The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-22
THE PRESIDENT.

81 IA
The condition of President Garfield, this
morning, is better, than at any time since he
was shot, and the hopefulnessl of his surgeons
almost amounts to confidence in his ultimate
recovery. The fever has decreased. At, 2
o'clock this morning his pulse was below 100,
and his temperature about 100. DR.. Bliss said
I at 10 O'Clock last night that he zsas satisfied
/ the eliminating point had ,bsenJ passed.
and that the, Condition ST.. tie President
viii steadily iinpfSFe from day 70
day. Suppuiation is progressing naturally, the
wound has a healthy appearance, and there is
iLlhtle to dread now from secondary hemofrhage
lior blood-poisoning. The patient continues to
take more nourishment each day. and there
has bean no gastric disturbance recently. Yes
terday. IN addition to eating slice Of toast, he
4achewed the breast Of woodeock, but dldl not
! swalloylthe fbtr.a n7m0H .r3nf bt0-eeE
Il Dr.. Woodward, one of the physicians i'll att
tendance, stated yesterday that the patient has
suffered from q eFtlnserbed befitonitis .
since The second day, but that its extent has
been redHeed Zach day Until nov it is scarcely
bperceptibe; He csays the abatement of
the inflammation shows, that the bullet
is doing no harm. On Being asked if
there were other signs Of Improvement.
he said that persons without any medical knowl7
/ edge could not fail torecogniZe great improve
ment in the Presidents condition during tho
lpast few days by simply looking at him. ",His
eye is brighter, his color better aud he moves
with less difficulty. An increased amount
Of nourishment has been given With good
results, and the wound isdoing sseiLa said tile
doctor. Dr. Bliss said Il t'Ifsto fiew 6omph1
Il cation arises the President will be substantially
out of danger by Saturday. Dr.. Hamilton
said that for bis part he expects the President
| to recover and that he finds added cause for
4 confidence every hour.Cr 1.-THE President, = he
says, g is doing as well as can be expected, and
his chances of recovery are excellent. ~
The refrigeration apparatus constructed in
the basement of the White House works adj
mirably 1t supplied the Presidents room
with 13 900 cubic feet of 1pure dry cir at q
temperature of 81 degrees yesterday. The
GOODNESS of the sick-foom has an, excellent eff
feet on the patient. - = y "a 1oi ~ -i''-
Before he went to sleeplast nj the President
asked DIR. Reyburn whatwas the news, and the
doctor replied by telling him that = the Gov
\ errors of several States had in yieT to issue,
i when the President should be out Of danger d
proclamation fora general day Of thanksgiv-
Z ing and praise to- GodfLI forr tho an
swered prayers of the nation.'', Il The pa-
4 dent scanned to be greatly touched and graft
fed at this information, Col. Rockwell re-
marked to the President that .'the heart of
the nation was in his foomgsd The words
seemed to impress himgreatly, and af erward
OI-C0
nation Will not let the Old sol soldier Herd de-
-tT YlihG9I n5Iblfdo 9WAsHINafoN. July15. +
ifie Each day the Presidents condition shows
steady Improvement There is no reason to
4 doubt his continued pro ress. He raised bis
4 LII Of fare yesterday By eatingia roastlbeef
z s.w4ch half the size of his hand. & He said
that he was beginning to tire qof baby food.
He would have Il eaten 4 another sandwich
if the doctors had thought 1T best. The tenn
perature of the Presidents room and of
the, ones adjoining was kept down tol759 de-
4 grees. The President did not indulge in any
Respondent talk. lie seemed to, realize, more
than, he has any day this week, his improve
ment. 81, o.4 g., MI - - r......r /
slightly increased from day to day When he
can take fair amount of food without calis-
4 ing fever, or oyertasking,l his, weakened
system, q rapid gain in strength may be
| looked for. Until then he must, of course re-
main very weak, but the Abatement OF his fever.
