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OFFICIAL PAPER
OF THE
CITY OF ST. PAUL.
VOL. XXIV.—NO. 253.
THE LIFE OF THE PRESIDENT WILL BE SPARED
SEEKINGEMMAGOLOMAN
Police of Many Cities Are Hunting
for the Famous Anarchist
Agitator. s
Czolgosz Sticks to His Story and
Says That He Was Alone In
His Crime.
BUFFALO, N. V., Sept. 9.—Czolgosz,
the assailant of President McKinley,
went through another long examination
today at the hands of the police officials,
tout emerged from it without having add
ed anything material to their knowledge
of the case. The chief effort of the de
tectives was to draw from the prisoner
Borne admission as to his accomplices,
but he persistently stuck to his denal
that lie was assisted in any way in the
commission of his crime. Every possible
device was resorted to in the effort to
obtain the information, but the prisoner
maintained his position and could not
be shaken.- In answer to questions he
again went over the events of Friday
and told substantially the same story as
in the original confession made to Supt.
Bull and District Attorney Penney.
Czolgosz carefully weighed his answers
and when conclusions that he did not ap
prove were taken from his statements,
insisted upon making explanations of his
exact meaning. The police have about
concluded that more effective work on
the plot theory can be done on the out
side, although CzOigosz probably will
have another experience with the third
degree of police craft tomorrow. The
general investigation of the case
progresses slowly because the men on
it must cover a large amount of pre
liminary ground before they do effective
work.
POLICE NOT WELL POSTED.
According to the local authorities the
police of the country know very little
about the anarchists. They say that the
secret service men do not show any spe
cial familiarity with them and that there
does not seem to be a single police de
partment in the country that has more
than a general knowledge of them.
Members of the Buffalo rorce admit that
they have never given American an
archists serious consideration and that
they did not know there were any here.
Since the president was shot they have
found that there are at least twenty
avowed anarchists in the city. Here," as
elsewhere, it has been necessary tor the
det< etives to first satisfy themselves as
to the identity of a lot of men whom,
they never had occasion to watch before.
No other arrests have been made in con
nection with the case and the local police
say they do not anticipate any for tlie
present.
It is believed that both Emma Gold
man and Julius Schwab will be detained
by the police whenever they are found.
Supt. Bull ha 3 made a general request
to the police of the country that any
one suspected of complicity be detained
and examined. The police of Chicago,
Cleveland, Detroit and oth<r Middle state
cities are co-operating with the local of
ficers in tracing out the movements of
the prisoner before the crime, and Supt.
Bull said today that they had practical
ly accounted for him for the six weeks
that preceded his arrival here. Czolgosz
is still kept secluded, and the detectives
are the only ones who hive access to
him. He is still strong and healthy and
eats with a will. Knowledge of the con
dition of the president Is kept from him.
He knew on .Friday night that the presi
dent was still alive, but has been given no
information since then.
Not once since his confinement. eit^T
in talking with his guards or when up
for examination, has he asked as to the
fate of his victim. No plan for the ar
raignment of the prisoner has been c^n
sidtrcd by District Attorney Penney.
"When seen tonight that official said:
"We are still invest gating the case,
and until the inquiry by the police is con
cluded and something definite as to the
result of the president's wounds is known,
nothing will be done about the prosecu
tion of the prisoner. All discussion of
the subject Is premature. I have not yet
even taken the matter up for considera
tion."
MANY PIPE STORIES.
Many sensational reports are being- cir
culated about cabinet action looking to
the apprehsns'on and prosecution of
Emma Goldman and leaders of anarchist
organizations, of mysterious directions
from the secretary of war to the chief of
police here and of developments of a
startling nature that are anticipated. The
great majority of these reports in the
words of a cabinet officer are "manu
factured out of whole cloth."
On the question of the prosecution of
Czolgosz, the cabinet are unanimously
of the opinion that it is purely a local
affair. There is no government statute
covering the offense of an assault upon
the president of the United States, and
in the eye of the law the crime of last
Friday is merely a local offense com
mitted against a private citizen in viola
tion of the laws of the state of New
York and of Erie county. The federal
government can have no hand in the
punishment of the offender. His trial
will take place in the local courts.
