The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
IS NOT ABLE TO BE MOVED
Chief Executive is Constantly
 at Wife'S Bedside.
The Fact That She Continually Grows Weaker Alarms the Physi-
 cians Who Have Called %, in Consultation.

 The members of the cabinet are very apprehensive that Mrs. Mckinley will not rally. Her physicians have not vet been able to check the bowel trouble and her enfeebled condition is against her. At the Scott residence at this hour it Is stated that there is no immediate danger, although change for the worse would not be unexpected. After consultation tonight pr. Rixey and Dr. Hirschfelder remained in at- tendance.
 At Il o'clock Mrs. McKinleys con- dition was unchanged.
 San Francisco, May 15.-After dinner tonight the members of the Cabinet called at the Scott residence. They reported Mrs. McKiniey's condition as unchanged. When she is conscious she recognizes the President and asks for him. She is not regarded as in imrne- diate danger of dissolution. There is no abandonment of hope that she will rally, but in her weakened condition. there could not fail to be apprehension lest the spark of life go out.
 Secretary Cortelyou at p. m. gave out the following bulletin to the Asso- ciated Press: The physicians report an improvement in Mrs. Mckinley's condition since noon today"
 secretary Cortelyou said that no oth- er bulletin would be issued tonight.
 Owing to the very serious illness or Mrs. Mckinley, the President today definitely decided to abandon his con- templated Northwestern tour. He Will return to Washington direct as soon as Mrs. Mckinley is able to stand the Journey.
 The gravity of Mrs. McKinley's con- 5ition has been known to the members sf the Presidents immediate party for several days, but has been concealed In the belief that she would rally as she has done so frequently in the past. Her present illness has been attended with entirely new complications which have not yielded to treatment, and the President concluded this morning that it was time the public should De ap- prised of the true situation. lie IS also anxious that the citizens of the cities and town along the route Of his contemplated trip, who have made sucn extensive preparations for his Vlslt. should receive prompt notif1catlon or the circumstances which compelled his decision.
 Doctors Called in Consultation.
 bulletin which Secretary Cortelyou gave to the Associated Press this morning announcing the abandonment of the trip, coupled with another an- nouncement that Mrs. McKinley's con- 5ition was better in some respects but worse in others, prepared the way for bulletin issued two hours later, stat ing that pr. Henry Gibbons of San Francisco had been called in consulta- tion with Dr. Hirschfelder and Dr. Rixey.
 Ever since Mrs. Mckinley arrived at the Scott residence she has been des- perately ill Her extreme weakness has heen the most alarming feature of her condition. Her vitality has been at a low ebb and she has seldom spoken to those about her The President has heen continuously at her bedside since
  for the few hours Monday afternoon, when he left her to go to San Jose, and the three hours he spent yesterday in the parade. Mrs. Mckinley slept through his absence on both these oc- casions.
 The strain which the President has undergone during the past few days has been very great. It bas been a personaI sacrifice for him to carry out his engagements here in order not to disappoint the people but he has made it unselishly.
 Missed the Unveiling.
 This morning he thought he would he able to be present at the unveiling of the Donahue statue and so informed +he committee, but at the last moment when his escort had already drawn m before the Scott residence, Mrs McKinley's condition was such that he decided not to leave, and all day, except for half an hour this afternoon when he yielded to the entreaties of those about him and went out for a drive, he remained at her bedside.
 The members of the cabinet reluct- antly consented to carry out today's program, at the University of Califor- mia and at Oakland. The visit to Mount Tamalpais arranged for tomor- row has been abandoned, but if Mrs. McKihley's condition warrants the President will attend the reception given by the various veteran orgauiza . tions of this city in the afternoon.
 Just how soon Mrs. Mckinley will be able to travel is a question which no one can answer now. It may be necessary for her to remain here longer than next Monday when the party was originally scheduled to leave.
 It is likely that it will be somewhat later before she is able to endure the lorg trip across the continent. but as soon as she is sufficiently strong. the trip will be made by the most direct route, probably the Union Pacific. Nc