Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-16
UNOFFICIAL BULLETIN.


EXECUTIVE MANSION, 215 p. m.-Much
anxiety is exhibited throughout the city
regarding the Presideets condition, and
numbers of inquiries have been made at
the Mansion through the day The
feeling throughout the country was similar
ly manifested by large numbers of press
correspondents who called at the White
House to receive the 1890 p. LII. bulletin
for the respective papers which they repre-
sent, aside sro1n the many requests for latest
information from the several executive de-
partments. Temperature and desperation, as
stated in the last bulletin, are generally
conceded as favorable indications, but the
pulse, which is given as us, causes consld-
cradle uneasinesS in the public mind
Since the issuance of the bulletin it has
been impossible to confer directly with any
of the attending surgeons. Attorney
General McVeigh called a short time ago,
and as he was leaving the White House, IN
reply to interrogations, that DIR. Agnew at
tributed the unusually high pulse to the
weak condition of the patient caused by
the nausea with which he has been troubled
The Attorney General said, further, that the
surgeons informed him that there were no
indications of ''pus fever" and that they
hoped they had overcome the trouble caused
cause is experienced, it is thought that the
patient will soon rally from the bad effects
of the attack he has already had The
surgeons took the patients pulse about
/ As p. IN. when it was at 112 being de
creaseof six beats in less than two hours At
this hour Private Secretary Brown who has
just come from the surgeons room says:
His pulse is still decreasing"
Executive MANSION ii ID m-Ile
Presidents condition remains about the
same as when reported at 2. Is p. m, eX-
cepting, perhaps, a slight rise III tempera-
trlre caused by the usual afternoon fever.
The febrile rise, however, Is said to be no
greater than heretofore. The patient has
been nonseated once since the last bulletin
was sent. The signers refer to the last official
bulletin as about covering the case up to this
hour with the exception Of the return of
nausea, above mentioned, and show no dis
position to talk further on the subject of
the evening bulletin is anXiously awaited by
the public. At the Executive Mansion there
is perceptible feeling of natural anxiety
about the patient but no actual alarm eX-
lists on the contrary. The present unfavor-
able symptoms are considered but tempo
rary and it is thought they will soon pass
away.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 6 30 D m.-The ir-
ritability of the Presidents stomach returned
during the afternoon and he has vomited
three times, although this afternoon the rise
of temperature is less than it has been for
several days. The pulse and respiration are
more frequent, SO that his condition is, on
the whole, less satisfactory. His pulse is
now 1870, temperature 99.G, respiration %.
Signed D. w Bliss, J. J. Woodward,
J. K. Barnes, Kobt. Reyburn, ID. Hayes
Agnew
UNOFFICIAL BULLETIN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, $50 p. m.-At this
hour information obtained from the attend
ing surgeons is to the effect that, while the
indications are that the Presidents wound is
doing very well, and is, apparently, not the
! cause of the present trouble, the fact cannot
be concealed that the patient IS extremely
weak, and that his disability is such as to
cause anxiety. It has been determined not
to disturb his stomach by permitting him to
| eat for the present, and nourishment Is be-
/ ing administered by means OF injec-
ton. The surgeons explain the difficulty
| by the assertion that the Presidents
! stomach has failed to respond as it should,
hence the determination to inject nournisl-
ment. There is decided feeling of anxiety
! among members of the Cabinet and the at
! tending surgeons, and at this writing the
situation is at least very grave. Nothing
! has been heard from the sick room during
/ the last hour, and the Cabinet officers are
now in waiting to hear the latest news At
/ torney-General McVeigh has just said, in
response to a question "We have heard
nothing since the bulletin was issued. OF
| course we are very anxious. We expect to
hear something very soon"
The following was also sent few min
,ltes before half-past eight o'clock
GEN. r. B. HAYES, FREMONT, Ono:
Have reached another very serious point
in the case. Conditions at this hour, a. m, ,
are of a character that causes great anxiety.
| We hope for better things in the morning.
! Fl. c. CoRBIS.
LNOFFICIALL BIILLIIM.