Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-27
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. IA CRISIS PASSED. Alarming Turn in the Pres
 ident's Case. GETTING ON FAV0RABtY AGAIN. Several Rib Splinters Taken
 From the Wound. THE PUS DlSCHARGiNG FREELY A Return of the Favorable
 Symptoms.
THE PUs DlsCHARGING FREEL
A Return of the Favorable
 Symptoms.
THE PRESIDENT.

,f An Alarming Turm-A Sudden Rise O L Fever-Rfb SpIfnters Removed from tn Wound by Dr. Agnew-The Doctor n Cautious and Guarded in Impartfn,
 Information-The Widest RumOr Floating for a Tfme-Confdence Re
 stored by the Latest BuIletins-Th 5 l. Symptoms Again Regarded as Favor -1 able.
 WASHINGTON, July 26.--As shown by tn
 official bulletin which, though dated at 8:3t Q a. m., was not made public until nearly 1t s o'clock, the last hours of the night were no so comfortable for the President. Until mid night the fever gradually subsided, and ths
 indications then were that he would remair comfortable. Soon, however there was no 3 ticed quickening of the pulse Dr. Wood ward was at the bedside, and found that the
 fever was increasing. Dr. Bliss was aroused and the two physicians watched the patient
 There appeared slight symptoms of rigor but
 for moment however. No chill followed.
 The fever continued until about o'clock
 this morning and then began to subside I again. When the doctors came for the morn
 ing examination they found he had relished
 his usual nourishment and his condition was
 apparently as good as yesterday morning at |
 the examination was made He is said to
 have decided that the exciting cause must be
 removed as the flow of pus was scanty and
 not healthfui. This report started the wild
 est rumors about the city, most of them talk l ing shape in the story that the patient had
 been subjected to a severe operation which
 weakened him very much. The truth l s1fted down seems to be, however,
 that the only operation performed was the
 pulling out by Dr. Agnew with his finger of
 two or three small spicule of splintered
 bone, which clogged the passage and impeded
 the outflow of pus. The syphon tube which
 connects the wound and the new opening
 was removed, drainage pipe was inserted directly into the main channel from the new i opening, and the mouth of the wound is to l be permitted to heal The surgeons do not ! admit that there is anything critical or dan- l gerous in the Presidents condition, claiming I 1t is at least as good as it was yesterday. The ! bulletins, however, have not had a reassuring | effect on the public, being contradictory in | their contents and leading the public to con- tSlder them unreliable. AS far as may be judged from the forms in which information comes of his condition, the great struggle on the part of the doctors is to prevent fatal termination to the case from blood-poison- ing While the wound discharges freely and there are no signs of the formation of pus cavities. all apparently goes well, and no special anxiety is expressed. But the danger of pyaemia is ever present now, and will con- tinue to be so for some time to come, and vbi Ia fhn
 press themselves hopefully, it is certain they
 are dreading what any hour may develop.
 Another pus cavity is liable to form at any time, and upon their success in promptly re- moving the obstruction depends the life of the President
 THE PHYSICIANS STRANGELY RET1oENT.
 The Presidents physicians are evidently either greatly worried or exceedingly an noyed. They seem this afternoon to have adopted policy of strict reticence. Dr. President was? s'Doing wel1'' was the re- ply. 'Is an operation to be made for the l purpose of finding the ball?' q cannot tell" But the people think so and are wild to | know the truth" ''We tell the truth in the | bulletins. Hereafter we shall endeavor to i make them explicit and to give no other in formation" ''Then the physicians have not | decided that the ball must be cut out in or der to save the Presidents life?n "I can say nothing about it.'' Ex- l Surgeon General Barnes was met a | few moments later but refused | to speak at all on the subject Thus their re- tlcence has helped to gain ground for the | impression already existing that the present | condition of the President is anything but | encouraging. It is also reported that Dr. | Agnew has advised the physicians to furnish | to the public none but official information | InT nn Da1l usually at the White House much of the time, l was not there this afternoon. In view of all 1 the circumstances it is not improbable that | an effort may be made to locate the ball by | the use of the professors induction balance | There is, however, no certain information of | such an intention and there is no official l authority for the statement in circulation | that an effort will be made to remove the ball as soon as 1t IS successfully located Mrs. Dr. Edson is authority for the state ment that the President was doing well dur ing the afternoon and that the new drainage arrangement was working satisfactorily. General Swain said the same and regarded the Presidents condition as better than it was yesterday.
 ALARMING RUMoRs ABOUT THE CAPITAL.
 It is the general opinion that the Presi- dents physicians made mistake in not an nouncing in their mornings bulletin the facts in connection with the the removal of the
  said nothing about the matter but it soon | became known that something of that nature had occurred and in few moments a thou sand andione cratic rumors wers adoat One was that all incision had seen ms de for the purpose of extracting the ball and another that it had been found necessary to cut off ! 8 piece of the Presidents rib and also that the President was rapidly sinking from the effects of the operation. These rumors flew | around like wild fire and the excitement of the people was at fever heat To add to it some one noticed that the flag onHthe Depart on account of the death of Justice l Clifford, but it was soon noised about that the President was dead Extrs editions of the city papers, however quieted the furore before it became panic and the excitement became anxiety on &C., dent. That he has been greatly weakened by the events of the last few days no one un- dertakes to deny, and it is equally certain that the physicians are anxious and are not yet sure the danger has passed. The wild ru- mors reached their ears and were at once at tributed to the press hence the press were { denied the usual frank statements of the physicians for the time being, and it is not l easy to get authentic information. <,
 NO RUSH TO THE WHITE HOUSE. ]
 During the afternoon the rush to the White . House outside of correspondents was not at | i all great. The Cabinet officers paid no at 5ention to the rumors. probably being pri- f vately informed of the facts. The informa- 5ion Secretary Blaine had at 1 p. m. was sent to Minister Lowell, as follows: Ii The Presidents symptoms are favorable. Several pieces of shattered rib from the wound this morning while dressing it.
 NEWS GATHERED FROM THE ATTENDANTS. ,
 The doctors continued reticent all the af- ;ernoon, saying only in answer to questions, tThe President is doing well. !" That such was the case was undoubtedly the belief of ! hose around the sick chamber. Dr. Bliss ' aid, ''The pulse is below 100, temperature g md respiration normal" Colonel Rockwell c aid. "He is doing well as can be expect a ,d." General Swain said, 'sHe is better r han yesterday" Mrs. Edson said, ssThe | ,us is discharging fairly and he is doing c yell" Mrs. Garfield saw the Presidents s friend, Treasurer Gilfllan at l D. m, and b aid she understood the President was better f ince morning and she felt very hopeful t
 THE REMOVAL OF THE RIB sP1NTERs. D Notwithstanding all these statements it :, | kI--