Show LATEST lELEGRMS ABOUT THE SAME Tliis Describes Presidents Condition on Wednesday His Neck Cot Without Bad Effects = Talcing More Nourishment HANCOCKS SYMPATHY New York 23General Hancock has returned from the eastern states The reason for cutting his vacation short was the critical condition con-dition of the President Under the circumstances he could not enjov traveliug and he felt that he ought to be at his post of duty He earnestly ear-nestly hoped the President would recover re-cover THE PRESIDENTS DELIRIUM Tribunes Washington One of the Presidents attendants described one of the manifestations of the Presidents delirium which is given as a sample of the others and which seems to show that it was by no means an alarming manifestation The President awoke from sleep with a tickling in his throat which caused him to cough Having partially par-tially recovered coughing he said I thought I saw a man over in that corner who coughed just when I did and it annoyed me considerably con-siderably He then began talking with Dr Bliss rationally I wish he said that I could take my wife and you and your wife and go to Mentor or perhaps it would be better bet-ter to go to the seaside MORE OF BLISS A friend of Bliss met him this afternoon and made inquiries in regard re-gard to several features of the Presidents Pres-idents treatment about which the doctors have been most severely i criticized I I Doctor why dont you move your patient from the White Houe Because was the reply it would kill him Would you move him if you could Of course we would do so if it were possible We want to move him We have a boat all ready for that purpose VeIl doctor at one time when I was in London I was so ill that there was no hope of my recovery if I stayed there I was moved and it saved my life Would anything have been said about it if you had died or asked the I doctor sarcastically There vould we be if this patient should die Now look here doctor it was retorted if the President died you are to be swung up to a lamp post anyway This was of course said facetiously and the doctor answering answer-ing in the same vein said he did not know but that he should be He then pulled a letter from his pocket which he had just received and which contained threats of terrible things to be visited upon the heads of the attending physicians if they fail to save the Presidents life The Worlds Washington says Mrs Garfield emphatically denies that her husband is or has been delirious or failed to recognize her She says the story is a wicked invention in-vention and that the Presidents mind is as clear as ever A PILLOW The Heralds Washington corres yondent interviewed Mrs Edson who said We have everything that we need but a pillow come lately which is used by the President with great comfort This pillow is about a yard long is filled with down and divided into four sections letting it double up easily Outside of its practical uses it is beautifully made covered with brocaded silk and there came with it several sets of handsomely made linen covers Somehow or other it seems that not a single thing scarcely has been needed in the sick room but what has been anticipated by somebody outside and we have received it justin just-in time WEDNESDAYS RECORD Washington 24 Executive Mansion Man-sion 830 amThe President has passed a very good night awaking at longer intervals than during several sev-eral nights past He continues to take liquid food by the mouth with more relish and in such quantity that the enemata will be suspended for the present No change has yet been observed in the parotid swelling swel-ling The other symptoms are quite as favorable as yesterday Pulse 100 temperature 98 respiration 17 Signed D1V BLISS J 1C BARNES J J WOODWARD ROBT BEYBTJRN JF H HAMILTON Executive Mansion 12 p mThe President continues to take liquid nourishment by the mouth as reported re-ported in the last bulletin His temperature has risen slightly since that time In other respects his rendition iS about the same pulse 104 temperature 992 respiration 17 Signed D W BLISS J K BARNES J J WOODWARD ROBT REYBURN F H HAMILTON ANOTHER CUT ExecutiveMinsion 215 p mAs stated in the official bulletin sent at 1020 this morning the swelling of 1 the Presidents parotid gland although al-though not perceptibly changed In appearance since yesterday seemed a little softer As a more careful examination ex-amination made later in the day convinced the surgeons that pus has already began to form and the patients condition was satisfactory it was decided to make the incision immediately after the noon examination examin-ation The operation was a comparatively com-paratively trifling one and was performed per-formed by Dr Hamilton without the use of anaesthetics local or general but with antiseptic precautions precau-tions in the shape of carbolic acid spray The cut was made under and just forward of the right ear and resulted in the liberation of a small quantity of healthy pus estimated by Dr Bliss to be about equivalent in bulk to two mediumsized peas The patients pa-tients pulse rose