Daily Republican., 1881-08-16

President and that every violent spaal
! Of retching WAS bringing him 90 muc
nearer the grave. When ono realize
that this condition Of things has cor
tfnued all day, with but one slight In
termission, II can readily BE- imagine
thst night found the city again bubblin
with that steady suppressed excitemen
that m rks q strong public feeling TEN
pered with GRIEF The knots of peOpl
here that surround the bulletin board
increased to crowds to-night, whil
members of the Cabinet, Assistant Sec
reta, les, heads Of bureaus aud divisions
clerks, diplomatic officers, and CORES
pondents thronged the White House
officers reception rooms and corridors
and talked, not OF the probabilities o
life, but the probable hour Of death.
i DIR. BLISS TALKS.
Said the elder DR.. BliPs, as he cam,
out of the White House tonight, "W,
have little hope to offer. Yet we ar,
not discouraged. The case IL gloomy
but not hopeless. In q nut shell, II i,
this: 1.-THE stomach becomes docile and
accepts nOnrishment, the chances art
In our favor. If 1t continues rebellious
the care becomes desperate. 1t IL the
stomach not the wound that we must
attend tn now Nouvishment IL wha,
he needs To all him to recover from the
effects Of the wound. Every hour with
out nonIishment weakens him, and we
are doing our best to supply it with In.
jections, but these cannot take the
place OF Offices of the stomach, and still
he has much strength The nourish-
ment he receives in this way will do
much to relieve the system from ex-
haustion caused by the unruliness Of
his stomach. He is sleeping now, and
his stomach may in the meantime re-.
gain It's strength and be ready for
nourishment when he awakes. In any
event We have no reason to despair
now. 1t must loox worse than this be-
fore we give hp entirely.
THE BULLETINS.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 15 -
4 As p. III --rbe Presidents condition
remains about the same as when re-
ported at 2 10, excepting perhaps a
sli ,ht rise In temperature, caused by
the usual afternoon fever. The fsbrile
rise, however, is said to be no greater
than heretofore. The patient has been
pauseated once since the last bulletin
was sent. The surgeons refer to the
last official bulletin as about covering
the case Up to this hour, with the ex-
ception Of the return of nausea above
mentioned, and show no disposition to
talk farther on the subject. The even
ing bulletin il anxiously awaited by the
public. At the executive mansion there
is a perceptible feeling of natural anx-
iety about the patient, but no actual
alarm exists. On the contrary, the
present untavorable symptoms are con-
sidered but temporary, aud 1t is thought
they will soon pass away.
EXEC JTIvE MANSION, August 10
7.30 p m.--The irritabilitJ of the pre-
sident's stomach returned during the
afternoon, and he has vomited three
times since 1 o'clock. Although the
afternoon rise of temperature is less
than it has been for several days, the
pulse and respiration are more frequent
40 that his condition is on the whole
less satisfactory. His ispulse is now 1870;
temperature, 80 6; respiration, %.
ID. w. BLISS,
j. X. BARNES,
J. j. WOODWARD.
ROBERT REYBURN.
ID. H. AGNKw.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug. IL, $50
%. NAT this hour the information Oh.
Iatned from the attending surgeons is
to 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 concealed that the patient is
extremely weak, and that hi. disability
is such AZ To cause anxiety. 1t has
been determined not to disturb his
stomach by permitting him to eat for
the present, and nourishment is being
administered by means Of Injection.
Ihe surgeons explain the difficulty by
the assertion that the presidents stOm-
ach has failed to respond as 1t should;
hence the determination to inject nOur-
ishment There is decided feeling of
anxiety among the members of the
cabinet and the attending surgeons,
and, at this writing. the situation is at
least very grave. Nothing has beer
heard from the sick room during the
last hour, and Cabinet officers are now
in waiting to hear the latest news. fAt-
torney. General McVeigh just saiJ, in
response to q question: "Ws fhave
heard nothing since the bulletlp was
issued. OF course we are verv anxious.
We expect to hear something very
soon.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug Is, al
y. m.-The president has experienced
no trouble from nausea since 8 5o'clock,
p. m. A hypodermic injection Of NOR
phia was administered short time
ago, and at this hour he is sleeping.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 10,
o 10 +. MA gentleman who just came
from the private part Of fthe Mansion
says that Mrs. Garfield Informed him
that the President was' still sleeping
quietly.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 15,
$50 r. M.--Private Secretary Brown,
who Just came from the surgeons room,
says that the President is still sleeping.
He also said tAat the sleep was natural,
and that no morpllia had been admins
tered to-day. Tho statement heretofore
m ads to that effect il erroneous.
The patients pulse has decreased, the
BEATS being at the present ume ABOUT
100. No further trouble from nausea
has been experienced, The surgeons
es innate the temperature at this hour TO
be about normal. The Indications are
that the pulse is still substding.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 10,
11.3O p. M.-Although there has been
a feeling Of anxiety at the executive
all day. no alarm was felt re-
the Presidents condition until
late this afternoon. The fact that none
of the attending surgeons have entered
the business apartments of the mansion
during the day Oecesi0ned an unfavor-
able suspicion which tie evening bulle-
tin proved was warranted. Since the
bulletin was issued thsre has been a
constant arrival of anxious inquirers at
The White House, and the room of Pri-