Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-09
SECOND EDITION.
LATEST FROM THE PRESIDENT

LATEST FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dr.. Bliss Says He Will Pull Through.
The President went to sleep at O'Clock this
| afternoon. Dr.. Bliss then said .'The President
is now sleeping soundy. He is going to pull
| through"
P.M.-Stil Favorable.
| At three O'Clock the Presidents condition was
as favorable as at one o'clock.
| Report Of the Consulting Physicians.
( THE PRESIDENTS CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT.
The attending surgeons sent the following
kilograms to the consulting surgeons this after
noon:
"ExEeUTTvE MANSION. 1 p. m.-To Drs Frank
H. Hamilton and ]. HI. Agnew: The Prcsi-
dent continues to improve slowly The acid
eructatiOns have not required during the last
| twenty-fOur hours An ounce of milk with a
teaspoonful of rum has been taken every two
hours during the day and at longer intervals
during the night without producing any gastric
embarrassments. At 0 a. m. he took tea grains
OF bi sulphate of quinia which did not disturb
the stomach. Yesterday, towards evening. he
became restless, wearied and anxious for the
morphla- quarter OF a grain was given hypo-
dermcaily at $50 p m. after which he passed a
tranquil night, sleeping most of the time. Yes
terday afternoon he had small solid passage
from the bowels, in which notable deficiency
OF hillary celoring matter was observed The
| yellowish tinge of the skin continues about as
the last report At s p. IN. his pulse was 1OS;
temperature, 101-3; respiration, "a. This morn
ing, at $50 a. m, pulse. 100; temperature. 99.4;
respiration, "a. At p. M, pulse, I04; tempera-
| ture, 1O1.2; respiration, q
(Signed)
| d. w. BLISS J. K, BARNES
j. J. WOODWARD, ROBERT RERYBuRN.
Col Reckwelrs Description Of the Shooting.
Col. Rockwell gives the following interesting
particulars of the affair: 'The President had ar
ranged the night before for Secretary Blaine to
call at the mansion to go down to the depot with
| him. The Secretary came round in his own car
! rage. Mine was in reserve and followed lust be-
hind the Secretarys. l had several pieces of
baggage to dispose Of and SO drove directly to
the baggage room and was getting the checks
when heard crack, crack!' with an interval be-
tween the shots about as long as it would take to
cock pistol. On the sill OF the door leading
from the ladies' parlOr into the general receptiOn
room, or main hail. stood Secretary Blaine call
ing for me and pointing to the wOuld-be as
| SaSSin, Gulteau. 1t was q terrible thought, but
nevertheless one which flashed across my mind,
that the President had been shot. Quickly /
| had the Presidents carriage brought to the
main door. the cushions arranged to make the
President as comfortable as possible and was
| prepared to take him directly to the mansion,
The physicians advised against it, and for the
best: After had written, from his dictatiOn
the touching telegram to his wife and the hasty
examination had been made up stairs. he was re
moved to the ambulance. The President put
his right hand in mine and the driver was eau
toned to proceed slowly over the cobbIe-stone
pavement until We reached the concrete at Sew.
enth street. We had travelled. but two squares
from the depot when he asked. How far are we
nows' and in a subdued voice said. 1t hurts! oh
it hurts!' At Thirteenth street he again asked
| Where are we nowl' I told him, and he urged
us to go little faster"
Official Report as to the Pistol and Ball.
This morning Coils. Poe and Whittemore sub
mitted their report on the pistol and ball to Col.
COrkhil as follows:
The pistol is marked ''British Bulldog" but
does not bear the makers name It is double
acting, with a revolving cylinder containing five
chambers each, of one and one-quarter inches in
! length. and caber forty-fiye one hundredths of
| an lnch. The barrel is q inches in length
| with the pistol We're four cartridges which
We're handed to Us from your office safe by your
| self, and six others apparently like them in
every respect, handed to US by Detective McEl-
| fresh
In our experimental firing, we first used three
| for weighing, and next three of the others, OF
the six received from Detective McElfresh two
| failed to explode and one was reserved for
weighing. The first three referred to above are
designated by the numbers l, 4, 5, and the sec
ond three by the numbers T. s. 6.
THp target WAS made of sly nina hoordS NJ,
one inch in thickness, and placed one behind the
Other at intervals OF an inch. First ascertaining
that the pistol was in complete order, shots
were fired from it at the target from distance
of four feet.
The results are given in the following table:
No. l went through three boards and glanced
on the fourth: No. went through three and
bedded in the fourth No. went through one
and lodged in second. with point through; No
4 went through two and bedded in the third:
No. 5 went through two and half through the
third; No. q went through two and beIded in
the third. In each case when bullet bedded it
badly splintered the ear OF the board
The average penetration from the foregoing is
| about three inches in ordinary soft pine The
weighing of the first cartridge reserved gave the
following result: Rifle musket powder % grains:
leaden bullet, 200 grains; and the second gave
rifle musket powder % grains: leatlen bullet.
1904 grains. The bullets were conical i'm form,
with the head somewhat fiattened, and, as the
penetration WIZ tHiOWU WtUu great
force by the charge OF powder.
GUITEAU WANTS TO GET THE NEWS
1t is stated that since Guteau's confinement
in Jail he has not been allowed to see a paper or
be told one word as to what effect his crime has
had upon the country. He begged the guard in
charge OF him to-day to tell him whether the
President was dead not. The information was
denied him, whereupon he swOre that he would
not open his mouth again to any official in rela-
ton to the matter unless he was furnished with
newspaper
GUITEAU AT THE CAPITOL.
According to the Baltimore Sun, Mr. J. Mon
roe Heiskell. an officer of the Senate. saws
that Guiteau was almost daily visitor there
during the late executive session. and would
frequently send cards to Senator's but did not
succeed in having interviews with many of them
He would often remain the whole morning in
the ladies' reception room: sometimes would
soon weary of his want Of success i'm interview
ing Senators. and retire to the public gallery.
where he usually sat until adjournment. Unlike
so many of the hangers-On around the Senate
chamber, he was never known TO ask permission
to enter the private gallery. He was ALWAYS
quiet and well-behayed. and never gave trouble
.,.tJ, how tl,A