Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-19

| NEW sept lS-NIce PfeSUenp arthur
| remained in his house this morning receiving
| but few callers. A reporter called on him but
| the Vice President declined an interview, send
| ing word that he had received nothing but the
| official bulletins. He has previously stated,
| however, that he was ready to obey any sum-
| mons made by the Cabinet, and he hoped that
the Presidents strong constitution and the care
full nursing he receives would enable him to
soon resume his executive duties. At the Fifth
Avenue hotel up to noon the only bulletin re-
ceived was that sent at o'clock from Elberon,
| and many anxious citizens loitered around the
hotel in hope of receiving more encouraging
| news.
SECRETARY LINCOLN HAS NO HOPES.
boston, Sept. 19-Hon. r. 7. Lincoln, Secre-
tary CT War, left Northampton, N. H., for Long
Branch this p. m. He has no hopes of the Presi-
| dents recovery.
What Attorney General Macveagh Says.
| THE DOCTORS UNABLE TO DIsPEL THE FEELING
THAT DEATH IS IMMINENT.
About noon to-day Attorney General Mac
Veagh telegraphed the War department as fol-
| lows about the President Another chill at
| 1890, and outsiders look for death at any mo-
| ment Doctors try to dispel this feeling. but
without avail" few minutes later the follow
ing dispatch came also from the Attorney Gen.
erai:-' Chill still continues. Pulse now 140
| and growing weaker"
Effect of the News.
AFEELING OF DESPAIR IN THIS CITY.
There is no longer any hope existing in the
public mind for the recovery of the President
| Even those persons here in Washington who
| have hitherto maintained blind faith in a happy
issue of this national sorrow. now abandon all
| hope. The general expectation is that news of
| the PRESIDENTS death will be received before
many hours. Even should he rally the impress
sion is that it would only be temporary. The belief
| is that the remarkable vitality which has
| SO long sustained the suffering President is
! now exhausted, and that the heroic wilI-power
which grappled with death for so many weeks is
| now undermined. 1t is useless to say there is
sorrow everywhere. Every heart is grieved.
!here Is settled gloom over the whole city.
All personal interests are, for the time being
forgotten. Business is almost at stand-still.
and the nation awaits, with bated breath. for
the sad tfdings that are regarded as inevitable
The more favorable news contained in last night s
bulletin had, to a certain extent, revived the
peoples hope; but the news of this morning
quickly dissipated it, Dispatches received here
this morning from Attorney General MacVeagh
indicate that the Cabinet anticipate the worst. In
the departments there was to-day very little
done, except to watch for the latest news Moth
ing was thought OF except the President.
AT THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Soon after IL o'clock the following dispatch,
| from Long Branch. was posted up in the fnte-
rior and Post Office departments:
''At IL o'clock the pulse was lis and the tenn
perature about normal. The reaction had taken
place and President was sleeping"
While this dispatch did not inspire hone. it
had the effect of creating feeling
that possibly some more favorable turn of the
case might occur. The clerks and employees of
the departments asarule abandoned their desks.
and gathered in knots to discuss the sad news
Many Ofthcm spent considerable time running
to and from the telegraph offices in quest of the
latest Information. RumOrs were flying in every
direction. At one point it would bc stated that
the President had had three chills and
the doctors had given HIM up. In
another quarter good news would be told glibly.
for instance, that the President had rallied and
was much better Many of the government en-
plOyes We're kept busy chasing these rumors.
missioner Price that he would probably be de-
tanned at Long Branch for some days as the sit
uatiOn was very critical. This would Indicate
that he does not anticipate speedy termination
of the case.
THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT TOWN.
There was more excitement in the city to-day
in regard to the Presidents condition than there
has been since he was removed from Washing
ton. No work from practical standpoint was
done in the departments. The clerks congre-
gated in crowds around the bulletin places or
gathered in knots in the corridors of the public
buildings and talked. 1t was stated at
the Treasury department this afternoon ab0ut
two o'clock that dispatch had been received.
| stating that Mrs. Garfield abandoned all hope
This broke the faith of even the most sangune
| that the President would recover. The preva-
lent feeling seemed to be one that if Mrs. Gar
field, who has been SO strong in her faith all
along, gave up, then, indeed, there was no
chance. AS the afternoon wore on the excite
ment, which was initselfsubdued, increased
The crowds began to grow large around the
posted bulletins The general feeling was that
the end would come within twenty-fOur hours
Wall Street To-Day.
New YORK. Sept. 19.-The Posts financial
article GAO pm editiOn) says: The Stock EX-
change markets are dull and present few
features Of interest. The gloomy news in regard
to the President has had comparatively little in
huence on values, although it has a tendency to
check operations in many directions. Stocks
nave been irregular within narrow range of
quotations. Prices generally, however are
somewhat higher than at the close on Saturday.
the reports that the trunk line differences are
about to be settled being revived. The largest
transactions were in WI. Lake Shore Erie Del
aware; Lackawanna and Western & Northwest
Hannibal and st. Joe preferred was an exception
to the general list, opening 2A per cent higher
at 121, declining to 1857, and still later selling
at 120. The common stock was offered at 800.
Government bonds are steady, state bonds dull.
and railroad bonds firm on small transactions
No official notice has yet been given as to cali
or purchase of bonds by the Treasury. Money is
in good supply at sac per cent on stocks both
for call and time loans.
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON
The following quotations were current in New
York to-day at 23O pm. as reported by H.H.
Dodge. of $50 18th street. by special wlre:-
, Wsster 1..d Union: ss% New York Central
New Yors Lake Erie s'ca aRa w Ssasa
45K: do. preferred, 9H: Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, H6A: New jersey Cen
trail &&; Delaware and Hudson. lO9 Heading
d5; Northwestern. le6h; ST. Paul, 40: Wabash
ana facinc 5OA; do: preferred. 804: Onion Pacific
122h: M. X. and T., 4011; Hannibal and St Jo
offered at 300 do. preferred ll8H; Ohio and
mississippi. 1871; Pacific Mail. So c. C. and
l. G., 21a22h: Northern Pacific common. 49,
do. preferred. 7eA; San Francisco common, l5h;
do. preferred. "A; Central Pacific. 91A; Rock
Island. 1864; Chesapeake and Ohio. 27N; Louis
vile and Nashville. 96x: Nashville and Chatta-
nooga. SO; Ontario and Western. , soz:; Man
1907; Canada Southern: So; Chicago. Bur-
lington and Quincy, 160 Denver and Rio
Grande, SSH; St. Paul and Omaha. 42I: do.
preferred. iO: c. C. C. and l.. 92as: Erie and
Western. So Ohio Central; FIX; Texas Pacific.
SIX: Texas Pacific L. g.. 77a78.
Closing Government Bonds-6's. 100Xa10l; IS
reg. 100sxa1O1; us reg. Il3aSal13k: do.
oo.,rn,o II9La1l3l<. IA req. u601l6L: COuDOn