The only communication Secretary Root
has made to the chief of police and the
local authorities here was one designed
to prevent ,the would-be assassin being
exploited as a hero. Miv. Root's view In
this respect was shared by other mem
bers of the cabinet, and the local au
thorities have done everything in their
power to comply with ft. They have de
clined to allow reporters to have access
to the prisoner or" even to see him. Of
course, if Czcxlgosz had accomplices they
will be ferreted out, and all the aid which
the government can furnish will be em
ployed, but it can be stated upon the
authority of a cabinet officer that no
general proceedings against anarchists
are contemplated.
No specific order for the arrest or de
tention of Emma Goldman has been sent
out by Supt. Bull, but it is possible she
"will be arrested on the general request
that the police throughout the country
locate and examine any person who may
be suspected of complicity in the crime.
The police have been unable to verify
the report that Emma Goldman was in
this city one week ago today, but they
are endeavoring to trace her movements
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immediately before and after the presi
dent was shot. It was practically ad
mitted that so far they are without any
evidence that directly connects her with
Czolgosz's crime. Just as in the case of
all other anarchists who might have had
a part in the crime, she is just now
the subject of searcning police examina
tion.
Alfonso Stulz, the German soldier ar
rested here as a suspect, is still held in
custody, but there is not much prospect
of connecting him with Czolgosz. Supt.
Bull said he had practically made up his
mind that Stulz was entirely innocent,
but that he would probably examine him
again before finally deciding. Stulz is to
be prosecuted for carrying concealed
weapons.
EMMA GOLDMAN.
Something of the Woman Whose
Teachings Canned the Crime.
NEW "YORK, Sept. 9.—The admission
by Leon Czolgosz that his attempt upon
the life of President McKinley was in
spired by a lecture he : heard Emma.
Goldman deliver in Cleveland naturally
attracts attention to her just now.- On
Jan. 6 of this year was printed a three
column interview with the woman, in
which she told the reporter many things
about her life and her views on social
and political questions, which are of such
especial interest at the present moment
that extracts from that article are here
with reprinted.
"I was born a revolutionist," she be
gan, leaning her elbows on the table in
the back room of Justus Schwab's saloon
and looked calmly at the reporter across
a glass of Rhine wine and seltzer. She
has a short, sturdy figure, a pale face
whose cheeks flush warmly under the in
fluence of excitement, a determined chin
and firm mouth, reddish brown hair,
brushed smoothly from a low, broad
forehead, earnest dilating gray eyes un
der straight, heavily marked brows.
There is Emma Goldman, the anarchist.
She has the mouth of a worker and the
eyes of an enthusiast. Her face is quiet,
but it is the frfce of a Slav, and the
quiet means self-control, not indifference.
No one would think of calling the woman
handsome. She would pass unnoticed in
a crowd, but no one who had talked with
her and studied her would forget her.
One sees many such faces among the
girl students of Russia. Intelligent, des
perately earnest, lighted from within by
an ideal and a purpose, yet calm as a
mask, save for the eyes.
I have never propagated violence. I
don't know of a single truly great an
archist leader who ever did advocate vio
lence. Where violence comes with an
archy it Is a result of the conditions,
not of anarchy. There is ignorance, cru
elty, starvation, poverty, suffering, and
some victim grows tired of waiting. He
believes a decisive blow will call public
attention to the wrongs of his country
and may hasten the remedy. He and
perhaps one or two intimate friends or
relatives make a plan. They do not have
orders. They do not consult other an
archists.
If a man came to me and told me he
was planning an assassination I would
think him an utter fool and refuse to
pay any attention to him. The man who
has such a plan, if he U earnest and
honest, knows no secret is safe when
told. He does the deed himself; runs
the risk himself; pays the penalty him
self. I honor him for the spirit that
prompts him. It is no small thing for a
man to be willing to lay down his life
for the cause of humanity. The art is
noble, but it is mistaken.
No, 1 have never advocated violence
but neither do I condemn the anarchist
who resorts to it. I look behind him
for the conditions that made him possi
ble and my horror is swallowed up in
pity. Perhaps under the same conditions
I would have done the same.
