The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-08

tween 6 o'clock this morning and $3.50
O'Clock this evening, and because they
showed an absence of unfavorable con-
ditions they were generally regarded as
very hopeful. The record of pulse
showed a wide variation during the
day, but any alarm occasioned on that
score was minimized by a statement
from DR.. Rixey, the Pesident's physi-
clan, that Mr.. McKinley's pulse, under
normal condition, was inclined to be
erratic, and that he was not unfavora-
bly, impressed by the circumstance.
The physicians were not concerned
as to the patients temperature. Dur
ing the forenoon and we'll into the aft
ernoon it held at 102 and then began
to increase slightly. At $3.50 o'clock it
was at 1922, and three hours later it
had risen to 1925, but even at the lat
ter point it was not viewed with con-
Germ. The respiration of the wound
ed President was looked upon as being
quite satisfactory.
Cabinet Members Arrive.
DJ SNChlll5 oil TIE InSHlDeTS Oh LIlG
cabinet except Secretary Hay and Sec
retary Long had arrived. They came
as fast as steam and steel could carry
them. Both the Secretary of the State
and Secretary of the Navy are expect
ed tomorrow. Secretary Wilson and
Secretary Root spent most of the day
at the Milburn residence. All the men,
bers of the cabinet will remain here
until the result of the wound is deter
mined. 1t is probable that after they
all arrive a cabinet meeting will be
held. Informally they have discussed
to-day the possibility of Vice President
Roosevelt being called upon to act as
chief magistrate during the disability
of the President. But all precedents
are against such a course while the
President lives. Arthur did not as
sumo the reins of government until
after President Garfield's death, and
the contingency of Vice President
Roosevelt being called upon to serve
temporarily, except in the case of un-
looked for and very serious foreign
complications, is regarded as very re-
mote.
A plan to insure absolute quiet for
the President was put in operation and
the safeguards are now such that it
will be practically impossible for him to
be disturbed in any way.
Gen. Brooke Assumes Charge.
Gen. Brooke, commander of the De-
partment of the East, who came here
this morning from New York, assumed
personal charge of the military, and
under his direction the picket lines
were extended in every direction. Aid
ed by the city police the soldiers roped
off the streets which intersect Della
ware avenue near the Milburn resi-
dence and both teams and pedestrians
were kept out of the district. The tele-
graph office established in the Mi.burn
stable was removed to a tent pitched
on a lawn on the opposite side Of the
avenue An additional tent for the use
of the newspaper correspondents was
also placed there. The White House
clerical force, which had established an
office in the main drawing room of the
Milburn residence, has moved to the
Glenny residence, which adjoins the
Milburn home and which had been ten
dered to Secretary Cortelyou Tor the
purpose.
Mrs. Duncan, sister of the President,
and her son and the Misses Barber,
nieces of the President, also left the
Milburn residence, and at midnight de-
parted for Canton. They are to be
closely advised of the condition of Mr..
Mckinley, and should there be a Sc
rious change will return here.
Other members of the presidential
party who have been quartered in the
Milburn residence will temporarily
withdraw, to further aid the plan of
securing perfect quiet for the wounded
man. The public shows its truest ap-
proval of the plan by keeping away
from the locality, and neither the sem
tries nor the police have encountered
any opposition. Those whose presence
is necessary move about the house and
grounds in the quietest manner possi-
BILE.