The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-10
STEADY IMPROVEMENT.
The Presidents Condition Al.
together Satisfactory.
sOme points Abous Guttte,u


the assassination to see if Guitteau ha,
any confederates said, to day: s'Our in.
designations are about over. We looked
over the whole field. There is really
nothing that has not been published in tn,
case, except the unfortun ate gentleman
who, through mistaken beneVolence, lent
Guitteau N .ney, believing it was to he'll u
him pay his board. 1t would probahl,
be ofno Importance 70 any one excep
that gentleman himself. To make /,
public would be doing a great wrong
People are so apt to discredit what q mar
says or does
Do you think from your examination
os Guitteau that he is insane? He is an
eccentric man, man who would be
fanatical about any subject he NIGH
dsbble in. He would go TO extremes
do not think that anything he said
to me indicated irrstionality. He is al
sans as any man An insane man or
monomaniac rather excites ones pity.
He exeites ones sntagonism. Ones dis
position Is to argue with him.
When one advances al argument
that battles him, he seems to
realize that his position is untenable, and
lmpst entlg says. II do not want TO argue
with you. You cannot CONVINCE me; |
csnno; change your views" There is
really Il" mystery about The case. said
Major Brooks. A. stated, the newspa
pers have printed everything about it.
They have got everything in some way.
As for Guitteau's past career, the news
paper rep >rtsrs seen. to have found out
all Alb ut that
Th@ 70 loving letter If instruction to
Commod re- Pa;ti.on, commanding the
Wa-hi gtnn Navy Yard, was addressed,
to day. by Secretary Hunt: You will
place under the disposal of Mr.. Dorsey
every articls OF machinery Tor which he
may make application to you. You will
also assign to duty under him a skillful
and efficient engineer and mschinist,
with such other assistants es he msy re-
quire from you. You will obtain sll the
necessary transportation of material and
men Mr.. Dorsey may require. They
must be furnished without delay, as they
are for the use Of surgeons at the Ex-
ecutlve Mansion, and are deemed neces-
ssry to the health and comfort of the
President during his present critical i'll
Ress.
The Dorsey referred TO by Secretary
Hunt is we'll known and skinful min
ing engineer who has had extensive ex-
perierce in artificial ventilation, etc. Il
is proposed to secure better and more
perfect ventilation of the Presidents
room by the use OF mechanical appli-
ancea.
ii p.m.-Although the pulse and tenn
perature Of the President have been
rather higher than yesterday on account
Of the presence Of suppuration which is
now going on in the wound, he has passed
q very comfortable day. There has been
no return of the scidity Of the stomach
which ceased yesterday, it is is thought
oy the oatmeal cruel which he ate, and
he has not suffered to-day as he did at
intervals last night from pain in the legs
and ankles. He has taken neurish ment at
short intervals and larger quantities than
at any previous day, and has retained it
without any uneasiness of the stomach
He complains Of feeling tired tonight,
but is otherwise comfortable. The sup
Duration will probably continue, DIR.
Reyburn says, several days together, with
slightly increased fever which it causes.
Il is, however, perfectly natural process
and one which was anticipated ct the
present stage of recovery. The increased
pu Sc and temperature therefore, shown
by the official bull-tlns need Cause no
alarm. There is certain amount o.
injured tissue along the track Of the ball
near the external opening of the wound
which must come away in the shape Of
discharge. The wound has been twice
antiseptic2lly dressed to Day and the
patient repeatedly sponged al over with
a weak solution Of catbOlic acid in wster
applied by means of hand atomizer.
The spray and sponge baths have been
the source of great refreshnent and have
added very materially to the Presidents
comfort. The weather tJ-day is much
cooler than yesterday, so thst the COM
psrstive failure of all / fforent methods
OF artificial refrigeration which have
hitherto been tried Is not so unfortunate
as it might otherwise have been. A
force Of IF cen or twenty men from the
navy yard is low at work in the base
ment putting In a steam fan or blower,
by which pure artiicisily cooled ayr Is 10
be forced into the Presidents room in
such quantities as may be necessary.
Two city fire engines are also at work at
the eastern end of the mansion, under
the direction Of an officer of the navy
department. who is experimenting upon
the production Of cold by means OF the
liberation of compressed air. One or the
other Of the above methods of supplying
the Presidents room with cool air, will
be put into effective operation tomorrow.
The President at this hour Q1.45) is
sleeping quietly, aud the attending
physicians report that his symptoms are
in every way favorable and satisfactory
If his recovery were assured they say his
symptoms would probably not be other
than they are At the present stage OF the
case.
New York, s.-C0mnserciGpS Wash.
inRton: The President continues in very
favorable condition. He exhibited more
strength than at s1y time since the
shooting and everybody is much en-
Mrs. Garfield was greatly re-
freshad by her ride this morning, and
raore confident feeling prevails in the
White House this afternoon, than since
Saturday. Doctors say they are much
encouraged By the progress OF the sup
purAtion and the fever is not by any
means what they anticipated.
The Tribune: Large amounts of hand
some subscriptions to Mrs. Garfield were
received to-day by mail, more by tele-
graph, and with g little canvassing the
whole amount might have been secured
by night. JANUS S. Morgan, an Ameri-
can banker ia London, and John ID.
Derne, subscribed $1,000, Vanderbilt