Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-27
I'd Extra.
3:15 O'CLOCK P. NJ.
SATURDAY.
THE PRESIDENT NO BETTER.
BUT HE MAY LIVE SOME DAYS.
so SAYS DOCTOR BLISS
OTHER VIEWS MORE HOPEFUL,
CABINET CONFERENCE,

Review Of the Situation this Morning.
THE LAST RAY OF HOPE ExTINGUIsHED BY TIL
$50 BULLETIN.
About o'clock this morning the first intelli
gence bearing on the condition of the Presiden
was received from the physicians room. Thi
| information, though meagre, was discouraging
1t was substantially to the effect that tn
Presidents condition was little les
encouraging than at late hou
last night: that his pulse had not yet been taken
but that it was notceably less firm. This feeb
rise of pulse was not noticed until Dr. Bills
went to his bedside about 6 o'clock this morn
ing. He then observed that although the fire.
| quency of the pulse had not materially changed
| its character was weaker and more unsteady
He did not interpret this as certain
evidence of the neamess Of the end, but a cir
cumstance calculated to narrow still more tn.
residents chances for recovery A painful pc
Rod of suspense interviewed between the recep,
OF this information and the appearance OF thu
morning bulletin, and the latter wa.
waited Tor with an Ominous forebodins
that it would confirm the worst fears
The bulletin when it made it's appearance will
the positive statement that the President haG
grown feebler since yesterday, and noting q
marked increase in pulse and respiration, ex
tlnguished the last ray of hope held by the gen.
eral public. and cast deeper gloom over those
near and dear to the President The physicians
do not say, however, that hope is dead
Secretary Blaine to Minister Lowell.
THE PRESIDENTS SYMPTOMS ARE OF THE MOST
ALARMING CHARACTER.
Secretary Blaine sent the following telegram
to Minister Lowell this morning:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August ~.
LoaceN Minister, London:
The President had bad night. and his symp-
toms at this hour-9 oclock-ale of the most
alarming character
BLAINB. Secretary.
THE PATIENTS CONDITION SHORTLY AFTER TEN
O'CLOCK
was pronounced by one of the physicians to be
about the same as it was Yesterday afternoon,
when, it will be remembered his, condition was
very low, his pulse going up to 1873. The con-
ditiOn of the gland and wound continues about
the same. Suppuration still goes on, but the
current report that the pus is of thin character
is generally believed.
1O:30-THE PATIENT MORE COMFORTABLE
DR.. Reyburn reports that the Presidents
strength up to this hour has not perceptiblv
failed since the morning examination. He con-
tinues to take food about as well as heretofore.
and the frequency of his pulse has not increased.
He has just been sponged off and seems more
comfortable.
1880 P.M.-GEN. SWANS STATEMENT OF THE
PRESIDENTS CONDITION.
Gen. Swain in an interview with a reporter
of the Associated Press at 1910 this morning
said that the Presidents pulse had varied a good
deal since the morning dressing The least ex-
ertion, or any slight movement of the body was
enough to Increase its frequency 80 that although
It's average rate might not change great deal
it was occasionally higher for short periods
1.-The swollen parOtid gland" he said, ICON
tlnues to discharge through the ear and through
the incision made several days ago. and the
discharge seems to afford relief The surgeons
still hope that the nOurishmeIt which the ma
tient takes will sustain his strength and keen
him on the present plane of vitality, until the
gandular abscess becomes less threatening
when there will be, in Gen. Swaim's opinion. a
chance at least of recuperatiOn.
IL a.m.-Dr. Bliss Says There Is No Change
Since the Morning Bulletin.
At eleven O'Clock this morning. Dr. Bliss said
to THE STAR reporter that there was mo change
in the Presidents condition since $50 o'clock"
''HOw about the wound and the gland?" asked
the reporter.
"Their condition is about the same, answered
the doctor.
Is there any improvement in the general
condition of the PRESIDENT"
81 cannot say that there isl
''How is the pulse, now?"
''The pulse has gone down to ia. There is
nothing can say other than what is contained
in the statement that there has been no
change"
11:3O A. M-vERY CRITICAL
The situation of the President has not changed
much since the earlier parts of the morning. but
continue very critical. The members of the
Cabinet are all still here
WHAT MEMBERS OF THE CABINET SAY.
Secretary Window said that It was useless to
disguise the fact that the morning bulletin was
very dlscourag1ng. He was not ready, how
ever, himself to say that the case is hopeless
he 1ntended 10 nope. and think, and believe to
the emo, That the President will live Post
master General James would only say s.wh;la
there is life there is hope" ATTORNEY General
Macveagh declined to converse upOn the
SITUATION, but admitted that it seemed to him
less hopeful this morning.
MOUNTAINOUS OPINIONS Al To THE pREsr.
DENTS CASE.
Representative Dezendorf Of Virginia. was
at the White House this morning. He went IN
the telegraph office after his Conversations with
the people at the House and sent two dispatches
nome 10 the eject that while the Presidents
condition was very critical he did not believe
that there was absolutely no hone.
DIR. keyburn says that the relief to the presi.
dent nom suppuration of the gland has not con-
tinued, and prospects of that relief are not "a
bright to-day as yesterday.
The Rev. Frederick Power, pastor of the
Christian Church, has been at the White House
since early TINS morning. At onestime during
the early hours Of
THE MORNING THE PRESIDENTS ruIsE RAN UP
TO 148.
At another time last night Il was $50. To-
wards noon everything was very qniet about the
house. Frequent messengers to the drug store
were dispatched during the morning. The re-
ports from the sick room c0ntiuue 20 bring the
same words, mo change"