Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-02
EXCITEMENT IN OHIO.

LATEST FROM THE PRESIDEN I
Not Expected at 6 O'Clock 70 Live
| Two Hours.
At 6 o'clock the Presidents condition was
very low. bis pulse was 40 and very feeble
The ply sicians say they cannot see how he car
live over two hours.
The President slept few minutes before six
O'Clock, but was manifestly feebler. He Is, men
tally, clear, conVersing intelligently when per-
United to do Sd. At 6 o'clock there were
but few people at the White House, The
doctors, Colonel Rockwell and one or
TWO friends and his two boys, James and
Harry, were with him. He talked now and then
to the boys and once inquired II Mrs. Garfield
had arrived. Mr.. Brown telephoned to Col.
CorDin, who went to the depot to meet Mira.
Garfield, message to be delivered to her
which While Lot reassuring, still would not
tend to unduly excite her. The members of
the Cabinet remained In the library and
III the Presidents Office converslng In low
tones. The telegrapher was busy. Only
newspaper men were In the private secretary g
Ioom' There was an air Of settled gloom
around the house. Mr.. Kicker, one OF the
as he could bring 1t. He rushed down the
sidewalk. The crowd, which still stands gap
Ing on the pavement in front of the grounds.
followed him pell nell for short distance. He
was obliged to tell one of them his errand and
have it communicated to the rest or the
throng would have prevented his passage
Mrs. Garfield was expected to arrive at six
O'Clock, but the plston-rod OF the engine. at
Bowie, was broken, and the train delayed. At
$50 DR.. Bliss said: 1.-THE case is now hopeless
The President may not live until Mrs. Garfield
arrives"
Mrs. Garfield's Arrival.
Mrs. Garfield arrived on special train at 6
O'Clock. and was met at the depot by Col H. C.
Corbin. Just prior to the arrival of the train
telephone message was received from the White
House stating that the condition of the Presi.
cent was somewhat worse, and consequently,
on arriving here she was driven up the avenue
at rapid rate of speed. The train left Phila-
delphia at S:1s and reached here at 6:O3, making
the distance, 140 miles, in two hours and 50
minutes.
Mrs. Garfield was accompanied by General
Swain, her daughter and Mrs. Schof1eld. Harry
Garfield met his mother with Col Corbin. On
account OF the crowd at the depot the coach
drove into the yard. and Mrs. Garfield and party
disemDarked at the lower end. and were driven.
by way OF the Smithsonian grounds, to the
White House.
At quarter to seven Mrs. Garfield arrived at
ne White House. She looked very feeble and
exhausted. She went to the Presidents bed
room Immediately upon her arrival Gen
Swain accompanied the party from Long
Branch and Mrs. Blaine went to the depot to
meet them.
The Second Medical Consultation.
At quarter to seven o'clock the doctors had
reassembled for consultation. The President
was still sinking, and not expected to live an
hour longer.
Eight O'Clock p. IN.
THE PRESIDENTS CONDITION UNCHANGED.
At eight O'Clock this evening there was no
material change in the Presidents condition.
The White House had by this time become
crowded. All the members of the Cabi.
net with their wives were there.
All the prominent officers Of the gov
eminent were also on hand Everybody was
quiet. The President, who had been sinking
rapidly since seven o'clock, was still sinking
THE END Is VERY NEAR
at hard. At o'clock Drs. Bliss, Woodward,
Reyburn and Wales, committee from the at
tending physicians, made further examlna-
tion Of the President. They reported that there
was no hope whatever for the President. His
death was certain and near at hand. OF all
the other ply sicians who had seen him, not
one dissented from this opinion. Word
is sent In every once and awhile from the
Presidents room to those In waiting.
The President Unconscious Mt $40
r. Nj.
At $40 p. m. the President was unconscious,
The medical examination shows that there was
fracture OF the nth rib The ball penetrated
the liver AMI lodged Ia the spinal column. This
caused paralysis OF the lower limbs, which are
cold and clammy.
The President ID retching terribly from inter.
nal hemorrages, caused by the wound. From
these hemorrages he is dying. Nothing can
De retained on the stomach. The President
has been unconscious for half an hour,
Conscious When Mrs. GARFIELD Arrived.
When MIS-. Garfield arrived he was conscious.
She remained with him but q few minutes.
They conVersed In low tones. Mrs Garfield IA
not now In the room. The Presidents pulse is
l5S.
The Presidents Question-Wby Dtd
That Ma N Shoot Me.
The first reference made to the shooting by
the President was about o'clock, when Score
tarv Kirkwood entered the room. The Presi-
dent, turning towards the Secretary, said:
"Wby did that man shoot me?'
Had Guiteau a Confederate
WHAT NEW JERSEY NAN TOLD THE POLICE.
This afternoon man giving the name OF T
]. Cutter appeared at police headquarters ana
stated that he wished to be taken into custody
as he knew something which might be OF i'm