The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-12
PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDENT
TOWARD RECOVERY CONTINUES
WITHOUT CHECK
TEMPERATURE HAS FALLEN
Doctors Consider That the Wounds
Through the Walls of the Stom-
ach Are Now Practically
Healed.
RESPIRATION NOW NORMAL

| at 10 ID. M:
The presidents condition cOntin-
ues favorable. Blood count cOrrob-
crates clinical evidence of absence
of any blood poisoning. He Is able
to take more nourishment and rel
ish it. Pulse I2O, temperature 1904.
p. NJ. Rixey,
M. ID. Mann,
Roswell Parke,
Herman Mynter,
Eugene Wasdin,
Charles McBurney,
George b. Cortelyou,
Secretary to the President.
MILBURN HOUSE, BUFFALO, Sept.
11.-At L a. M. everything was quiet
at the MiIburn house. The Lights
are burning very low, and no one
is stirring about.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 1.-THE con-
dition of the president continued favor
able throughout the day, and nothing oc-
Cured to shake the faith the attending
surgeons and physicians have expressed
that he will recover. The danger from
| two sources was pronounced practically
| over today. The holes in the stomach
| proper, caused by the perforation of the
bullet, ere now considered healed by
DR.. McBurney and his assistants, and
| the eminent surgeon pointed to the fact
| that the beef juice fed to the patient
last night was readily digested, as proof
| of this. Sufficient time has also elapsed
| to warrant the doctors in asserting that
the danger of Inflammation where the
bullet lodged has disappeared 1t is be-
ieved that the ball has now become en-
( cysted in the muscles of the back, and
| unless its location should prove trouble
| some later on there will never be any
| necessity for removing it. DR. Mann, in
| speaking in regard to this today. said he
| knew man who liver for years with a
! bullet in the muscles of his heart.
The attention Of the physicians is now,
therefore, mainly directed to the care
and treatment of the wound caused iIy
the incision made In the abdomen above
the navel, where the operation was per-
formed This wound is progressing sat-
isfactorily.
| Decided benefit followed the dressing
of the wound last night. is the way the
doctors put it officially. The slight scare
which followed the excitement at mid
night last night at the opening Of the
wound did not have leg to stand on
today when fuller details of its insig-
nificant character and Importance were
obtained.
TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH.
The incident as it is termed, would
not have been mentioned in the history
of an ordinary hospital case, and the
physicians last night debated for some
time upon the propriety of making it
public. AS they had promised to take
the public into their confidence, they
finally decided that the redemption of
the pledge compelled them to announce
it. Their frankness has already had one
excellent effect. 1t has convinced all
who may still have harbored doubts as
to whether the public were getting the
whole truth from the sick room that
their skepticism was unfounded.
Another milestone passed on the road
to recovery was the discontinuance to-
day by the doctors of the figures show
ing respiration variations in their Off
cial bulletins
The president now breathes deeply and
normally, and the addition of the respir-
alton record to the bulletin was con-
sidered valueless. The presidents pulse
was slightly accelerated in the after
noon, but the change was not deemed
material, and his temperature remained
practically stationary at 1902 from day.
light until dark. The evidences of i'm
provement were the presidents keen
relish of the beef juice given him during
the night and the increase in his allow
ance from one to three teaspoonfCls, and
also the fact that the wound is becom-
ing more healthy"
DR.. McBurney explained this afternoon
that the Slight irritation found still re-
naming should pass away within the
next "A hours.
THE PATIENT Is MOVED.
The president continues in excellent
spirits, but he confessed to one of the
attendants that he was getting lone
some. He requested that he be placed
in another bed A depression had formed
in the mattress on which he has lain
since he was taken to the Milburn house
and had caused some discomfort. An
other bed was provided and this evening
he was carefully moved from one to the
other without difficulty. He has asked
several times if there was any news
which he should know, but inquiries,
especially about public matters, are dis
couraged and the rigid inhibition against
the admission of anyone except his wife
has not been relaxed. 1t has been de-
cided that no attempt will be made 10
remove the president to Washington un-
til he has entirely recovered, and this
will not likely be before October. The
physicians are all agreed that no at
tempt should be made to take the presi-
dent to Washington while the probabil-
ity of an oppressive hot spell in the
capitol city remains.
Mrs Mckinley still displays the same
fortitude she has shown since the trag-
edy occurred. She went out for drive
again today and appeared bright and
cheerful.
CABINET CONFERENCE.
The five members of the cabinet who
are here talked over pending public
questions for an hour at the Glenny
house, adjoining the Milburn residence,
but it is understood that no action re-
suited The South American situation
was gone over and there was an ex-
change of opinion regarding the legal
phases of the case against the would-be
assassin. 1t can be stated again in the
most positive manner that there is no
conflict of authority between the state
and federal authorities for the posses
sion of the prisoner The members of
the cabinet Attorney General Knox and
Secretary Gage as well as those who are
here, are unanimously of opinion that
Czolgoszs offense is against the state
of New York and Erie county and that
there is no federal statute to cover the