to 115 immediately after the operation but soon began to recede and in half an hour had fallen to the point at which it stood when the examination was made for the noon bulletin viz 104 The patient is now resting quietly and his general condition is in no respect re-spect worse than before the incision It is thought now there will be no further trouble with the parotid gland since if more pus forms it can readily escape through this opening The patient swallowed I today about fourteen ounces of liquid food consisting principally of beef extract peptieized milk and milk porridge At this hour he continues to do well Dr Bliss is quoted on the street as having told a friend last night that everything that could be done by human beings had been resorted toby to-by attending surgeons to scatter the swelling in the Presidents parotid gland but it did not appear to yield and suppuration seemed inevitable The doctor thought however it is said that the discharge would be comparatively light ELAINE TO LOWELL According to the opinion of his physicians there is no marked change in the Presidents condition since the last dispatch At this hour 130 pm there is some indication indi-cation of an increase of feverwhich they say is in part caused by the increased in-creased heat of the day He continues con-tinues to take liquid food and Joes not seem troubled by nausea or indigestion indi-gestion ANXIOUS TO GET AWAY When the surgeons assembled this morning the President again recurred re-curred to the topic so prominent in his mind yesterday and day before viz Removal to Mentor He insisted in-sisted upon some time being fixed As the surgeons have already told him his wound was now causing them little annoyance he coula see no reason why such a trip should injure him Upon being told that so long a railroad rail-road journey would be imprudent he said he had determined not to remain re-main in the White House any longer if he could help it and asked if he could go to fortress Monroe on a steamer The surgeons cculd only promise him that he should be removed at the earliest possible moment that t could be safely done Executive Mamsion 445 pm Up to this hour the President has taken twentythree ounces of liquid nourishment The attending surgeons sur-geons express the opinion that he is doing very well and has not been materially affected by the opening of the parotid gland He is now sleeping quietly BRITIiH SYMPATHY London 24United States minister minis-ter Lowell writes to the Times that he has received a dispatch from Sec retay Blaine acknowledging the arrival at Washington of numerous addresses of sympathy forwarded by Lowell from various public bodies and from other sources in Great Britain in regard to President Garfield He says There is no way of conveying to the corpora tions and private persons who sent addresses of recognition of their courtesy by his government Lowell therefore asks the Times to publish an extract of the dispatch of Blaine stating that > that the numerous addresses ad-dresses in regard to Mr Garfield cannot but further strengthen the affection for the mother country already existing in the hearts of the American people DR REYNOLDS Chicago 24Special from WashingtOn Wash-ington Dr Reynolds army surgeon now on the retired list talking of the Presidents case says the physicians phy-sicians in attendance had about given himjup I dont believe they have yet communicated this opinion to Mrs Garfield but they will likely I do so tonight or tomorrow if he i does not improve any I regard it I as impossible for him to recover He is so weak that he cannot rally The splendid physique of the President Pres-ident started with is now gone and he is but a skeleton I have it upon good authoriiy that he has not been able to recognise any one even his wife for several days There is nothing left on which he can build and it is well enough now that the people should know the truth pain tul as it is Will the nourishment now given him strengthen him any Hardly It will serve to keep him alive probably prob-ably for u while longer but that is about all He has no recuperative power It has been a miracle that he has lived as long as he has His physicians have not had any confidence confi-dence in his recovery for over a week but they have thought it best to appear cheerful in the hope of sustaining the patient thinking there may come some change for the better Do you approve the trea menu he has had LJ Yes I have known of everything that has been done from one of the physicians tAll that medical skill could do or suggest has been done No man had better treatment but the shock from the wound was too great for him to recover re-cover from He has never rallied from the first relapse This has always been Doctor Hamiltons view when speaking to medical men Secretary Blames description then was not overdrawn Not in i the least He stated the exact truth It was from him indirectly that I learned the President could not rec ognize those around him Hefelt it his duty to state the facts and he did so though to write the telegram affected