The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-07

= NNANS3AeNPhO0 W
as follows;
2p.m.-The President is reported
SO much better this morning that
am more than ever convinced that
he will recover. He stood the first
shock of the wound admirably, and
now after Seventy-tWo hours the
only danger is from secondary in
fiammatiOn of the peritonium.
had a full conference at midnight
with Surgeon General Barnes, and
the above is my own inference
The surgeons in charge are able
men and duly cautious in giving
expressions of opinion as to the
future. / will keep you thoroughly
advised, and you may conStrue my
silence as favorable. Most perfect
order has been maintained, and in
any and every event silence will
continue.
NIB. = Nothing later received
from Sherman.
lpte7-OceG41'S Washington The
weather is intensely hot; thermOm-
eter all the morning S90, and is now
90. The President has taken some
nourishment with evident appetite.
The stomach shows excellent digest
i've powers. Mrs. Garfield is very
hopeful to-day, although she recog-
niZes that all danger is not past and
the ninth and tenth days must be
viewed with apprehension. The
Presidents mind is clearer this
morning than at any time since the
shooting, owing to the fact that no
opiateS have been administered the
past tWenty-fOur hours. He gives
his physicians the minutest descrip-
tion of his feelings and condition,
and talks as if he were detailing the
symptoms of some other person.
Albany, 6.-The assembly and
senate adopted resolutions of SYM
pathy with Garfield and cOndemning
the assassin.
Washington, 6.-The following
dispatch was sent by the surgeon in
charge to the two consulting
surgeons, this afternoon:
Executive Mansion, 1 pm
Since our telegram of yesterday
the case has continued to progress
favorably. The President was quite
comfortable during the day and
needed no morphine until bed time
last night. His mind is perfectly
clear, but he obeyed our injunction
to refrain from conversation. The
afternoon eXacervation or symp-
toms heretofore observed daily did
not occur, on the contrary slight
diminution i'll the pulse took place.
By $50 pm. it was JOG, temperature
100 8. respiration "a. During the
afternoon he had several excavations
from the bowels, the first since the
shooting. They occurred without
pain or discomfort. and contained
no trace OF blood. During the early
evening flom s to 10 p. IN. he was
troubled occasionally by acid eruct-
alton, but on suspending the adj
ministrdtiOn of nOurishment for a
time this symptom disappeared.
At 1870 pm. one quarter Of Il grain
of morphine was administered hypO-
dermically, being the only morphine
given since our telegram to you
yesterday. He slept very we'll during
the night and expressed himself as
feeling quite comfortable, though
weak, this morning.
Physicians have been engaged
this morning in cooling the atmoS-
phere in the Presidents room.
Clothes were dampened with ice
water and placed where drafts of
air pass through them and the tenn
perature has been reduced to $40.
Revolving fans will be placed in
the chamber this evening. The
weather continues very hot and it
is a matter of necessity to keep the
atmosphere in the sick room cool.
The day has been comparatively
quiet at the Executive Mansion, for
the reason that the favorable bulle-
tins have, to a great extent. allayed
the anxiety and decreased the num-
Der of callers. At this hour the Pre-
sident is resting quietly, and all his
symptoms are encouraging.
Chicago, 6.-Washington special:
The great, big, bluff, hearty Inger-
sol, who has loved Garfield many
years, but who has lately been
estranged. during the most critical
and dangerous period Of the Presi-
dents relapse, walked through the
upper hall with tears streaming
down his cheeks. The Presidents
goodfellowship has drawn the
cabinet to him as close as personal
friends. MacVeagh has been the
most discouraged, but one of
the most loving and attentive.
He said Garfield was never a better
President than the moment Cult
teau's bullet struck him down. He
uever saw more clearly and never
had a firmer or better purpose. He
was going to be all that the best
thought of the country ever eX-
pected of him. He was going to be
a great president. He went on in
this strain for a whole hour. A
sudden change for the better was
joyfully announced in the White
House halls. Had the inmates
dared they would have flung up
their hats and shouted wildly.
The fool Mcnamara said, yeSter-
day: came on here to get the au-
thorities to call off the powers who
are conspiring against me. There Is
a conspiracy of mediums who are
trying to obtain possession of my