ARRESTS MADE IN PITTSBURG.
Two Friends of Emma Goldman
Picked Up by the* Police.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 9.-Carl Noldt ana
Harry Gordon, well known Pittsburg an
archists and intimate friends of iiJmma
Goldman, were arrested at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. They were placed in the
"sweat box" by the police officials dur
ing the afternoon. Noldt was a friend of
Berkman, who shot H. C. Frick
Superintendent of Police O'Mara be
lieves that if Emma Goldman had any
thing to do with formulating or encour
aging the committment of the crime that
placed: the life of President McKinley in
grave danger these two men should
know something of the circumstances
The police of Buffalo have been informed
of the arrests with the purpose of get
ting whatever information they may
have.
Gordon is known as the head of the
local anarchistic followers of Emma Gold
man's teachings and it was at his house
that Emma Goldman and other an
archists stopped. His house will be
searched for evidence to connect him
with the attempted assassination of
President McKinley. „
Other arrests are expected to follow
and by tomorrow there will probably be
in custody all the local anarchists known
to the police.
A thorough search of the abode of Gor
don and Noldt failed to reveal anything
incriminating further than a large" mass
of anarchistic literature. A number of
letters were secured also, but so far as
the officials can make out, none had any
bearing on the crime, of Czolgosz. No
further arrests.were made. It is learned
en what is considered good authority
that the arrest of the two men was made
upon a telegraphic request from the
police department of Buffalo and that
Continued on Fourth Page,
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1901.
Who Is JHeKinley rs Host.
SHALL JUSTICE YIELD HER SWOBD TO VENGEANCE?
IS PROMPTLY FIRED
MAIL CARRIER WHO DAMXED
M'KIMJEY IS REMOVED BY
SHAL.L.EXBERGER
HIS CONTRACT IS CANCELED
On the Ground That a Person Hold
ing That Opinion of His Superior
Is Unfit to Serve the
Government.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-Second As
sistant Postmaster General Shallenberger
today summarily cancelled the contract
of a mail carrier for expressing satis
faction over the - shooting of President
McKinley. The name of the person who
was thus dealt with is Charles r*\
Cortright, and he had a contract for
carrying, the mail between Homer, Cort*
land county, N. V., and Spafford, in
Onondaga county, the same state. The
information concerning his offense came
through the. postmaster at Homer, who
enclosed affidavits from four citizens of
the place, confirming his remark. When
Cortright first received the announce
ment of the attempt upon the president's
life, he remarked with an oath, that he
was "glad of it," and aded that the
president should have been killed years
ago. Three citizens of" the town called
upon Cortright and asked if the report
were correct, and he replied that it was.
Upon receiving this information, duly
supported by the- oaths of the citizens
who had heard this statement made,
Gen. Shallenberger took prompt steps to
cancel Cortright's contract . upon the
ground that a person capable of such
sentiments is not a lit' custodian of the
mails of the government.
Following is the full text of a letter
Gen. Shallenberger wrote to Cortright's
sureties:
CORTRIGHT'S FINISH.
"Mr. Michael Murphy and Mr. F. M.
Briggs, Home, N. V.—Gentlemen: It has
been shown to this office by the affida
vits of four creditable citizens that on
the evening of the 6th inst. Charles F.
Cortright, contractor with the govern
ment for carrying the mail en route from
Homer to Spooford, expressed his appre
ciation and satisfaction over the shooting
of President McKinley. This department
believes that the transportation of the
mails is unsafe in the hands of a person
who would deliberately gloat over the
attempt of an assassin to take the life
of the chief executive of this country,
and is not willing to longer entrust trie
mails to the said Charles F. Cortright.
You, as his sureties in his contract, are
therefore hereby called upon to imme
diately assume the carrying of the mails
on route 7,890 in accordance with the
terms of tho contract and to notify, this
office of the date on which you begin
service. You are directed not to permit
said Cortright to have anything further
to do in connection with the performance
of the service on said route.
—W. S. Shallenberger,
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
OCEAN LINERS,
New York—Arrived: Nomad, Liver
pool.