him to tears What will be the cause of death in your opinion The bullet and that alone The other things were but incidental The most grievious of these is the parotid swelling It is that which affects his mind and makes his case hopeless There is no escaping the anticipated result It may be delayed a day longer or it may run a week but the Presidents life is slowly ebbing away and no one mourns it more than I do HOPELESS One of the attending surgeons when approached by a person who had the right to know said in effect that the case was almost hopeless yet Major Swain looks bright cheerful cheer-ful faithful and hopeful always He said I think the President win pull through and I have never lost my hope The atmosphere which such men bring with them to the sick chamber is beneficial Chicago 24A Philadelphia special spe-cial To a reporter Dr Agnew today to-day seemed in better spirits than any time since the unfavorable change in the Presidents condition more than a week ago The public he said had been led within a day or two to magnify the new danger the President was in and the fear of a sudden change for the worse which physicians had not looked for Many people had hardly real ized until now that the President was very badly wounded and that the injury might at any time have caused his death It has passed its most aggravated stage a stage which was inevitable followed by a period of almost complete prostration It is necessary said Agnew for a patient so wounded to reach the bottom bot-tom of the ladder before he begins to ascend it again to the high ground of restored health That period of complete prostration through which he is passing was complicated by the failure of the stomach That has been partially ije stored to strength and it is now a question of the staying powers pow-ers of the President and his recuperative forces whether he shall advance toward convalescence there are no indications of malarial fever With particular care 1 have looked out for that There are no traces of malaria at the White House nor could I find that any one who had ever lived near the Execu ive Mansion had been affected with it in the past The sick room is perfectly comfortable and healthy the temperature may be reduced to almost any point by the refrigerating apparatus and the chamber where the President lies is by far the most comfortable place I have been in Are there fears of new complica tions from the swollen parotid gland dispatches from Washington laving anticipated another opera tion It may be necessary to open an abscess if the inflammation develops to that point but it can hardly be called an operation The soreness comes from the impoverished poverished condition of the blood but the danger of the present inflammation flammation from that cause has been magnified by unofficial dispatches dis-patches It bas been stated that the Presidents mental faculties nave at last succumbed to the assaults of the wound and failing fail-ing strength of his system and that Ids mind has become partially if not wliolly obscured Dr Agnew replied re-plied in effect that the President was very weak and emaciated but hathis mind was quite as clear as it has ever been He was the first to know the result of the physicians examination which precedes every bulletin He talks very little to attendants endants but no one in the sick knows better than he what is going 011 about him All he says is spoken rationally It is not true that the physicians know much more than IS communicated through the bulletins etins I may say concluded Dr Agnew that the case is by no means hopeless We do not anticipate antici-pate any sudden change either for worse or for better Our hopes are are based on the recuperative jfyvers of the President and the restored re-stored strength of his stomach to bring renewed vigor and if in the end his improvement permanent ill convalescenc will be a very long one Agnew will not return to Washington until Saturday unless summoned by the attending phy scians Executive Mansion 10 pmDr Bliss sent the following telegram today Jj WASHINGTON 24 Dr Hayes Agnew Philadelphia The subject of the removal of the President from the White House is being seriously considered We desire de-sire your immediate presence Answer An-swer Signed D W BLISS Dr Agnew will be here at 1030 tonight The President passed a better and more refreshing night last night than he had before in nearly a week The intervals of wakefulness were shorter and less frequent than usual and for several hours at a time he needed no attention whatever from attendants During this morning he expressed a wish for food and took with apparent relish about four ounces of beef extract The condition condi-tion of the stomach so far as ability to assimilate and dispose of the food were concerned seems even better than yesterday and as soon as the surgeons became assured of this fact they decided to discontinue at leastfor the present food injections and begin with a feeling of greater confidence to give larger quantities of beef juice pepticized milk and milk gruel in