The sun., 1901-09-14

y lmaking such = fight for the President :
life. was "a great a. that which immedi-
ately followed his Attempted murder 1t
began a little after 4 NJ and continued
with little ler-up during the day despite
those bulletins which reported slight
rally 10y the patient.
srtMutASrs krPT MN ALIVE
Al dawn some Of the persons who had
been sent for and who had h-en In the
thou-. while the efforts 60 sustain the Pr,,si-
dents heart action wer- lsing made hegan
10 come out They did not go away though
but paced up aud down the block within
the roped-on AREA
From them the first tidinR- were learned
4 of the slight rally the President had made
Z they said that the President had bs.n
practically kept alive 10y the u-e of Stim-
I llants
4 That the situation was critical In the
]cxtrome was very evident. Il was appar-
.nt that none 81 those who had been sum
: smoned dared To laay- the hou-e. SONS"
! of them sat ard talked Ia low tones ou the
iplazya Secretaries Wilson and Hitch
cuck pacad the sidewalk and we're joined
; in a few minutes 10y Presidents Secretary
7Cortelyou and Dr RiIey.
\ HOURS sLLEp BHouGHT siIoHr RALLY.
The President j. aslecp. said the doctor.
f-aud - holding hls own We can only
fhopa that it will last His sleep ~ nov
NOR. natural than at any time during the
night
II was W o'clock whom the President
iwoke His sleep had lasted an hour
After Secretary Hitchcock and Secretary
Wilson had learned that he seemed a little
frefreshed hv his sleep they left the hou-e
The doctors" they said tell NJ that
il would bc proper for W. 10 say that the
/ President has a hghiing chance W.
are going away only for a little while
Dr RIey came out again al ~ o'clock
7 He showed evidenco Of having passed a
terrible nigh, lie said that he felt slightly
! Encouraged on account Of the slight rally
I here had been
But he added in an anxious tone.
YOU know he IL usually better IN the morn
lung
Dr RXey said the morning consultation
would be held earlier than usual The
usual time has h-cn o 81 o'clock Ihi~
morning the phy-icians hogan arriving
! shortly after O'Clock. and by ~ they
Ven" all ~ cpi-liliation
Dr Myntcr. who came first. informed the
4 newspaper men that the Presidents CON
( jdition was very grave.
4 SENATOR HANN.s ARRIVAL
4 II was little after . o'clock when an auto
jmohile containing senator Hanna dashed
sup 80 tho hnu-a Ha had come from Clev"-
land On q special train and had mad" IN"
sd stancr In l,-s- than four hours. Secret
S..r,io, Agent ireland. a. usual. accom-
|. panied hun
4 When Senator Hanna entered the hous'.
: b. met Dr RiXev
is there any chance7' tho Senator asked
4 .Snn,.. said the doctor There II a
3fghting chance II his heart holds good,
y hu, God knows what that will do
rHr Q O'CLOCK RrLLETIs.
Th~ consultation resulted In ths fotlo -vin 4
bulletin bsing issued at . A. NJ:
The Presidents condition has some
, what improved during the past few hours
1Therc IL a better response 20 stimulation
7 lie u conscious and free from pain. Pulse,
! l2s temperature sel-s
p VI RIxky. VI n MANN.
ROSWELL PARK, ErGENs WAsDiS.
-CHARIFs q STOCKTON
GEORGE r. CoRrELror.
Secretary 10 the President
After tho consultation DIR. Mann and Dr
Mynter came out together They said the
President war conscious then and that they
4 had not given up hope.
He l. better than he was In the early
hours of the morning Dr Mann -aid
Dr Mynter SAID Il would he far more
fhopctIl II the day had passed and IN"
President had gained a little In strength.
lie has improved some since this morning
Ihut th. Improvement - very slight The
8 rouhlc lies with the heart
The officis bulletin was considered
slightly reassuring and Indicated that the
! CRISIS might be prolonged. The pulse wa
still up. though. and the encouragement
I uner.d was not great
There were many callers At the house In
Il the morning Gov Yates OF Illinois wa
ON. ~ them. and the Rev. Mr. Corwin.
former pastor 81 tho Methodist Church Ia
anton, which the President attended.
was another. lie seemed TO be very much
overcome
Secretary Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson
r"'urned and expressed the belief that
! here was still considerable hope.
GRATEFUL yoB GLIMPSE OF THE SIT.
Gen Harrison Gray Otis 81 California
who oams out of the house about this time.
I said
while the windows were opcn this
|moruing tho President turned his head and
4 glanc,d uut Of the window and seeing the
cloudy sky. he remarked that Il was not
/ hrtg Ia