The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-31
HOPE REVIVED.
The President Rallied on Saturda,
lv-u,Bg and Continued TO I'm
prove Throughout
Suutfav.

Inc Improvement III lHc rtSl
dents condition has been maintain.
ed during the day, and at this hour
hope stronger than when the
noon J. l.eiin was issued The pos
sibility ol death IS, il Is believed
gradually lessening \ very conf
dent feeling has taken the place oi
the dependency apparent at thu
White House last night. Hope has
again taken a strong hold. The eff
feet of to-day's good tidings wa:
everywhere noticeable in the better
feeling that prevailed. The gloom
had been lifted from the city. il
has been generally regarded during
the day that the Presidents rally
has been of such Il character that
a further relapse, while among the
possibilities, is not considered prob
able. Commencing at four o'clock
Yesterday afternoon, there have been
up to S o'clock tonight, IS hours in
which the President was pronounc'
ed as improving. The improve
ment has not diminished in strength
nor is it less marked tonight than
at the most favorable portion of the
rally. The patient has been very
quiet and restful all day. His mind
has been clear and his expressions
more cheerful than at any time dur
ing the past ten days. The pulse
has not shown any fluctuating ten
dency. 1t has remained pretty
steady and retained its improved
tone and character There has not
been any marked fever. The nour-
ishment taken during the day has
exceeded in quantity that given
during the previous three days.
The glandular swelling has been do
ing well during to-day, and'has not
caused any particular inconvenience
to the President. The gland has
suppurated satisfactorily through
the ear and the first incision, and
also through q new incision made
this morning. The heavy sleepi-
ness which marked the Presidents
condition yesterday and caused so
much anxiety and alarm, has en-
tirely disappeared, and his rest To-
day has been perfectly natural and
his mind is clear when he awakes
The members of the Cabinet are all
| hopeful now of the most favorable
results.
At 10 p. m. The Executive Man
sion is closed to visitors. The Cab
met officers have all gone home
The doctors and nurses and Mrs.
Garfield alones remain about the
sick room. The feeling of hope that
has prevailed to-day has continued
to grow stronger as the night ad-
vances and the improvement in the
Presidents condition seems TO in
crease. DR.. Bliss says that the
stomach is in good condition, and
an increased quantity of nourish-
ment has been given without pro-
ducing the slightest signs Of nausea.
The parotid gland has discharged
more freely tonight than hereto
fore and the pus appears to be of a
healthy character. At this hour
the President is sleeping quietly.
1t is believed he viii be better TO-
morrow, in which case DR.. Bliss
SAYS he viii surely get well.
THE sIsUATIoN on SUNDAY.
WASHINGTON, August 2S.-The
faint hope raised last evening by
reported Improvements in the Pses-
idents condition was hardly express
ed by the few who shared it for fear
that change for the worse would
occur during the night, so the un-
expected announcement made by
the physicians this morning that
the President had held his own du-
ring the night, and the favorable de-
vclopments of the night, as related
ins the morning bulletin, caused a
still more hopeful feeling to prevail
at the the Executive Mansion this
morning. Doctor Bliss and Gener-
al Swain, both OF whom were at
the Presidents bedside during most
of the night, feel much encouraged
ct his condition this morning. DIR.
Bliss thinks the favorable symp-
tons of Yesterday and the improved
condition of last evening were fully
maintained throughout the night.
The return OF hope at thc White
House is unmistakable, but the
physicians are evidently anxious
that not too much reliance shall be
placed upon it. The ground gained
may be lost this afternoon this
may prove to be only "a iluctuation.
At the same time, as early morning
is the Presidents unfavorable peri
od, there seems to be reason to be-
lieve that recovery is now possible.
1t need hardly be added that there
seems to be no probability of the
Presidents death, in the worst event
for several days to come.
WHATTHE DOCTORS ARE NOW SAYING.
DIR. Bliss, in an interview this fore
noon, said the change since yester-
day in the Presidents condition is
sufficient to justify him in modify
ing the views then entertained by
himself as to the extreme gravity of
the crises, and that he now enter
tanned great hopes of the Presidents
ultimate recovery. He said the BUS
discharged this morning, both from
the wound and from the opening in
the parotid gland, is improved in
character, and that the quantity dis
charged from the latter had increas-
ed considerably since yesterday.
While the parotid gland was in al
progressive state the Presidents
symptoms became more and more
alarming, but now that the inliama-
ton is subsiding his symptoms are
steadily improving. and he thought
it doubtful whether any further seri-
Gus trouble would arise from the
glandular swelling,
Dr. Boynton said he felt very
much encouraged at the situation
this morning. The Presidents
mind he says is clear, his pulse
steady, and he has this morning
taken considerable nourishment, con-