Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-14
Last Nights News from Elberon.
LAST EVENINGS BULLETIN.

LAST EVENINGS BULLETIN.
ELBERoN. n. j., Sept. IS, 6 pm.-At the ex-
animation of the President at IL m. to-day
the temperature was IS s. pulse 100 and respira-
ton 70. At the evening dressing at $50 D. M
the temperature was 9S.4 pulse 100. respiration
~. The President was placed i'm a semi-recum-
pent position upon an invalid chair at IL am.
and remained a half hour without fatigue or
dlScomfOrt. The wounds are making the usual
favorable progress, and his general condition is
rcaSSuring.
THE LOWELL DISPATCH.
The following was sent to Minister Lowell
last night
Lotoeu, Loadon:-"There has been no material
chanSe IN the Presidents condition during the
last INVENT y-four hours. He was moved at his
own request this forenoon from his bed to an
extension chair, i'm which he remained for half
an hour. and he has been less inclined to drow-
slness during the day than usual The weather
is Is now very favorable: and the physicians think
they discover signs ola slight Improvement in his
symptoms. They expect him to pass very
comfortable night MACyEAGun
DR.. BLISS SAYS THE PRESIDENTS BLOOD Is PURE.
DR.. Bliss said last night that ''the glandular
affection is practically well. The wound is i'm
splendid condition, the locality where the ball
entered the body down to the point where the
lnclsion was made being nicely healed and gran
ulatlon along the track of the wound is pro-
crossing finely. The cleansing catheter entered
The lung affection is the only prominent and
unfavOrabfe symptom i'm the Presidents case
To-Day, and that has passed the crisis and is
now mendng slowly. but apparently surely.
With the exception of the first forty hours after
ms arrival, and Sunday last the evidences are
very conclusive to those constantly with the ma
tlent that he has made daily gain ever since he
reached Long Branch. While i'm the chair To-
day the Presidents head and body were elevated
20 an angle of about 30 to 35 degrees. He was
aec'dedly nearer sitting position thus than he
mad ever been in his bed i'm Washington. " Dr. Bliss
emphatcally asserted that there are at present no
evidences of blOod-poisoning. If he had pyamia
and it continued he could not survive but
MS blood is as pure as yours" said the doctor
1.-The patients bowels were moved i'm perfectly
natural manner both yesterday and to-day. both
times without effort" This fact Dr. Bliss said,
showed very clearly that the food he is taking
Is being properly assimilated. All his digestive
organs are performing their functions The
kidneys are also IN first-class order. the urine
being perfectly natural and showing no disorder
whatever The fractured rib which it was sup-
gested might cause trouble. DIR. Bliss considered
entirely healed, and said he examined it when
the last lncisiOn of the wound was made and
found that it was covered with fine pranulatjon
The President does not now experience SO much
WEAKNESS as he has for some time past. which
Is held to be evidence of recuperation and a
gain OF strength.
THE CASE NOT HOPELESS
Dr. AgneW. in an interview i'm PHILADELPHIA
last night, said he did not regard the Presidents
case as by any means a hopeless one. and added
that he thought the President would receive
much benefit from the pleasant weather which
may reasonably be expected at Long Branch
during this month and the next Dr. Agnew
stated emphatically that the President never
mad an abscess on the lungs. 1t was merely a
circumscribed infiammatory trouble in the nature
of bronchial pneumonia
HOW THE PRESIDENT CANE TO SIT Up.
Dr. Bliss said in reference to the invalid chair.
before We left Washington, at the Presidents
suggestion, We promised to lift him from his bed
and allow him TO sit in his invalid chair as soon
as prudent. He often said he would like TO
have the change made if we thought it prudent
We encouraged him to hope that 1t would soon
be allowed. Two days after his removal here he
said he believed he could bear the change. We
believed he was improving and telegraphed to
Washington for the chair, which was sent by ex-
press at once"