The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-14
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
He improves Gradually and His PermA-
nent Recovery is Almost Sure.
More of Guiteau's History.
FAvnRARLE sY,rrrn,ls.

FAVORABLE SYMPTOMS
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 6, $50 p. IN
, Among other favorable symptoms o.
the Presidents condition to-day is tht
fact that he Is beginning to find faul
with his physicians because they do mo-
give him enough to eat. He called this
afternoon for beefsteak, but upon being
told that il was not thought prudent al
present To allow him to eat such hearty
food, he grumbled little, but consented
to compromise upon an egg and say nc
more about 1t. The egg was given him
He wished also to know this afternoon
whether he could not be permitted to
hold cabinet meeting. and evinced a
general disposition to talk, which his
and restrain.
A COINCIDENCE.
DIR. Bliss told Attorney General Nc
Veagh this morning that the President
was improving every hour, and that the
improvement was substantial one. In
answer To a direct question he said, "l
think there is good substantial proba-
bility that the President will recover
At II 10 the Presidents pulse had fallen
to 90, and harmony between pulse, tenn
perature and respiration continues, and
| IhO ASSAAChS 10 AOA tACdt-
ment in case an operation should be
found necessary. The treatment under
which he is handled not only aims al
immediate improvement, but is a pre-
paratiOn of the patient for dangers and
accidents which are very likely to occur
1t will be weeks before the President is
out of danger. There is a strange coin
cidence in this case" said DR.. Bliss, to-
day. ain looking over the records OF
the Surgeon Generals Office, find that
IN one case had during the war where
the man was shot in the liver and recov.
cred. He happened to be a soldier in
Gen. Garfield's regiment. His was 4
very interesting case. Another / had
during the war somewhat similar, was
that of man shot through the liver. An
abccss formed and put tube in and
washed it. He was shot in July and
was IL we'll man again in September"
REFRIGERATING VESSELS ORDERED.
So many recommendations in regard
Ia lowering the temperature have been
made by prominent physicians and SCI.
entiffc men, that the physicians in at
tendance upon the President have de.
cided to ask for definite advice upon the
subject. They will ask some of those
who make recommendations about the
temperature of the room to submit their
plans in detail, with a report as 10 their
experience, and what success has attend.
ed them. Last night a telegram was
sent to Boston, by the attending physi-
clans, ordering refrigcrating vessels to
be placed in the sick room and the halls
of the White House. to cOunteract the
tOrrid July heat. DIR. Sands, of New
York, sent a dispatch to DIR. Bliss recon-
mending such appliances to reduce the
temperature.
THAT MONEY ORDER.
II is now stated that the $25 received
by Guitteau in the money order from
New York, came from the Equitable
Life Insurance Company, for services he
had rendered. Every clew that was
thought originally to tend TO show that
GuItteau had cOnfederates, has been fol-
lowed up and proved that there is moth.
ing on which to base the theory of a
4 conspiracy. Everybody is now satisfied
that Guitteau acted upon his own
responsibility.
Gen. Robertson, Manager of the
Equitable Insurance Company here,
says that he knows of no money ever be-
ing paid to Guitteau for services Tor
that company. He never knew Quit
teau, and Robertson says the company
would not have employed any man Ia
do any business in Washington without
notifying the manager here, and while
the company in New York has an en-
plOye named Chas, A. Bryan, Robertson
does not believe he is the man who sent
the money order to Guitteau.
.r-tv4 ANS1sTIz - 'CRszx MEN. -s@zn
This seems to be an era of crazy men.
An insane individual appeared at the
door Of the White House. He said that
the President was about to die and had
sent for him. He was impatient to get
in and said that every moment might be
a fatal delay. 1t was apparent that he
was crazy and the doOrkeeper took in
the situation and marched him out the
gate. The man had no pass but had
managed to slip in some way. This
morning another lunatic appeared on the
scene. He did not get any further than
the gate. He had a remedy for the Pres
idenrs wound and wanted to apply il
right away. He knew that it would
cure him it had been successfully used
he said, in many such cases. He was
invited to promenade, and went prompt
ly down the avenue.
To-day Sergeant Dinsmore stationed
himself at the door and would not allow
any one in that he did not know. This
has caused no Inconvenience since, as he
knows about every one who has any bus
iness or right Of access to the White
House.
GUITTEAU.
Considerable talk has been INDUCED
in since the arrest of Guitteau with re
gard to the means by which he managed
to get the money to purchase the revolv-
er with which he shot the President. II
: was known that for weeks he had been
without money, and had been beating
his board bill, yet he purchased a new
revolver, and the question was, where
l I'D hQ
have finally discovered that the
pistol was purchased at Omeara's gun
!, store on Fifteenth and E streets Oppo
site the treasury department, and thai
the money with which it was purchased
was borrowed by Guitteau. The man
who loaned it to him, is SAID to he a re
putable and worthy citizen, and out o.
F respect for his feelings the authorities
are Withholding his name. He was de
eeived by the smooth tongue of Cult
teau, and now, feeling his unfortunate
but unintentiOnal connection with tht
sad affair, those who have the facts are
keeping them quiet.
WHAT THE MEDICAL RECORDS SHOW.
: An examination ofthe medical records
shows that siXty-twO men who wert
wounded in a similar manner TO that o
President Garfield, in the War of thu
. Rebellion, recovered. Most of thusl
cases recorded in the medical record!
were Union soldiers, but several wer,
Confederates. All of these cases wer
: treated in the hospitals of the Unior
army. Some of the cases were precisely
such wounds as the doctors now consid
| table cases was soldier in Gen. Field
regiment, who was wounded, and tn
ball lodged in his liver. He recoveret
: and is vet living
9 IN GODS HANDS.
= Prot. Hinsdale of Hiram College, VIII
is here, has not yet seen the President
Services of prayer for the President
l. recovery are held at ~ and Z O'Clock eN
! cry day at the Christian church. At tn
meeting yesterday DIR. Sunderland CAV
an account of the interview betwee
i himself and the President after theshool
l. ing. He was passing down Pennsylvs
mia avenue at the time the shooting o.
CURED. He rushed TO the depot and wa
permitted TO speak to the President. III
said: "Mr. President, you are in tn
n hands of the God you have long trusted
and ! say to you that the heart Of thi
whole people will go out to God in pray
o er that you may be spared" The Pres
dent calmly replied: Il know it, DOcto
believe in God and trust myself in Hi
hands"
!. DIR. TEALE's OPINION.
IL New York, July Cdr. Chas. A Teal
a weIl-knoWn expert in cases of gunshC
Y wounds, and who was the first surgeO
who attended Abraham Lincoln Ii
night he was assassinated, remainin
with him until he died, said this mort
u ing that there were certain symptom
which usually appear in serious cases
4 peritonitis, arising from gunshot wound
which were absent in General Garfield
Z case. In many fatal cases which hay
: come under DR.. Teale's notice, the il
1ammation of the perItorium had set liz
the end of forty Eight hours after the a
r Acident. The temperature rose frequen
4 " to more than one hundred and five d