The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-05
THE PRESIDENT.



and relished II. He expressed himself
peatedly during the day as feeling much bet
tsr. There was an entire absence of
febrile feeling yesterday afternoon, which
the physicians regard as . most-hOpeful sign.
For the first time In three weeks the patients
temperature At the evening examination was
normal. There was q full, free discharge Of
healthy pus during the day. The patient has
obtained more sleep than usual, and has been
greatly refreshed thereby. The physicians ex-
press tho belief that the Improvement OF yes
terday was permanent gam, and that the pa
tient Is on the way to complete recovery.
The examinations of the Presidents wound
which have been made within the last four
days have led to a different conclusion az TO
the course and location OF the ball from that
which was at first entertained. 1t is now pref
| ty certain that it did not penetrate the hver
and that, il it touched 1t, 1t grazed 1t In ills
| downward course that II Is not located in the
anterior wall of the abdomen, and did not trav-
erse the abdominal cavity, but went downward
| after being interrupted by the rib, and IL now
| located in what the doctors describe as the
| right lilac fossa This is the cavity between
the front of the hip-bone and the ribs which
contains the small intestines. No effort will be
made TO extract the ball at present unless It IL
| found to be troublesome.
morning newspaper publishes an interview
with Gen. Crocker Warden OF the jail, about
Guiteau. Croker said, speaking Of Guiteau
"There has been no event in his life during
| the past week that has been worthy Of men
| ton. He eats sleeps and wakes up like any
| other prisoner. No one has come TO See him
from the day he was brought here. No one
has manifested any friendly interest in
him He does not seem to have
any friends. Guiteau is as quiet as any
other prisoner. He seems to have made up his
mind to patiently await the result. He has not
| asked for Q lawyer. He has not asked to see
| any one. asked him il he wanted o law
YER He said mo- not at present He
Claims to be lawyer himself He
knows enough not to talk. He is sane
| enough not to talk. He reads mostly the Bible
| and serious works. There is nothing peculiar
about him. 1 take no stock IN his INSANITY.
| There has been nothing i'll his actions here to
indicate it any more than in the condition of
Other criminals. don't think he is a man of
strong moral convictions"
WAsHINaToN, July 20.
The condition Of the President continues
favorable and encouraging. 1t is believed by
one OF the physicians that the patient will be
able to leave his bed in ten days. While
this appears q rather too sanguine state
ment, the medical staff believe that tho
wound is healing, and that, unless
some unforeseen change should occur, his re-
| covery now is merely q matter Of time. Last
evening there was a slight rise in the pulse and
in the temperature, caused by stoppage Of the
| drainage-tubes, which prevented the regular
| flow Of the pus. When the tubes were
| cleaned the flow resumed and the fever
subaded. The patient rested quietly
! during the night, and this morning Is doing
| nicely. In the belief that the carpets In the
sick-room secreted too much dust and absorbed
| impurities from the atmosphere they were yes
| terday taken from the floor, after the Presi-
| dent had been removed TO another chamber,
overlooking Lafayette Park.
WASHINGTON, July 30.
till
| the day before in the Presidents case, except
| that the fever came on later in the evening,
and WAS not so marked. The temperature
through the day was normal aud the pni'e
| ranged from 90 to SO. The patient said that he
felt decidedly better, and expressed
desire for more solid food. He also said
| that he felt stronger. and asked TO be
propped up in bed fer while. This re-
| quest was granted by the surgeons, and for
/ half an hour or so the President, supported by
| pillows sat up nearly erect in bed. This
| change of position gave him considerable re-
| lief. and, upon lying down again, he fell
asleep. All his surgeons speak most hopefully
| of him. None OF them really fear an abscess
| though they are prepared forit should one FORM
DR.. Bliss said that the wound is healing slowly,
but fast enough, and the surgeons do not now
J fear an abscess. The fever declines so quickly
every evening that the doctors now attribute
| much OF the rise in temperature to the dress
ing of the wound. That Is necessarily painful,
and the President seems to dread it more in
| the evening.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l.
The President is progressing very favorably.
his condition during the past two days being
unmarked by even the slightest bad feature
| 50 much confidence is felt in his continued
| progress to health that Secretary Blame has
| informed Minister Lowell, at London that
"a will I'M nffi nI
| dispatches DR.. Bliss believes that, with the
| same progress toward convalescence continued
! for short time longer, there is no reason why
| the President should be unable to leave his
| aick-looTn in three weeks.
The location OF the bullet has been deter
mined with such exactness as TO confirm the
original opinion of DR.. Bliss, which was that II
| han found lodgment in the front wall OF the
| abdomen. Bells indicator, the new ma
| chine invented to detect the whereabouts of
| Uulets buried out of sight, was given trial
| yesterday, and, although the machine was not
in perfect working order, it indicated the pres
ence of the ball in the front wall Of the abdo-
men about five inches below and TO the right
Of tho naval, and just over the groin. 1t Is con
sidered 10y no means certain that the removal OF
the ball will he necessary, as il is giving no
trouble at present. Another and more thor
ough trial with the indicator is to be had, and
even when the precise location of the ball
shall have been determined thereby it Is prob
able that no new incison will be made TO de-
cure Its removal. In any event the surgeons
viii be in no hurry to subject the sufferer to
this new ordeal If, indeed. it is to be suffered
at all
Steward Crump and another attache Of the
White House have been completely FRUSTRATED
by the malaria Of the Potomac.
WASHINGTON, Aug2
The President continues to get better. His
appetite increases daily, and his physicians now
say there il no reasonable doubt of his recovery.
His bill-of-fare now embraces coffee and kumyss,
beside the more solid fare hitherto partaken Of
The wound discharged freely at the dressing last
evening, and the appearance Of the pus was III
every way satisfactory. The afternoon fever
was light and subsided quickly, and the pa
tent went to sleep earlier than usual, and slept
we'll
Prof. Bell, the famous telephone inventor,
for the second time applied his patent Undue
ton machine to the vicinity of the wound. and
exactly located the bullet, the position
Of which comedies with that surmised
by the surgeons. IL is believed to be
about two and one-half inches inside the BODY.
and is known to be four and one-half inches
below and to the right OF the naval, jrist above
the groin The surgeons do not intend to at