Daily Republican., 1881-07-05

tory TO VlSltOrs, lOr uhey lnu0rSeu the
action of DR.. Bliss and his associates In
the official bulletins ofthe morning DR..
Agnew left on the $50 train for Phila-
delphia Before his departure he made
the following statement to Cabinet Off
GERS: "There are some marvelously
favorable symptoms about the case con-
sidering the mai ure of the wound. From
u very careful examination feel able tC
state positively that the abdomen and
kidneys have not been harmed nor the
spinal column been touched. The bull
let has probably lacerated the liver.
The restlessness of the patient and the
tinglng, teasing sensations OF his limbs
is probably caused by that laceration
and by the severing of the small
nerves branching ont from the spinal
column"
DIR. BLISS STATEMENT.
Later on IN the morning DIR. Bliss
made q statement to the correspondent.
He said, in relation to his condition, it
was progressing as well as his physi-
clans could wish. There was nothing
alarming in the symptoms, and no in
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nation which set in around the wound.
The sensity and motive nerves of the
system have not been impaired, hut the
sympathetic nerves have, which caused
reflex pains in his lower eXtremities.
Drs. Hamilton and Agnew determined
that the case should be made matter
of record, as it would be criticised the
world over. Doctor Bliss said, contrary
to the published reports, there had been
no movement of the PATIENTS bowels,
and they were striving to avert one.
He had been fed principally on milk
and lime water. The thing he most
| forming of an internal abscess and pus
cavity. The doctor denied the state
ment that he would save the Presidents $
life, and said he wonld promise only 10
do all that lay in his power. Doctor
Hamilton returned to New York on the
2 p. IN. train.
CONFLICTING HOPES AND FEARS.
WASHINGTON, July 4.-Narying re-
ports of the Presidents condition were
given between the official bulletins.
The news was very unsatisfactory. DR..
Hamilton had said in the morning that
if the pulse OF the patient did not rise
he should regard his chances of recov-
ery favorable The next bulletin show
ed the pulse had gone up from l0S to
no. 1t WAS difficult to obtain satistac-
tory information from the physicians.
They talked both ways and hoped for
the best. The members Of the Cabinet,
except Mr.. MacNeagh expressed them
selves with great hope and confidence Of
the Presidents recovery. Mr. James
| in particular was very sanguine. "He
is not going TO die said the Postmaster
General 81 never had believed he
would die, and | am more convinced
now that he will get well than ever be-
fore. There is q fighting chance for the
President and he will VIM Secretary
| Kirkwood at 3 p. IN. said ''The Pre-
sident appears to be doing as well as
could be expected. He is not growing
worse, and in my Judgment that is
much in his favor. Every hour that
passes now is important, and if he does
not fail it seems to me he must be doing
WELL
VIEWS or THE CABINET MEMBERS.
Attorney General MacVeagh said !:
at it useless to speculate. Wea hope
for the best, but no one can tell what
the outcome will be. 1t is gloomy
prospect. ! never thought the Presi-
dent would recover from the first news
| received of the condition of his wound
Secretaries Window and Hunt hoped
for the best ana believed that there was
u Glance for the Presidents recovery,
but their anxious faces showed plainly
they had but little confidence in the re-
alization of their hopes Within the
White House all seemed to be buoyant.
On the streetI all were depressed. |
asked the Postmaster General if he did
not think he was a little too confident
and if he did not imagine the people
outside were trit1e unduly alarmed.
eyes, | guess a medium between the
two would be about the correct thing
sain the Postmaster General. At p.
M. the President awoke from one of the
short maps he has taken during the day
and remarked to Major Rockwell, who
is in the room almost constantly, that
he felt better than at any time since he
was shot. This spread rapidly and ele-
waited the spirits Of all who heard it,
The President evidently had not lost one
particle of courage and determination,
which has sustained him nObly during
the past three days. The physicians
had imposed absolute quiet on him and
none OF the members Of the Cabinet nor
the President sons have been admitted
to see him thus far.
SUFFERING OF THE PRESIDENT.
The New York Heralds dispatches
to-day says: "The President has suffer-
ed almost necessarily since Saturday
noon. All OF to-day his feet and the
lower part of his legs have been swathed
in rags soaked in paregoric. The pain
that has been referred to as a nervous
twitching is, in fact, most excrutlating.
For time he found some relief in hay
ing his feet squeezed and beaten by
slaps of the hand This Office was per-
formed by Mr.. Crump, who held the
Presidents 5 feet in mis- powerful grasp
and gave him much relief. But since
Saturday night the feet have become so
sore that he cannot stand the pain any
longer, and hence the applications just
spoken of. Fer a time relief was OBJ
tanned by giving hypodermic injections
of morphia. This operated to soothc
his pain, but after a few minutes of
resttul sleep he would become wide
awake and vomiting would ensue. AS
this was the very thing OF all Others
that it was desired to prevent the use OF
the drug was discontinued. Allday he
bore his pain like a Spartan. Somc-
times spasm would come over his face,
and the nervous hands thai are scarce
ly ever still would be waved in air for
a few seconds, and then if the spasm
passed by would fall liteless by his side
But all the time he made no complaint
Once he asked for open air. The room
is in the southwestern corner and has
three large windows in it, two openingto
the west and one to the south. 1t opens
in another room, which has two large
windows facing south. Across the hall
is another room of the same dimensions
and arrangements for ventilation. A