Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-18
ANOTHER FAVORABLE DAY.
Progress Of the President.
lie Continues to Improve.

lie Continues to Improve.
s A,A-TaE PRESIDENT HAS GOOD NIGHTS
REST.
The Presidents progress towards c0lTales-
ca:ice. notrd in the official bulletin o. Saturday
steadily continues. He feels greatly refreshed
by the resttul. unlEeken sleep which lie had
las. night. and which vas materially assisted by
the agreeable change in the weather. His pulse
IS gradually lessening; it now being IS with
normal temperature aud respiration. He will
receive for breakfast beefsteak. toast ard meat
juice and peached egg. and later on littI, Oat-
r;cGl cooked to a Jelly 1t is deemed best by the
the morning. disseminating it at l o'clock, after
which time only liquid nourishment is admin
istered.
Official Bulletins.
$50 A.M-THE PREsaDENT DOING WELL.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. $50 an. July IS.
The President has passed another comfortable
nigh! and is doing we'll this morning. pulse, So;
temperature, 9S.4; respiration. Is
/ iSlgned.] ID. W. BLISS, J. X BARNES,
J.J. WOODWARD. ROBERT REYBURN.
l P.M-No CHANGE SINCE MORNING.
! The condition of the President has not
materially changed since morning. He has no
fever and is resting quietly. pulse, 80; tempera-
tnre and respiration normal.
| GLORIOUS NIGHT FOR THE PRESIDENT.
Gen. Swain said this morning that the Presi-
dent passed splendid night He had good
nights sleep and was not restless or feyerish. 1t
WAS by long odds the best night OF the illness.
Mr.. Crump said this morning that it had been
a glorious night. The conditions all show that
the daily statement, He is better than ever, "
can be to-day put forth stronger than at any
previous time The recovery continues to be
gradnal-with a little more rapid accession of
strength. Not satisfied with his grateful sleep
last night the President. after breakfast. closed
his eyes and again rested well. He believes in
EATING AND SLEEPING.
In fact, he has said as much himself Last
evening he said to General Swain: ''Swam if
it wasn't for eating and sleeping don't know
what would do with myself these days
MRS. GARFIELD
was with him early this morning She was
bright and cheerful. DR.. Bliss says that while
her belief has always been steadfast that the
President would not die. she has never appeared
in the sick room looking in the least despOndent
OF weary. She has made it point to be ever
cheerful in the sick room.
A GOOD BULLETIN.
This morning the Presidents pulse had gone
down to SO, the lowest since the reaction. His
temperature was normal and so was his respira-
ton. These symptoms were as favorable as
they possibly could be. His appetite this morn
ing was very good 1t is cheering to everybody
to know that day after day he demands more
food. This morning he ate some beefsteak and
mad with it milk toast and a little rum and
milk.
APPARATUS TO RAISE THE PRESIDENT
Under the supervision and direction of DR..
Nichols, of Bellevue Hospital. New York, an
apparatus, snch as is used in that hospital for
raising wounded and disabled patients from the
bed, is being constructed at the White House.
This machine has never been used anywhere
except in the Bellevue hospital. 1t consists of
attached to the head board, and the
other to the foot board of the bed.
Light pieces of slat, something like the side
ratings of a bedstead connect these uprights
and two pieces Of heavy cloth are so arranged
that one can be slipped under the patient from
the head and the other from the feet, coming
just near enough together not to bear on the
wound. Then, by use of alever, the patient is
raised from the bed and held suspended. the
body resting upon heavy cloths while the wound
is dressed and the bed clothing changed, etc.
BY this means patient is raised easily and reg
uiarly. without the jerking that cannot be
avoided in lifting by hand. At present the
President is raised by six men lifting sheet,
and it always causes him more or less pain It
is expected that the new apparatus will be
ready for use tomorrow morning.
THE PRESIDENTS MOTHER ILL.
telegram from Cleveland says that Mrs.
Eliza Garfield. mother of President Garfield had
a severe attack Of cholera morbus Friday, from
which she partially recovered. but is now prOs-
trated by fever. On account of her extreme
age she being eighty-One, her condition is re-
garded as very critical and fears are entertained
fOT hnr 4 last ~
"Her symptoms were more favorable to-day
MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.
Resolutions of sympathy were received at the
White House to-day as follOws:-FrOm Morton
Post, No. l, G.. A, R., of Terra Haute, Indiana;
the Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Society, of
Cleveland, Ohio; the Garfield Veteran Corps of
Pittsburgh, Pa; the Kentucky State Teachers
Association; the Common Council, of Norfolk,
Va; the French Canadians of Worcester, Mass;
the Italian Fraternal Society of Santa Barbara.
Cal; Wadham's Post, No. 49, G. A. r., of Water
bury, Conn.,; Col. ]. w. Patterson, Post ISL, G..
the NJ. E. Church; Bayard Post, 17s, G. A. r. Of
Belle Vernon, Pa; mass meeting of citizens of
Athens, O.. LOgansport Post No. IA, G. A. r.. of
Indiana; the ex-members of the Army of the
Cumberland, Of Chicago, ILL.,; the republicans Of
Urbana, Ohio, the FrancO-American republican
committee Of northwest Ohio; the citizens of
Williamsburg, Va; citizens of Grayson county,
Va; o. H. Rippery, Post Al, G. A. R., Of Pitts,
burgh, Pa; G. n Morgan, Post No. 4, G. A. R.,
of Minneapolis, Minn.; the German Republican
Organization Of Baltimore; Common Council of
Washington C. H., Ohio; the National Rife As
sOciation of America the Georgia House of Re
preventative; the department of Wisconsin G. A.
R., of Berlin, Wis; Olney Grange, No. Z. P. of
H., of Olney, Md; The president and faculty Of
Georgetown college; the citizens of. Liberty,
Texas; the educational association of Virginia;
the city council Of Lock Haven. There was re-
ceived at the White House last Saturday from
Georgia big 80 pound watermelon for the
President. 1t was a splendid specimen of the
fruit. The President could not eat of it, but it
was not wasted; the colOred teachers of Virginia.
At the meeting Of the Washington Union
fraternelle de Langue Franchise society, of this
CITY, resolutions were unanimously adopted
concurring in ''the numerous manifestations of
indignation which took place on the occasion of
the hateful attempt made against the person of
the President Of the United States" and ex-
pressing their liveest wishes ''to see his health.
so precious to the country, completely restored
In the shortest time" Also, expressing s'deep-
est sympathy for Mrs. Garfield, who, in the
midst Of the cruel trial through which she has
just passed, showed herself SO worthy of the
high station attained to by her husband. and
gave an example of wifely devotion. which.
coming from such distinguished person, can