Glasgow— Arrived: Sardinian, New
York.
Liverpool—Arrived: Tunisian, Montreal.
Bremen—Arrived: Grosser Kurfurst,
New York via Southampton.
St. Michael—Passed: Scotia, Leghorn,
Genoa, Naples, for New York.
Cihristiansand —Arrived: Hekla, New
York for Copenhagen.
Great Yarmouth—Arrived: Northman,
Chicago and Sydney, C. 8., via West
Hartlepool.
Singapore—Arrived: Ching Wu, Taco
ma via Moji, etc., for London.
Gibraltar—Arrived: Trave, from New
York for Naples and Genoa. Sailed:
Aller, from, Genoa and Naples, for New
York.
Hamburg—Sailed: Pretoria, New York.
Southampton—Sailed: Friedrich der
Grosse, from Bremen for New York.
.':■ ..... .... BXJLL.F'^IS OF -;>--*•'*:
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
, Partly Clqfxly.
I—President Will>n|f»eover.
Police .-Seek Goldman. .*.
;■. -.•■ The Talk of London. '' :v:'.:."•*•:'•
New York I'ostinkn 5 Fired. ; v . .
2—Small f Saw ;>Mcl|inie.y..^l^, P,
Methodist . Conference Adjourns.
•'': Stone "Was v on".:ih*> Ground*. .'
--■ ^;; Will Study Rfl^dfworlc.
•"V Boer Soldier Here. — -r-. ;
Money a Drug- in South' Dakota.
Sehley Court .of Inquiry, 'J-j'
, Strike Will G'ei On. ', ""
'■■ Veterans at Cleveland.
•.'..'.: G. O. P. Will Not Unit. v :
.Louisville Adopts Resolution. -:
' '. A— Editorial Comment, '■"'■ '■''.'■ ' :'• '
' S—'Rain Prevents Game. ""
Games in .the Bis leagues. .*.-..' ;
General Sporting Information.
. News of the Railroads.
New Deal in China. '
- —Grain and Provision Market.
December Whe«,t, TI@7I 3-Sc.
Bar Silver, 58 I-Sc
Stocks Stronger.}' 1
B—Sidewalks Are Blocked.
Eipoch-Makingr Days. '•
.'. No Appeal in Omaha Case.
; Plenty of Room Left.
' " --•■ ■' ■- ■ • ■""-• '• ' •- ' ' ' '
WEATHER FOR today.
For Minnesota—Partly i cloudy Tues
day; warmer in western and southern
■ portions.. \•■ ; . '. -•. '.' ..
For Wisconsin—Partly cloudy Tuesday;
Wednesday fair, light to fresh northerly
winds.' . . ". ." .. ■- ; v . ..' .
' For lowa—Fair; and.|warmer Tuesday;
Wednesday-fair; variable winds.
For North Dakota-Cloudy Tuesday,
probably showers; Wednesday rfair; south
to west winds. •' -".-. i •*'- ■■..''
■ For . South - Dakota—Cloudy Tuesday
probably showers; .Wednesday fair; vari
able winds. •' ". .j .-.", . v .
For Montana—Partly!; \ cloudy Tuesday,
probably showers in .northern portion;
Wednesday fair; winds mostly westerly'
St. Paul — Yesterday's., observations,'
taken by the United States weather bu
reau, St. Paul, P. .F. Lyons, observer, for
the: twenty-four .h^trs iended at 7 o'clock
last night—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevatio ; Highest temper
ature, 53; lowest temperature, 50; average
temperature, 52; daily {range,- 3; . barome
ter, 30.04; humidity, 94;| precipitation, .97
--7 p. m., temperature, #3; 17 p. m., wind'
northeast; weather, cloudy. .• •
" Yesetrday's Temperatures— '•>*'.
