The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01
Still Lying-Another Day Of Alternating
Hope and Fear.

Still Living-Another Day of Alternating
Hope and Fear.
WASHINGTON, Aug 27.-The gloom
around the city and at the White House
was slightly lifted this afternoon about
O'Clock. A change was then noted in
the President for the better. The whole
morning since O'Clock had been as de-
pressing as 1t possibly could be, without
the announcement that death had made
its appearance. The President himself
became discouraged this morning about
Z o'clock, and it was only by Fostering
him up with the hope that it threw off
the condition of hopelessness which, had
| it continued, would have been as alarm
| ing a phase of the case as any one of the
many which have developed themselves.
That is part of
THE TREATMENT,
that dependency in the patient shall be
prevented.
At noon there could not have been
found a ray of hope with lantern. DIR.
| Bliss, DIR. Hamilton and DIR. Reyburn,
in successive conversations, said, in as
many words, that they did think that
the President could recover. They unit
ed in the opinion that rally, and very
marked one, would be necessary to coun-
teract the very weak and debilitated con-
dition of the President. DIR. Bliss said
! further, that debility had made such
progress thai he could not see how it
was possible for the President TO repair.
He would say that he expressed hope,
but certainly did not think that the Pres
ldent would recover.
The afternoon hung along in this I'M
| favorable manner until about O'Clock,
when it was noticed that the President
was a very little better. Mrs. Garfield,
who had been by his side all day long,
was the first to notice the change. The
| change was not for any great good in
the Presidents enfeebled condition, but
still il was
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
and carried with it renewed hope in the
breasts of the people both inside and
outside the White House.
The condition of the changes were de-
scribed by Secretary Lincoln, after talk
with Drs. Reyburn and Bliss. Secretary
Lincoln then said: I'VE have been told
shade better. DIR. Bliss says the Presi-
dent is better now than he was yester-
day; the pulse still fluciuates, but it is
better pulse. 1t is firmer and better in
tone; il has during the afternoon averag-
ed during its fluctuations about ia.
The President looks better than yester-
day and his stomach is doing very we'll
indeed the trouble is in that swollen
gland. If it were not for that
STRONG HOPE OF RECOVERY
might be entertained, but that local af-
fection is bad-it is very bad.
THE gland suppurated again this
afternoon. There was discharge from
it about three hours ago, and another
discharge about an hour ago. The Presi-
dent has taken nourishment freely dur
ing the afternoon, and has asked for il.
There is" concluded the secretary, "a
slight improvement, but that gland is
causing the great trouble, and keeps the
improvement from being satisfactory"
In a short time after the above CONVEX
sation with Secretary Lincoln the even
ing bulletin was issued. 1t bore out the
fact that during the afternoon there had
been slight improvement. Since the
bulletin the improvement has been pro-
nounced as being more marked DR..
Boynton says, and he has until to-day
taken more hopeless view of the case
than any one else, that he thinks there is
marked improvement and
CHANCE FOR RECOVERY,
The President tonight took the first
nutriment that partook of anything like
solid character. He was given some
milk toast and ate it with relish Col.
Rockwell, after the toast was eaten, said
that he was mnre than ever confident
that his prediction Of the early part of
the evening that the President was going
to surprise the country by getting we'll,
was on more solid foundation Despite
all the symptoms which are favorable
and other things of the same hopeful
character that emanate from the White
House, the attentive observers OF affairs
al the White House do not lose sight Of
the fact that in order that there may be
any change that can be considered as
material in its character for the better,
there must be a condition that shows
that there is a building up from the
very low condition of the President.