Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-09-18

| the house of DEATH Cabinet officers and
members of the Presidents family began
! t. arrive and e beginning of tine end
/ lad come.
At IL o'clock Friday night the wife had
| paid her last tribute to her dying sweet
heart of thirty years. DIR. RiXey led her
into the room. and as she laid her head
| alongside his she sobbed: Il cannot let
| him go"
| She knew that the President was dy-
! ing then, and il the dim Situee of her
| adjoining room she waited aun wept as
| the hours sped and the doctors wondered
! at the mighty battle Of the dying man.
But the President. now finally uncon
! scious and breathing but family, strug
! eIed on. Midnight, and > o'clock found
/ him wayering on the verge. and the men
! Of science could but stand and marvel at
! the wondrous but hopeless fight which
he had maintained 50 long. Intervals Of
| apparent consciousness came upon him.
Sometimes he opeued his faded eyes and
| gazed calmly ar y
At 2 O'Clock ii +. gray light began
| to fall across his -, aiken face, and then
death won,
First luminous Words.
For several hours Thursday evening
the doctors attending President McKin-
lev were seriously disturbed and waiting
friends were alarmed by an unexpected
change in his condition, but at n!idnil n
the President had seemingly regalned lns
lost ground He was given solid food for
the first time during the morning and IT
had not agreed with him. The bowels
were giving some trouble. also the heart.
The food given to the Presidert was not
properly assmilated and the administra-
tiop of food by the mouth was discontin
ue1 The President continued TO com
nlain of fatigue His pulse Increased to
12S, entirely too high for his temperature.
One o. the consulting physicians said that
Judged by medical records his pnlse
should be 90 The aceeleratiou Of the
pulse was attributed partly to the reyul-
sion Of the stomach against the food.
The first alarm came from the Milburn
house at o'clock. two hours after the
encorr6 ging official bulletin after the mid
night consultation Of the doctors. The
signal Of fear was the sending Of mes
sages to all the doctors to return to the
house at ono" The President had suf-
fered a sinking spell At 3 O'Clock it was
authoritativry admitted that the Presi-
dent &as in an extremely critical condi-
ton
Scene u Dramatic.
The scene about the house and in -.
street. which had been storm swept was
dramatic 81 lbs action and Sc ing and
the spirit of the tragedy was on those
who looked upan it. 4 messenger who
darfed into the rain and was whisked
away in an electric cab gave the outside
watchers the first inti-cation Of the ili
news from within 81 che same momeni
new lights burned within the windows Of
the MiIbnru residence Soon the word
was passed our tlat the President had
part Iy collapsed and was critically III.
l. was q confirmation that was hardly
needed. for the fact bad been established
by action thsr needed no words
A. the telegraph Instruments ratified
away with their forlorn story early in the
morning the hastily aroused physicians
began arriving. An automobile racing
at top speed brought Or. Myuter first.
He did not stop 70 speak. but rushed into
the house DR. Mann came almost On
his heels. and be. too. ran down the
street. Neither stopped FOR word as
they rushed into the house. After them
came Abner Mckinley, pale and agitat-