Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-12
II GROWS encouraging.
News From the Wounded President
Continues of an Encourag-
ing Character.
NO COMPLICATIONS HAVE DEVELOPED.
dent Will and That Be-
lief is Reflected I'm the COunte-
nances of visitors Leaving the
Home at Buffalo.

D. 0Ou ) cO"nJFlDuLIOu 10 the AH1Sli
can people will be the sparing of the
presidents life"
AS the evening shadows were fall
ing tonight, John G. Milburn, presi-
lent of the Pan-American exposition
reverently uttered these words as he
stood before the house in which the
nations patient was fighting so brave
ly with death. And all who have been
at the Milburn residence to-day re-
fleet the view that the battle will be
won, and the prayers of the world
will be answered. Since last night
not an u~nfavorable symptom has ap-
peared. Every hourhas been a victory.
Within, faith in the outcome grows
stronger, and hope mounts higher n
higher, until in the minds of some
the danger of all future complications
is brushed aside and hope has be-
come conviction. Indeed, many of
the presidents friends seem pos
sessed with a 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 ex-
pressed is solid. There has been moth
ing but improvement, gradual and
slow, but steady Improvement. Every
bulletin, every private and public
word of the physicians in attendance
breathes encouragement. The reports
which the physicians have given out
are facts as they exist from a scien-
tiic standpoint, unmixed with senti-
rent.
Still, that the president is by no
means out of danger, is the verdict
of each of them. Not n of them
will risk his professional reputation
with a statement hat the president
will live. All they will say is that
with every hour the danger of com
plications from peritonitis or blood
poisoning decreases.
DIR. McBurney, the most eminent of
the physicians in attendance, ex-
presses the opinion that if the i'm
provement continues it will be a week
yet before the president can be pro-
nounced out of danger and GONZALES
cent. And some of his colleagues, like
DIR. Mann, place the limit of danger
still further away. The fear of peri
t~onitis, it can be said positively, has
we'll nigh disappeared. At the expira-
ton of the 72-hour period at four
o'clock this afternoon, danger from
that source was almost gone.
The president himself has been
cheerful all day, and has expressed
confidence in his recovery. To-day he
asked for a morning paper, but this,
of course, had to be denied him. 1t is
with some difficulty hat he can be re-
strained from talking, and Col. Myron
T. Herrick, of Cleveland, is quoted as
authority for the statement that he
has spoken at intervals of several
thingsh he proposes to do in the future.
This morning he asked to be al
lowed to change his position, and
when permission was given, before
the attendants could move him, he
changed to the position he desired to
assume without difficulty or pain.
This speaks much for his general
strength and spirits. Mrs. Mckinley
saw him again to-day for a brief visit,
and Secretary Cortelyou was admit
ted for the first time. No one else
was dllO"eu 10 SEE Hill, dlGQOuSn ne
inquired several times who were be-
low stairs.
He was given nourishment to-day in
the form of eggs beaten in milk adj
ministered through the rectum. The
water which has been given hereto
fore 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 also
was considered an excellent symptom.
If he continues to improve it will be
gradually. If he should grow worse
the change in hat direction also
probably will be slow. This is the
opinion of DIR. Mann. There will be
no crisis. If he arrives at con-
valescence, DR.. Park expresses the
opinion that it will be three weeks
before it will be safe to move him.
1t 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
IN CACCAiOI "OuAu AZ 10 O oiO"CA
process.
The extreme optimism of the vice
president and the members of the cab
met would be difficult to overstate.
st am absolutely confident every
thing will turn out all right" declared
the vi~ce-president, and he said he
based his confidence on information
behind the public expression of the
physicians. So relieved are Secretary
Gage and Attorney-General Knox at
the steady improvement that they re-
turned to Washington, tonight, feel
ing strongly hat their chief would re-
physicians that if a change for the
worse should come it would be grad
ual and hat they would have ample
time to return.
In the case of Secretary Gage there
was also a public reason why he
should be at his post. New York finan-
ciers have appealed to him to relieve
the situation in the money market by
increasing deposits in national banks.
and he feels that he can hardly act
at this distance from the scene if he
finds that action is desirable.
Secretary of State Hay is due to ar
rive tonight, and will remain with
the other members of the cabinet at
least fora day or two.
The devotion of the members of the