Rock Island Argus., 1901-09-11
In the Condition of Presiden:
Mckinley at Buff
falo.
TAKES NOURISHMENT HOURLY
Good Effect of Last Nights
Dressing of the Wound
Prospect.


clans in attendance upon the Presi-
uent were unanimous in the opinion
after this mornings consultation that
his condition was entirely satisfactory
and that he was doing excellently.
The action taken last evening in
dressing the wound has proven q
benefit to the president. Today he
received three teaspoonfuls Of beef
juice every hour. DR.. Mynter said
that while everything was favorable.
recovery would be slow and it would
probably be six weeks before the
president could be moved.
Buffalo. Sept. 1.-THE following bull
letin was issued by the presidents
physicians at 1870 p. m. yesterday:
The condition of the president is
unchanged I'm all important particulars.
His temperature is 1906; pulse. ia;
respiration, %. When the operation
was done on Friday last it was noted
that the bullet had carried with it a
short distance beneath the skin Il frag-
ment OF the presidents coat This
foreign material was. of course, re
tissues was produced, the evidence OF
which has appeared only tonight. 1t
has been necessary on account of this
slight disturbance to remove a few
stitches and partially open the skin
wound.
This incident cannot give rise to
other complications. but it is COM
municated 10 the public, as the sur
their bulletins entirely frank. In
consequence of this separation of the
edges of the surface wound the heal
ing OF the same Will be somewhat de-
layed. The president is now well
enough to begin to take nourishment
by the mouth in the form of pure beef
juice" This is signed by all the doc
tors i'm attendance, and Dy George i.
COrtelyOu.
Buffalo. y. Y, Sept. 1.-THE corps
Of eminent surgeons and physicians
in attendance upon the wounded pres
ideDt yesterday committed themselves
without reservation to the opinion
that their patient was out Of danger,
and that only the possibility Of com
plicatIons threatened his life. They
y
collectively over their signatures in
an official bulletin, but they went
long way toward il Individually and
separately during the day. Each OF
them, with the exception of DR.. Rixey,
who did not leave the Milburn resi-
dence. placed himself squarely on rec
Ord-nOt privately to the friends Of
the president, but publicly through
the agency OF the preSs-that the dam
ger point had passed and that the pres
ident would survive the !ttempt upon
his life. "Of course, We will all feel
easier when a week has passed" said
DIR. McBurney. We would like to see
every door locked and double locked,
but the danger from possible cOmpli-
cations is now very remote"
Everybody Sure of His Recovery.
As an evidence of how he feels. DR.
McBurney, after the morning CONSUL
rntiOn. made a trip TO Niagara Falls.
and last evening was to return TO New
York But there is more evidence than
the foregoing OF the optimism OF
those near the president. Vice Presl-
dent Roosevelt said emphatically Mon
day that he would not leave here until
the president was safe. He. Senator
Hanna, and the other distinguished
friends OF the president who have re-
malned here TO await the issue, ac-
cepted the verdict OF the physicians
as practically conclusive, and there
was an exodus of those who consid-
cred their presence no longer neces-
sary. Vice President Roosevelt left
last evening for his home at Oyster
Bay. Senator Hanna returned TO Cleve-
land OH business. OF be gone two days,
and Controller Dawes went back to
Washington last night
Abner Mckinley, the presidents
brother. Will remain n few days
longer, but his family has returned
home and Mrs. Duncan and several
other relatives of the president have
gone. Judge Day. long and closely
connected with the president. returned
10 Canton yesterday afternoon The
five members of the cabinet still here
VIII remain n few days The little
piece OF lead In the muscles OF the
back is giving the physicians no con-