Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-17
SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT THIS MORNING.
FOLLOWED BY BAD SYMPTOMS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS A RIGOR.
ALSO AN ATTACK OF VOMITING.
A Change for the Better.


o'clock yesterday until a very early hour this
morning the condition of the President was
such as to create the greatest alarm and distrust
not only among those anXously waiting and
watching but among physician as well. All of
the complications which have beset the case
were aggravated. the lung trouble had increased,
the wound was behaving badly, and there were
unmistakeable evidences that the President was
not only losing his courage but his mind as well.
When the night closed DR.. Bliss admitted that
the unfavorable symptoms were due to an in
crease of blood poisoning. Three days ago he
said he thought the blood poisoning was being
eliminated, but the record of the day was one
which convinced him it was on the increase.
HAZARDOUS IN THE EXTREME.
you may say" DR.. Bliss said to THE STAR
representative, THAT the condition of the Presi-
dent is now hazardous in the extreme" The
President frequently complains of being tired
and worn out. At times he is Eighty. His mind
wanders, and more than once he expressed dis
satisfaction with his quarters here and asked
when he is going to be removed to Mentor. Up
to midnight last night the patients general con-
dition did not improve. At II o'clock his pulse
was up to 100, and his temperature over 100.
Toward o'clock there was but slight decrease
in these figures.
TURNING POINT.
About 3 o'clock he fell asleep and slept until
g. When he woke his pulse had receded to JOG
and his temperature gone down to 9S When the
surgeons (and all of them were in attendance)
met to make the morning examination of the
wound the general symptoms of the
patient showed some improvement. First.
the wound looked better and its dis
charge was of a more healthy character.
The pulse, though frequent, was better pulse
than yesterday, because it was what doctors
term stronger and less why.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE FEELS BETTER
81 feel better said the President The day
opened at Elberon with fear still uppermost
While there was change for the better it was
so slight that it was not calculated to restore
confidence. Dr. BOynton said II cannot see
that the President is any BETTER" while DR..
Hamilton told Attorney General Macveagh
that ''the President is still dangerously sick
man." DIR. Agnew said he would form no opin-
ion until later in the day.
CERTAINLY NO WORSE.
Attorney General MacVeagh who has seen
all the doctors, tells me: 81 think some of his
symptoms are milder do not think any are
aggravated. do not think he is better. but he
is certainly no worse. A singular thing about
bulletins now is that we are frightened at lust
such things as we knew existed all along"
ONE REASON FOR ENCOURAGEMENT
GAS DR.. Hamilton said to-day. if the bulletins
Of the past had been as full as this mornings.
instead of being alarmed at the bulletins of YES
terday and to-day, the public would find reason
for encouragement" To sum the matter I'D at
l o'clock it may be said that the President has
gained nothing since he left Washington He
has lost gradually ever since last Saturday and
is about the same yesterday with dangerous
symptoms milder than then.
Second Dispatch.
DIsCOURAGING VIEW OF THE CASE
LONG BRANCH, Nj, Sept. 17-Dr. James B.
Hunter, of New York who had a half hours
talk with DR.. Hamilton, his particular friend
says: ''The President has Enthusiastically pyn
mia He is in great danger of slow blood poi
sOning and not rapid death. man afflicted as
he is will show his ailment from time to time in
new metastic assesses forming on vital organs
which are liable to attack one. after the other
and is almost certain to be affected by the poi
son as it gets worse His enlacated condition
facilitates its course through the system from
one organ to another. There is no escape now
from this danger, but it will be slowly doing it's
terrible work all the time"
Third Dispatch.
The Cabinet Summoned.
LONG BRANCH, Sept. H. 1915 p.m.-Attorney
General MacV eagh last night sent a dispatch to
the members OF the Cabinet, setting forth that
the Presidents condition was alarming. and
adding that he was glad that tomorrow, Satur-
day. was the day fixed by them for their return
hn
Cabinet would leave Boston at II this am.
This will bring them to New York early to-
night and to this place by 10 o'clock tonight.
unless they remain over in New York until TO-
morrow. DR.. Bliss said that Yesterday after
noon the President asked him a question,
which he will not make public which convinced
him the President was losing his mind.
THE PRESIDENT INFORMED OF HIS CONDITION.
subsequently, when the surgeons met for con-
sultatlon. DIR. Hamilton announced that he had
oeen asked the same question. During lucid
spell last night the President called DR.. Agnew
10 MN. doctor" said he, ''am not critically
lli!' your condition is critical" was the frank
response. Il thought So" rejoined the Presi-
dent. While the surgeons this morning feel
some little encouragement, they with one ac-
cord unite in. the belief that the President is
again going through another crisis.
By Associated Press.
Favorable Report Expected.
ELBERON, N. j., Sept II, $50 a. ,m.-The
morning report will no doubt be a favorable one.
c. 0. Rockwell, the Presidents cousin, watched
with him the greater part of the night. He says
the President slept well the most of the night
and the temperature and pulse are lower than
they were last evening. The weather is clear.
The Morning Bulletin.
GOOD NIGHT AND SIGNS OF SLIGHT IMPROVE
MENT
ELBERON, Nj. Sept. II, 9 a.m.-[Offcial bull
letin. AT the morning examination and dress
ing OF the President the temperature was 99.8,
pulse 1857 respiration 81. The fluctuations of
the pulse during the night varied from 116 to
100, the temperature during this time not de-
waiting much from normal. He slept quite well,
taking nourishnent at proper intervals. His
cough was not troublesome, and the expectorar