| Show a LINGERING the president symptoms nis ore oxe slightly moro more he hop p ofal ONI although hio mo mind at times Is wandering baw to alio I more encouraging EXECUTIVE MANSION as am the president has not vomited since binco yesterday afternoon and this morning ila lias tv twice ice asked for and received ceci ed a small quantity of fluid nourishment by the mouth ile slept more moire quietly during the night and tills morning his general condition is moro more encouraging encouraging than when the last bulletin was w as issued pulse 10 temperature pera ture respiration 18 signed D BW W bliss K barnes JJ ja woodward robert reyburn Ecy burn D hayes agnew gleams of hope gruity of the situa alon tto EXECUTIVE mabron MA AUR aug 22 30 a in the assurances in this tills i mornings bulletin that the stomach had bad re and that the other indications hero were no less satisfactory raised the hopes of the despondent this morning the night compared with the previous one was aa a coni comparatively para dively quiet one the president awoke frequez frequently aly but not so often as during the night before the accumulation of phlegm being less ess troublesome about a inthe president asked for koumiss and a small quantity was as div given ell I him iain and retained by the stomach the morning dressing showed a normal temperature and arid respiration and the pulse was two beats fesa less than yesterday csc la morning morning the wound was found anz to bo doina doing well and the tile inflamed gland was in about t the lie game same condition as last night t dr reyburn said at a m iho the si swelling velling Is is no wor worse seand and the tile general genera I condition of the president is a itte little better tile anxiety is is somewhat lessened by bythe alie developments of the torl morning ling but the gravity of the situation is still apparent 11 mental aberration and lassitude NEW YORK aug 22 an extra to the Tt legram says ras As soon as the president derit awoke ling this morning a liot lot poultice of flaxseed was applied to his neck there is no great desire now to prevent suppuration of tile parotid gland upon the brain is much dreaded although during the night there was a slight abeTz aberration Zion of the mind apparent in his mutterings rings while awa aira kethe pulse when lien last taken about a in had fallen avlen to bee finver very r small quantities was edmin administered astere through the mouth at a mand waa was retained the presidents mind when ho lie awoke at that hour was clear but liis his mental and physical lassitude lassitude was anytime iny time in in his long struggle for life only an incoherence of speech Sp eccli aug an 2211 22 11 a in the presidents condition lias has not materially changed since tho the morning bulletin there has been no recurrence of vomiting and the pi evident president has taken a small quantity of milk porridge and a little kouni iss without nausea it ila been rumored that his mind hns bas wandered at intervals but this reported mental disturbance seems to have been nothing more than a slight incoherence of f speech immediately after awakening from sleep before the senses were fulla under control it lias has not riot occurred at any other time and is perhaps due jo to his extreme weakness the swell BW elling of the parotid gland remains about stationary the feeling at the E executive mansion slon this morning is ono one of anxiety but the tile general impre im preshion boil seems to be that there is no greater excuse for alarm now than there lias has been for two or three days slightly better EXECUTIVE MANS MANSION lox aug 22 dr bliss reports at IIO 1140 I IO 40 a in that the condition of the tile patient is slightly better than yesterday there TI lere has been no nausea or vomiting since yesterday and his stomach seems again to resume its functions the president has swallowed and retained w without discomfort since morning about twelve ounces of milk porridge and kour koumiss niss and at am an eljina enema of beef extract was administered another enema will bo be given gh en about noon suppuration there lias bas been no change in the appearance of the parotid gland since yesterday although there lias has been a further slight of the th inflammation flam mation of the tile surrounding parts the surgeons hope they have this feature of tho the caso case under control although they cannot yet speak with confidence the gland may suppurate within the next three or four days notwithstanding tile measures which have been taken to reduce tile inflammation in that case cw the thebus pus will be liberated by an incision just as soon as its existence becomes apparent p fal e aft this will not necessarily in involve a great peril if the patients strength can bo be sustained ined apprehended the danger most to be apprehended now dr bliss says is exhaustion ex li austion sandwith and ft ith this danger they liopo hope to deal unless the stomach entirely breaks down thus far indications are that that organ Is improving in ill tone and tho the secretion of phlegm in the throat has so far decreased that it gives the patient p a no special annoyance and lie is rell relieved eved from tale necessity of making such efforts to expel it as those which brought on the vomiting yesterday afternoon pule pulse rising dr bliss says tho the patients pul pulse s e at this morning was 98 and at balf past 11 noon Bun Hullet etin ln EXECUTIVE MANSION aug p m official officials the president has continued this morning to retain the liquid nourishment taken by