Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-09-12

| washington aS soon as 1t is safe to
| move him
Within the sick room many evidences
of the presidents improvement are an
parent. The president himself began to
show confidence in his ability to care for
| himself and from time to time he would
| carefully turn himself and gain n more
restful position. Monday he took the
precaution to ask if he might be permit
ted to move, but now he changes his posi-
tion at his own yolition, without diff
Guilty. The nurses naturally observe
with care these evidences of growing
strength and courage and are ready to
see that there is no undue tax on the
| presidents strength or the strainng Of
the wound. These slight movements
| from side to side are all that he is at
| tempted thus far and it is too early yet
to think of his sitting up in bed or any
| other marked use of his muscles
y most important development of the
| day was private determination reached
| among those in charge of the case that
| food should be administered to the presi-
| dent today by the mouth Not since the
| shooting has morse of food been given
to the president by natural means, but
the drain on his system has been met by
| dissolved foods administered by injec-
| Ion. There has been a period of four
days of fasting from ordinary means
| OF nourlshment and today is the fifth
| day. The Importance of this feeding
| by the mouth is that it will restore the
| normal action of the stomach for the
| hrst time since that organ had both it's
| walls pierced by a bullet. The doctors
! are satifed that the time has come to
| renew these normal functions, and the
! TOUR days which have elapsed since the
| wounds in the stomach were closed give
| every assurance that the sutures are
! sufficiently healed to allow nature to re-
sumo her sway.
| Although the house was fairly embow-
cred with flowers yesterday, sent as tok-
ems of sympathy and gratitude, none of
the sweet scented blossoms were taken
| to the presidents chamber. The most
rigid system of simplicity prevails there
and sentiment is not allowed to qualify
the stern requirements of the case. The
only persons admitted to the sick room
other than the doctors and attendants
are Mrs. Mckinley and Secretary Cor
| telyou.
| Visitors Still Excluded.
| Although pronounced out of danger no
member of the cabinet has yet been
within the sickroom nor has the vice
| president or those closest to the con-
bdence Of the president, such as Sena-
tor Hanna and Judge Day, seen the pres
Sdent. But these restrictions were es-
tablished by the doctors merely for the
sake of encouraging every particle of
energy in the patient, and relatives and
friends alike accept the rigorous policy
as decidedly for the best. Secretary Cor
I telyou sees the president much as the
/ doctors and nurses do. There is never
! a breath of business, public or private,
/ and at no time has there been the slight
est reference to anything connected with
! the presidents duties.
! Each succeeding bulletin leads to
/ expressions Of pleasure from those with
I In the household that the deliberations
/ of so many eminent doctors have been
marked by complete unanimity. There
has been no division in the councils at
/ any time. Each has Loyalty seconded the
I efforts OF the others and all have joined
in carrying out the mastery work done
by DR.. Mann Immediately following the
shooting.
. In referring to this one of the prcsi-
/ dents associates who was present at the
operation said DIR. Mann displayed his
conSummate skill and calmness by going
/ about the operation as if the patient was
! child with a slight complaint. And
vet DIR. Mann has since told a friend
that when he realized the duty before
aim, although he had performed hundreds
of operations of laporatomy, he would
have sacrificed all he possessed to have
/ escaped the terrible responsibility of
operating upon the president of the
United States.
Exodus of Dignitaries.
The vice President. members of the
cabinet, Senator Hanna and the other
distinguished frirrdS of the presiI It
who have remained here to await the
issue, accepted the verdict Of the ply
sicians as practically conclusive and
there was an exodus of those who con-
sidered their presence no longer neceS-
sary. Senator Hanna returned to Cleve-
/ land on business, to be gone two days and
Controller Dawes went back to Wash
ington last night. Aoner McKinley, the
presidents brother, will remain a few
days longer, but his family have returned
home and Mrs. Duncan and several
other relatives of the president have
gone. Judge Day, long associated with
the president, returned to Canton yes
terday. The five members of the cabinet
Stlll mere VIII remain few days, rather
as friends who have been intimately u.s.
sociated with the president for years
than as public officials.
Vice President Roosevelt left the .,;ty
last night at $3.50 for Oyster Bay, per-
fectly confident that the president will
recover. So confident was he, in
fact, that when a question of doubt
was put to him he answered it with
parry. He was asked: DO you re-
member that President Garfield pro-
gressed for 10 days and then just when
he was ready to get out he collapsed and
finally dicdY
Quick as thought the vice president
answered. "Ah but you forget 20 years
of modern surgery, of progress. From
what can learn also the Garfield wound
was much more serious than the wound
of President Mckinley. | believe that
the president will recover and | hope it
SO thoroughly that leave here tonight.
Questioned as to the mode of pro-
cedure so far as the state was concerned
he said; Il see no need for the calling OF