, 1881-07-10
TIE SITUATION.

Speeial Dispnteh tn Tie Chicago Tribune.
| WASHINGTON, D. C., July "a week ago
| to-day the President was struck down BY the
bullet Of woulti-be assassin. 4 week ago
tomorrow the worsi,ipng congregation at
Williamstown was startled from their sail
devotion by lfle message from the President
| to Dr. Hopkins announcing his improve
n1ent-startled SO that they rose in their pews
| and cheered. Slice the first good news
| began to cttl1le i'll, Saturday night, the ten
| dency of The President has been towards re-
covery, with the exception Of few hours
| OIL Monday night That was the only
time when some progress was not
| made. There were s0lne who gave
up hope from the first. There are sume WHO
have very little hope now, but, that night, no
one had amy hope for the Presidents life. 1t
seems to have been the turning point, for,
ever since, he has 1nendcd rapid1y,-luorc
rapidly, the physicians say, than could have
been expected, until, this morning, lie woke
UP with a better color than lie has had since
the shooting.
TIE COUNTRY Is BEGINNING TO BELIEVE
What tie President has believed from tile
iirst-tnat he will Recover. Tie pail Ut llor-
ror that hung over the place until Tuesday
morning las given way to the air of glad
chcerfulness which claracterizes sick-roolu
from which d.,>r,.r has n,ssr,, ami ,,.;,ar.,
rhe .nd.oynr is tnroraf,,ll, u,,or, t,,a ~, tf.nt
from its return. The nerves Of the doctors
ara ,,ot m suc,, = strain r,ha,r t,1a ,,,orc,
rast ond talk mnra frunjv- Tlav an and ao,,o
mira f,rnunnt,v and mr.. ta-ino aop. of tho
rasr they g, uucb ua,i1
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wnn,t let II l,a -nnv,, f,r nnurs:,
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Icen a s.riona mn. uroxs s,r,,,,ur RIA
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,,iyht sp..:n to h,ya h,.,, r,,v,t,a, ,rn', |
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,ytarr ha had fo1Iuu nn.',,lo -, ra;., 1;,,'>,ff
the poycrlesrtss ot the ar,,, l,n ,tta,n,,.d to |
raise RI vol,,tt, tha ,,,ose,,,;r,.ra -. tha .,sS
h.. ,v,. carr;o,, ~ In ;n,1;ao+:"". e' ~ ,.,
cnorsa If Tie ho,l Vii t,,o.a e,..,,'' ~ ha,. s
hr.n forootton on,I II ie ,r,,n<@I +h,+ ,,,t
President conli not ,,n,v ~ so ,v., hns, lie
wound In tle tjrst uIar, ha,.n sariaus
1r NAV uE
that the diagnosis. WAS evngperotn1 hnt r. 10
bar,1l, nyn,,er tirst IN ,ssr,nt II r., I,,. hoa,
exaggerated. a,ul them tn .scrih., fn,,,rnnar
n,n1ivrs fnr the eynpoor,tinn trhot ;e ,.ro
cisrl, ),o,y..vpr w];i trnn,, ,n,,,,. ,',s'f.
here are dining The cxr,tr,rrut il ny.r tTl,n
true a,u; manly sorrow at the Presidents
danger which was universal hos ,;var yy,
to a cheerful hone. and nconI. ,yhn ,,,,:t
have something to tail; abont in tte ,lu1l scoo
son are beginning tn hermit t,,a1r ira,nns;.s
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