The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-14
EATS MORE, SLEEPS MORE
Cough vexlng. but He Suffers
No Pain or Discomfort
Blood Free of Infection.

toward symptoms have developed.
: WILLIAM J. ABILITY. VI. u.
GEORGE y. STEWART. II. ID.
CHARLES Y. Down. NJ. ID.
JOIN W PARRISH. NJ. ID.
/ GEORGE 4. BREWER. VI. d.
B MIpSrdH1-The Mayor IL sleeping quietly.
No change.
WILLIAM J. ARLrTL, NJ. d.
! GEORGE y STEWART. u.
Mayor Gaynor continues % show steady
| Improvement The physicians who are In
attendance upon him at st. Mary's Hos
pital. Hoboken. said yesterday that he
was stronger than he had been at any
time since he was shot last Tuesday morn
| ing and that every symptom was char
| acteristio OF unbroksn progress toward
recovery
The Mayor suffered ye~te rday a. he
had on Friday with n dry. racking cough
and the attending physicians had IRE
auent recourse to the benzoin at omizer
To relieve this cough. Dr. Arltz said.
however. that the cough had improved
! 100 per cent since Friday
1t Was due To the irritation in his throat
caused by the wound II had no special
significance. said the doctor.
The cough abated somewhat last eve
ming. Secretary AdAmson said that 10
had appeared az II the Mayor wsre trying
10 raise something from deep in his throat
DR. Stewart said at nigh, that tho swell
ing about tho opening Of the wound In
Mayor Gaynors neck had been reduced
His temperature at go last night wa
1904
/ To a reporter who remarked that the
news Of the evening was rather slender
DR. Brewer said after the o:So bulletin:
THANH God the news in this case u
not sensational
Quoting one Of the three specialists
who are daily IN consultation on the
| Mayors case. but without spscifyins
which Of the surgeons had passed the
comment. Secretary Adamso n said;
This gentleman said that but oncs
! in 500 times could a bullet have entered
| the neck " here IL did in this case and havs
/ lodged where IL did. having missed all
! Of the vital and dangerous spots The
course 81 the bullet which tore through
Mayor Gaynor's neck was little lcss than
! miraculous
OPERATION NOT YET IN sIoHr.
The physicians reiterated yesterday
! their opinion that there was no immediAts
necessity oi an operation for the removal
Of the bullet from the vault Of the pharynx.
| They said that 20 perform such an opera
ton now. simplc as Il night be COM
parativsly. would he but n useless Agra
walton Of the Mayors condition. No
time had been set for an operation. they
added. and at the present IL was not under
consideration
No chances Of n delay in operating. II
All immediate necessity should arise. are
allowed 10 be present in the physicians
hospital arrangements. IL was learned
Yesterday that DR.. George +. Brewer
would Ice the surgeon in charge OF tbs
operation should one he done IN the near
future. Although up to tn" present time
I Dr Brewer has not taken as active part
in the case a. his other two associates
from New York, he has always been on
call. and TO-DAY and all Of tonight he will
he in charge Of the sickroom. Heretofore
] Ut rFfN tliAH IADN V<5NlN any eBtn
time by the Mayors side. except on thu
day when he was shot. nor has he served
A. supervising physician day or night.
GAY AFTER EIGHT HorRs SLEEP.
Mayor Gaynor awoke shortly before 7
o'clock yesterday morning seemingly In .
playful mood Finding only Sister Agrada.
| the night nurse. IN the room. the patient
wanted 80 know whore all the crowd
was Then after saying that he was surs
he could near the orderly snoring in ths
! hall outside. he smiled Nhen that officer
,ip,oed in. and he asked the sister II this
was a genie OF stealth who lived IN .
| bottle
DR. Stewart and DR.. Ariltz came in 70
dress the Mayors wound az O'Clock
They found that the urinary healing
process was progressing well and there
was no Indication Of infection. whsn
/ DR. George +. Sullivan came in q fs~
/ minutes later to prick the patients finger
/ for a drop OF blood 20 20 under the Moro
! scope the Mayor made the only reference
/ 20 the shooting that has escaped him sinos
he came to the hospital.
! That other fellow tried 10 Assassinats
me. he sAid. with a laugh. and you come
here twice a day 10 stab me. Oh. dear me.
! | am a much assaiIsd person.
! oYTs MORE TO EAT
The doctors added another line 10 thu
Mayors bill Of fare when they ordered his
br,.akfAs Besides the soft boiled egg
and the chicken broth which had been
his portion for two days. q bowl Of junkst.
or swectened curds. was Included. Mrs
Gaynor brewcd the coffee. which vas Of .
special brand. from a lot sent over from
Brooklyn by an old friend Of the Mayors
when Mrs. Gaynor came into the sick-
room she carried a bowl OF white astsrs
taken from the great store OF nOUsrs