The sun., 1901-09-14

IN. oo,or.d mss-snssr bad bssc ssnt fos
him. J. wss pitiful TO look at him a. .:
.lIrnbed on, Of ths ,arrtaee. and assistsd
hv s.cr.t Service Agent ireland. hobtlsd
,hrn,vh IN. crowd, his eyes fIed ahead
Of him on the houes.
AT q O'Clock anothsr carriage came UP
q the same speed With Harry hsmnh'
vho had gone for Mrs Mcwiliams. Mr..
McKinley's cou-in. The latter hsh p@en
With the Pre.dent's wife almost constantly
since her arrival and when It " a. sen thAt
,h. last hours had come she was sent Tor
IN order that shs might bs With the prs@-
dents wife during the ordsal
Senator Fairbanks and friends OF the
family began 10 arrive. Secretary OF war
Root, who had left the house after o oioos
for dinner arrived AZ go All the mefn-
bars Of the Cabinet nov In the city were thsn
In the house.
nIcAxr UNCONSCIOUS.
WA learned that the ercitement which
besan AZ s7s O'Clock mad been occasioned
by the lapse of the President into uncon-
.eaousne.s Tho doctors saw then that the
stirnulanis were losing their ehectvcness
and that the end was only . matter OF ums.
Ali the doctors were hrn with the Pesi-
dent.
Az 7.o o'clock the Presidcnt again b.
cam. conscious lie asked family 20
60 Mr. Mckinley. This news was brought
out bv Mr. HAmlin. a few minutes later
Appar.n,ly tho period OF oonsciousnssa
did not las; long
At q O'Clock word came from the houss
that the President was again unconscious
II was .aid that Mrs Mckinley had seen
him and that he had recognissd her NO
one else outside Of the doctors and nurses
vss In the room a. the time
I, was after seeing his wife that the
President became unconscious again Ihh
was about 1SO O'Clock 4 few minutes
before Mr. II Hcrnanus Baar drove up
With Mrs Abrer Mckinley, Five minutes
later another carriage was heard. the horses
coming UP the avenue on the gallop DIT
Mcl3urnsy was In n He went through tho
crowd without looking 90 the right or len
scESE ABOUT THy HOUSE
Ths excitement had become 80 intense.
thrn that extra precaution were taken
bv the police and soldiers and guards were
doubled S-n,rie- were stationed al the
roree a. all points The wire used for
Official fne-S.age~, wa also put under guard
4 sentry was stationed at the door of the
tent With wed bayonet 90 keep any news
paper mon from getting IN tho tent or try
ing 20 use the wire There were over one
hundred newspaper men IN the stree, then
The night Wa unusually dark and the
sent Res had a. use tho greatest vigilance
90 keep people from getting up 10 the house
The first foor ~ tho Milburn house was
then illuminated and the PEOPLE could be
,een IN the rooms and on the piazzas Rack
nf th. hptisa to the northeast the sky vas
Illuminated hv the reflection Of the Fair
lights Now and then could be heard the |
sounds of fireworks and the great search !
light PLAYING over the city from the En-
position toWor cast it, beams over the houss
ALL drvE rr HOPE
Some OF those who had been In the house |
when tho e1citemen, began came out early
IN tho evening They said there was no
hope. and that the end was considered
very mar
A. SIS o'clock Mr. sostnherd Of the EI-
position left tho HOUSE and walked slowly
down 10 the newspaper men.
is there any hope1- ho was saksd. Wills
the crowd seemed to hang on his words.
i snould say not. was tho reply. Mr.,
hfratCneru a&hcu lot y, l.. QuAckon-
hush. q prominent lawyer Of Buffalo and
together they went hack TO the house.
At $50 O'Clock Webb C. Hayes. EI-Post-
master General Wilson 8 Bissell and Frank
McGraw entered the grounds There wsre
little sroups thon on the piazza, and every
one talked 10 the lowest tonss
Carlton sprague came out about thAs time
and walked around the corner to where
he lives.
Il am going home he said 'Thsy are
simply waiting for the end
Major Symoud- who had gone In with
Secretary Root came out just behind Mr.
sprague He al-o said he was going home
The memhers of the family. II was learned.
bad irsn taken up into the room whe Q the
President was He was unconscious then
Zach ona was only allowed 20 stay a minute.
Gov Yates II Illinois arrived at o o'clock
He sad that all plans for Illinois day at
the Exposition had been postponed.
The Rev 7 II Wilson Of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church OF Tonawanda, Who
was minister Of the church IN Canton that
tie President attended, cams out at
O'Clock. having spent a short time there
H. said the President might live I'LL mid
night He had been unconscious. no aaid
eicsit for = short time after thu Oxygen
bad been first used
Half an hour later Mr. HAmlia oAms
toward tho newspaper men
.Gentlemen.' he said In q solemn voios.
which broke. mir Cortelyou wishes me
70 announce 10 YOU that ths President is
dying He is too occupied TO make that
Official announcement, himself
Al $50 O'Clock Attorney General KnoI
arrived. senator Depew followed him In
smother carriage. Senator Depev came
from the house at ets O'Clock and said with
deep feeling
Il fear I, u all over. He h stin alive. but
the oxygen no longer seems TO have any
effect The end IL very near, but the phys
icians tell me that there Is a chance that
he may live for hours
Secretary Root came out at o so O'Clock
He said h" was on his way 20 Mr.. Sawyers
house " here he would spend the night.
INJISJT\AI TONEMIN