Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-09-12
ROBUST PHYSIQUE IS STRONG
POINT IN HIS FAVOR.
MRS. M'KlNLEY Is ADMITTED.
SHE SPENDS A FEW MOMENTS
AT PATIENTS BEDSIDE.
WORDS OF CHEER VOICED.
Devoted Husband Urges Her to Bear
UP Bravely for Her Sake
and His Own.

Buffalo, n Y, Sept 9.-The presi-
dents condition is extremely grave. and
the crisis will probably come in "a
hours. While the physicians hold out
hope and the developments are eucour-
aging, medical experience with similar
wounds causes much anxiety.
Inflammation Feared.
Although the PATIENTS condition has
been favorable. the physicians do not
desire to buoy the country with false
hope. They fear Inflammation, and, at
the first sign OF it. the country must
steel itself for the blow
Bullet Secondary Consideration.
For the time being the bullet is a
secondary consideration. While II had
not been absolutely located, all agree
that II is lodged in the feshy muscles
of the back, and that II necessity re-
CURED. 1t could be easily located with
the Roetgen ray and extracted
Must Recover frsm Shock.
They agree also II is now OF more Inn
portance that the president should re-
cover from the shock Of operation than
that the bullet be removed. They dread
peritonitis most, and. after that, septic
poisoning and suppuration OF the
wound
When Crucial Point Arrives.
The crucial point will come within AZ
hours, possibly sooner.
One of the attending physicians says
II no signs Of inflammation appeared
before tomorrow night. he would con-
s,der the chances OF ultimate recovery
exceedingly good, Several OF HIS col
leagues. however, are not so sanguine.
Ether Still Effective
President Mckinley was do&lng
drowsiiy throughout the lay. He has
not fully recovered from the effects of
the ether. The result is that. al
though perfectly rational when con
scious, he doses much Of the time. ABB
solute quiet and freedom from excite
ment are regarded as the great essen
tal. Not even Secretary Cortoiyou is
allowed In the sick chamber.
Mrs. Mckinley Sees President.
With the exception of the physicians
and attendants, Mrs. Mckinley alone
| crossed the threshold. President Nc
| kinley asked to zee her, and the physi-
clans did not have the heart TO refuse
! his request. She was there but few
minutes seated II his bedside. and she
| exchanged few words. Only when he
asked her to be brave for both their
sakes. she faltercd and almost broke
4 down. Almost Immediately thereafter
she was led from the room by DR..
| Rixey.
Takes No Nourishment.
The president has taken no nourlsh-
meut since he was shot. Water Is given
! him at intervals. but no food OF any
kind The physicians say he has plenty
of reserve strength to draw upon. and,
! for The present, neither nourishnont
nor artificial stimulants are necessary
! No medicine except dgltalis has beetl
given and that was given To quiet tho
pulse.
Vice President Arrives.
Vice President Roosevelt reached the
! Milburn residence shortly after
O'Clock today. He vas escorted 10 the
hotel by a squad OF mounted police, and
the remainder OF the way by bicycle po-
/ lice. He remained at the residence half
an hour and then went to the home OF
Ansley Wilcox. whose guest he VIII be
during his stay.
Cabinet Members in Buffalo.
BY evening all the members Of tho
cabinet except Secretaries Hay and
I Long had arrived. They viii remain un-
( til the result of the wound Is deter
mined. Informally. they discussed the
possibility OF the vice president being
called upon to act as chief magistrate
during the disability Of the president,
but all the precedents are against such
a course while the president lives. /
! Buffalo, Sept THE scene about the
Milburn house at midnight was cheer
less. In addition to the regulars n
corps OF police was on guard. but they
paced deserted beats. A few shaded
lamps burned In the Milburn home, one
marking the room where the president
lies II was the opening OF the day
named as the critical one, and tie
watchers were keenly alert for the ex-
pected change Those In the sick room
reported that the patient was still doing
well.