Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-14
house the Vice President has remained, may
cause him to remain day or two.

cause him to remain day or two.
DIR. BoYNToN
SAID this morning the history of the last
twenty-four hours adds greatly to my conf
dence. The fever last night did not quite
reach the point of Monday night, while this
morning the condition is much better than
yesterday. look now for steady improve
ment. The introduction of tube which
induced freer flow of pus may have had
something to do with the Improvement
| BETTER THAN SINCE SHOT.
| WASHINGTON, July 13.--The President is
better to-day than ever before since shot. DR..
Bliss says there are marked signs of improve
ment, pulse and temperature normal. The
| President ate some woodcock to-day and
| toast in addition to his regular diet of milk
dashed with rum. DR.. Bliss says the Presi-
| dent is now on the road to steady but slow
| Improvement. This is the twelfth day since
he was shot, and the day on which the sur
| geons say the turn in such wounds occur.
The attending surgeons say that the indica-
| tions to-day are of a change for the better.
One o'clock shows that the improved condi-
| tion of the President continues, notwithstand-
| ing the very hot weather. His fever is lower
| than IN the middle of any day recently, pulse
! below 100 and temperature scarcely more than
1
| of fever this evening will be very slight.
BLAINE TO LOWELL.
Secretary Blaine sent the following by cable
this morning: "To Lowell, minister, Lon
dom The Presidents condition this morning
is much better than at any time since he was
| wounded. Temperature normal, pulse &c !;
pain in the feet and legs greatly diminished.
Weather very warm, but the Presidents room
is kept as cool as desired.
SURGEON WOODWARD.
New YORK, July ia Washington special
says Surgeon Woodward for the first time
was found somewhat communicative this
morning In reply to questions as to what
was the nature of "clrcumscrihed peritonties, :"
admitted to have been present for some time,
he said: cit is simply Inflammation, indicated
by tenderness in the interior wall of the
abdomen. 1t has lasted ever since
the second day. Its extent has become
more circumbscribed with every day till
now IT is scarcely perceptible. 1t is one of
the indications which appears to tell us where
the balls. If the ball is there the information
is doing no harm. There are other signs of
improvement. If one made ho examination
and had no medical knowledge, yet he could
tell that the President has improved during
the past few days simply by looking at him.
His eye is brighter, his color better and he
moves with less difficulty. An increased
amount of nourishment has been given
with good results The wound is doing well
under most favorable circumstances.
Chow long will it be before the President
can leave his room and attend to business?"
81 do not feel inclined to make any predic-
tions. The cases so far reported in which
men have recovered from similar wounds
show that several months have been required
to bring the patient back to active life"
DIR. Bliss says if no new complication arises
the President will be substantially out of dan
ger by Saturday.
DIR. FRANK HAMILTON
said to-day l am sorry to see the tendency to
magnify the importance of such trifing re-
lapses as that of Monday night, because the
atmosphere of anxiety, so to speakls credited,
which cannot bnt have its effect on the at
tendants and family of the President, and thus
indirectly on him. For my own part expect
the President to recover and l find renewed
confidence in every hour My own dispatches
last night and this morning do not mention
ferred fna pam to by by the the mopnng aDqGsn news
papers. Judging by the press reports this
pain may be due to a variety of causes, collie
perhaps, but need not necessarily penetrate to
the peritonets. Local lperitonets has been
recognized around the wound since the be-
ginning but did not spread in The period al
lotted to 1t. In the absence Of any profess
sional advice l am not disposed to take this
abdominal pain into account at all. for |
should have had some account of it had the
physicians in charge looked on it as of i'm
portance. Say that the President is doing as
well as can be expected and that his chances
for recovery are excellent.
THE DANGER LINE PASSED.
Notwithstanding the very favorable bull
letins issued each day, indicating steady pro
gress towards convalescence, the Presidents
condition has never until to-day ceased to
cause the greatest sOlicitude in the minds of
perhaps majority of the community, while
no later than yesterday it was limited in many
quarters the bulletins could not be taken as
fair indications of his real condition; that in
fact he was each day growing weaker, and
reserve Vitality to prolong life
To-day, however, there is very general feel
ing of confidence that the critical point has
been safely passed. The President is slowly
but surely entering upon the
ROAD TO CoNvALEsCENCE.
Members of the cabinet called this morning
as usual before going to their several duties,
anu, with not single exception, came away
from the sick room with more buoyant feel
ings of confidence than they have at any time
exhibited since the President was wounded.
Secretary Blaine said in CONVEX
sation that the bulletins could be
taken in perfect confidence, and that
the Presidents recovery might be considered
almost removed from any question of uncer-
tainty as was indicated by his dispatch to-day
to minister Lowell. Mr.. Blaine now has the
most perfect confidence in the
PRESIDENTS RECOVERY.
Secretary Lincoln also speaks with the ut
most confidence of the Presidents recovery.
He has abandoned his contemplated trip to the
Yellow Stone National park, but in the course
of ten days or two weeks will take his family to
Rice Beach, New Hampshire, if the President
continues to improve.
GOING TO GET WELL.
Although tn weather has been extremely
hot the President in the artiicially cooled at
mosphere of his room has passed quiet and
comfortable day, sleeping naturally and rest
fully at intervals, and taking more nourlsh-
ment than in any previous day. The maxi
mum febral rise has steadily decreased since
night before last, when on the judgment of
the attendant surgeons the crisis of
surgical fever was passed. The patients
temperature and pulse were lower
last night than Monday night