The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-20

sJate from all parts OF the world.
In the War department Secretary
Sanger was in consultation with Gen
Gillespie, Colonel Ward and General
Barry, arranging for the transporta-
tion to Washington of the troops to
participate in the funeral procession
making details for guard duty and
other matters. General Randolph.
chief of artillery, who is to represent
the army at the capitol, arranged with
Sergeant-a at Arms Ransdell that they
should cooperate in the management
OF the funeral ceremonies at the capt.
tol. Four private soldiers will stand
watch day and night, one at each cor
ner OF the catafalque, so long as the
remains OF the late President shall lie
in he capitol building. A suitable
guard will be maintained at the en-
frances and will keep the people in
alignment when they are admitted to
the capitol to view the remains next
Tuesday.
At the capitol Sergeant-at-Arms
Ransdell directed the preparation of
the rotunda for the funeral service.
The space in even this vast structure
is entirely insufficient to meet the de-
mand for admission of more than a
fraction Of the persons who think they
should be admitted to the services next
Tuesday. The public will be excluded
as the accommodation will not suffice
for the officials who must be present.
The diplomatic corps alone will occu-
Ply about 200 places if all the invita-.
tions sent out are accepted, and in
addition there will be the United States
senate, the United States supreme
court, the House of Representative
and large number of officials, army
and navy and civilians. Every army
and navy office, in Washington hav-
ing been ordered to attend the funeral
service they alone would consume a
large portion of this seating space.
The general public will have an OPP
portunity to view the remains of the
late President while the body lies in
state before the funeral service.
The Sergeant Arms has had the
catafalque which supported the re-
mains of Lincoln, Garfield and other
statesmen brought out,of the crypt in
which it reposed so long and has
turned it over to William Lees Sons,
funeral directors, who will have the
undertaking in charge. The catafalque
is to be draped entirely with new black
cloth.
PHYSICIANS NOT TO BLAME.
Buffalo, Sept. l4-When the shock
of President McKinley's relapse
Thursday was fully realized, the peo-
pie asked who was to blame for
giving the President solid food before
he was in condition to receive it.
Replying to this inquiry Dr. Roswell
Park said:
solid food was not given to the
President before he could stand it. He
was perfectly able to assimilate the
food given him had it not been that the
impoverished blood affected the heart.
The heart refused to act properly
without strong blood food, and that
was why the toast soaked in hot beef
juice was given to him. He was not
given coffee. He relished the food
and asked for a cigar but this was
denied. Everything known to medi-
cal science was done for him and there
was no mistake made"
DR.. Herman Mynter said: SAT the
lime solid food was given to him he
was able to take it, There can be no
mistake about that, do not believe
that the food in his stomach had much
effect on the heart. 1t was believed
from the first that his heart was weak
and that was why ether was given him
instead of chloroform when DR.. Mann
performed the operation The heart
was believed to be in fair condition
to supply food for the body until early
this morning. when the eXtremities be-
came chilled. The heart beats had
been as usual, but the valves of the
heart seemed to weaken so that the
requisite amount of blood was not
supplied the system. Everything known
to medical and surgical science was
done to get the heart into proper
working order, not to use ANY lscien-
tilic terms, which the public would not
1t was necessary that his
mind should be free from worry of apy
kind.
"lt is reasonable to suppose thatlhe
had, in isconscious moments, worried
over the condition OF his wife, and had
thought much of the matters of State.
To relieve him os these matters he was
kept most OF the time under opiates,
which would not interfere withtheaction
of the heart. But as to the food, / be-
lieye, with the other doctors, that it
was wise to give him the toast soGtened
by the beef juice. He had no coffee
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