.-SpmHlgh ->;,■; *BpmHigh
Jlavre .. .....62 -6, .luron .....58 64
Med. Hat ...60 .6f -ac: .sonville .78 8C
S. Current ..58 . R <ai..;as City..72 72
Pr. Albert ..56 . .56 VJarquette ...P8 . 68
Williston ....58 .72 Vmwaukee ...68 68
Alpena 62 62 Muinedosa ...64 72
Battleford ...50 .62 Montgomery .84 92
Bismarck ...65 .62 Montreal .....58 66
Buffalo •.. --..:62 :W Nashville \ ..84 -90
Boston .. ....64: #'!. New -Orleans.Bo 90
Calgary .. ..46" ..=56 New f lTork- ...68 74
Cheyenne ....73 .# Norfolk „,.. 70 • 7G
Chicago 72 '.'74 Platte.66 66
Cincinnati .. .80 86 Omaha .... 64 70
Cleveland ....61 "*7O Philadelphia:■.7o 74
Davenport ...64 Tl Pittsburg ... 70 74
Dcs Moines..6o -61 Qu'Appelle ...54 56
Detroit.. ....62 60 ■Frisco ;. ....58 70
Duluth .. ...68 'GOStrr-Louis, ....SO 94
Edmonton ...54 s>l Salt Lake .1..68 ft
Gialveston ....80 80 Stp. Marie ..5S 66
G. Haven ...56 5$ Washington .02 76
Green Bay ...56 .t 53 Winnipeg . ..58 72
Helena .. ...62 62 ]\;~f . ■ .! '
♦Washington thhe (7 p. Jh. St. Paul). j
River Bulletin— ' ■ i^tj: .: v ;.; . ~''
Danger Gakge -Change in
Stations. . Line. Reading. .24 Hours.;
St. Paul .-314 ■j j 2.4 ' -'■ —0.1
Davenport .. .;.;15 •] I 1:6 — •-...'
LaCrosse ...10. 5 > 2.1 : :.- . *0-.l-
St. Louis ....... £0 H;* 2<j4".Vij ' —0.1
-FaH. •Rise. '• 7M ". -| '.>>% . -.'>
River forecast till 8 p.* m. Tuesday:
The Mississippi will -chani- but' little ■in
..-.vicinity of St." Paul.: " 2' rv *! <• ■ '
THE TALK OF LONDON
BRITISH METROPOLIS MUCH IN
TERESTED IN THE CONDITION^ ;
r OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
STRONGER MEASURES NEEDED
British Press Favors an Interna
tional Police Force Looking to
the Entire Suppression ', ~i?,f '•
of Anarchism, -
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LONDON, Sept. 10.—The attack upon
- President. McKinley and its consequences.
■ still form the principal preoccupation :of
the British newspapers. The president's
ultimate recovery is now taken for
■ granted. •;■.:.■•■..';•-.*■;.: ■[':.: ..'-. I;' '■.■■: ,'i"; j; ; '.■:
"It takes a man of strong constitution
to make his way Lto the headship of . the
American nation," says the Daily New.-?,
"and the belief .that this strong constitu
tion will pull him through is universal." ; .
At the same time it is.recognized that
all danger has not passed. and ' the bul
letins and medical opinions cabled fully
to every paper find eager readers. i*.fj^
The question how to deal with anar
chy is discussed on every side. It is
.felt that if the president happily recov
ers, he will not have suffered in vain if
the outrage results in stronger measures
to suppress anarchism. All the morning
•papers have leading articles on the sub
ject, and almost all of these, are identi
cal in tone. .'■ Satisfaction is expressed
that the panic measures, such as vigil
ance committees, wholesale arrests and
the like, • contemplated under the first
shock of outrage, have given way to
calmer suggestions.
Two proposals are now advocated by
the British and foreign papers. The
first is to hold another international con
ference with a view . to the organization
v of an international police force, whose
sole duty would to keep watch upon
such criminals. The second is to treat
anarchist propaganda as crime. Tile
Daily News alone utters an editorial
warning against the danger to free gov
ernment, and free opinion involved in
such repressive measures, which "would
easily result in confounding the inno
cent with the guilty."-'
According to the Berlin correspondent
of the Daily Express, United States Con
sul -General Mason has expressed the
opinion that an international conference
■ will meet ere long" to discuss the sub
ject. ... : :>.^v;v/: %£££ s
Nothing further has transpired as to
the tour of Emperor Nicholas; but there
is confirmation of the report that the
French authorities are taking extraordi
nary precautions for his safety.
