The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-17

ing and II the strength Of the patient can
be sustained BY injection till the digestive
organs recover Il Is possible for him 10 Gel
we'll. OF courAe, said the doctor, II the
stomach has given out that ends 1t, This
cannot yet be known, and until the facts
appear we must watch and wait, II he
passes the day without vomiting and hia
pulse fails In Tspidity and gainB In ARM
ness We may hope that he will yet be
spared. II TelChing continues and the
pulse shows no mendlng the public should
understand that the end 10 probably near.
Some members Of the Cabinet have
seen the physiciAnS. Postmaster General
James has always been the most hopeful
and buoyant. He said this morning that
the information he received made him
ieel somewhat more easy than he did yes'
lsrday, but the expression Of his face was
not one ol hope, There was weary anxi-
Gus look about II that Wss far less TsatsuT.
Ing than his words. Attorney General
MGcVsaRh has always been despondsnt.
He 10 not more sauRuine this morning
His iaGs WsaFa An expression Of hopeless.
ness. He informed a friend that he did
not expect the President would recover.
He did not change his views after an in.
tervlew with the physicians, ..
This morning Il had been supposed that
the Attorney General reflected the views
ot his friend, Dr., AgneW, but he tAys
that his views are only his own,
The surgeons are more hopeful, ,,'t
SAD PICTURE,
2;S0 P M.-Ths last bulletin has cast
gloom over the attaches Of the Executive
MAnsion and the greatest anxiety prevails,
The change which has occurred 10 even
noticeable In the expression and conyersa.
tiOn Of Private Secretary Brown, who has
from the 6rst, entertained most sAngulne
opinion that the President would recover.
Secretary Hunt, when asked q few min.
ulss ago II he could ssy anything iavoIa.
bio regarding the present condition oithe
President, SAID, 10 Q tone which ShoRed
that he was deeply affected, that there was
nothing 10 sayi that everything that could
be said was now known. -...-.
The extreme quiet which peEvades the
Mansion, even 10 offices occupied by the
clerical lorce, 10 most oppressive. Oon.
versations are carried on In monotoues and
. general feeling VI anxiety and actual
alarm 10 plainly perceptihle. The most
BAnguina are apparently last losing hope,
and callers may be seen leaving the Man.
sion with look Of despair upon their
countenAnces,
THoSE WIZ HJPR,
While this feeling Of dsSpondenCy 10
very general thers are those who yet
maintain that the patient will rally, among
whom may be especially numbered Gsnl's
SWAIN and Rockwell. Mrs. Garfield 10 |
said TO be ~ cheerful % circumstances
will allow, aud she entertAins strong be. |
liel that her husband will raCuVer. DR.. |
ASueW Is quoted as having said this alter.
noon that the patient is no weaker than |
h0 was yesterday and that there was .
very reasonable chance oil his rallylng.
This statement, however, was not o6.
tanned In = direct manner. Whatever
may De bald, there 10 no denying that the
caSs 10 extremely Gh,iCal At the present
moment, and uuls4s q favorable change
occurs within o short time II may prove
fatal. ..l H 't'l, !
Or. Bliss this afternoon eRid he let con.
adsnt that the wound was doing as we'll
a. It possibly could, and that II had healed
to within about three inches oi the mouth
Oi the inOision, He feared NO inrther
trouble from the wound and said the only
thing 10 be overcome 10 the irrltibility Of
the patients stomach, which we are doing
our best 10 master,
Assistant Secretary OF State
Hit, who Just come from the private
part oi the house, Wss asked II he had any
favorable news to communicate. In re.
eponse 10 which he said: am very sorry
that ! have not. ! TACT know nothing OF
the lAte condition u The patient Although
] have been inside Tue surgeons told me
nothing important.
Hit has Just sent the following cable.
gram 10 Minister Lowell at London;
''Ths Presidents condition causes great
anxiety. Restless and vomited In the
early part Of the night. Tranquil to-day,
but not rallied As much 40 hoped. At 1890 |
pulae ia temperature Va 3, respiration
IL. Stomach refuses nourishment."
HOLDING MS OWN.
4:15 P. M.-All members Of the Cabinet
with the exception OF Secretary Blaine,
are now Ia consultation In the cabinet
room.
4.SOp. a.-The President Is said to be
holding bis own, and this 10 considered BY
the attending surgeons To be point 10 |
his favor. Generally speaking, be 10 at
this hour considered 10 q better condition
than he was this morning. Nothing,
however, can be ascertained regarding the
tebrlte rise. The members oi tue Oabi.
net have been In consultation since four
o'clock. t