JDVFFALO, Sett. $.y Milburn House; 6 aim:— The President pissed a somewhat rest
¦D Uss night, sleeping fairly well. General' condition unchanged. Pulse 126, tempera
ture 101, respiration 28. P- M.RIXEY, M. T>.,
GEO. B. CORTELYOU, Secretary: MrfNN.
PRESIDENT PASSES A RESTLESS -NIGHT, BUT SLEEPS FAIRLY WELL
DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS WHOSE NAMES HAVE FIGURED PROM
INENTLY IN DISPATCHES BEARING UPON THE BUFFALO TRAG
EDY. MAJOR SILVESTER HAS . INSTITUTED . A FAR-REACHING
MOVEMENT AGAINST ANARCHISTS.
One of Edison's best X-ray machines
and his most skilled and trusted oper
ator, Dr. H. A. Knolls, arrived to-day.
The batteries were charged and the ma
chine is ieady. for instant u*se. With it
the. physicians say there is / not the
slightest doubt that the ball can be lo
cated perfectly for an operation. They
do not deem if advisable to sap any of
the President's strength at this time.
All this reserve force is needed now to
Thus far the bullet, which is still in
the body, gives the physicians no anxi
ety; but if the slightest inflammation
appear ir. the region of the lead it will
be immediately extracted. ; No difficulty
is expected in this regard.
Yesterday one of the doctors thought
forty-eight hours would be the limit of
the danger from that source, but his
more conservative colleagues believe at
least twenty-four hours, possibly thirty
six from this time, must elapse" before
the possibility of peritonitis shall have
vanished. That disposed of, still other
complications may arise. Blood-poison
ing may set in or an abscess form where
the bullet is imbedded in the muscles of
the back.
And yet, despite all this optimism,
the President is by no means out of
danger. None of his physicians, not one
of his advisers who is admitted to the
inner councils, has the temerity to go so
far as to declare that he is. But if he
continue to improve for one day more
the danger of peritonitis, which is most
dreaded, will have practically disap
peared.
NOT YET OUT OF BATTGEB.
continuously, remained 'steadfastly
throughout the day in the little white
walled tents across the street from the
house where the country's patient lay
and flashed the news over the land and
the sea.
Dr. Charles McBurney. the famous
New York surgeon, who had been sum
moned in consultation, after a thorough
examination in which he said he had
found not a single unfavorable symp
tom, joined in the last afternoon bul
letin, which declared that the President's
condition was satisfactory to the physi
cians present. It is not strange, there
fore, that the Vice President, the mem
bers of the Cabinet and other distin
guished \-isitors who called came away
with lighter hearts and buoyant tread
and gave expression to the most optim
istic sentiments.
Not the slightest premonitory symp
tom of peritonitis appeared and the
fresh hope born with the morning grew
stronger and stronger as the day ad
vanced, until toward evening the con
fidence expressed in the President's re
covery seemed almost too sanguine.
2JO TJNTAVOKABLE SYMPTOM.
The developments of last night and
to-day were dreaded, but hour after hour
passed and the distinguished patient,
struggling there beneath the watchful
eyes of physicians and trained nurses,
showed no unfavorable signs. Five
times during the day the doctors and
surgeons assembled for consultation
and each time the verdict was unani
mous that what change had occurred
was for the better.
BUFFALO, Sept. 8.— Through
this quiet, peaceful Sunday
every word that came from
the big vinedad house in
Delaware avenue, in which
the stricken chief magistrate of the na
tion lies battling for life, was reassuring,
and to-night the chances for his recov
ery are so greatly improved that all of
those who have kept the patient vigil
at his bedside feel strongly that his life
¦will be spared.
Though President McKinley Is Not Yet Out of
Danger Symptoms of Serious Com
plications Are' Lacking."
CHANGES IN PATIENT'S CONDITION
ARE ALL TOWARD IMPROVEMENT
KIEL, Sept. 7, 1901.— To the President of the
United States, Buffalo: I am horrified be
yond words at the dastardly attempt on
your life. My best and warmest good wishes
and most earnest hopes for your recovery.