the natural way Up to n on the patient had swallowed between thirteen and fourteen ounces of this kind of food and the effects of the increased amount of nourishment taken yesterday and today begin to be apparent in the steadier and stronger pulse rate which was only four beats higher than early in the morning The wound at the morning dressing presented pre-sented a healthy appearance and its condition was in every respect satisfactory sat-isfactory The glandular inflama tion however seemed to have undergone under-gone a slight change since yesterday yester-day Its appearance was about the same but it was a little softer to the touch and there were indications that the process of suppuration had begun Later in the forenoon more careful and thorough examination was made and unmistakable evidence evi-dence obtained of the presence of pus Although the amount secreted up to that time seemed smallju view of the low and impoverished condition condi-tion of the patients blood it was thought unsafe for all this pus to remain re-main in the gland and since if not liberated promptly its character might change and complications become more serious at the noon consultation it was decided to make an incision and soon after the 1000 bulletin Dr H niilton cut into the swelling on the right side of the face below and in front of the ear and set free a small quantity of healthy puss The operation was a comparatively trifling one as the incision in-cision was not deep and it was therefore thought unnecessary to use anesthetic either local or general gen-eral A spray of carbolized water was however thrown upon the cut as an antiseptic precaution The patients tients pulse became more frequent immediately after the incision was made and reached the maximum of 115 beats but soon subsided In conversation con-versation this afternoon Dr Bliss said the results of the operation were in every way fatisfactory It was not expected he said that the ncision would at once give permanent perman-ent relIef or that the inflammation would immediately subside There would probably be a temporary aggravation ag-gravation of febrile symptoms as a consequence of the operation and more pus might form in the swelling swell-ing He did not however anticipate any further trouble The incision would be kept open and if as seemed probable more pus should form it could readily escape There i would he thought be no necessity I for any more cutting After that the patient swallowed food as before without nausea or discomfort and up to 430 had taken in all about twentythree ounces The evening examination showed a slightly higher pulse and temperature than at the corresponding hour last night but in other respects the condition of the patient was unchanged At 7 oclock Gen Swain said he felt more encouraged than at any time before since Saturday Colonel Rockwell expressed the same feeling feel-ing Upon being asked with regard to the reported delirium of the Pres ident Col Rockwell said The talk about dilirium is all nonsense The Presdent is not delirius and has not been He is sometimes a little incoherent coherent for a moment after he wakes and before he fully tets control of his senses just as anybody would be in his weak and debilited condition and after seven weeks of fever but at all other times his mind is as clear as yours or mine Does he always recognize you when you go into the room Why of course he does And call you by name Certainly tainly Does he take any interest in outside things Yes to a cer ain extent not so much perhaps as earlier In his illness but yesterday yester-day morning he saw me looking over the morning papers which the messenger has just brought in and asked me to read some of the head ings I told him there did not seem to be anything worth reading to him and he said nothing more Dr Hamilton upon being asked this evening whether the results of the incision made this afternoon were satisfactory replied that they were md all the objects sought would he thought be obtained I j New Yerk 24 Washington specials There are same Signs of trouble with other glands on the Presidents body and should the one now inflamed be uccessfuUy t J dealth with the ethers P are likely to > demand attention There has been i pain or rather tenderness discovered i during the past fortyeight hours in the space under the knee joints and r also in the groin The patient has i shown a strong desire to have his I knees drawn as he lies upon his J back and this may be to relieve some peritonal soreness The prospect pros-pect of continued suffering if life is continued is almost appalling S Eminent American surgeons in Paris say they have seen no notice of the possibility of President Garfield Gar-field having been malaralized nor L > have they heard of an examination having been made to localize the 1 j f position of the ball and the result at 1 r its presence in the pelvis They it 11 t oj have unbounded confidence in the I 4 f t I surgeons attending the President p but respectfully urge the importance j 11 i = j import-ance of suggestions here made i J l |