Evening journal., 1901-09-13

genuine apprehension existed there
can be no question Today viii prob.
aniy show whether the complication
that has arisen Is of a serious char
acter' The food given To the Pres,-
dont yesterday morning has not been
properly assimllatod aud passed. and
the administratlon Of food by tho
mouth has been discontinued. The
President continued to complain OF
the fatigue, noted by the official bull.
lotin in the afternoon
One Of the consulting physicians
said Tint judged by medical records.
his pulse should be 96. The accelera.
lion of the pulse was attributed partly
to the revulsion of the stomach against
the food, ana Or. Mann positively as.
sured Secretaries Hitchcock ana VIII
son, the Presidents brother Abner
Mckinley, and others assembled below
stairs In the Milburn house last night
that the undigested food would proba-
bly, pass away by this morning. The
doctors held their evening consulta.
tion earlier than usual, and they very
frankly announced I'm their official bull
letin at $50 that the Presidents con
dition was not good They are stand
ing firmly by their resolution and
promise to keep the public fully ad-
vised Of the true state OF affairs in the
sick room. Drs. Wasdin, Stockton and
Rixey remained in the sick room
throughout the night, and those who
left after the early evening consulta-
tion. contrary to their usual custom.
slipped away to the side entrance. This
IN itself was considered significant, to
say the least by the little army of
newspaper men. Heretofore they have
not failed to give verbal Interpretation
OF the official bulletins to the news.
paper men. Or. Stockton, n local gen.
eral practitioner. with a high reputa.
tion, was called IN for the first time
last night, il being explained that the
complication that had arisen was one
with which a physician and not a sur.
geon would have to deal. Secretaries
Wilson and Hitchcock, who were at
the Milbum residence until II O'Clock.
said when they departed that there
was no cause for alarm, that the trou-
bic was in the stomach and not ia the
wounds. and they believed that the
Presidents condition would be i'm.
proved greatly by today.
Drs. Wasdin, Rixey and Stockton re-
manned at the Mlburn house during
the night and were constantly in the
room of the President For hours the
President failed to respond 10 the
treatment to which he was subjected
to relieve him OF the difficulty occa-
stoned by the failure OF the organs of
digestion and assimilation The non
success OF the treatment added to the
depression that existed, but lust at
midnight the relief so much desired
came. This gave great announcement
and changed the character of the bull
letin which the physicians were even
then preparing. IN it they announced
that all the unfavorable symptoms had
improved since the last bulletin. The
decreased rapidity of the pulse from
12S TO 100. which followed, was also
exceedingly gratifying
amer McklnieY Colonel Brown, his
business partner, and Lieutenant
James Mckinley the Presidents
nephew remained at tho house during
the anxious hours of tho evening.
Lieutenant Mckinley only rached the
city yesterday from California, where
he is stationed. After the gratifying
Intelligence in the midnight bulletin
was conveyed to them they immediate. !
~ left the house for the night and
went 10 their hotel.