The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-08
THE NATIONAL TOPIC.
General GarfeId's Condition.
The Opinions OF the Pbysi-
clans and Others-Etc

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and now the Presidents opportunity
of getting well gives him the quiet
he needs. Except the cabinet Off
GERS and messengers from the de-
partments, very few people are adj
mitted and matters have dropped
back to where they were before last
Saturday. The White House has
about the same appearance it had
when the President was about. The
telegraph instrument is quiet, and
few messages are sent or received.
Physicians can now come and 60
without being stopped at every step
and questioned as to the Presidents
condition. DR.. Bliss is in very good
spirits and looks brighter, having
managed to get some rest since the
President has taken a turn for the
better. He said, this morning,
everything was as nice as could be
expected. The President had passed
a very good night and is better this
morning. He continues to improve
slowly, but surely. His appetite
continues good and he is very cheer
full.
The alarming reports concerning
the Presidents condition circulated
in various ways, yesterday and to-
day, with the evident intent to in
huence prices, had a temporary
effect.
The report that a proclamation
calling an extra session was yester-
day prepared and signed by the
President, to be used in case his
condition should become hopeless,
is without foundation.
Executive Mansion, Z, 1915 am
Acknowledgement MacVeagh says
the Presidents condition is very
favorable indeed. He does not con-
slider that the President is out of
danger yet, but says he appears to
be passing out of it as steadily and
rapidly as can be expected.
Conkling sent the following te'e-
gram to Arthur this afternoon
Please say to Mrs. Garfield, for me,
that tO-day's reports are the most
welcome and joyful to me for the
happiness they give her.
(SigneO Roscoe CONKLING.
General James replied: The Vice
President placed your telegram in
my hands for delivery to Mrs. Gar
fi5ld. l have complied with his re-
quest, and Mrs. Garfield desires me
to return her thanks for your kindly
sympathy.
POstmaster-General James has
kilograms from George Wilson, sec
re airy # the New York Chamber
cf Commerce, WHO requests Post
master-General James to say to Mrs.
Garfield that the members of the
New York Chamber of CONNER e
have subscribed S250,000, to be pre-
Scntented to her, both as a token of
their sincere esteem and sympathy,
and as a means of relieving the
mind Of the President entiI ely from
anxiety with regard to the future of
his family. 10 this telegram Post
master-General James sent the fol-
lowing:
Geo. Wilson, Esq, Secretary Cham
Der Of Commerce:
Your dispatch delivered to Mrs.
Garfield. On receipt Of it, she re-
marked hat there was so much that
was touching and beautiful in the
sympathy of the paopie Of the whole
country that she did not dare trust
herself to think of it.
New York, General II. V.
BoyntOn telegraphs privately to his
brother here: | really believe the
President will recover. have been
at the White House twice this
morning. The case, however, is
still critical.
DR.. Willard Parker, this morning.
was called upon by arepOrter of the
evening press, and he said there is
nothing in the latest bulletins con-
corning Garfeld's condition which
causes me to alter my first opinion
that his chances of recovery are
very slight. Of course, every hour
that passes without peritonites de-
claring itself is so much gain, for
all that nature can do is to prepare
for the contest which will 60 on for
the next six weeks. At the end of
ten days what is called secondary
hemorrahage may be feared, after
which the superyening period will
begin. He has now passed the
shock of such an accident, which
alone is sometimes sufficient to kill
a man, and the dreaded peritoniteS
has not set in, except in a local form.
II is the diffused peritonites, affect
ing the whole peritoneum, which
would be fatal.
Chicago, 7.-One paper has bull
letined the sensational story, which
may get to California, that jaUn-
dice has appeared to complicate the
Presidents case, and create conster-
nation among the physicians, as
showing that the liver is badly in
iured. The fact is that no jaundice
has appeared, as is shown by official
and private dispatches. The rumors
are frauds like many others that
have been sent out by alleged news
mongtrs.
BULLETINS.
Washington, T., ESQ a.m.-Bliss
and Woodward are greatly en-