The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-23
THE ANXIOUS PRESIDENT
Is Not Yes Well Enough for a
Sea Voyage.
some Interesting Details

New OTky Zls-4TIOtLItS y W Ssnlng-
ton: The President, although he sleeps
very well, is still given hypodermic in
iections of morphine, and they are said to
be necessary on account of the pains in
his legs and feet, which have not disap-
peared. 1t appears that the reports as to
sea trip on the 10LLGpOOSG have orig
mated largely in the fact that physicians
have been willing to humor the patient,
who is extremely anxious to go any,
where or do anything to get out of that
sick chamber, but there is now no serious
intention of taking a sea journey or any
other journey at any specified time, nor
will there be until it is absolutely safe for
the President to move. By that time he
may be able to control his own move
ments and will not be regulated by ply
sicisns. One of his nurses, 10 night, Gays
that it will not be safe to take him from
the sick room until the wound is healed,
and that will be long time yet. The
nurse also says with the arrangements
that have now been made the President
can be more comfortable where he is
than be possibly can be elsewhere, as the
temperature of the climate has been over
come by artificial refrigeration There
only lacks vitality in the air, and it is to
be said also that the sanitary conditions
of the White House ara bad.
Rer0Ld's Washington on the Presi-
dent: He hears now the greater part of
the daily papers read; that is, all of
the things likely TO interest him. Both
Mrs. Garfield and Colonel Rock
we'll read to him. Besides, the
colonel is beginning 10 read to
him the kilograms and letters which
were received at the time OF the shooting.
Inquiring messages and sympathetic let
tiers from his personal friends, have been
read to him. In these, Of course, he is
deeply interested, but from bis near
friends all this might have been expected;
so when he hears messages and letters
from every portion of the Union and
from men of different political opinions,
all showing the same solicitude as to his
coalition, he is deeply Impressed and
says it is more than he could expect.
Of the illustrated papers is is said hs
laughed over them. Wood cuts are
rarely true likenesses, AID the one de-
picting the President on his bed of suffer-
ing seemed to interest him a good deal.
Altogether he enjoyed looking at them
exceedingly. He Ielished also the few
read. They all think it would be good
idea to have each doctors name tackled
on the figures In these pictures. so that
the average mind would not be confused.
The President recognized DR.. Bliss
quickly, as his features are more strik-
ing than the others and his picture is
good. Altogether the sick room was
pretty bright to-day.
While other occupants of the White
House were enjoying themselves driving
this evening, the President was not en-
tirely without sources OF amusement. He
has been much interested in watching
men on the summit of the 200 feet of
Washington monument putting up the
twenty feet of iron shafliDg to support
the elevator. &c can see them distinctly
from his bad, and he wondered whether
it was as COG, up there as It was in his
room. The grass on the lawn below his
window Vas cut yesterday. A portion
ofiG was cut by One-horse lawn mower,
which made considerable noise, and so
the rest up TO fifty wards of his widow
was cut with scythe;.
Washington, 2, 6 s.m.-The Presi-
dent has passed another quiet night. If
there Is any change in his condition it
may be slightimprovement, their being
TO indications to the contrary.
Executive Mansion, s 80 am.-The
President rested well during the night.
and is quite easy this morning. Pulse
So, temperature 08.4, respiration II.
(Signed) D. W. BILLS,
h. BARNES,
J. j. Woodward,
RoBT. REYBURN.
The following was sent this morning
to the cabinet by the Presidents private
secretary:
The Improvement in the Presidents
condition continues. He slep: well dur
ing the night, the cool weather being
greatly in his favor. This morning his
pulse is SO, with normal temperature and
respiration. The 1ourishment now being
administered more than supplies the
waste, and while it is probable that he is
daily adding little to his strength, still
it is found that his system is not yet
capable of resisting unusual excitement,
and the surgeons In charge insist upon as
perfect repose as can be secured.
The President continues his steady i'm
proveDent. The wound, TO day, dis
charged more patches Of clothing that
were carried into it by the ball. A piece
Of bone cut of from rib and driven into
the wound also came out to-day. Sar-
geons feel specially gratifed at this az it
shows the wound is draining out
thoroughly, even to where the bullet lies,
and that everything in the nature OF
foreign substances is being forced out.
The wound could not be healing better.
The patches OF clothes discharged to-day
were both wooden and cotton, being
fbres OF ths shirt and coat worn by the
President,
Executive Mansion, 2 p.m.-The pro-
gress Of the President toward recovery
continues without interruption. His
neurishment, to-day, included milk,
meat juice, toast and little roast beef.
He has rested quietly throughout the
| day, dosing at intervals, and has had no
| fever. At this hour his pulse is 90, tenn
perature and respiration normal.
The President fesrs, hut the surgeons
do not, that the bullet may have injured
his spine, and may cripple him DR..
Bliss says he has little doubt of the loea-
| ton of the ball and there are some indi.
cations Of its becoming encssed Sur
geops decided to forbid cabinet officers TO
visit the President daily. The Presiden:
gains strength since the fever lessened,
but slowly, because of the waste by the
drainage Of the wound.