The Irish standard., 1901-09-14
IMPROVEMENT IS STEADY
Latest Bulletins Say That Condi.
ton of Stricken President Is
Entirely Satisfactory.
VERY COMFORTABLE NIGHT PASSED.


of Wound No Ground for Fear
ErH"rt Says Assassin COnfcsses
Admitting Conspiracy and Impli-
cntiuG Others.
Buffalo, n. ", Sept. 12.-President
Mckinley continues to show the most
unmistakable evidences of improve
ment and recovery, and the uncasi-
ness caused by Tuesday nights dress
ing of the abdominal wound has
given way. to more pronounced con-
i:arncc than has existed at any time
snre the shooting. The incident of
Tuesday night never had any signifi-
cance to the doctors. and such as it
had given rise to in the lay mind was
quickly dispelled when the physicians
arrived Wednesday morning. Their
nine O'Clock bulletin pronounced the
president in excellent condition and
made known that he had slept well
and had experienced decided benefits
from. the dressing of the outer
wound.
But the doctors did not confine
themselves to the brief official bull
i"1in. They were ready to frankly
and fully discuss the case in all its
bearings. This gave Il body of au-
thoritativc information ON the cir
cumstantial details of the presidents
condition. all showing Il most highly
satisfactory condition. AS to the re-
opening of the abdominal incision,
this was dismissed as part of the
treatment necessary to The progress
OF such wounds. AS to the inner
wounds. whore the bullet penetrated
the walls of the stomach, there was
ne most gratifying progress, as the
stomach was now carrying on nor
NAL digestive processes. The beef
Juice. which was fed by the mouth
for the first time Tuesday night, had
been assimlatcd without the slight
est indication that the wounds in the
stomach retarded the processes of
nature.
The president himself showed many
signs of Improvement. lie was so
CHEEKY that one of the doctors re-
marked that they would let him
smoke Il cigar before long. lie had
shown not the slightest depression
from he dressing of the wound Tues
day night. Mrs. Mckinley had her
usual brief morning visit with him.
The situation was so bright that
all of those about the president and
the many who came to inquire as to
4
checrcd with confidence akin to alb
solutc certainty that the president
was now on thc high road to rccov-
cry. There continued to be talk of
his early removal to Washington, al
though the doctors were not willing
two or three weeks, and some of
them held that the climate here was
much more conducive to his progress
than that Of the national capital.
PASSES IL Comfortable Night.
"Trhc president has passed very
comfortable night" said the six
o'clock morning bulletin of Drs.
Rixry and Wasdin. the two physi-
clans who remained at the pres
ident's bedside throughout the night.
a few minutes later, DR.. Rixcy, the
presidents regular physician, was
seen by II press representative. lie
displayed no evidence of anxiety and
was emphatic in his characterization
of the srnsntionally alarming reports
put in circulation in the early hours
of the morning as result of the bull
lctin issued Il few minutes before mid
night. but dated 1890 p. III. DR..
Rixcy was asked about these reports,
and he replied earnestly and without
any hesitation whntcvcr:
"'l'hosc statements are not true.
The president is not in n serious con-
dition and there is no alarm felt over
him. The facts are just as stated in
the regular bulletins of the physi-
lie shall be fully acquainted with the
truth"
The scare caused by even the faint
est indication of trouble in connec-
tion will, the presidents wound,
coming on the heels of steady and
continued Improvement, was only
natural under the circumstances.
But there is absolutely no reason to
doubt the frnnltness of the official
statement Of the physician that the
opening Of a few stitches of the
wound Cannot give rise to other
complications" And DR.. Rixey was
emphatic in his insistrncc of the com
plctc truth of the statement. The
opening of the wound was in no
sense an operation. II was more in
the nature of a redrcssing of the
wound, an antiscptic dressing to al
lay the slight irritation that had APP
pcarcd.
The following bulletin was issued
by the presidents physicians at nine
q. M:
'"rhe president rested comfortably DUR
ing the night. Decided benefit has fol-
lowed the dressing of the wound made
Tuesday night. His stomach tolerates tho
beef juice we'll and IT is taken with great
satisfaction. His condition this morning
Is excellent Pulse. 11G; temperature, 1902
(signed) "P. M. RIxEY,
IN. D. MANN,
"ROSWELL PARK,
"HERMAN MYNTER,
"EUGENE WASDJN,
"CIIARLES MBURNEY.
"GEORGE Z. CORTELYOU,
"5ccretary to the President"