the mouth as well by enema there has peen been no recurrence of the vomiting and no nausea tho tile parotid swelling is not materi materially aily smaller but continues painless it has caused for a day or two annoying accumulation of mucus in the back of the thu mouth but this symptom has much at present liis his pulse is 10 temperature respiration 18 signed bliss barncs barnes woodward rey burn agnew boynton does not give up uz CHICAGO aug 22 anier ocean washington special at welock dr boynton says there is ground for hope his condition may not bo be improving much but lie is not losing osing ground iio ile lias has taken a little koumiss and arid milk porridge once in two hours without nausea boynton docs does not give him up ib ma p orr F i little 22 tho the air oceans washington special pays says the presidents condition is is not improved this morning tho the fc received little nourishment but the physicians pay kay it will require I perhaps six hours longer to ascertain whether it is to show any sensitiveness delirious at night chicago aug 22 the following Is from washington specials it is difficult to obtain any news from the sickroom beyond that which ia is fiven civen in tho the official olli cial bulletins but it is stated upon authority which in every stage of the case me hitherto has been unerring that last night and the night befaro the tile president was delirious and during dur iii a portion of yester the day before his mind in tile day time was somewhat clouded u upon awakening it takes him some som ni minutes tri to pick up tho the threads of consciousness and before going to sleep his mind wanders these are bad symptoms A serious difficulty TI the io physicians seem to make no progress to scatter the swollen gland about the tile neck and privately admit that it is a serious difficulty some army and navy surgeons who acro originally in the case use and who have bave been visited dd tonight to night say tho tile evening bulletin has given them more apprehension apprehension than any that has preceded cc ed it they greatly fear the vomiting will not riot be sufficiently rein reinforced to give the president the necessary strength to recover particularly iu in view of the tile fact that his system will now be subject to demands that will bo be made upon it by the wound more than afoot a foot in ae length very much discouraged secretary lincoln who was at the white house last even evening before lie evening had been seen the evening bul buletin etin said ho lie felt very much discouraged hallad lie had seen the physicians about noon but was unable to obtain from them any assurance upon which lie could base reasonable hope much comment was caused by the journey of captain henry to ohio it transpired that ho lie had not gone for the tile presidents Vo mother and boys but his mission was to prepare them for any po possible ible contingency antin ney an and to be ready to start wit with I them at a moments ine ments rits notice should the worst appear imminent the lie members of tho the cabinet abinet havo hato been very anxious anxious today to day and paid several visita visits to the white house secretary windom said he may be no worse but I dont like these new complications at one time it ia is dyspepsia next its parotid gland swelling that causes the trouble always some something tIling and each time the result is bad still I am hopeful I am ani in duty bound to be I suppose but I donat like it now if its lockjaw I among other things that might cause ause tile presidents death cath borne some pa pera pers have mado made mention of te to tunus or lockjaw A physician was asked today to day what he be thought of it and he said taio the president would livo live throughout ghost eternity if ho lie never died until lockjaw killed him hit ho he did not a the case very Crit critical leal stilt still a ik aug 22 this mornings bulletin raised the somewhat depressed feeling about the president and the midday bulletin shows a continuance ti nuance of the slightly favorable condition dr boynton eaid said about noon that ho lie felt more hopeful than on yesterday the president lias has taken eight ounces of en emata today to day and some nourishment into tho the stomach which has been retained the surgeons now put opium on tho the eno ene mata and to this they attribute tho the Nan wandering dering of the presidents mind visible yesterday and today to day tho the carotid parotid swelling is about the same it has lag not su any on the outside the presidents doctors seem to feel somewhat encouraged tod today to d day I but ho he is still in a ve very ry critical co condition ali and this fact is not concealed A quiet afternoon EXECUTIVE MANS MANSION rOx aug 22 p m unofficial bulletin the president ent is passing a quiet afternoon and sleeps a good deal up to the present hour he lie has swallowed and retained today to day twenty two ounces of liquid nourishment consisting of milk porridge and koumiss he has also had two en emata one at a m and ono one after noon no lie new unfavorable symptoms havo have appeared abid his general condition is about tile same as at 1230 cable new news washington WASHINGTO T aug 22 secretary blaine telegraphed to minister lowell in london as follows the tile presidents condition liaa has somewhat improved since the last report he ile haa has not lot vomited forever for over 21 hours during durin the forenoon lie sp swallowed allowed liquid food several times in all about liga ten ounces the weather is very warm but it does not affect him |
