River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-07-14
STILL HOPEFUL.
The Chances Strongly In Fa-
vor of President Gar
fields Recovery.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.


comfortable night and has slept well.
His condition has remained throughout
as favorable as when last bulletin was
issued. The pulse is becoming less
frequent, ana is now 50. Temperature
98-9. Respiratios %.
WASHINGTON, July $3.50 a. m.-
Physicians pronounce the presidents
condition this forenoon better than at
any time since he was shot.
LATER.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-10-30 a. NJ
The condition of the president since
the date of last official bulletin, $50
a. M, has further improved. His pulse
now is 90, temperature normal.
Secretary Blaine has just sent the
following to Lowell, minister at London:
The president passed very comfort
able night, and for the first time since
wounded. His pulse this forenoon
is below 100. His physicians feel fresh
encouragement, but are intensely anx-
ious for the trying days yet to come.
STILL LATER.
WASHINGTON, July &c p. m.-The
last Bulletin was issued at l o'clock. 1t
shows The pulse 100, temperature 997,
respiration %. This is an increase of
two beats in the pulse, but the doctors
do not consider it as any bad showing.
They attribute it to the heat, and say
all favorable symptoms continue.
The president continued to rest east
ly this morning, and to steadily improve.
The doctors say that every minute that
he continues to get along as he has
since yesterday morning, greatly in
creases his chances for final recovery.
Some fears were expressed of gan
creme in the wound, but the surgeons
do not apprehend this. They say there
is not a single symptom of gangrene
yet, and if gangrene had set in it would
have shown itself by unmistakable
signs. The president still has an appe-
tite and his stomach retains food.
To-day there is every hope ofhis recov-
cry. City doctors who have not seen
the president but who have been kept
informed of his condition, now general
ly agree that his chances are good.
Even those who thought yesterday that
he would not recover admit that
the signs are now in his favor. The
lowering of his pulse is pronounced the
best sign.
NOT A CONSPIRACY.
1t is now stated that the $25 received
by Guiteau in a money order from
New York, came from the Equitable
Life Insurance company for some SER
vice he rendered. Every clue that was
thought originally to tend to show
that Gaiteau had confederates, has
been followed, and all have proved
that there is nothing on which to base
a tn cory of conspiracy. Everybody is
now satisfied that Guiteau acted on
his own responsibility.
CONDITION IMPROVED.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Surgeon Gen
eral Barnes who visited and examined
the president this morning, says that
his condition has undoubtedly inn
proved. Barnes says the case'is still
involved in dangers, most of them hid
den, because of the course of the ball,
the exact nature of the wound is not
known, but upon the whole the presi-
dents condition is improved, and that
he ( Barnes) feels hopeful OF recovery.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July $50 p.
m.-Dr. Bliss says the presidents con-
dition and symptoms at this hour arc
favorable and satisfactory.
AN OPINION.
The following dispatch was sent by
the surgeon in charge to the two cen
sulting surgeons this afternoon:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, July GIL a. IN.
Since our telegram of yesterday, the case has
continued to progress favorably. The president
Ia d,,,. fha
no morphine until bed time last night. His mind
is perfectly clear but he obeyed injunction to
refrain from conversation. The afternoon accel-
Grafton of symptoms heretofore observed daily did
not occur On the contrary, slight diminuition
in his pulse took place. By $50 p. IN. it was 1906;
temperature 100.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July $3.50 P.
M.-The presidents condition contin-
ues as favorable as at the last report.
He has passed very comfortable day;
taking more nourishment than yester-
day. Pulse, 104; temperature, 100 G.
10; degrees of respiration, %. No fur
Their bulletins will be issued tonight,
unless the condition becomes unfavor-
able. Signed,
d. III. BLISS,
j. N. bARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD,
ROBERT REYBURN.
BENsoN's STORY.
WASHINGTON, July ct is tele-
graphed from here that Benson, for
merly of the secret service division,
prevented Guiteau from shooting
Blaine after he had shot the president,
by grasping the assassin's throat,
throwing him down on the floor of the
depot, and wrenching the pistol from
him. 1t is pronounced untrue by per-
sons who witnessed the shooting, and
who first caught the assassin. Parke,
ticket agent, who was the first man to
seize Guiteau, says he saw every mo-
ton made by the latter, and that he
did not pay any attention to
Blaine or the assassin as he
fired the second shot. Guiteau
endeavored to leave the depot. As he
was going out Parke caught and held
him, crying at the top of his voice,
"this Is the man who shot the presi-
dent p
Smith, an employee of the depot, who
saw Guiteau from the time he entered
the depot until he was carried away by
officers, says: Guiteau did not turn the
pistol towards Blaine, and did not even
look at the secretary.
All who witnessed the shooting con-
tradict the story of Benson, and say
that Benson was not in the room when
the president was shot.
LATER.
WASHINGTON, July 70 p M
The condition of the president has re-
manned substant ally unchanged since
the date of the last official bnlletin.
The slight increase in pulse and tenn
perature since morning is said by the
physicians to be the natural fiuctuation
of fever from morning till noon. The
president has eaten chicken broth to
day, and expressed strong desire about
noon for toast and oat meal with milk;
the latter was given him, as probably
the least Objectionable kind of solid
food which he seemed to crave.
THE SURGEONS TALK.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July THE
following dispatch was sent by the
surgeons in charge to consulting sur
geons, this morning:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, l 7. Nj.
During the past twenty-four hours
the president has continued to improve
slowly. AS was anticipated slight
rise in temperature and a slight in
crease in the frequency of the pulse oc-
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