The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-07-14
IN GENERAL
IN GENERAL.
The Presidents Recollections OF the
Shooting.

The Presidents Recollections OF the
Shooting.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-Col Rockwell saws:
81 was talking to the President the other day
about the great interest which the people of
the country have shown, and said that when
he got we'll he would have more to fear from
the love Of the people than an ything else, and
so he will. Wherever he goes he will be
pressed about by the crowds anxious to see
him."
II asked the President soon after he was
shot, which ball entered his body, the first or
the second. He said that it was the second.
but Gulteau says very positively that it was
the first, as he saw the President tremhle like
leaf after he fired. told the President what
GuIteau had said and he thought moment
and then said, swell, guess the man is cor
rect.''
"Was the President unconscious?,
He says that he was not, except perhaps
when he fell down. He says that he recollects
when he was lying on the depot floor and
when he was carried up stairs He has Just as
clear record OF the past ten days within the
scope OF his observation as any one. His mind
is as clear as bell, and it has never been 9TH
erwise.''s
The Annapolis Letter Hoax.
The report now about the Annapolis letter,
the writer of which claims to have the
missing bullet, is that it is wicked hoax:
that the writer. Jackson, is well known to
sions OF the legislature. He is a character
there as any Democratic negro is a rarity. He
Is an old negro man of the most illiterate and
Ignorant class, and it is doubtful if he knows
That the President has been shot. He has
never been beyond the limits of AnnanoI;s
and the general impression is that the AMMAN.
oils wag who has perpetrated this foolish and
heartless hoax in the name of jackson should
be exposed and punished.
The Garfield Fund.
The subscriptions to the Garfield fund to-
night amount to $142,905. OF this sum $751;
wv mas already been received and deposited in
the United States Trust Company.
Notes from the Sick Room.
The only medicine that the President re.
ceives is quinine, which is administered in
large doses, for the purpose, it is said of alay-
ing the fever and aiding in the suppuration of
the wound.
The President is greatly relieved of pain bv
having, his feet rubbed by Mr.. Crump, the
steward of the White House, who il rennrted
to have good deal of magnetism. Crump
was hospital steward all through the war. has
been trained as druggists clerk, and is an ex-
cellent nurse
DR.. Boynton, while confirming the report as
to tho Presidents want of cheerfulness. saws
that he is not Indifferent, but that he wants to
live as much as anybody could. He does not
call for food as much as he did.
Mrs. Garfield is better, instead of worse She
remains constantly at the Presidents bedside.
The patient talks good deal in his sleen
while under the influence of morphine. MANY
OF the bright things attributed to him have
been said while he has been in that condition.
The Hebrews Condemn the Attempted
Assassination.
CHICAGO, July 13.-At the annual meeting
OF the Union of American Hebrew congreea.
tlons, resolutions were adopted condemning
the attempted assassin alton of President Gar.
field, proffering sympathy to him and his
family.
Canadian Orangemen Sympathize with
the President.
TORONTO, July 13.-At the exhibition
grounds yesterday, speeches were delivered
and series of resolutions passed, including
resolutions OF sympathy with President Gar
held and detestation of the infamous attempt
upon his life