Evening star., 1901-09-14

Mr.. Abner Mckinley and Mr.. Mil
burn looked very respondent after
the interview. The lowering of the
Presidents temperature and the ac-
celerated pulse forbade their making
a more optimistic bulletin than they
did. AS a matter of fact it was well
known and recognized at Milburn
house that the odds are against re-
covery. and that only a practical
miracle turn of the tide can save him.
AT Io:45 those gathered at the
Mllburn house awaiting the supreme
moment included Abner Mckinley,
the brother of the President, and
Miss Helen Mckinley, his sister;
Miss May Barber, Miss Duncan and
Mrs. Baer, nieces; Lieut.. James Nc
kinley, John Barber, nephew; Dun
can, nephew; Capt. and Mrs. Nc
Williams of Chicago, cousins; Mrs.
Abner Mckinley, Mr.. Baer, Senator
Hanna, Mr.. and Mrs. Myron T. Her
rick OF Cleveland; Senator Fair
banks, Secretary Wilson, Secretary
Hitchcock. ex-Secretary of State
Day, Col w. c. Brown of Fostoria
President Milburn of Buffalo ex-
position; Harry Hamlin of Buffalo
and Representative Alexander Of
this district. NO M
LIFE HANGS BY A THREAD.
All Depends on Presidents Ability to
Take NOurishment.
Special From STAFF Correspondent.
MlLBURN HOUSE, BUFFA-
LO, n. Y, September I3.-The
Presidents life hangs by a thread.
For the present it all depends upon
whether the stirnulants will retain
their potency. After that comes an
other crisis in the effort to induce his
system to absorb nourishment.
Kept Alive by Artificial Means.
MILBURN HOUSE, BUFFA-
LO, N. Y, September 1s.-At 8
o'clock the President is not out of
danger. He is under the influence
of powerful heart stimulants that
thus far are proving effective. The
nourishment has been discontinued,
however, and the President is being
kept alive simply by artificial means
until he reaches stage where he can
retain nourishment, if possible.
N. o. M.
Secretary Long Notified.
HINGHAM, Mass, September
IS, 5:35 a.m.-Secretary Long has
just received word of the Presidents
condition. He will leave for Buffalo
on the first train out
DR.. w. w. Johnston Summoned.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Septem-
Der 13.-Dr w. w. Johnston, an
eminent surgeon of Washington, D.
c., has been summoned by Secretary
George B. Cortelyou, secretary to
the President, to come to Buffalo
at once. DR.. Johnson was at his
summer home in Jamaica Island,
Portsmouth harbor, and left imme-
diately.
"NEARLY PASSED AWAY.
Major symons' Report of the Presi-
dents Condition.
The following dispatch from Ma
jor Symons, the engineer officer in
charge of the guard at the Milburn
house, was received at the War De-
partment this morning:
BUFFALO, 1910 a.m.-"Gen.
Geo. L. Gillespie, Acting Secretary
of War, Washington.
president much worse. Had an
extremely serious relapse last night.
due to inability to digest food, fa-
tigue and weak heart. He nearly
passed away, but has now rallied at
Milburn home. The impression is
that the President has but a bare
fighting chance for his life"
Senator Hanna and Friends Arrive.
Special From Stan Correspondent.
MILBURN HOUSE, BUF-
FALO, N. Y, September I3.-Sena-
tor Hanna, Senator Fairbanks, Miss
Duncan, the Presidents niece;
Myron T. Herrick, ex-Secretary Day
and others of the Canton friends ar
rived at the house, having come
through on a special train eighty
miles an hour. Senator Hanna was
bowed with grief, and every line Of
,ic fare showed his deeD emotion