The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-10
SYMPTOMS ARE ALL FAVORABLE
Patient Himself Cheerful and Ex=
presses Confidence of His
Recovery.

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 her husband
again today for brief visit and Sec
retary Cortelyou was admitted for the
first time. No one else was allowed
to see him although he inquired sew
eral times who were below stairs.
He was given nourishment today in
the form of eggs beaten in milk ad-
ministered through the rectum.
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 his stom-
results. His bowels moved freely DUR
ing the day and this alone was CON
sidered an excellent symptom. If he
continues to improve it will be gradu-
ally. If he should grow worse, the
change in that direction, also, prob
ably, will be slow This is the opin-
ion of DR.. Mann. There will be no
crisis. If he arrives at convalescence
Dr. Parke 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. Sutures Of lacerated tissue
were made SO soon after the bullet
passed that they probably are healing
rapidly. With exterior wound it is
a slower process.
The exterme optimism of the vice
president and members of the cabi-
Iet would me difficult to overstate.
II am absolutely confident every
thing will turn out all right declared
the vice president and he said he bas.
ed his confidence on the information
behind the public expressions Of the
physicians.
So relieved are Secretary Gage and
Attorney General Knox at steady inn
provement that they returned to
Washington tonight feeling strongly
that their chief would recover, but
with assurance of physicians that il
change for the worse should cone
it would be gradual and that they
would have ample time to return.
In the case of Secretary Gage there
was also a public reason WY he
ahould be at his post. New. York
fnanciers have appealed to him to
relieve the situation in the money
market by increasing deposits in ma
tional banks and he feels that he can
hardly act at this distance from the
scene, if he finds the action is desir-
able.
Secretary of State Hay is due to ar
rive tonight and will remain with the
other members Of the cabinet at least
for day or two. The devotion Of
the members of the cabinet to their
chief is touching. All would desire
to remain near him until crucial point
is past and Secretary Hitchcock and
Secretary Wilson avow that only
absolute and imperative public busi-
mes will induce them to depart be-
fore the president is pronounced out
of danger.
Senator Hanna will also remain un-
til the physicians give absolute as
surance that Mr.. Mckinley will live.
Controller Dawes and some Of the
other eminent men connected with
the administration expect to depart
tomorrow or Wednesday If the i'm
provement continues.
Vice President Roosevelt has oc-
cupied q particularly delicate and try
ing position since the event which
threatened the presidents life but
he has borne himself throughout this
ordeal in such manner as to win the
admiration and respect Of all. It has,
moreover, added new bond between
the vice president and those intimate
" associated with the president and
the latter are warmest in their ex