The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-09
THE REMOVAL.
The Last Desperate Resort to Eiude Death
A Sad and Eealistic Description.

The Last Desperate Resort to Elude Death
A Sad and Realistic Description.
CHICAGO, Sept. Ain connection with
the Presidents contemplated removal the
following realistic picture from Washington
as to his condition, Is of interest. IL is no
holiday trip the President Is about to make.
Not the voyaging Of the patient In the inter
esting stages of convalescence. The removal,
II undertaken at all, and there are doubts in
the minds Of the doctors as to its expediency,
will be the last desperate resort 10 elude the
tightening grasp of death. The President Is
suffering, first, from the unhealed gun shot
wound, whose length Is estimated at sixteen
inches second, from acompound fracture Of
the tenth rib and confusion of the eleventh
made by the bullet; third, by the presence
In the body of jagged lead bullet not en-
cysted and travelling slowly downward ;
fourth, from the poisonous state of the
blood; fifth, from the gland which Is now
the cause as we'll as the result of the trouble.
The abscess In the cheek Is now discharging
in seven different channels three are spon-
taneous openings, flowing through the ear,
mouth and nose. The next complication Is
the weak and dyspeptic state of the stomach,
which has at times rejected all proffered food
and requires 10 be always treated In the most
delicate manner. For nearly three weeks
the President b IDLY swallowed a mouth
full Of solid cod. The seventh cause of
anxiety and oAnger Is the fearful debility
brought on by injury and its physical conse-
qnence, and also his mental weakness, re-
sulting from local and Unconstitutional troubles.
The physicians have been In fear also of the
presence of intermittent maiarial fever in
addition to the inevitable trannatic fever oc-
casioned by the efforts Of nature TO repair
the wound made by the missile. II is pro-
posed to lift him with his bed, take him
down long flight of stairs, carry some dis
lance by slretcher, and finally convey 250
miles by rail, man so weak and sick that
he eau scarcely turn his head from side TO
side, cannot lift his head Mt all, and is only
able TO move his arms and legs with difficulty
and WEAKNESS. He is too feeble to bear the
excitement of seeing the faces of his most
cherished friends, one Of whom made the
journey from New Mexico specially to see
him. but was not let into the room. No
Cabinet officer, with one exception, has seen
him since Immediately following the shoot
ins. 1t excites suffering beyond his strength
to have his children sit by his side. The
exertion Of shaking hands pains him and in
creases the speed Of his pulse. Food Is nee
essary, but he takes 1t as prescribed duty
what he swallows His wounds are not con-
stantly painful to an acute degree, but the
frequent dressings are distressing aud ex-
bausting. The suffering caused by the in
famed gland would alone have brought q
strong man low. The original injury has
made little progress for ten days. He has
been kept up In part since the last relapse by
the free use Of nutritive aud stimulating in
jections. These are efficacious and often
bridge crisis successfully, but their limita-
tions are we'll known. The bowels cannot
endure the strain indefinitely and will break
down. III the reader will look vt the situa-
tion thus viewed, In the light of reason
rather than sentiment, 1t will be understood
why the doctors mean to remove the Presi-
dent. he Is plainly dying where he is. If
he ID removed there Is . chance--a bare pos
sibility-that be may recover, yet he may not
live 70 reach Long Branch.
At every few feet, once started on the
rails, there will come jolt for that poor
body, which holds Jagged ball. Can we
conceive more desperate experiment ? And
yet the journey has been decided upon by
the most judicions and experienced surgeons
= the one remaining chance for life. Pre-
partitions for the removal are being made,
but ii ID learned that the surgeons were very
apatbetic about the removal and did not COM
menca to prepare for the journey until about
ncon- They were urged to do this by the
member Of the family, who SAID: at has
been definitely decided by the surgeons and
the Cabinet that the President must be re-
moved, and that to remain u death. Every
days delay involves greater risks. Is II In
wolves the danger Of encountering the equi-
noctial storm u Long Branch.n The sur
geOns aitor this admOniti0n proceeded with