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Show PHtSIDENT UNDERGOES OPERATION FOR REMOVAL OF BULLET. lintifi Nt rouiKt.hui rrt-t.im'-rou.mioii JuattllM HuM fur Ilia It .'. vry. The following bulletin wua Issued lnte Friday night, after the president's Co.mIUW.u was tiiorouifhly uudcrHtixtd: "The president was allot about 4 p. m. One bullet struck him on the upper portiuu of the breast botie, glancing aud not penetrating; the second bullet penetrated the ftbdoiuen five Inches below the left nipple ud one and one half Inches to the lfft of the incdlitu line "The abdomen was t.p..IU,,i through the Una of the bullet nouud. t nart found that the bullet hnd p iiftrned the slomuch. The opening n xit front wall of the si...,,,.. !, wa ftirfl. fully closed with silk stiteWs, fler which a search was mu.le for a liole )n the back wall of the slomMi. This waa found and also closed In tti ttull) way. "Tha further course of U,a buU(ll I I could ool he discovered, although careful acarch was made. The abdominal abdom-inal wound was closed without drain, age. No Injury to the intestines or other abdominal organs was discovered. discov-ered. The patient stood the o(eration well. Fftlsw of giHtd quality, rate I .111. I Condition at the eonelu-4on of the operation op-eration was gratifying. The result cannot he foretold. Ilia condition at preaeut jualitlea hope of recovery." 'UKO. W. ColtTKLYoU, Secretary to the President. |