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M'CLELLAN REACHES MANILA.
Congressiosal Party Aboard Will
■'•-'";■/■: ". • Tour the Philippines.
;". MANILA." Sept. 9.—The United States
transport McClellan, from New ; York
July 10, (having on board the congression
al party, has arrived here. The visitors
will start Thursday on a tour of the isl
ands for the purpose of investigating the
conduct of affairs.
The congressional delegation now at
Manila Is to examine Into the general ad
ministration of affairs in the Philippines
and report back to ; congress any recom- 1
mendations .which it may consider neces
sary" for the improvement of the existing
i conditions on the islands. -.-.-•
The "party consists of Senators Bacon.of
Georgia, and . ; Diedrlch, -of Nebraska;
Representatives Mercer, of Nebraska;
Smith, of Illinois; Burleson, of Texas; De
Armond', of Missiouri; Driscoll, of . New
York; Games, of Tennessee, and Green,
of Pennsylvania,
PRICE TWO CENTS— P^' TS
IMPROVEMENT SLOW
While Physicians Make no Specific
Promise, Hope of Recovery
Grows Apace.
Process of Recovery Must Neces
sarily, However, be a Pro
tracted One.
OFFBGBAL BULLETINS.
MILBURN HOUSE, Buffalo, Sept. 9.-The '■ follow
ing bulletin was issued by the president's physicians
at 3 p. ntms
The president's condition steadily Improves and
he Is comfortable, without pain or unfavorable symp
toms. Bowel and kidney functions normally perform
ed. Pulse 113; temperature 101; respiration 26.
P. M. Rixsy, p ■'- -■ M. D, Mann,
t Rosweli Park, Herman Mynter,
: •"-'., 1 \/:: '■■ Eugene Wasdin, -^ Charles Mcßurney.
George B. Gortelyou, Secretary to the President.
| MILBURN HOUSE, Buffalo, N. V., Sept. „&—This
following bulletin was issued by the president's
physicians at 3O pi m.: '%;' / \. _.":V:.; ■•■ x■■ ••
The president's condition continues favorable.
] Pulse 112; temperature 101; respiration 27.
\':-k~ '*^":Pm. M. Rixey, Nlm D. Mann,
v- " ' Rosweli Park, HermanMynter,^
; , Eugene Wasdin, < • Charles Mcßurney. r
Geo. B. Gortelyou, Secretary to the President.
MILBURN HOUSE, BUFFALO, N. T.,
Sept. 9.—"God's contribution to the
American people will be the sparing of
the president's "life." As the evening
shadows were falling tonight John G.
Milburn, president of the'Pan-American
exposition, reverently uttered these
words as he stood before the house in
which the nation's patient was lighting
so bravely with death. And all who
have been at the Milburn residence to
day reflect the view that the battle will
be won and the prayers of the world
will be answered. Since last night not an
unfavorable symptom has appeared.
Every hour has been a victory. Faith in
the outcome grows stronger and stronger
and hope mounts higher and higher until
in the minds of some the danger of all
future complications is brushed aside and
hope has become conviction. Indeed,
many of the president's friends seem
possessed with •<*, sort of superstitious
confidence in the presidents. recovery
which nothing but an absolute change for
the worse can shake. And the basis for
the confidence that is expressed is solid.
There has been nothing but improve
ment, gradual and slow, but steady im
provement. Every bulletin, every private
and public word of the physicians in at
tendance breathes encouragement. The
rt'l orts the physicians have given out
are facts as they exist from a scientific
standpoint unmixed with sentiment.
NOT YET OUT OF DANGER.
Still, that the president is by no means
out of daTigcr is the verdict of each of
them. Not one of them will risk his
professional rei-mation with a statement
that the piosident will live. All they will
say is that with every hour the danger of
complications from peritonitis or blood
poisoning decreases. Dr. Mcßurncy, the
most eminent of the physicians in at
tendance, expresses the opinion that it
the improvement continues it will be a
week yet before the president can be
pronounced out of danger and con
valescent. And some of his colleagues,
like Dr. Mann, place the limit of danger
still farther away. The fear of peri
tonitis, it can be said positively, has well
righ disappeared. At the expiration ot
the seventy-two-hour period, at 4 o'clock
this afternoon, danger from the source
v/as almost gone. The president himself
has been cheerful all day and has ex
pressed confidence in his recovery. To
day he asked for a morning paper, but
this, of course, had to be denied him. It
is with some difficulty that he can be
restrained from talking, and Col. Myron
T. Herrick, of Cleveland, is quoted as
authority for the statement that he has
spoken at intervals of several things ho
rioposes to do in the future.
