinity of the Balti and Potomac depot, and caring that the President end member of the c b. net would be at the depot, and my friend | amuel Traver concluded to stop and the great lan of whom have heard so much. We had not ,ng to wait for the President and a man who f as told was Blaine entered the depot with number ladies. The two gentlemen walked to and fro en- aged in conversation while my friend sat watched 1em- Soon the sharp crack of pistol shot burst aa air, which was followed by second. On the in- ant the report of the first shot borneto nay felt stinging sensation in my chest. I left the lace in harry believing had been fatally shot. soon I could stripped my chest bare and found ly life had been saved by medal that have worn