Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-09-13
ioING TO BUFFALO.


Washington, ID. c.. has been sum.
moned by Secretary George y. Cor
telyou TO Buffalo. He was at his sum
mer home in Junea island and left i'm
mediately. He is due at Buffalo at
l9:15 y. m.
Albany, n. Y. Sept. 13.-william
Loeb. jr., private secretary to Vice
President Roosevelt, In en- route TO
North Creek on special train on the
Delaware & Hudson railroad to bring
the vice president to this city.
Boston. Sept. 13.-Secretary Long
took the North Shore limited for Buf
falo.
Saratoga, n. Y. Sept. 13.-Messen
gers with dispatches for Vice Presi
dent Roosevelt reached the Tahowas
clubhouse late this forenoon. having
ridden at top speed for ten miles from
the nearest telephone station. Roose.
welt had gone hunting with several
guides. Special parties OF guides and
others plunged into the wilderness to
find the vice president.
CONDITION CRITICAL.
White House. Washington, Sept. 13
Noon: No official information has
been made public az the White House
since the bulletin OF the physicians
at 9 a. m, but from messages re
ceived direct from the Milburn house
at Buffalo II is learned that the pres.
idcnt Is believed to be in very criti
cal condition.
FRIENDS OF THE PRESIDENT.
Buffalo. Sept. 13.-Tntimate friends
and relatives Of the president were
telegraphed for early this morning
Soon after 10 o'clock there were as
sembled in the downstairs rooms Of
the Milburn house Senators Hanna
and Fairbanks, ey-Secretary of State
Day, Secretary Wilson. Sec
retary Hitchcock. Mr.. and Mrs
Herman n. Baer, Abner Nc
kinley. Miss Helen Mckinley and
Mrs. +. Duncan. sisters OF the presl.
dent and Mrs. Lafayette McWilliams
BARE FIGHTING CHANCE.
Washington. ID. c.. Sept. 13.-The
following dispatch from Major Sy.
| mons, engineer officer In charge of the
guard at the Milburn house. has been
received at the war department.:
president much worse. Had ex
tremely serious relapse last night due
to inability to digest food fatigue and
weak heart He nearly passed away
but has now rallied. Impression is
that the president has but bare fight
ing chance for life"
ROOSEVELT NOTIFIED.
| Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 13.--vice Pres.
| ident Roosevelt was heard from short.
ly after 10 o'clock. He had received
the news Of the presidents condition
and sent word from the Tahowas club
where he Ia staying, that he would
come at once.
HE MAY SURVIVE.
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 13.-There Is a
chance for President McKinley's life.
His family, two members of the cab.
met who remained here, Senator Han
ma, Colonel Herrick and others who
arrived by special trains this morning
are in the drawing room OF the Mil
burn house watching the passing fate
ful moments that may be the last of
| the man they all love so well. All
| realize that only a slender hope re
| mains and all dread a sudden attack
OF heart failure, which might bring
| death OF all the sad household only
| the wife does not know the truth. She
surmises that Mr.. Mckinley is worse
Tor she was told this morning il would
| be better for her not to enter the
sick chamber, She assented, but with
a look OF mute appeal and apprehen
| sion in her eyes. The president seems
to realize that his life hangs by q
thread although he has not yet beer
| told how slim the chances are. This
morning he looked out of the window
| When the nurse sought to adjust tho
| pillow To keep out the light he mur
INJURED feeble protest. Trees arc
so beautiful" he said, IL want to Sc,
them"
DIR. w. W. Johnson of Washington
and DR.. Janeway OF New York, two
OF the most eminent heart specialists
in the United tSates, have been sum
moned, and DR.. McBurney. the notec
surgeon who left yesterday has beer
recalled. He advanced the theory
before he left that the accelerated
pulse might be due to the after effect.
OF the shock OF the bullet against tn,
breatbone.
For the first time the president
condition, generally speaking. is fairl,
satisfactory, and upon this is base,
hope OF his recovery. II the hear
action can be controlled and strength
ened the crisis now existing woult
pass. When the sinking spell occurre,
this morning about 2 o'clock II wa
feared that Mr., Mckinley might ex
plre at any moment, as he did not re
spond to ordinary stimuants. II wa
only when recourse was had 10 des
perate resource, injection of saline.
solution which saved Mrs Mckinley
life In San Francisco. into his veins
and after an hour he rallied some
what His pulse at one time was al
most 40. With the fresh cnergie
OF daylight the president appeare
possibly stronger and the physician
announced In their o'clock bulleti
that his condition had improved. Tn
pulse had fallen several points from
the highest and they affirmed exist
ence of hope.
Dr. Mann declared most emphat
cally that IL was absurd TO say tina
the president Is dying.
CORRECTION or BULLETIN.
Secretary Cortelyou walked over I
press quarters shortly after the bu
letin, dated 2.30 p. m, was issued. an
explained that the sentence. "He
better than yesterday at this time,
should be stricken out. When tn
physicians We're preparing the bu
letin, he said they had In mind IN
presidents condition yesterday up I
midnight IL Will be remembered
was Just before that time when III
first very alarming intlmations bega
to come from the sick room abou
the impossibility Of securing from In
presidents stomach the undlgeste
food which not only threatened to co,
tamihate the system, but whlc
caused him exceedingly great discon
fort. Resort had been had 10 drnst
holus Of calomel and oil, Just AT mi
night this radical remedy had its T.
feet and the movement OF the bowe
came, bringing with II immediat
lowering Of the pulse and great 7
lief.