The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-07-08
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FROM THE oREGoNIAN.

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FROM THE oREGoNIAN.
New York, July president Garfield was
shot twice at the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
road depot in the city of Washington this morn
ing. No particulars.
WASHINGTON, July 2,-President Garfield
is now lying in the private room in the officers
Headquarters of the Baltimore and Potomac de-
pot DR.. D. W. Bliss, Surgeon General Barns
and DIR. Purvis. (colored) are in attendance.
The president was shot twice. one ball enter
ed from the rear and is believed to bavs pass
ed through the kidneys The doctors hold out
some hope Of probable recovery, but It Is PLAIN
that they feel but little if any hope. One shot
went through the arm. The president in talk
ing to a reporter just now, said he felt pretty
strong considering his wounds, but complained
of tingling sensation in his feet as annoying
him more than anything else. The man who
shot him wrote his name ON cara as "Cnaries
Guitteau, attorney at-law, Chicago"
The presidents friends rushed to him as he
fell and Blaine called for Rockwell. The sta
tion agent Carnay, arrested the assassin, VINO
said, 81 did it. / am a stalwart, and Arthur Is
now president. Take letter bave here to
General Sherman, and he will tell you all
about it.'' There is great excitement here
ExEcUT,yE MANSION, July 2, 1 30 P. M
The president is somewhat restles. but is suf
fering less pain, pulse IL. Some nausea and
vomiting has occurred. Considerable hemor
age has taken place from the wound.
1890 A. M.-The president is now being
conveyed to the executive mansion under
strong guard of Metropolitan police. Tws
companies of regulars from Washinton barracks
have been ordered out to preserve quiet. Greai
excitement prevails and the streets are thr0ng
ed with anxious enquirers eager to learn tht
condition of the president The shooting oc
CURED in the presence of SO OF 20 ladies' Iher'
is rumor now that the shooting was tone pJ
ex- Consul to Marseilles, Cato, who was re
moved from the office. The pistol with which
the firing was done is california weapon will
extremely heavy calibre, better known as th
"bull dog"
WASHINGTON, July 2, P. MITE presiden
is easier but his condition is very critical. Mrs
| Garfield is expected at 5:45.
CHICAGO, July 2 p M.-special dispatch
| es say the president is making his ante-morter
| statement. His pulse is rapid it is noccssa
ry to use morphine to keep it down.
| WASHINGTON, July P, M--The presiden
| is little easier and says he suffers rather les
| pain Just now. His mind continues uncloud
ed. and he converses freely with those at hi
bedside.
500 P. M.-Dr. Bliss says the president
resting more comfortably.
| 500 P. M.-The president is sleeping pleas
| .ntly and more comfortably. pulse 1873, temper
ature 81. normal respiration ~ and more regu
/ lar
| I0:40 P. M-The presidents symptoms con
| tinue to grow more favorable, and afford bette
| gaound for hope. Absence of blood in dis
| barge from bladder shows that organ is nj
1 Injured, as had been feared.
WAsHINsToN July 3, 2 A M.-The cond
/ ti0n of the president is very much improved
| Immediately after the shooting his pulse wer
| down to SO, aud his face as he was removed
| the White House of ashen hue. II
| pulse has now recovered to 6a, and the colo
| returning somewhat to his face. The generi
/ SYMPTOMS moreover, denote very considerab
| Improvement. 1t is not thought wise to max
any further attempts at present to withdraw II
bullet. It is difficult to determine until
| thorough examination. how serious the int
i nal injuries NAV be- The surface Indication
however. give good grounds for hoping that II
president will rally.
Ngw Yonx, July "A reporter called
the Fifth avenue hotel this morning about a
hour after the reception OF TIE first dispatt
and sent his card to the rooms of Vice-Pre'
|. dent Arthur and ex-senator Conkling- Wol
was immediately returned that the subject
the presidents assassination was too serious
subject to be talked of in moment. and nett
er would be seen under any circumstances. II
reporter saw Conkling in the hallway near =
| room few minutes after and when asked
| opinion of the shooting begged to be excuse
He said, THE news has found me so unprepa
ed and overwhelmed with personal cares tn
it has almost stunned me. May God gra
| it NAV not be true. 1t is the most terrible I'M
| L., 81, hat of In s
sassination. hut ii it is true. may heaven he
the country" Conkiing then turned aw
and went to his room.
WAsgINeros, July 2.--This morning W
messed a scene unparalleled in the history Of o
| country. The assassination of Lincoln, comi
as i. did, at the close of a long and desperi
war, and as the last expiring throe of the
= fierce in hate and passipn-was an inhnitt
l-inore Logical event than this horror duu
horror seems to have taken possession of eve
body, and few appear to realize the situatit
| much less to forecast the future. A great Gro
gathered almost Instantly around the Baltimt
and Potomac depot in which the president "
shot, A hundred different and conflicting
ries of the manner of the shooting and of
effect spread like wild fire throughout the ci
By common consent business was suspended
The shops and stores well as in the pub
offices. and the population Of Washington eir
tied itself into the streets and gathered Mt evs
| corner to listen to the newest tales told OF
tragedy. An account of the shooting given
Secretary Blaine to Judge Shellebarger this
|, tnrnoon is probably as accurate as any that
be obtained
The president and Mr.. Blaine rode to the
pot this mopning in carriage together. \
Blaine 8 VS. that the president Was in an unu
alIy JOYOUS mood and several times express
his keen qualification that the relations betwe