The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-07-20
eoNVA.LEsC1NG
Is THE GOOD NEWS
That Comes from the President.
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 10
D. m.-The President has had little
more fever this afternoon, which is
regarded as merely a temporary
fuctuation. At /. p. m, his pulse
was SO, temperature SO, respiration
18. At present his pulse is 102, tenn
perature 1907, respiration 81.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Jnly 16,
8 : 80 a. m.-The President has pass
ed another good night, and is steadi-
ly progressing toward convalescence.
Pulse 80, temperature 98.5, respira-
ton 10.
WAsHINGToN, July 1G, 7:30 p. m
The President has passed better
day than. any since he was hurt.
The afternoon fever is still less than
yesterday. At l m. his pulse was
"a, temperature 98 40, respiration
IS. His pulse is now SO, tempera-
ture 100 2-10, respiration 10.
BRIEF TALKS IN THE SICK ROOM.
WASHINGTON, July 10-During
the day the President spoke of Gui-
teau, and asked, "What can [ do if
an application is made to me for a
pardon for him ?" Mrs. Edison an
swered that prison was the best
place for such people, and after
thinking amoment OVERT, the Presi-
dent SAID, II guess So" He was
tired out yesterday, and was more
sensitive to pain than at any pre-
vious time. Mr. Crump, the Presi-
dent steward, went to bed yester-
day and rested the entire day-the
first time that he had been absent
from the Presidents room for more
than an hour at a time since the
President was shot His feet were
swollen so much that he could hard
ly walk. Last night he woke up
much refreshed and relieved Mrs.
Edison, who needed a nights rest
very much. Besides other things,
some one sent the President an
anchor worked on black cloth with
blue silk He was very thankful
and asked who sent it. Being told
that the donor had not sent her
name, the President said, "She hopes
me well, and | hope that | will see
her some time to thank her"
PROFFERS OF SERVICE.
Among the peculiar" people, as
they are called, who called yesterday
was an old gentleman who insisted
that the envelope he handed the
policeman gate-keeper should be
given Mrs. Garfield On opening
it, the envelope was found to contain
several verses ofsympathetic poetry,
A colored woman, who said she
could bring references from several
of the best families in the city as a
fine meat cook, asked the privilege
of selecting and broiling nice piece
of beefsteak for the President, adj
ding, II know it will do him good"
These and similar offers are made
very frequently by persons who are
thoroughly in earnest. AT least
dozen men, white and cotOred, have
volunteered their services as nurses,
among them some of the best known
nurses in the country. The most of
them were very highly Endorsed by
surgeons and physicians. All the
offers have been declined with
thanks.
THE RELIEF FUND.
Nothing has yet been said to the
President with reference to the sub
scriptiOn for his family, instituted by
the New York Chamber of Com
merce, and it may be considered
best that nothing be said to him for
the present 1t was remarked at
the White House to-day that the
member of the Chamber
of Commerce who telegraphed here
that S250,000 had been subscribed
was little too fast, as but half of
that amount has yet been secured,
but outside cities are being appeal
ed to to help out the subscription
In case of the Presidents death, it
is considered that the tender of this
sum to his family would be entirely
appropriate But intimate friends
the doubt whether in case
of his recovery'it would be exactly
the thing for the President to per-
nit the acceptance of this money,
and it is believed that his own scru-
Piles in the matter would be weighty.
It was suggested to-day by a very
near friend of the President and
Mrs. Garfield that if he should re-
cover it would be eminently fit and
meet that this money should be APP
piled to the building of a memorial
church in this city for the Christian
to which the Presi-
dent belongs. A splendid and en-
during structure could be erected
for this amount.
WHAT DIR. SHIPPEN REGRETS.
The Rev. Mr.. Shipper, the pas
tor of All Souls Church, made some
remarks to-day in his
sermon with reference to Guiteau
and his crime He said that when
he had first heard of Guiteau's
attack on the President he had re-
preached himself that he had not
taken more notice of Guiteau when
be sat at the table with him day
after day that it occurred to him
that if he had attempted to draw
Guiteau out and obtain his conf
dence he might have been able to
exercise a outstanding and a
humaniZing influence over him, and
perhaps have been the means of in
1ucing him to forego the purpose of
his awful crime. But |
now, after all that had been develop
I'd concerning the character and an
tecedents of Guiteau, he was salts
fed that the man was innately too |
1epraved and vicious to be infu-
enced by any human agency. Mr.,
in concluding his remarks,
5ook occasion to express his strong |
the efficacy ofrepentance
after the commission of such atroci-
JUS crimes. He considered it quite
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