The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
AT M|LBURN HOME
DEEPLY IMPRESSIVE SCENES
ABOUT TIRE MANSION WHERE
THE PRESIDENT LIES
APPROACHES ARE GUARDED
Police and SOIdiery Patrol the Wide
Space ROped CIR Against an
Anxious and Sympa-
thetic Crowd.

~ MILBURN HOUSE, BUFFALO, Sept. T.
The scene at the fine old residence on
Delaware avenue where the nations ex-
ecutive lay stricken unto death was i'm
pressive in the extreme.
3 Far away ropes were stretched and the
police guarded every approach. Three
companies of the Fourteenth infantry
from Fort Porter, patrolled the square On
which Mr. Milburn'S residence is located
IS A large American flag was draped over
the veranda on the north of the resi-
dence and here, partially concealed by
the climbing vines, sat Secretary Wilson,
Miss Barber and several of the other dis
tinguiShed visitors.
;, By Secretary Roots direction shortly
after noon the telegraph instruments
were removed from the stable in the rear
of the residence to a vacant lot diagonal
ly across the street where a large tent
had been erected for the accommodation
OF the newspaper men.
The carriages which brought the mem
bers OF the cabinet and other visitors
were halted ait the ropes. Outside the en-
closure a pail seemed to hang over the
city, Notwithstanding the fact that the
exposition was open. The gay decora-
lions everywhere now seemed a mockery
and the visitors who swarmed the city's
streets wandered aimlessly hither and
thither with heavy hearts. Thousands of
them, drawn by gthe magnet in their
thoughts, went out to the Milburn resi-
dence instead of to the exposition and
stood at the ropes with barred heads dis
cussing in suppressed whispers the
chances of the presidents recovery.
Many Of them were allowed to pass
the residence on the opposite side of
Delaware avenue, but the curtains of the
residence were drawn and they caught no
glimpse of the forms fitting about with
in the darkened house
An elderly lady dressed in deep mourn
ing, threw herself on her knees opposite
the entrance to the Milburn residence,
and with uplifted hands offered up a.
silent but fervent prayer that the life
of the president might be spared.
ARRIVAL OF ROOSEVELT.
Upon Vice President Roosevelt's ar
rival at the station he said to a reporter
that the more he thought of this affair
the more dastardly the crime became.
He was driven rapidly to the Hotel Iro-
quois, accompanied by an escort OF
mounted police.
The gathering of the horses attracted
much attention as he alighted at the
hotel and the crowd appeared to annoy
him. At his request the mounted police
were dismissed and some police on
bicycles accompanied him on the re-
mainder of his journey to the Milburn
residence. When he heard the encourage
ing news upon his arrival there his face
lighted up.
II am sincerely glad" said he, turn
ing to Mr.. Ansley Wilcox, who had ac-
companied him from the station The
vice president remained in the residence
scarcely half an hour. He left with Sec
rotary Root and walked around the
corner to Mr.. Wflcox's residence, where
he will stop. He declined absolutely to
say a word.
Secretary Cortelyou is making no at
tempt to reply to all the countless teIe-
grams that are being received The bull
letins as they appear are, however, be-
ing sent to those foreign monarchs who
have sent Inquiries and to those mem
bers of the cabinet who have not yet ar
rived Secretary Gage left the residence
at Ills Secretary Hitchcock is expected
at o'clock.
When Secretary Gage left the Milburn
residence he was asked by an Associated
Press correspondent whether the news
from the sick room was still encourag-
ing. He replied with a nod of his head.
and added: I'VE can only trust in Cod
Secretary Gage was evidently deeply
moved.