Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ANOTHER DAY OF ANXIETY.
RAPID PULSE 10 HIGH TEMPERATURES.
AN IMPROVEMENT SINCE NOON.

RAPID PULSE 10 HIGH TEMPERATURE.
AN IMPROVEMENT SINCE NOON.
The condition Of the President to-day does
not seem to be quite so favorable as for some
days past. The night with the patient was not
agood one. He had spasms of retching and
vomiting. This of course weakened him. and
broke in on his sleep. This morning he was
weak, with rapid pulse and high temperature.
The White House was early besieged to-day by
score or more of anxious newspaper corre-
spondents. When the noon bulletin was read
Private Secretary Brown remarked: at is a
favorable one" This showed though that the
Presidents pulse had gone up to u.s. yet the
temperature had gone down from 100 and a
fraction to 80 and fraction 1t was almost i'm
possible to see the doctors to-day. Not one of
them had come into tine room up to the hour
the noon bulletin was issued. OF course all
Kinds OF alarming rumors were afoat. One was
that another operation was being performed.
Still another that the President was too weak to
take food and was being sustained by injections
through the bowels. Private Secretary Brown
gave fiat denial to the first rumor, and the noon
ond, inasmuch as it sets forth that the President
had taken nourishment and that the wound
continued to discharge. The following is the
morning bulletin:
Official Bulletin-S:30 am.
HIGH PULSE AND TEMPERATURE AND IRRITABLE
STOMACH
The President did not rest as well as usual
last night until towards o'clock His sleep
yyoS NOT
His stomach was irritable and he vomited sew
eral times About o'clock he became COM
posed and slept well until after this morning.
His stomach is still irritable. and his tempera-
ture rather higher than yesterday morning. At
present his pulse is 103, temperature 1902. res
piration 20.
d. W. BLISS. J. 6ARNEs.
j. j. WOODWARD, ROBERT REYBURN.
d. HAYES AGNEw.
II A. NJ. AN IMPROVEMENT SINCE THE MORNING
BULLETIN.
Private Secretary Brown reports at this hour
that the Presidents condition has considerably
impr owed since the official bulletin of this morn
ing was issued. He has taken little nOurish-
ment, which has been retained on his stomach.
NO0N-THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERABLY BETTER.
The President is said to be considerably better
at this hour than when the morning bulletin
was issued. He has taken some milk and
small quantity of beef extract He has also
partaken OF some whisky with egg. all of which
he has retained. In response to an inquiry as
to the cause of the Presidents vomiting Pri-
vate Secretary Brown said that it was due en-
tlrely to weak stomach. and while it was more
or less aggravated by the wound, that it could
not be attributed solely to its effects. He added
that the President contracted dyspepsia while
he was in the army and had at no time since
been entirely free from it, and that when he
was in apparent good health he was oftentimes
troubled with nausea. Mr.. Brown says that the
surgeons are not at all alarmed at the patients
present condition. During the last hour he has
slept some and appears to be stronger. 1t hay
ing been intimated that the operation performed
on Monday last was in fact an attempt to re-
move the ball, Mr.. Brown was asked if the story
had any foundation. He replied that it was
entirely erroneous, and said that there was
no immediate intention of disturbing the ball.
Official Bulletin-l2:3O pm.
FASTER PULSE BUT LOWER TEMPERATURE
Since the last bulletin the President has not
again vOmited and has been able to retain the
nonshment administered At the morning
dressing the discharge of pus was free and of
good character. Since. then his pulse has been
more frequent but the temperature has fallen
to little below what it was at this time yester-
day. AT present his pulse is 11S temperature
30, respiration 10.
(Sgned)
u. '" BLISS. j. K. BARNES.
]. j. WOODWARD. RoBT REYBrrRN.
ID. HAYES AGNEw
WHEN THE NOON BULLETIN WAS ISSUED
it created great deal of uneasness and anx-
iety throughout the city, and more especi-
ally so in the departments. The high pulse and
reduced temperature was construed by many to
mean that the President was in SO weak a con-
dition that he could not have fever. At the
White House but little of the Presidents condi-
tOn could be learned save what the bulletins
themselves officially 1t was known.
though. that all the doctors were in atte ndance
upon the distinguished patient.
SHORTLY AFTER ONE O'CLOCK
it was announced that the President was Sleep
ing The fact that he had not vOmited at all to-
Gay was accepted as gratifying sign. Still but
little else could be learned except that the
wound continued to discharge and was in good
condition.
NEWS FROM THE SURGEONS ROOM.
The son of DR.. Bliss came out of the surgeons
room after one o'clock. He admitted the fire.
quency Of the President pulse but added that
the reduced temperature was a favorable sign
1t was noteworthy, however about the White
House to-day, that there was not that degree of
confidence which has been manifested during
the week. The stomach of the patient is giving
the doctors anxiety. To-day. to alay it, small
doses of sub-nitrate OF bsmuth were given.
AMONG THE ANXIOUS CALLERS
to-day were ex-Collector Merritt, of New York;
ex-Sherih Albert Daggett, Of Brooklyn, and
Prof. John NJ Langston. All wore an anxious
look.
THE TROUBLE WITH THE STOMACH AND NOT THE
WOUND.
Those who have had advices from the sick
room say that it is not denied that the President
was nourished to-day by food injections. The
doctors, however, are said not to be alarmed
They hold that the fact that all the conditions f
the wcul3 are satisfactory is evidence that it is
only the rebei2us stomach, and not the wound
Itself which is now comp!icat:ng the case. What
they want to do is to give the patient strength,
and he is nOurished through the bowels until his
stomach is restored in tone to again take nour-
ishment that way. To the bad night. the retcf-
ing and vomiting is ascribed the frequency of
the pulse noted in the noon bulletin. 1t is an
ffan hot thn