/ the d1minution or pain and the favorable
lchanges in other directions indicate that it will
i no. De long before he can take; an amount of
| solid food that will have a marked effect on his
strength. = Ai4&ht iitit8 &tiS DffB 9jiiEG
4 There is no truth in the statement published
4. that the doctors in charge proposed to see if
4 they could locate the bullet by electric APP
the bullet alone for the present, and have
no idea of having the President worried with
experiments of this kind. The Cabinet people
are so we'll satisfied with he:Pfe adents prog
ress that they begin to think they will be able
to take their families away within the next
week or ten days. ttHuD '9t.yf slJO5DItt
b postmaster General James teIegraphed to
i New York last night :, "The President is do
| ing spiendidly. He is surely out of the
woods" fftiiJ ~ ~ : DIE tsi55s
~ Ex-senator Conkling called at the White
House yesterday. He did not enter. but sent
his card to Mrs. Garfield, saving that he knew
! it would be impossible for him to see the Presi-
dert, and he did not wish to Bother her with
| an iL.erYew. He expressed cordial sympathy
and his wishes for the speedy recoveryof the
President. 49,. e.r En.{ sa}4.4 r-srorr,:
/ ( The flood OF false statements about Guiteau
and his crime have prompted District Attorney
Corkhill to give to the public an accurate &c
count of his movements Guiteau arrived in
i Washington March 6 and put up at the Ebbii
House, where he remained only one day he
thereafter roomed at various places in the Capt.
tai City. On the 18th Of May he determined tc
! kill the President, but had not money enough
j to buy pistol. Toward thee end of May he visited
j 0'Meara' 8 gun shop in Washington, examined
several pistols, and remarked that he wanted
one of large caliber. Soon after he succeed
l cd IN borrowing SIS from a ttoo-benevolent
1 Washington gentleman OF this sum he spent
$40 in purchasing the pistol with which. he
attempted to kill the President. Having pro
vided himself with the pistol and with suffi-
Gent ammunition he began to practice with
it, firing at a board and at other marks. On
the Sunday of the 18th of June he followed
the President to the Christian Church with the
intention of killing him there, but he saw that,
on making the attempt, he would be most likely
to shoot somebody else beside the President, SO
heleft Before leaving however, he noticed
that the President sat by ansopen window.
Guiteau examined this . window, and
came to the conclusion that he would
shoot the President from it through
! the head on Sunday, the 10th of June. He
/ learned, however, that the President was about
to leave for Long Branch with Mrs. Garfield on
A Saturday, the 18th, and went to the depot af-
ter having practiced with his revolver that
morning. his mind fully made upto do the
deed Mrs. Garfield as she leaned on the
Presidents ann at the depot, looked SO very
weak and pale, however, that Guiteau says
be had not the heart to shoot him in her pres
ence, and, feeling that he would have another
opportunity, he left the depot. On Wednes-
day, the ZZd OF June, the ASSASSIN
followed the President, who went Out
riding with his son and United States
Marshal Henry but as the, carriage did
not stop the fend was fooled that night On
the evening of the LIST of July he followed the
President to Secretary Blaine's residence, and
then dogged the President and Secretary Blaine
as they walked from the latters residence to
the, White House, but got no opportunity
to carry out his murderous purpose
that evening The following morning after
breakfast he went to the Pennsylvania depot
Ioitered around for considerable time, exam
ined his pistol to see that all was right, and
when the President entered the ladies' waiting
room, he walked up behind him and fired two
shots.
WASHINGTON, July Is
The President continues to steadily improve
The physicians are sanguine that the worst il
passed, that pyemia need not be feared, and
the recovery of the President is only a matter
of q few weeks. His appetite is becoming
normal, and the increase in strength
) is the result of his diet Surgeon
Il General Barnes said this. morning that, all
though the attending physicians did not fee
hike throwing up their hats and saying the
President was out of danger, they could
yet say that he was practically So unless
unforeseen complications arise. and there
were no signs of such. "One need only
look at the President to be assured of his con-
timed Improvement, q g added DR.. Barnes
DR.. Bliss says that the President is about Out
: of danger, the crisis may be said to have
passed. and on the whole he is pretty safe
4 +" The case progresses nicely, he continued
/" and every one about the White House feels