EDWARD.
BRITISH KING GRIEVES.
throughout the country love it. They
do not desire to place any stone in ths
path of the authorities who are laboring
to unravel the plot, if any plot existel,
and all the machinery of the Govern
ment secret service will be used to aid
the State authorities in the prosecution
of their investigation. But by the direct
request of Secretary Root, on behalf
of his colleagues, the District Attorney
and the police will not permit the pris
oner to be seen or interviewed.
The , members of the Cabinet are do
ing everything in, their power to prevent
the sensational of Czolgosz,
because he undoubtedly craves notoriety
and because his ¦ fellow anarchists
whether the surgeons were all right. Mr.
Cortelyou assured him that he had made
inquiries and that they were reputed to
be among the most skillful in their pro
fession. The President accepted the "as
surance instantly and jj immediately an
nounced he was ready.
All the effects of the ether which was
administered when the operation was
performed on the ' exposition grounds
had disappeared this morning and the
President's mind was -perfectly clear
during the time he was awake to-day.
To-day for the first time he enjoyed nat
ural sleep. While he was still more or
less under the influence of the anaes
thetic his slumber was restless and'dis-
PATIENT'S MIND CLEAB.
resist the danger of peritonitis and sep
tic poisoning. Besides, if inflammation
does not set in around the bullet, it will
soon become encysted. :
The encouraging news spread over
the Exposition City with great rapidity
and thousands came in carriages, in
street cars and afoot to learn for them
selves of the faith and confidence that
existed about the Milburn house. The
brightness of the day, with its cool,
bracing atmosphere, added to the gen
eral cheerfulness, and when a score of
newsboys darted into the crowd about 6
o'clock shouting "Extra! The President
will live!" it was with difficulty that they
could suppress the shouts of thanksgiv
ing that arose in their throats. And the
newspaper men, many of whom have
been at their posts for forty-eight hours
1 T-OENIGSBERG, Sept. 7, 1901.— To the Presi-
W\ dent cf the United States, FuTfalo : I am
*^ deeply distressed* 1 by the news of the-das
tardly attempt on your life. I express to you
how I and the whole of the German people feel
for you and the anguish through which your
country has to pass- May the Lord grant you
a sure and speedy recovery. WILLIAM, I. R.
KAISER SENDS SYMPATHY.
Later Secretary Cortelyou took , oc
casion to emphasize this very: point by
issuing an official statement assuring the
public of the complete trustworthiness
of the bulletins sent out by. the physi
cians. Senator Hanna came agairijiir
ing the afternoon and was seldonwar
removed from the Milburn house, v Sec
retary Root has taken up,quarters-im
mediately next door and was in frequent
consultation with those inside. He and
Secretary Gage, Secretary Hitchcock
and Attorney General Knbx called- to-
BULLETINS TRUSTWORTHY.
All day the members of the Cabinet
and others associated with the President
in public life came solicitously and went
away almost jubilantly, all reflecting the
hopeful outlook at the Milburn house.
Vice President Roosevelt received the
earlier bulletins, and, after going to
church, hurried to the residence. There
he was joined by Senator Hanna. They
came away together and gave expression
to .the most confident and encouraging
sentiments. The Vice President not
only shared the cheerful feeling, but was
extremely optimistic. Both gentlemen
took occasion to denounce in unmeas
ured terms the statements gaining circu
lation in some quarters that the doctors
were not frank in their communications
to the public. They maintained that the
President's favorable condition was even
understated by the physicians, through
motives of conservatism, during the
seventy-two hour period.. . .
To-day also, for the first time, nour
ishment was administered. It was in
liquid form and was injected hypoder
mically to avoid the possibility of ir
ritating the walls of the stomach. The
exterior wound was dressed this morn
ing and is progressing satisfactorily.
turbed and did him little, real good. Be
tween 9 and 4 o'clock he had the solace
of natural slumber for about four hours,
and the physicians stated 1 officially that
his sleep had been "quiet and reposeful"
and had helped the sufferer a great deal.
