Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. INTERVAL MACHINES. Their Use in Warfare
 Against England. AN ENTHUSIAST ON THE SUBJECT Arrested by a United States
 Marshal.
CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENT.
The Ball Located by Anoth-
 CT Experiment..
THE PRESIDENT.

| eated-A Cheering Story in the Bulle- l tins.
 WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-If.the three official bulletins of the physicians are to be believed, and no one seems to doubt their veracity now, they tell pretty nearly the whole his tory of the Presidents case during the last | twenty-four hours. The continued restful- | ness and general comfort of the patient | taken together with the steady flow of 1auda- ble pus from the wound, form ground for the most sanguine confidence in the Presidents | condition, and it is safe to say such confidence is now indulged in by all the physicians and near friends of the patient. Dr. Bliss stated this evening that if the President con- tinued to improve this way he would be about his room or sitting in chair three weeks from yesterday. Possible dangers are f not lost sight of, but each day that passes without a drawback adds to the hope that the rest of the case will be plain sailing. Since last evening there have been not even the slightest indication of anything unfavor- able. All has gone well with the President and his condition tonight shows marked i'm provement. The only new feature in the Iex- perience of the day has been an experiment l by Prof. Bell to locate the ball. This exper- iment was made just after the morning ex- animation. The President fully recognized what was being done, but suffered no ner- vousness during the manipulation. The story of the experiment. is best told in the following official report
 | VOLTA LABORATORY, 1,221 CONNECTICUT | AVENUE, WASHINGTON, Aug 1.
 To the Surgeons in attendance on President | Garfield:
 Gentlemen-I beg to submit for your in formation 8 brief statement of the results obtained with the form of the induction | balance in the experiments made this nor | ing for the purpose of locating the bullet in the person of the President. The instru- ! ment was tested for sensitiveness several | times during the course of the experiment, | and it was found to respond well to the pre- | sentation of a hattened bullet at 8 distance | of about four inches from the coil When exploring the coils were passed over that part ! of the abdomen where the sonorous spot was observed in the experiment made on July l 26th. feeble tone was perceived, but the l effect was audible for considerable distance | around this spot. The sounds were too fec ble to be entirely satisfactory, as had req \ son to expect from the extreme sensitiveness ! of the instrument @ much more marked eff feet. In order to ascertain whether similar | sounds might not be obtained in other local ities, explored the whole right side and | back below the point of entrance of the bullet, but no part gave indications of the presence of metal except an area of about 1 two inches in diameter containing within it the spot previously found to be sonorous. The experiments were repeated by MT. Tain ! tor, who obtained exactly corresponding re- suits. We are, therefore, justified in con- cluding that the ball is located within the ab- dominal area. In our preliminary expert 1 ments we found that bullet like the one in l question, when in it's normal shape, produced | no audible effect beyond 8 distance of 21
 inches, while the same bullet fattened and presented with it's face parallel to the plane
 of the coils gave indications up to a distance
 of nearly five inches. The same fattened
 bullet held with it's free perpendicular to the
 plane of the coils produced no sound beyond distance of an inch. The depth at which | the bullet lies beneath the surface cannot be
 determined from our experiment. I am,
 gentlemen, Yours truly, | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL.
 This report is in full accord with the ob-
 servations made by the five physicians who
 were present at the time. They accept the
 result of the experiment as conclusive, as far
 as the proximate location of the ball is con-
 cerned, and Dr. Bliss accepts it as full sub-
 stantiation of the original diagnosis of the
 wound. The President since he has been raised to sitting posture occasionally has
 several times remarked that he could feel
 something like ball when his position
 brought pressure on the abdomen, and
 when told the result of Professor Bells ex- pertinent he said he thought it was there.
 Dr. Bliss stated that the physicians had not decided to cut for the ball and had no thought
 of so doing as long as it seemed to be doing
 no harm.
 EXPERIMENT TO LOCATE THE BALL.
 In explanation of his experiments on the
 President today, Professor Bell gives state
 ment substantially as follows ''At 9:3C I o'clock a. m. my assistant, Mir. Taintor, Mir
 Gleason and myself went to the White House
 and began our experiments. The doctors
 were dressing the wound at the time. The
 President was lying on his stomach witt
 his back @red, and the usual operations oi I.cleansing the tube, etc., were in progress
 He was then laid back, and the part where fthe ball was supposed to be was barred an6
 the instrument was applied. The flesh wal
 not touched, the instrument being moved
 along slowly so that it would just avoid
 touching the body. Instantly buzzine
 sound was detected, and the location of tho
 ball was indicated, but we could not tell the
 precise spot either in location or depth. Int second instrument will detect tn. ball at & depth of five inches, bu
 the presence of the ball was pointed ou also by the first instrument, which canno 1 show results where the metal is buriel
 deeper than two inches. Hence we infel
 that it is less than two inches under the skin
 The President looked very weak indeed. H.
 whispered at one time that there was some l thing touching him on the side, and wanted | to know what it was. It proved to be tn wire of the instrument which had accidental,
 brushed his side The Presidents eyes werl upon me all the time I was experimenting
 with a look of deep interest. am going t
 make 8 report to the physicians, giving for
 mally the result of the experiments. Afte
 finishing them Mrs. Garfield expressed de sire to see how the instrument worked, ant , she was asked into the surgeons room ant ! shown it's working, conducting some exI si , ments wherein metals were placed under sim liar conditions as the imbedded bullet She was very much interested, and expressed he f admiration and satisfaction. The physician, express the belief that my experiments hay : located the bullet SO definitely as to iustif, them in proceeding on the information. may make further trials, however. I do no ' think the bullet was fiattened, or, if 1t was
 the rounded edge must be next the skin, an. , not the fiat side, for in that case could hav got it's position more precisely. Experiment D with several bullets that have been made shoy this. All the doctors were present anl
 showed the greatest interest. President Gar l field was very calm, and said nothing excep the remark quoted The strictest silenc
 was maintained to enable the ear to catcl
 the recording sounds of the instrument
 NOVEL WAY TO PUNISH auITEAU.
 District Attorney Corkhill received to-da, from Florida, Als., a bundle of switches
 principally hickory, accompanied by lette 2 advising that they be used on Guiteau, stat
 ing that the authority for this course is to b
 found in an old book not much used nol
 called the Bible, and referring him to Prov . erbs IT, 24.
 THE PATIENT RESTING AT MIDNIGHT. al At 11:3O D. m the President was sleepin quietly. He had no fever and there wer ,, indications of his passing 8 benefcis
 night.
 DR. BLISS CONNECTION WITH THE CASE.
 Dr. Bliss talked with 8 press represents 2 tive to night about the charges made by D1 a Baxter and others that he violated the law !, of medical ethics in taking charge of the case : He claimed that he took charge of the case a D the request of the President and his family 2, and he had thereby taken unto himself n, l. arrogance or undue authority, and had exer U cised no undna influence in the selection . s his associates. s q BULLETINS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. . 8 D.. m.-The President is still improl ku4-a