Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-25

do you approve the treatment NC n"'
had."
Yes. have known of everything that
has been done from one OF the physicians.
All that medical skill could do or suggest mas
been done. No man ever had better treat
meut. but the shock from the wound was too
great for him to recover from. He has never
rallied from the first relapse. This has al
ways been DR.. Hamilton's view, when speak
ing to medical men,"
"Secretary Blaine's description, then, was
not overdrawn =
mot in the least. He stated the exact
truth. 1t was from him indirectly that
learned that the President could not recog-
nizs those around him. He felt it his duty
to state the fact, and he did so, though to
write the telegram affected him to tears"
"What will be the cause of death in your
opinion?'
s. The bullet, and that alone. Other things
were but incidental The most grevious of
these is the parotid swelling. 1t is that
which affects his mind, and makes his case
hopeless. There is no escaping the antici-
pated result. It may be delayed day
longer, or it may run week; but the Presi-
dents life is slowly ebbing away, and no one
mourns it more than de-"
One of the attending surgeons. when ap-
preached by person who had right to
know, said in effect that the case was almost
hopeless. Yet Major Swain, bright, cheer
full, faithful and hopeful always, said: =
think the President viii pull through. and
have never lost my hope" The atmosphere
which such men bring with them to the sick
chamber must be beneficial. 1t is buoyant,
cheerful and hopeful.
DR.. Agnew Interviewed.
CHICAGO, August 24th.-A Philadelphia
special to the Reporter says: DIR. Agnew to-
day seemed in better spirits than at any time
since the unfavorable change in the Presi-
dents condition more than week ago. 1.-The
public" he said, chad been led within day
or two to magnify the new danger the Presi-
dent was in, and fear sudden change for the
worst, which the physicians had not looked
for. Many people had hardly realized until
now that the President was very badly
wounded, and that the injury might at any
time have caused his death. 1t has passed
its most aggravated stage-a stage which was
inevitable, followed by period of almost
complete prostration. It is necessary" said
Agnew, "for a patient so wounded to reach
the bottom of the ladder before he
begins to ascend again to the high
ground of restored health. That period of
complete prostration through which he is
passing was complicated by the failure of the
stomach. That has been partially restored
TO strength, and it is now question of the
staying power of the President and his re-
Operative force, whether he shall advance
towards convalescence. There are no indica-
tons of malarial fever. With particular care
| have looked out for that. There are no
traces of malaria at the White House, nor
could find that any one who had ever lived
near the Executive Mansion had been af-
fected with it in the past. The sick room is
perfectly comfortable and healthy. The
temperature may be reduced to almost any
point by the refrigerator apparatus, and the
chamber where the President lies is by far
the most comfortable in the place which
have been in"
"Are there fears of new complications
from the swollen parotid gland? The dis
patches from Washington anticipate another
operation"
I" 1t may be necessary to open an abcsss il
the Inflammation develops to that point, but
it can hardly be called an operation. The
soreness comes from the impoverished condi-
ton of the blood but the danger of present
Inflammation from that cause has been mag
nifed by unofficial dispatches
ut has been stated that the Presidents
mental faculties have at last succumbed to
the assaults of the wound and the failing
strength of his system, and that his mind has
become partially, if not wholly, obscured?'
DIR. Agnew replied, in effect, that he was
very weak and emaciated, but that his mind
was quite as clear as it has ever been. He was
the first to know the result of the physicians
examination which precedes every bulletin.
He talks very little to the attendants, but
no one in the sick-room knows better than he
does what is going on about him. All he
says is spoken nationally. tits not true that
the physicians know much more than is COM
municated through the bulletins. You may
say" concluded DR.. Agnew, that the case
is by no means hopeless. We don't antici.
pate any sudden change for the worse or bet.
ter; that our hopes are based on the recuper-
alive powers of the President, and the
restored strength of lis stomach, to bring
renewed vigor, and If in the end his improve
ment is permanent his convalescence will be
very long one.
Agnew will not return to Washirg ton
until Saturday, unless summoned by the
attending physicians.
The Final Crisis.
CHICAGO, August 2ith-A Times special
from Washington says: Evidently the final
crisis in the Presidents case has arrived
The reticence CT the doctors during the day
is explained by the statement that the sur
geons hav given him up, and are now pre-
faring to take desperate chances. Dr.
II m illon last night advised the removal of
the President from the White House to Talls-
poosa as last chance for saving his life.
This course was not approved by DR. Bliss
and one or two of the consulting surgeons,
and it was thought best 90 have conference
with all the surgeons in the case. Secretary
Lincoln, who came out for few minutes, in
answer 60 the inquiries of Times CORE
spondent, said "There is no concealing the
fact that the condition of the President is alb
solutely desperate"
Hours of the President Numbered.
WASHINGTON, August 24th.-The public
should be prepared for the worst, as every.
body about the White House now comedies
that the hours of the President are num-
bered.
Eice-PresIdeDt Arthur.
NEW York, August 24sh.-Vice President
Arthur informed a reporter this afternoon
that he had not been summoned to Washing
tor, and added that be had not recei sed to-
day any message from the capital. He only
knew of the condition Of the President from
the published bulletins.
Personal Relations of Arthur With the
President.
NEW YoRK, August Ath.-It is denied
that the personal relations of Arthur with
President Garfield are even unpleasant, much
move hostile. After the designations Of
Conklirg and Plat, and when it was finally
decided that there was no way open for a
compromise or reconciliation, Arthur plainly
told President Garfield that he felt bound in
honor to sustain bis two friends, and added {:
Il trust, Mr.. President, that you viii not
think there is anything personal to you in my
action The President, in his usual hearty
way. took hold Of General Arthur by the
shoulder, and said Personal. My dear
fellow, know you have 10 such petty fee,
ing 1T all"
General Hancock and the Yice-President.
RosToN, August 24th.-While on his way
to Portland, GeEerat Hancock was asked his
opinion of General Arthur, and with much
warmth replied 81 He is an able, patriotic,
high.minded gentleman. In the event OF bis
being called to tee Chief Magisracy, he
would discharge the duties with but one pur-
pose-that Of benefting the entire country
The people may rely on his Judgment with
absolute confidence"
Patents to Pacific Coast Inventors.
WASHINGTON, August 24th.-The follow
ing patents were issued to Pacific coast in
ventors this week Howard Carr, San Fran
cisco, projectile; Banns Goldman, San
Francisco, filter; Adam Goodsells, San
Francisco, damper plate and reflector VIM.
Hams, Gilroy. Cal, mechanism for convert
ing motion; Edward Mioberg, Callahan's
Ranch, Cal, spring attachment for saws
VIM. a. Phillips, San Francisco, mud con-
veyers: Henry Root, San Francisco, depres-
sion pulley in cable roads; Henry c. Warner.
Gilroy, gaIvanic bali; Elizabeth Small, Port
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