New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-14

Mrs McWilliams. relative OF the Presidents
Hitchcock and Wilson. At $3.50 Secretary Cort-
elyou took to the telegraph tent an official bulle-
tin. and he said to the reporters; The Presl-
dents sinking is due to lack of heart ac-
ton" Drs. Mann and Mynter, who We're seen
shortly after O'Clock. said; 1--WE cannot tell
what the outcome will be, but we are hopeful
The dawn broke rosy and beautiful and the
anxious watchers in and around the Mflburn
the day. Abner Mckinley emerged from the
house at about o'clock and was recognized
by the reporters. to whom he said: The stu
alton is very grave. but we have not given up
hope. The relapse was very sudden ana uheA-
Mr.. Mckinley lighted a cigar and nervously
walked up and down in front of the house for
the next thirty minutes. Ainsley Wilcox. who
was OF the first to reach the house after the
Presidents brother. II have telephoned to have
Colonel Roosevelt return 10 Buffalo he said.
He is in the Adirondacks, and VIII come 10
Buffalo by special train"
HOPE IN THE EARLY MORNING,
Secretary Wilson shortly after daybreak came
out of the Milburn house looking very worn ana
miserable. The President is raying now" he
said land there is hope of his pulling through
He has been very low within the last two hours,
very low indeed. He was so near death, IN
fact, that the physicians had to resort 10 stli,u
lants to keep him up From what can learn
he suffered from sinking spell superlnduced
by heart failure. 1t seems his bowels had not
been working we'll, and it became necessary 10
take decisive action in order to avoid serious
complications. The result was an almost en-
tire collapse. We hope he has reached the low
est point, but cannot tell. At any rate, he
Is not now so low as he was an hour ago. A..
Secretary Wilson returned to the house: Az
$50 o'clock Secretary Hitchcock came out FOR
little fresh air. and said in response 10 m
quires: THE President has a chance; we are
hopeful | will not admit that X is hopeless
That is oil that l will say just now"
PRESIDENT RALLIES SLIGHTLY.
At O'Clock the President rallied slightly The
! al
1t was unofiicially said that the saline solution
which saved Mrs McKinleys life in San Fran
cisco had been given TO the President with ap-
parently beneficial results.
DR.. Mann and DR.. Mynter left the house be-
tween and ) O'Clock with gloomy faces All
that they would say that they had not
given up hope.
During the whole dreadful night Mrs. Mckin-
| ley slept peacefully on. knowing nothing OF the
change that had come in the condition or her
husband.
| The news of the Presidents grave condition
| startled the people of Buffalo this morning
| Those outside the reach of telegraph and tele-
phone went to bed last night feeling that the
Presidents restoration merely matter oil
days The news this morning was shock and
! all the conditions of grief and suspense which
| prevailed on Friday and Saturday last returned
| with intensified force The Buffalo morning
papers were eagerly snatched from the hands oil
| the newsboys and read aloud by crowds on the
| sidewalks. Evening newspaper early EDITIONS
! were soon proclaiming the latest bulletins from
| the Milburn house. and business ana amuse-
ments were almost suspended until the tenor OF
| the messages from the sickroom began 10 dispe
the desperate forehoding that the President ;
| hours were numbered.
At 9:45 o'clock DR. Mann. who had returned
to the Miburn house. announced that the fresi
dent was better than he had been in the carr!
morning hours. At 9:4S o'clock Chaplain SYKES
OF the United States Navy. called at the MIL
burn house. and when he came out, few min
utes later said that the -esident was resting
little easier At 1915 a bulletin was posteo
| that alIayed to some extent the sorrow-stricKer
| thousands throughout the city 1t read:
| The President is now sleeping. Dr. Park anc
| DR.. Rixey are in attendance
Al abou, this time Dr. Mann and DR.. Mynter
after n consultation. came out of the house t'
| enter their carriages.
| The President is conscious" said DIR. Mann
| and we have not given up hope. He is better
than he was in the early hours of the morning.
/ DIT Mynter said Il am not absolutely win
out hope The President has a lighting chance
| but | would be more hopeful II the day nae
| passed and he had gained little strength III
has improved some since this morning, but IN
| Involvement Is very SNSnt i ne tlOuD'N ~
| s'iih his heart We are stimulating II. and on
| treatment has been fairly successful
The physicians decided early In the day Una
II would not be wise for Mrs. Mckinley TO ente
| the sickroom to-day, both on account or ne
| feeble health and the excitement 1t might caus
the President. Mrs. Mckinley mad not pee
| told up 10 I'D O'CLOCK or the ftes'ue"' -"
night. . , -. o.
Senator Hanna arrived at the house at 9;3
| In the morning, having made quick nlsh
Journey bv special train from his home in Cleve
land He was accompanied by Mrs. Hanna
| Colonel Myron T. Herrick, Miss Barber ana
| number of intimate friends of the Mckinieys
He had received the news at o'clock, ana hi
specIal train made the trip TO Buffalo in thre
hours ,. ,,.o
Inv, the unfavorable turn in the Presidents cas'
resolutelv took up the fight for prolonsing nj
Inb,stor of Washington a specialist in disease
az the heart requesting him TO come TO BurIal
by special train. DIR. Johnston was az ms sun
mer home at Portsmouth Haroor. N H. an
| - startad Immediately for Buffalo.