The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-16

d. d. WOODWARD,
RoBT. REYBURN,
ID. FL. AGNEw
THE ATTENDANTS OPINION.
. Executive mansion, p. m-Miss Ed
son, one of the attendants upon the Presi-
dent, retired at four o'clock this morning
and did not leave the mansion for her home
until noon. Previous to her departure
she said the Presidents case was certainly
very critical but still she had hopes of his
recovery. The trouble with the Presidents
stomach evidently had nothing to do with
the condition of the wound" Compare
lively considered the wound is nearly
healed.
THE VICE PRESIDENT,
At noon Justice Harlan of the United
States supreme court called at the White
House. Vice President Arthur was advised
of the Presidents condition. 1t was stated
that his presence here was not absolutely
necessary even in case of the worst, as he
can take oath in New York before chief
justice of the district as well as here before
the supreme court.
THE CAUSE.
NEW YORK, Aug. ia special to the
EUentng Post dated Washington 80 a. m.
says: The President still lives, and hopes
are cherished that he will yet recover. The
trouble is with the stomach. If its powers
are not gone, recovery is still possible.
The president passed a comfortable night,
except that he was troubled with retching.
About three o'clock this morning he
slept well and without the aid of morphia.
DR. Bliss says the physicians have been
troubled by his stomach from the begin
ming and have from the first reated it with
great care. If it can have rest now, and
nOurishment can be administered by injec
tions, it may possibly be able to resume
its functions before exhaustion gets too
great to be overcome. To-day will proba-
bly,
DAY OF SUSPENSE
rather than of Incidents The President
| is disposed to sleep, and nothing will be
done unnecessarily to disturb him.
AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The anxiety
here over the condition of the President
| hourly increases, and the streets in the inn
mediate vicinity of the various newspaper
offices are thronged with thoughtful men
| in search of the latest news from the Pres
ident On Printing House Square, Park
Row and Wall Street the crowds are most
noticeable The telegraph offices are be-
| sieged by anxious seekers after consoling
news from Washington, but anxious, silent
shaking head and sad look of the ma jority
denote feeling of uneasiness painful to
| witness.
POSTPONED.
Boston, Aug. 16-Gen Hancock arriv-
ed this morning. He postponed the in
tended examination of the Notifications on
account of news from the president The
party leaves for Portland tonight and if
| there is worse news will return to Wash
| ington.
PREMATURE.
! LIVERPOOL, Aug. 16.-The Daily Post
and Daily Courier of this city announce
this morning the death of President Gar
| field, and publish obituary notices.
LAST NIGHT.
The following bulletin was issued last
evening at $50 p. m:
The irritability of the Presidents stom
ach returned during the afternoon and he
has vomted three times since o'clock, al
though the afternoon rise in the tempera-
ture is less than it has been for several
days. Pulse and respiration are more fire.
quent, SO that his condition is on the
whole less satisfactory. Pulse is over 1870,
| temperature 996, respiration %.
| D. w. Bliss,
J. K. BARNES,
! J. J. WOODWARD,
RoBT. REYBURN.
D. H. AGNEw.
$50 P M.-At this hour information OBJ
| tanned from the attending surgeons, is tc
! the effect that while the indications are
| that the Presidents wound is doing very
well and is apparently not the cause Of the
present trouble, the fact cannot be con
cealed that the patient is extremely weak
and that his disability is such as to cause
extreme anxiety.
1t has been decided not to disturb hi:
stomach by permitting him to eat for the
present and nourishment is being admins
tered bv means of injection. The surgeons
explains the difficulty by the assertion thai
the Presidents stomach has failed to re
spond as it should, hence the decision t
inject nourishment. There is a decided
feeling Of anxiety among the members o
the Cabinet and attending surgeons and a
S tins writing the situation is at least YER
n grave. Nothing was heard from the sicl
f room during the last hour and Cabine
. officers are now in waiting to hear til
e latest news. Attorney General McVeag
t said in response to questions that he ha,
1 heard nothing since the last bulletin wa
t issued. Said he, "Of course we are anxiou
Y and we expect to hear something yer
. soon.
( 900 D. m-The President experience
G no trouble from nausea since since p. n
: An hypodermic injection of morphia wa
administered a short time ago, and now til
President is sleeping.
A gentleman who just came from tn
Presidents mansion said Mrs. Garfield IL
formed him the President was sleepin
quietly.
9 $50 p. m.-Private Secretary Brown
: who has just come from the surgeons rool
e says the President is still sleeping and tina
n the sleep was natural and that no morphin
had been administered to-day, the state
ment heretofore to that effect is erroneous
The patients pulse has decreased ten Deal
being at present about 120- No furthe
trouble from nausea has been experienced
The surgeons estimate the temperature
this hour to be about normal Indication
! are that the pulse is still subsiding.
The Western press agent saw DR.. Bliss
Z who was anxious to return to the pres
2 dent, but said this was "a most critics