The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-13

that the undgested food would prohsbly
pass away during the night and that the
President would be better in the morning.
The doctors held their evening consul
tation earlier than usual, and they frankly
announced in their official bulletin at $50
that the Presidents condition was not so
good. They are standing firmly by their
resolution and promise to keep the public
fully advised of the true state of affairs in
the sickroom. Drs. Wasdn, Stockton and
Rixey remained in the sickroom through
out the night. and those who left after the
early evening consultation, contrary TO
their usual customs slipped away to the
side entrance. This in itself was consid-
cred significant, to say the least, by the
little army of newspaper men. Hereto
fore they have not failed TO give verbal in
depreciation of the official bulletins to the
newspaper man. DR.. Stockton, local gen.
eral practitioner with a high reputation,
was called in for the first time tonight, 1t
being explained that the complication that
had arisen was one with which a physi-
clan and not a surgeon would have TO deal.
Secretaries Hitchcock and Wilson, who
were ar the Milburn house until IL O'Clock
said when they departed that there was no
cause for alarm; that the trouble was in the
stomach and not in the wound and they
believed the Presidents condition would be
improved in the morning. Drs. Wasdin,
Rixey and Stockton remained at the Mil
burn house during the night and were con-
stantly in the room of the President. For
hours the President failed to respond to the
treatment to which he was subjected to re-
lieve him of the difficulty occasioned by the
failure of the organs of digestion and
assimilation. The nonsuccess Of the treat
ment added to the depression that existed,
but just at midnight the relief so much
desired came. He had two operations of
the bowels within a few minutes. This
gave great encouragement and changed the
character of the bulletin which the ply
sicians were even then preparing. In it
symptoms had approved since the last bull
letin The decreased rapidity of the pulse
from 12s to 40 which followed the bowel
movement was also exceedingly gratifying.
The physicians are really alarmed about
the Presidents heart. Still the pulse re-
mained much lighter than it should be with
the temperature at 1902 The normal pulse
for that temperature is about 96. The ac-
ton of the bowels was produced by the ad-
nihistration of caIomel and oil
Abner Mckinley. Colonel Brown, his busi-
Kinley, the Presidents nephew. remained
at the house during the anxious hours of
the evening. Lieutenant Mckinley only to-
day reached the city from California,
where he is stationed After the crafty
ing intelligence in the midnight bulletin
was conveyed to them they Immediately
left the house for the night and went to
their hotel. Secretary Cortelyou an
nounced after the bulletin had been issued
that he did not look for any further pub
lie statement from the physicians during
the night before the regular o'clock bull
letin in the morning.
The scene on the corner across from the
Milburn house when Secretary Cortelyou
brought out the midnight bulletin was inn
pressive. A hundred newspaper men, keyed
UP to a high tension, and twice that num-
| Der of anxious watchers, who had been
alarmed by the $50 bulletin posted every
where throughout the city, were gathered
| under the gasight in front of the white
| tents erected for the accommodation of
the newspaper men. Above the suppressed
| tones of the watchers the only sound was
the click of the telegraph instruments in
side Out of the gloom into the circle of
| light came the Presidents secretary, ac-
companied by Mr. Milburn. The secretary
was Immediately surrounded. He distrib-
uted words of encouragement with the
little typewritten slips on which the bull
letn was issued.
"The President has responded to medical
treatment and is better" he said. "The
they proved effective. He is resting nicely
now and the feeling is better"
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CONDITION LAST EVENING.