The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-09
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
WAsHrNeroS. Sept. !

WASHINGTON. Sept.
The Presidents condition during the past
twenty-four hours has been highly favorable.
He rested quietly, slept well, and for longer
periods of time than for several DAYS, His
/ temperature and pulse showed decided signs
of improvement, the pulse falling as lev as 95
lower than at any time since the 9Th Of
August. He took rather more than the
usual quantity of liquid no1rishment, and
swallowed the Juice Of piece of
beefsteak which he chewed. His wound
looks healthy and the condition of the psrotid
gland is as good as could be expected. The
physicians feel greats encouraged at the de-
cded improvement in the patients general con-
dition. Last night the fever was less than on
any night since he was wounded, and his tenn
peTature was about normal The most hopeful
| symptom seems to be the improvement of the
Presidents appetite and the excellent condition
was found TO have another opening
into the mouth, and its appearance showed
| that it was rapidly diminishing IN SIZE The
wound was discharging more freely and the
| granulating process is proceeding fayorably
| The President is anxious to leave the White
House, and the physicians will, as soon as he
1 is able to move, send him either to Long
| Branch by rail, Or for trip down the river on
| the Tallapoosa. The patient begins to express
! disappointment at being unable to keep his
engagements for September.
/ One of the attending physicians says the pub
lie has been deceived as to the Presidents con-
| dition at the time he was wounded at the
time he was shot his physical condition was bad.
! He was like q CRASHED horse. He had been
/ suffering from dyspepsia, hemoThoids, and
/ had borne an operation for hstula on
/ the lower bowels. This, with the great
mental strain and the anxiety on account of
/ his wife's illness, had run him down so that his
physical condition was very unfavorable to
meet tho shock and subsequent treatment
| for a gun-shot wound. His loss of flesh has
been overstated, and cannot be more than forty
pounds.
Guiteau wrote a letter to District Attorney
| CorkhiIl Yesterday, expressing great regret |
| that he did not kill the President In the YER
mont Avenue church when he went there for
that purpose. The villain says he is sorry the
| President suffers SO much, but great deal |
more sorry that the President is not dead.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.
The President has not improved much in the
last twenty-four hours. He held his own, how
ever, the physicians say, and although, he did
not gain strength enough to help imself he |
looked better, his voice was stronger, and he
talked more The condition of the wound did
not improve, and the physicians think it will |
not until the gland is better. The patient
chewed piece of chicken yesterday and swal- |
! lowed the juice he also swalcwe1 the Juice of
piece of beefsteak, and took little oyster
soup in addition to the usual amount of LIQUID
nourishment. The fluctuations Of the patients |
pulse are attributed to weakness. When he
grows weary or his Wcund is dressed
there is an immediate rise in the |
pulse. The question of the Presidents
removal was discussed by the physicians yester-
day, but no action was determined on.
There is one disquieting feature Of the case
which accounts possibly fer this high tempera-
ture and that is, that the stomach is not
doing its work, the food does rot
ae-.milate and there is consequently 10 II.
! crease III strength. 4
| 1t is said that the members eff the Cabinet |
have several times discussed the feasibility of
| calling upon Vice President Arthur to attend |
/ to executive business until the President re-
! covers, but no one is yet ready to advise this |
/ STEP
WASHINGTON, Sept. x
The President gained slightly yesterday.
His symptoms last night were somewhat more
favorable than ON the previous night, and
through the day his pulse was less frequent
and more steady than it had been the day be-
fore. He rehshed his food rather
better tnan at any time since his re-
/ lapse. The, patient is still We ~ weak. The |
parotid gland continues to suppurate and has
not yet commenced to heal, and the wound has |
not improved much The most hopeful symp-
toms are the patients growing |
appetite, the healthy condition Of
his stomach, and the readiness with
which the food he partakes of is assnlilated. |
Yesterday he took come SOUP and chewed /
piece of stewed squirrel, and asked for
more, but it was not deemed well !
to accede to his request. The patient |
.evinces great desire to be removed from
the capital and though the physicians do not |
/ Safp To with that
matter just at present, they are free to say that
as soon as it can be safely done they will advise
his removal, probably to Long Branch.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.
The Presidents condition on Saturday night |
seemed to be assuming the grave features of
another relapse. Owing to the efforts made to |
clean his throat, the stomach was so much irri-
! tated as to cause two spells of nausea and vorl-
iting. During Sunday he had no recurrence of |
this difficulty, but the pulse ruled higher
| than it had for two previous days |
The parotid gland is nearly recovered, the |
wound showing no material change Arrange |
ments are being made for the removal of the !
President to Long Branch within very few
days. The attending physicians believe that
| this is absolutely necessary, and, although the |
| experiment is an extremely critical one, it is |
thought that his stay at the White House will i
/ be not less dangerous. car prepared I
/
it's way to the capital. Forty men finished the
repairs in seven hours The seats were taken
out. storm and folding doors inserted, the par |
lor apartment inclosed by wire gauze, Brussels |
carpet laid on the floor, and to large ice-boxes
constructed. The President talks constantly |
about his trip, and experienced some difficulty |
in getting to sleep last night.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.
The President was somewhat restless yester-
day and last night, in consequence of the ex-
IRENE heat though there was no material |
change, either for the better or worse. At this
| hour g a. m. everything is ready for the re- |
moval of the patient from the White House to |
Long Branch, where it is hoped the bracing air |
will nave the effect of restoring the much |
suffering, much-loved patient to health and !
strength. He will be moved from the !
White House to the railway station in
| treasury wagon, and nothing that pa
tience, ingenuity or thoughtful soicitude |
! can suggest has been left undone to make the |
removal easy and little hurtful to the patients
| condition as possible. He will be conveyed |
/ from the depot at Washington to Long Branch !
/ in car specially prepared, over track COW |
eredwith sawdust, and drawn by an anthracite
engine so that there shall be the least possible |
amount of noise. The patient himself exhib- !
Its great anxiety to be removed and the physi- |
| clans hope for the best results on account |
! thereof. j
LONG BRANCH, Sept. Z.
The President was removed from the White
| House to Long Branch at an early hour yester-
day morning. Every preparation had been
made with the utmost care Every detail had
| been prepared with great prudence. The ar
engagements were SO perfect, the details so care
| fully arranged, that the President was removed
without the slightest break ID the programme
and with much less disturbance even than had |
been expected. Shortly before o'clock |
| DR.. Bliss, Dr. Boynton, Dr. Reyburn,
| Gen. Swaim Col. Rockwell and Col. Cor
bin took the stretcher, three upon a side and
lifted it, The President did not indicate thathe
was aware of what was being done They car
ried the bed through The room to the corridor. |
and, without any trouble whatever, and without
| the knowledge of the President, took it down
| the broad staircase to the front door. Mean
while Mrs. Garfield, her daughter, Miss Rock
well and Mrs. Edison had taken a carriage |
driven by Albert, the coachman, and had gone to |
the train. Dr. Agnew, DR.. Woodward and DIR.
| Reyburn had followed in another carriage Just |
before they left the room they sent word down |
stairs, and the express-drlver took the horses