The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-09


tween two windows OH the west an,
two windows on the north. A doc
opens into the hall. and another, whicl
now is kept closed and locked, con
nects this large room with a smalle
one in the middle Of the house.
! Has Had No Nourishment.
The president has taken no nourish
| ment since he was shot. Water y
given to him at intervals, but no fOOt
+ of any kind as vet. His physicians say
he has plenty Of reserve strength tt
draw upon and for the present neither
nourlshment nor artificial stiluuanti
are necessary. Beyond looking after
! the wound no medicine except digitali;
has been given. Digitalis is admins
tered to quiet his pulse, which has
mounted as high as 146. Both his
respiration and temperature, although
they have varied considerably, are now
considered satisfactory.
The record of pulse has showed a
wide variation. but any alarm occa.
stoned on that score was minimized by
statement from DR.. RiXey, the presi.
dents physician, that Mr.. Mckinley g
pulse under normal conditions was in.
clined to be erratic and that he was
not so unfavorably impressed by the
circumstances. The physicians were
not cOncdriiFn as to the patlent's rem.
perature.
Vice President Roosevelt reached the
-Miiburn residence after travelling con-
tinuously for twelve hours. He was at
the residence about half an hour and
then went to the near by home Of Ans
ley Wilcox, whose guest he will be
during hts stay.
All the members of the cabinet have
now arrived. They came as fast as
steam and steel could carry them.
The members of the cabinet will re
main here until the result OF the
wounds Is determined 1t is nroba able
that cabinet meeting will be held
very soon. Informally they have dis
cussed the possibility Of Vice President
Roosevelt being called on to Gct as chief
Magistrate during the disability OF the
president But all precedenis nre
against such course while the presi
dent lives. Vice President Chester A.
Arthur did not assume the reins of
government until after President Gar
Vice President Roosevelt being called
upon to serve temporarily except In
case Of unlocked for and very serious
foreign complications is regarded aa
very remote.
Sentinels ON Guard.
Around the Milburn home the scene
is very quiet and peaceful. Sentinels
pace up and down their beats.
General Brooke, commander Of the de.
partment of the east. who came here
from New York. assumed personal
charge of the military force. and under
his direction the picket lines were ex.
tended In every direction. Aided by the
city police. the soldiers roped of ths
streets which intcrsect Delaware ave.
nue., and both teams and pedestrians
were kept out Of the district. The tele
graph office established in the Milburn
stable was removed to tent pitched
on lawn on the opposite side OF the
avenue. An additional tent for the use
Of the newspaper correspondents was
also placed there. The White House
clerical force, which has established
an office in the main drawing room of
the MIlburn residence, was moved to
the Glenny residence, which adjoins
the Milburn home and which had been
rendered to Secretary Cortelyou for
the purpose.
Mrs. Duncan, sister Of the president,
and her son and the Misses Barrier.
nieces of the president, also left the
Milburn residence and have departed
for Canton. They are to be closely ad-
vised of the condition Of Mr.. NrKin-
ley and should there be serious
change will return here. Other mem
bers Of the presidential party who have
been quartered in the Milburn resi-
dence will temporarily withdraw to
further aid the plan Of securing per-
feet quiet for the wounded man.
New York. Sept. s.--A special dis
patch from Buffalo says the full state
ment Of Leon Czolgosz made to the po-
lice. transcribed and signed by the
prisoner, IL as follows:
II was born in Detroit nearly twcn-
ty-nino years ago. My parents were
Russian Poles. They came here forty
two years ago. got my education In
the public schools of Detroit and then
went to Cleveland, where got work.
"In Cleveland l read books on social
ism and met great many socialists
there.
During the last five wears hava
nan rs friends anarchists in chicago,
Detroit and other western
cities and l suppose ! became more or
less bitter. Yes, know was bitter.
II never had much luck at anything,
and this preyed upon me. !
1T made me morose and cnvious,
but what started the crnze to kill was
4 lecture I heard some little time ago
by Emma Goldman.
"Shs was in Cleveland, and and
other anarchists went to hear her. She
yet me on fire.
Extermlnate All Rulers.
"Her doctrine that all rulers should
be exterminated was what SGT me to
thinking. so that my head nearly split
with the pain. Miss Goldman's words
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