Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-13
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Mr.. James Visit.

"Oh, no, said James, 81 merely call
ed to pay my respects and ascertain
how you were getting along"
"But you must sit down." insisted
the President. James did % and the
following conversation ensued:
The President-"How is the Post
office Department getting on?"
James-"Splendidly. We have as
sumed a civil service basis since yor
have been sick. There have been nc
appointments or removals Of any note. ,
The President smiled at this remark anC
inquired Of the Postmaster-General how
the Star Route investigation was pro.
crossing. The Postmaster-G General said
the investigation is continuing satisfac
tory. The Attorney General and myself
are still engaged upon it and We have
matters in a very coed shape"
The President--"How much have you
saved in your department thus farT
Mr.. James-"In round numbers about
q million and q halt dollars"
The interview continued few min
utes longer, after which Mr.. James bid
the President good morning. General
Swain said short time before noon that
the President slept from 10 to O'Clock
last night. He then awoke and took
some nourishment, and Immediately
| fell asleep again, and did not awake
again until 4 A. N. At this hour he was
sponged, and in the course OF few min'
utes fell asleep again, and did not awake
until O'Clock, at which time he was
apparently
Refreshed and Rested.
Col. Rockwell SAYS the Presidents
sleep last night was the best he has had
since he was shot. The Colonel con-
siders that the wound trouble is passing
away, and says the President is stronger.
His cough is better to-day, and he ex-
pectorates freely and without much
effort. Colonel Rockwell compares
the expectoration with a bad cold,
and says to-day that it i5 very similar
ID cold and that has become loose and
is passing of. at should be borne in
mind" said Col. Rockwell, "that when
an improvement in the Presidents case
occurs, it is not great improvement, but
rather slight gain. His better days are
only a slight improvement over his
more uniavorsble days, and oftentimes
/ take his general condition as my guide,
and can plainly see an aggregate i'm
provement, while it would be almost i'm
possible to point out any particular
symptom which had materially chang
ed. There has been a great improve
ment since last evening"
One Of the Good Days
After the evening bulletin was issued,
DR.. Bliss said this was one OF the good
days; that the President was decidedly
better, and that he had expressed him.
self as feeling improved OH several occa-
sions. The Doctor is very positive in
his statements tonight that all fears OF
the formation of pus cavity on the
right lung have passed away, and that
he has reason to believe the cause ot
ths dullness indicated in the lower por-
ton OF the organ is under control. "At
least" said he, sit is no worse,
and l think it is better tonight"
Were there FORMATION of aISU~SS,
the Doctor maintains, 1t would neces-
sarily cause the temperature to rise,
whereas it has fallen. The Doctor says
DR.. Agnew is in perfect accord with him
in entertaining that opinion. When
asked to what no attributed the dullness
manifested by the lung in daily sound :
ings, the Doctor took the same ground
as he did last night, holding it was
caused by the wound or track OF the
bullet, and that it was limited lobular
tafllmstion and that it would be
Overcome by the Presidents Vitality.
He was very emphatic in his state
ments tonight that there were no indl'
cations OF abscess, and believed the lung
affection had not assumed any greater
proportions since the patient had been
here, and it had been noticed more than
three weeks ago. Referring to the
glsndular complication the Doctor said:
That is practically we'll. There is
still a very small opening in the last in
cision, but it is getting along very salts
factorily and the swelling has entirely
subsidized"
Tue cough is improved, the Doctor
says, and the patient now e1pectorstes
without being annoyed with the hack
ing he recently experienced. He has
coughed but very little during the
day, and each day he raised considera-
ble mucus. The spittle was Of a good
character and had nothing about it to
indicate an abscess. He attributes the
whole trouble in this connection to the
secretions OF mucus from the parotld
swelling, which gradually worked down
the throat, causing Inflammation and
resulting in desire on the part OF the
pltient 10 throw it of, which
Was Being Successfully Done.
TIE doctor was asked number OF ques
Il ms about the ball, and he explained
taat there was some doubt in his mind
up to this morning whether or not the
track of the ball was thoroughly healed
notwithstanding the indications were
that il had. This morning, however,
said the doctor, 81 became satisfied on
inserting a new and much smaller
cleansing catheler, that the ball bad be-
come thoroughly encysted and that
granulation had been the means OF clos
| ing the wound from the ball to within
| nine inches OF the surface, the distance
to which the catheler penetrated with
ont any extreme effort on my part"
"Hew much do you think 1t Is healed
then, doctor"
About three and half inches. The
| Catheler came in contact with an ap
| parently solid substance when it had
penetrated nine inches, and became
satisfied after investigation that it hac
healed selidly and tsat it was no artiti
cial matter which was stopping the
catheler.'
Yes erday Afternoon
WASHINGTON, September l2-Secre
tsry Kirkwood this afternoon rece'vei
the following telegram from Lonl
Branch, signed by Secretary Hunt Gno
Post Master General James:
Everything is encouraging. The
President looks much better. He pSSs
ed q good night, aud his symptoms ar,
favorable"
Again On the Road to Recovery.
LONG BRANCH, September l2.-TO da!
| has been favorable throughout, arcord
ing to the attending surgeons, aud the
President is pronounced Us again on the
road to recovery. Much surprise snC
comment is occasioned by the sudden
| fluctuations OF the patient, but the sur
seons insist that this may be expected
| II the weather affects him in any degree
This has certainly been a good day, Al
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