Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-09-13

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Buffalo, Sept. 8.-Through this quiet
and peaceful Sunday every word that
came from the big vineclad house in
Delaware avenue in which the strick-
en- chief magistrate Of the nation lies
battling for life. was reassuring and
tonight the chances of his recovery
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.
| The developments Of last night and
tonight were dreaded. but hour after
hour passed and the distinguished pa
tient, struggling there beneath the
watchful eyes of physicians and
trained nurses, showed no unfavor-
alb le signs. Five times during the day
the doctors and surgeons assembled
for consultation, and each time the
verdict was unanimous that what
change had occurred would be for
the better.
When not the slightest premonitory
symptom Of peritonitis appeared, the
fresh hope. born with the morning,
grew stronger and stronger as the
day advanced, until toward evening
the confidence expressed in the presi-
dents recovery seemed almost too
sanguine.
DR.. Charles McBurney, the famous
New York surgeon. who had been
su mmoned in consultation, after a
| thorough examination in which he
said he had found not single hnfa-
vorable symptom, Joined in the last
afternoon bulletin which declared that
the presidents condition was salts
factory to the physicians present. 1t
is not strange therefore that the vice
president, the members of the cabi-
net and other distinguished visitors
who called, came away with lighter
hearts and buoyant tread and gave
expression to the most optimistic SEN
timents.
All Was Thanksgiving.
The encouraging news spread over
the exposition city, with great rapid
ity, and thousands came in carriages,
In street cars and afoot to learn for
themselves Of the faith and confidence
that existed about the Milburn house.
The brightness Of the day, with it's
cool, bracing atmosphere, added to the
general cheerfulness, and when a
score Of newsboys darted into the
crowd about o'clock shouting extra,
the president will live" it was with
difficulty that they could repress the
shouts Of thanksgiving that rose in
their throats.
And the newspaper men, many of
whom have been at their posts for
4S hours continuously, remained stead
lastly 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.
And yet, despite all this optimism,
the president is by no means out of
danger. Not one Of his physicians;
not one of his advisors who is admit
ted to the inner councils, has the
temerity to go so far as to declare
that he is. But If he continues to i'm
prove for one day more the danger
OF peritonitis, which is most dreaded,
will have practically disappeared.
Thus far the ball of the assassin,
which is still in the body, gives the
physicians no anxiety. But If the
slightest Inflammation appears in the
region Of the lead, it will be immedi-
ately extracted. No difficulty is antici-
pated in this regard. One of Edison's
best X-ray machines and his most
skilled operator, DR.. H. A. Knowles,
arrived today. The batteries were
charged and the machine is ready for
instant use. With it the physicians
say there is not the slightest doubt
that the ball can be located perfectly
for an operation.
Secretary Cortelyou took occasion
today to issue statement declaring
the trustworthiness of the bulletins of
the physicians.
The cabinent officers feel it to be
their duty to be here in this crisis to
meet any emergency. They are hold.
ing no formal meetings, although there
are some matters of public business
which they daily discuss Informally
and the possible contingencies should
the president 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
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