"The. consensus 'of opinion; among tl^p
members of the Cabinet is 'that',/ should
Vice President Roosevelt will not hear
of such a course: Still, in the : event of
grave international V. complications' ;*' an
emergency, might occur, and the ques
tion has arisen .in their midst asf to who
should proclaim: the disability provided
for by the constitution: .That instru
ment is silent on -the subject. 1 There is
no precedent to; follow. During the
"protracted! illness, of -Garfield
before , his death Vice". President Arthur
"was* hot: called upon to act./ .; ¦>/!£
EMERGENCY MAY ABISE.
•The Cabinet officers feel it to be their
duty to be. here in this crisis -to meet
any emergency. They are holding no
formal meetings, although there are
some matters of public business which
they daily discuss . informally, and the
possible contingencies should the Pres
ident grow worse are ; also thoroughly
canvassed. They - do not believe that
there is the most remote possibility that
Vice President Roosevelt will be called
upon to exercise the functions of chief
magistrate under the disability clause of
the .constitution ¦._. while the President
lives. ..•• . -.¦ - '¦ ¦¦' -¦•••¦•',.
gether- about - noon, and, indeed, there
was no time during the day when some
member. of the Cabinet was not in the
house where his stricken chief lay. Even
those most, prominent in public life did
not see him, as the doctors would not
relax the ironclad rule . they have laid
down to. prevent the least drain upon
his energies and vitality. Those who
came and went moved silently and rev
erently, receiving, the latest statements
from the doctors and departing:. All of
the members of the, Cabinet are here ex
cept Secretaries Hay ' and Long. \ . The
former telegraphed to-day that he would
start from Newbury to-morrow and
would probably be here to-morrow
night. Secretary Long telegraphed that
he was coming but did not specify the
time. • ', \ ¦
"Speaking as a surgeon," he said, in
effect, "and disregarding for the moment
the personality of the patient. I would
say that to me his recovery seems al
most as certain as anything human can
be. Let me explain: ' ,\ If the distin
guished patient in Milburn's home were
known to me merely as a man who had
received a gunshot wound and I knew
nothing more of him than what I could
see as a surgeon,' I would say, there was
absolutely no doubt of his recovery. My
apprehensions are now based not in the
least upon my views of this case as a
surgeon, but because of "the vast im
portance of the life of the patient to all
of us and to the nation." : 'i ..;.. ~''\
Dr. Charles McBurney of New York,
one of the most famous surgeons in this
country in dealing with wounds of the
nature of that inflicted upon the Presi
dent, made a thorough examination of
the distinguished patient and reported
that he could find no trace of peritonitis.
In response to the President's inquiry
he told him that he had more than a
fighting chance. ;
BUFFALO, Sept. 8.— While
Vice President Roosevelt was
looking over his mail at his
rooms in Ansley Wilcox's
home this morning and be
fore he had breakfasted, Dr. Matthew
D. Mann, the Buffalo specialist, who has
had a large practice here in abdominal
operations and who has been with the
President much of the time since he was
shot, called. Dr. Mann said he had
come k to give the Vice President the lat
est news from President McKinley and
lie came ali the more gladly because his
news was thoroughly encouraging. \He
said to Colonel Roosevelt that there was
every reason to believe the President
would recover.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
"Then I will recover," was the Pres
ident's determined reply.
Dr. McBurney's statement, dictated
lor The Call to-night, follows:
"In regard to the present condition of
President McKinley I would call your
attention to the fact that it is but a
little over forty-eight hours since the
shot was fired. It is yet too soon to
speak confidently of the outcome. At
the present hour, however, and giving
due consideration to the severity of the
injury and the importance and extent
of the operation required, the patient's
condition . is entirely satisfactory. It is
gratifying to find that up to the present
time - none of the numerous signs of in
flammation or septic conditions have
appeared. The temperature is not too
high. It is lower to-night than it was
this morning*' The pulse. is better, the
facial expression is entirely satisfactory,
the mind is clear; there is no pain or
tenderness, noA nausea and no distension
of the abdomen.
