Show TELEGRAPHIC I + THE WHITE HOUSE The President Boing Better Shan Could Hardly be Expected Washington 18 Executive Mansion 1130 pm The Presidents afternoon fever was a little more strongly marked tonight than last night tho pulse showing show-ing an increase of four beats The temperature tem-perature rose 510 and respiration showed a slight corresponding acceleration accelera-tion as compared with maximum of yesterday yes-terday Tao President this afternoon became overwearied in the hands of his barber He expressed a desire to have his beard and hair trimmed and his head rubbed and at his request the barber bar-ber was summoned The latter spent somo time in rubbing him andalthough the immediate effects were over fatigue and an increase of feverishness aside however from the transient rise in the pulse and temperature the Presidents symptoms costiaue favorable The President during the last three days and more especially today has taken a largely increased quantity of solid food His stomach is still sensitive and manifests sensitiveness when overtaxed by symp toms of disturbance Such was the case today and this gastric trouble is thought to have been largely instrumental instrumen-tal in aggravating the febrile In reply to a question with regard to the wound Dr Bliss said the process of suppuration is going oa satisfactorily and the track of the ball is slowly being cleared by discharged dis-charged matter In dressing the wound to night the exhibit without the exertion exer-tion of the least force dropped into the depth of five and a half inches showing that the wound is clear and open to that distance i Our experience with the drainage drain-age toni at confirms our expressed ex-pressed judgment that the ball did enter the abdominal cavity and pierced the liver I believe it passed through that organ and is lodged in the interior wall of the abdomen New York 19The Heralds Washington Wash-ington correspondent interviewed Ute Presidents nurse who said the President Presi-dent remarked a few days after the shooting shoot-ing that if it was not for the pain in his feet he would not krow what ailed him He told physicians I will stand all the pin but you must stand the worry I cannot stand both Since then he has stuck to the agreement |