Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-09-14
STORY or Ti4E DAY.
President Put Into New 5ed-cabInet
Held a Conference.

Bult1tO, 9GDts L. j. lie tOHultiO0 Oi
the President continued favorable
throughout yesterday and nothing oc-
Cured to shake the faith of the attend
ing surgeons and physicians expressed
that ne will recover. The danger from
two sources was pronounced practi
caily ever. The holes in the stomach
proper, carsei By the perforation of
the bulle'. are now considered healed
by Dr. McBurney and his associates,
and the eminent surgeon pointed to
the fact that the beef juice. fed to the
patient was readily digested as
proof Of this Sufficient time has also
elapsed to warrant the doctors in as
eertiHg that the danger of inflamma
ton where the bullet lodged has dis
appeared. 1t is believed that the bull
let has now become encysted in the
muscles of the back, and unless its
location should prove troublesome
later on there wiz never be any ne
cessity for removing it. DR.. Mann, in
speaking in regard to this, said he
knew a man who lived for years with
a bullet in the muscles of his heart.
jlG dttGNliOu Vi liC oltidho 10
now, therefore, mainly directed to the
care and treatment of the wound
caused by the incision made in the
abdomen above the navel when the
operation was performed. This wound
10 progressing satisfactorily.
: The slight scare which followed the
announcement of the opening of the
wound did not have leg to stand on
yesterday when fuller details of its In
Significance character and Importance
were obtained. The incident" as 1t
is termed. would not have been men
toned in the history OF an ordinary
hospital case, and the physicians de-
bated for some time upon the proprie-
ty OF making it public. AS they mad
promised to take the public into their
confidence they finally concluded that
the redemption of that pledge COM
PEELED them to announce II. Inelr
frankness has already had one excel
lent effect. It has convinced all who
may still have barbored doubts as to
whether the public were getting the
whole truth from the sick room that
their skepticism was unfounded. An
other milestone passed on the road
to recovery was the discontinuance
yesterday by the doctors OF the figures
showing respiration variations in their
Official bulletins.
The President now breathes deeply
and normally, and the addition OF the
respiration record to the bulletin was
considered valneless. The Presidents
pulse was slightly accelerated in the
afternoon, but the change was not
deemed material, and his temperature
remained practically stationary at l002
from daylight until dark. The evil
dencs OF Improvement were the Presi-
dents keen relish OF the beef juice
given him during the night and the In
crease in his allowance from one TO
three teaspoonfuls, and also the fact
that the wound is becoming more
healthy"
The President continues in excel
lent spirits, but he confessed to che
of his attendants yesterday that he
was getting lonesome. IFa requested
that he be placed in ano'her bed.
depression had formed in the mattress
on which he has lain since he wos
taken to the Milburp house and had
caused some discomfort. Another bed
was provided, and last evening he was
carefully moved from one to the other
without difficulty. He has asked sew
eral times If there was any news which
he should know, but inquiries, espe-
cially about public matters, are dis
couraged, and the rigid Inhibition
against the admission OF any one ex-
cept his wife and faithful secretary
has not been relaxed. 1t is now vir-
tually decided that. no attempt viii be
made to remove the President to
Washington until he has completely
recovered, and in a general way 1t
can be said that there is no likelihood
that this will be until October.
The five members of the cabinet who
are here talked over pending public
questions for over an hour yesterday
at the Glenny house, adjoining the
Milburn residence, but 1t is understood
that no action resulted. The South
American situation was gone ever, aud
there was an exchange of opinion re-
garding the legal phases Of the case
against the wouldbe assassin. 1t can
be stated again in the most positive
manner that there is no conflict Of au-
thority between the state and federal
authorities for the possession of the
prisoner. The members of the cab
met, Attorney General Knox and Sec
rotary Gage, as well as those who
are here, are unanimously OF opinion
that Czolgosz's offense is against the
state of New York and Erie county,
and that there is no Federal statute
to cover the case. Dis riot Attorney
Penney consulted Secretary Root as
to procedure He did not seek MIR.
Roots opinion as secretary of war,
but as enc Of the ablest lawyers in
New York state.
The Potato ne Fruit"
The potato, hitherto grown as a tnher
underground. Is now being prodreed