' "The crisis will have passed Tuesday.
By that time we ought to be able to tell
with a reasonable degree of certainty
whether he is going to recover. Peri
tonitis has not developed. It will have
developed by Tuesday, probably, if it is
going to come at all. The wounds have
entirely closed. - They were closed im
mediately after the "operation. There has
been no subsequent exploration of the
wounds. The 'presumption is now that
the bullet is lodged in the muscles of the
back. If it is lodged there it is harm
less and there is no . need to take it
out.", ; ;
• The doctor added that if the President*
lived until Tuesday he ought to be so
far recovered in three or four weeks as
to resume his ordinary duties.
': Secretary Cortelyou, iri whose hands
the management of everything seems to
be; was able, to take some rest this
morning for the 5 first time since : the
tragedy. -The great . confidence which
the'President has in his secretary could
not have beenmore strikingly illustrated
than at the exposition , hospital, when
he was about to be placed upon the op
erating table. The President ' realized
that " the sooner the operation was per
formed the better^and he ,was perfectly
willing to submit himself ; to the knife.
R : s only solicitude was as to the com
petency of the surgeons who were to
perform the operation. Just before ;he
was placed upon the table, he called Sec
retary Cortelyou to him ' and .'asked
•Mrs. McKinley, continues to bear up
bravely and her fortitude under the cir
cumstances is regarded as remarkable.
One of.her dearest and closest friends,
Mrs. Rand "of Washington, has arrived
here and will probably remain with her
during this trying; period.
The messages ' of sympathy from all
over the United States and all over the
world, in fact, have fairly overwhelmed
Secretary Cortelyou.. Two more White
House stenographers have been sent
for and, upon their arrival, perhaps to
morrow, some . of the important
messages will be made/public. Almost
every Government in the world has been
heard from* most. of the crowned heads
of Europe sending personal messages.
Among the latter are King Edward,
Emperor William, the Kings of Portu
gal, Italy and Sweden and the Sultan of
Turkey. President ; Lotibet. of . the , re
public »bf France has cabled his sym
pathy direct. One of the most touching
messages . thus ; far received was from
Madame Labori, the. wife of Maitre La
bori, who . defended Dreyfus in his fa
nous trial at. Rennes. .
MESSAGES POURING IN.
Vice President Roosevelt's attendance
at the morning service of the First Pres
byterian Church gave occasion- for a
heartfelt expression of the sorrow uni
versally felt over the calamity and the
detestation of.the assassin's .methods. A
fervid prayer by the pastor, Dr. Mitchell,
invoked the' sternest reprobation of an
archy and asked that the temples of pub
lic life be scourged of men willing- to
temporize with the madness of anarchy.'
The interest. in the President's condi
tion was such across the Canadian bor
der that the press' was asked to furnish
a bulletin this morning to be read in
the churches in Quebec and Montreal
and many requests of a similar character
came direct to Secretary Cortelyou from
different parts of the United States. ' -
\ The members of the Cabinet are mak
ing their headquarters at -the Buffalo
Club and there the interchanges take
place. • They are to remain here for the
present, and "the plans of departure are
indefinite and not even thought of while
the President is not entirely out of dan
ger. If he should pass the danger point,
however, they will return at once to
Washington.',- •
the occasion arise, they themselves
¦would'" have rto decide and proclaim -the
existence' of "the disability. The Supreme
Court,, they" say, could not do so. as
there would be no way in "which the
question could be raised before that tri
bunal.
Patient Himself Declares He Will Live When One
. j of His Physicians-^Tens- Him That tHe
Has a Fighting Chance.
SURGEON MANN SAYS RECOVERY
OF THE PRESIDENT IS CERTAIN
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1901.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOLUME XC— NO. 101.
STRICKEN PRESIDENT IS PASSING THE CRISIS THAT MEANS LIFE OR DEATH
AND PHYSICIANS NOW REGARD HIS ULTIMATE RECOVERY AS ALMOST CERTAIN
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.