Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-26

MacVeag pronounces the situation extremely
critical. and when asked this morning how long
ne thought this suspense would continue re-
piied: God only knows" Postmaster General
James and Secretary Hunt telegraphed to Thur
low Weed that
CLEAN OF HOPE AT 10 AN.
comes from the surgeons His symptoms are
no worse. and improvement not impossible. "
Dr. Bliss came out of the surgeons room about
$50 this morning and telephoned to his wife
that the President was little better than last
night. In reply to interrogations, he said that
the Presidents pulse this morning was less fire.
quent, and that the parotid swelling had broken
into the right ear and was discharging through
that Oritice. The patients mind was clear, and
he conversed nationally with the surgeons about
the condition of the inf1amed gland. He partook
of food, which seemed to be grateful to him,
and his general condition appeared to be little
improved. The doctor expressed himself as
hopeful that the swollen gland would be relieved
by the discharge through the ear, and that he
would pull through the day without much
change.
IO:4O A. M.-THE BREAKING OF THE ABSCESS
GIVES THE PATIENT RELIEF.
Secretary Kirkwood came out of the Cabinet
room few moments since, and in reply to ques-
lions asked by the reporter of the Associated
Press gave the following statement of the Presi-
dents case as he understood it this
morning: 81 have never thought -
he said, until last night that the
President would die, but the information which
we received from the surgeons late in the even
ing was of such character as to leave very little
room for hope The danger which then seemed
fkn rnff hn nh
sOrption of unhealthy pus from the
swollen parotid gland. The mental
disturbance and the increased pulse
seemed to indicate that this process of absorb
ilon mad already begun, and that it was poison
ing the blood, and thus acting upon the brain
and heart" Taking up a small egg-shaped
piece OF sponge which lay on the reporters ia
PIE, the secretary continued: GAS l understand
the case from what the surgeons have told
me, the Presidents right parotid gland
is IN some respects like this sponge; everywhere
through 1t there are little cells or pockets in
each OF which there is an accumulation of pus
Inc lhclslon which was made day before yester-
DAY pierced one of these pockets and released
the pus which that particular one contained
! ptfV IL ala not drain the others. and, in fact
the others could not be effectually drained at
TINS stage OF the suppuration by single in
clsion made anywhere. The fear last night
was that the pus retained in these small cavities
would become unhealthy. and as l before said.
result in acute blood poisoning. Dr. Bliss told us.
however. last night just before we went home
tnat he had not given up the hope of a favorable
chahge during the night and the surgeons think
tiiis morning that there has been such slight
Change for the better as Doctor Bliss hoped
i0r. me breaking of the suppuratng gland into
the cavity OF the ear will. it is thought.
AFFORD more relief than could be given in any
Other way. and it is therefore regarded as a ia
Vorable symptom. The discharge through that
no ic fh,,r for of.,
heaitny character. and the patients mind this
morning Is clearer than last night showing
that there has been no blood poisoning of con-
sequence from the gland as yet Taking every
Ihng INTO consideration, l think there is reason
thls morning for little more hope"
A GLMMER OF HOPE.
Attorney General Macveagh and Postmaster
General James have been most widely divergent
in their views for the past three weeks. The
Postmaster General has kept up hope and the
Attorney General has been the other way To-
day these two gentlemen came nearer being
in coincidence with each other than
heretofore. They are, in fact not very far apart
in their opinions. The Attorney General, after
being told by the physicians about the bursting
of the gland, and being made acquainted with
the other features of the case, summarizes in
saying: 1.-The situation is very criti-
Coi. IoStiIlaslcI Otucfdl JdncS. AFTER taking
with the surgeons puts the diagnosis of his |
opinion in the words: Improvement is not i'm
hope Which It IL o'clock has s shed Int its ray isSt
around the White House has for the corner |
stone of its foundation the free and natural sup
Duration from the infiamed gland. The relief
upOn the outflow of the matter
which had accumulated is not only perciptible
out very marked. There hangs the thread of
nope.
THE PATIENT BETTER AT NOON.
The greater the discharge from the gland the
better it will be-" is what comes from the phvsi-
clans. The discharge from the ear, induced by
the inward bursting of cell in the swollen
gland continues. There has also been and still
is discharge from the incision made by DR..
Hamilton the other day. Towards noon the ap-
pearance of things at the White House was
much brighter, and the gloom of the morning
was partially lifted. The reports from the sick
room gave the glad news that the President was
resting great deal easier. and that he was
much relieved. Upon these reports was founded
the more cheerful spirit that pervaded the house
1t is not so much any one symptom or mere de-
velOpment that causes anxiety now as the COM
plicatiOn of the many different ones which
seem to follow each other in an endless process
sion.
DIR. HAMILTON STILL HOPEFUL.
DR.. Hamilton says that the President is better,
and that he still has hope for the patient.
THE PRESIDENTS HOROSCOPE.
In times of deep public anxiety, whatever
there is of superstition among the people comes
to the surface. The announcement that the
President demanded to be taken to his old home
at Mentor was regarded by the superstitious as
a very bad sign, for there is vague notion
among them that such wishes always precede
death. After the President was shot, The STAR
repubished an extract from the horoscope of
Gen. Garfield, as published in March last by
s. Ruthiel." At that time the prediction as to
the mode of death seemed to have no application
to the Presidents wound, but since the danger
has been removed to the face it will be read
again with interest. and may perhaps strengthen
the superstitious in their belief in signs in the
sky. The astrOlOger said:
''This being nocturnal birth. and the moon
being on the cusp of the ninth house, she was
the hyleg. or giver of life. Her position could
have been more unfavorable. She was
very near the most evil of the uniixed stars, Ca
put AlgOl at her full. and nearly in parallel to
Mars. These things threaten injuries to the face
and eyes and painful DEATH
ANOTHER CRANK
turned up at the White House to-day He was
from Ashtabula. Ohio. He had black whiskers.
and q plain but neat dress He wanted to see