Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-30

Every thing about the White House is quiet
There has been no change since 10 O'clock
Jennings apparatus was working until about
that hour, the President having complained
Of the excessive hest The temperature is
reported to have been decreased sensibly.
The pulsation is down 70 los. Bliss and
Woodward watch tonight.
All Quiet in the Sick Room.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 30sh-1:30
Everything is quiet in the sick room, with no
indicat;o OF any unusual auge in the Presi-
dents condition. The physicians are doing
and the members of the Presidents family
have re- aired.
Blaine 10 lowell.
WASHINGTON, August 29th.-The follow
ing has been sent by Blaine to Lowell: CAT
half-past 10 tonight the general condition of
the President is favorable. Late in the after
noon his pulse rose to 112 and his tempsra-
ture to zoos, both a little higher than the
surgeons expected. The pulse has now fallen
to los, and his fever is subsiding. The
parotid swelling is steadily improving, or at
least diminishing in size. Approximations of
serious blood-poisoning grow less every
hour"
Hamilton and sIiss.
New YORK, August 29th-Dr. Frank
Hamilton said 10 reporter of the Ecening
Post: The President is in a more hopeful
condition thon | have seen him at any time
There is more ground for encouragement, and
l should feel greatly disappointed if he does
not get well. l ascribe his improvement to
other causes wholly Independent of the sup
puration of the gland. ] mean to say il is in
no measure, in my Judgment, due to the
elimination Of poison by the gland. have
reasons to believe that his symptoms are not
due to pyemia, but l do not care to give
those reasons at this time. [ cannot con-
ceive anything that will defeat the wished for
and now almost assured recovery. The fears
that we shall sustain disappointment are IN
founded, think. and my colleagues in
Washington agree with ne entirely.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 29th-2:25
p. M.-Bliss said: THE President is getting
along much more evenly than yesterday
The extreme range of the pulse since morn
ing has not exceeded 102 to 104. His pulse
is fuller and of stronger character. Yes
terday at this hour the patient had little
fever, but to-day there is none. We have
examined his lungs every day. They always
have been, and are now, in a perfect con-
ditiou. The respiratory murnur this morn
ing was clear and natural, and there was not
a single indication of an abnormal symptom.
With regard to the reported existence of
pus in the knee joint, / wonder who invents
these absurd stories? There is n pus in the
knee Joint, or anywhere else, except in the
wound and gland. Pus could not form and
be retained without at once affecting the
pulse and temperature. The glandulsr
swelling has decreased The outline Of the
gland is now perceptible, and is discharging
freely. We took cut at least teaspoonful
OF p1s this morning. He had some chicken
broth to-day and another piece of milk toast,
and seemed to enjoy and relish BOTH
'D0 you think he is better to-day than
at the same hour yesterday %
81 certainly do. The expression Of his
face and the character of his pulse has fur
Their improved, ard thus far he has had 10
fever whatever. His present condition is
more favorable than at this hour yesterday"
DIR. NamiItOn's Faith.
New York, August 29sh-Dr. Frank
Hamilton, who has just returned from Wash
ington, was found this evening in his library
by an Associated Press reporter. The doc
tor said he had been so misrepresented in
interviews concerning the President that he
should hereafter exact OF every reporter q
copy of what he said before the latter left
He had found sayings quoted that he had
never uttered, and if the reporter made use
of any expressions beyond the copy left he
should not accord him second interview.
The reporter then asked: Are you re-
ported correctly in an evening paper to-day,
that you had no doubt whatever but that the
President would recover"
"No, sir; 1 would not cay that of any
patient, and much less of the President, in
whose case it is peculiarly difficult to make a
safe prognostication. The reporter misun-
derstood me. l said L believed he would get
well but that belief is not absolute assur-
ance. 1t is simply my faith"
A Hopeful Report.
Auo,,,of OQth March |
Henry has telegraphed from the Executive
Mansion to friends in Ohio:
Once more hope takes the place OF gloom. Every
symptom during the past thrty.siX hours has been
more favorable First the Presidents mind began
to clear up 1t gradually became less cloudy and
wandering, indicating better action OF the blood
on the brain. The wound, which appeared at a
tandstil for several days. begins again to look bet
ter. The voice, that was hoarse, low moan two
days ago. has again, except for little hoarse hollow
ness, become natural. The tongue, that for weeks
looked dry aud feyersh, now looks moist and mere
| healthy. The stomach is better, the pulse more
regular the respiration is easier and the discharge
| from the wound aud swollen gland more free. The
| physicians look hopeful and CHEEKY once
! more As pr. Hamilton expresses it, they
/ are "away from the BROKERS and afloat
again" They evidently feel strong hope that the
President will vet live. They have been astonished
| DAYS ago they had no hope. Tonight that hope i:
| quite strong. DR. Bliss told me coDidentiay that
| the President would get we'll Agnew thought the
| D, aspects of recovery more even. Bovnton i:
not SO confident, but his hope is strong, and is evi
| IDENTIFY based upon the symptoms. Blaine, and in
deed all the Cabinet, look and talk in more hopeful
| terms talked with Mrs. Garfield to day, and re
ceved full accounts of the few days Of anxiety. Sh
is still hopeful and cheerful. The doctors gave III
| hope on Friday, and told her Of their fears Thi
most remarkable and womanly woman Of this coun
try braced up and told them to do their best TO III
end, and with cheerful face kept her place at tn
| bedside Of her husband. The children saw thei
father to-day for the first time in many days. II
| INQUIRED about them this morning, and wanted 4
see them. Mollie soon entered the sick room, tool
his hand and kissed him, and in cheerful voic
| hoped a. papa would get well SOON" She held hi
hand moment and said, Papa, ! will 20 out.
am afraid | may the you. AS she left he said
'sTbe idea That child would never tire any one
Harry and Jim went in during the day, an
greeted their father in CHEEKY tones, bu
| soon left He was took weak to tai
| or listen. The President has now iairl
entered upon the ninth week of hi
terrible race with death. He has been almost cor
stantly on his back, night and day, for fifty
days. Occasionally he had been upon his right sid
for a few moments, until the pain in his right ca
| prevented that change in position. Each day tn
fearful wound in his back, like Shylock has dc
manded and taken its full pound of his flesh. Hi
joints look large and his limbs small. He draw
| his legs up and moves them about to rest them. II
can hold glass Of water, and take il TO his mouth
The great brain works naturally again. The iro
reason and will are restored. The heart beats NOR
regularl,. The skin appears better. The tongue
| that on Friday gave of flakes of canker, is no'
moist and natural The stomach takes nourishmen
more kindly and the restored vtality is slowly re
gaining The great soul that for days vent into tn
shadow OF death is still with u.s. and DO not beiev
the time has for it to pass over the dark riy
HENRY
rrtd,y.s Anxjety-Uerolsm of Mrs. Gar