PRESIDENT MOVED HIMSELF.
This morning he asked to be allowed
to move his position, and when permis
sion was given, before the attendants
could move him, he changed to the po
sition he desired to assume without dif
ficulty or pain. This speaks much for
his general health and spirits. Mrs. Mc-
Kinley saw him again today for a brief
visit, and Secretary Cortelyou was ad
mitted for (the first time. No one else
was allowed to see him, although he in
quired several times who were below
stairs. He was given nourishment to
day in the form of eggs beaten in milk
administered through the rectum. The
water which has been given heretofore
cold did not appear to agree with him,
and since last night very hot water has
been taken into the stomach through the
mouth with splendid results. His bowels
moved freely during; the day, and this
OFFICIAL PAPER
OF THE
7ITY OF ST. PAUL,
alone was considered an excellent symp
tom. If he continues to improve it will
be gradually. If he should grow worse
the change in that direction also proba
bly will be slow. This is the opinion of
Dr. Mann. There will be no crisis. If he
arrives at convalescence Dr. Park ex
presses the opinion that it will be three
weeks before it will be safe to move
him. It is expected that the interior
wounds will heal first. The sutures of
the lacerated tissue were made so soon
after the bullet passed that they are
probably healing rapidly. With the ex
terior wound it is a slower process.
The extreme optimism of the vice pres
ident and the members of the cabinet
■would be difficult to overstate.
"I am absolutely confident everything
will turn out all right," declared the
vice president, and he said he based
his comidc-nce on information behind the
public expressions of the physicians.
RETURN TO THE CAPITAL.
So relieved are Secretary Gage and
Attorney General Knox at the steady im
provement that they returned to Wash
ington tonight feeling sLrongiy that their
chief would rtcover, but with the assur
ance of the physicians that if a change
fcr the wcrse should come it would be
gradual and that they would have ample
time to return. In the case o^Secretary
Gage there was also a public reason
why he should be at his post. New Yoi'k
financiers have appealed to him to relieve
the situation in the money market .by
increasing deposits in national banks, an:i
he feels that he can hardly act at this
distance from the scene if he finds ac
tion desirable. Secretary of State Hay
is due to urrive. tonight, and will remain
with the other members of the cabinet
at least for a day or two. The devotion
of the members of the cabinet to their
chief is touching. All would desire to re
main near him until the crucial period
is passed, and Secretary Hitchcock and
Secretary Wilson avow that only ab
solute and imperative public business will
induce them to depart before the presi
dent is pronounced out of dangvr. Sen
ator Hanna will also remain until the
physicians give absolute assurance that
Mr. McKinley will live. Controller
Dawes and some of the other eminent
men connected with the administration
expect to depart tomorrow or Wednes
day if the improvement continues.
ROOSEVELT'S POSITION*.
Vice President Roosevelt has occupied
a peculiarly delicate and trying posi
tion since the event which threatened
the president's life, but he has borne
throughout this ordeal in such manner
as to win the admiration and respect of
all. It has, moreover, added a new
■bond between the vice president and
those intimately associated with the
president and the latter are warmest in
their expressions orf the manner in which
he has met every requirement of t!i«
situation. Not for a moment has he
permitted the idea to be entertained that
there was need for considerable consti
tutional disability of the president and
the exorcise of executive functions which
this would Impose on him. On the
contrary, Mr. Roosevelt has been one of
the most positive in the conviction that
the president would reccn or. Durjj»g
the long period of Garfield's illness nice
distinctions arose as to what constituted
the disability of the president within
the meaning of the constitution; wheth
er When the physical factors were be
numbed while the mental faculties were
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