The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-13

The following bulletin was issued by
the presidents physicians at $3.50
y. M:
The presidents condition this evn-
ing is not quit so good. His food
had not agreed with him and has
been stopped. Execretion has not yet
been properly established. The kid
neys are acting we'll. His pulse is
not satisfactory, but has improved in
the last two hours. The wound is do
ing we'll. He is resting quietly.
Temperature 1902; pulse 1923. (Sign-.
ed) P. M. Rixey, M. D. Mann, Ros-
well Parke Herman Minter, Eugene
Wasdin, Charles D. Stockton, George
B. Cortelyou, secretary to the presi-
dent.
Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept. 12-
The following bulletin was issued by
the presidents physicians at IL
O'Clock, midnight:
All unfavorable symptoms in the
presidents condition have improved
since last bulletin. Pulse 1920; tenn
perature 1902. (Signed) P. M. Rixey,
Eugene Wasdin, Charles D. Stockton,
Geo. B. Cortelyou, secretary to the
president
Mi!burn House, Buffalo, Sept. f3-
(2:58 a. n.y. President Mckinley ex-
perienced sinking spell shortly af-
ter o'clock. The physicians are ad-
ministering restoratives to him with
the hope of revivirg him.
A general call has gone out to ply
sicians and members of the cabinet
now in the city.
DR.. Parke reached the house at
$50 and shortly after him came Sec.
retaries Hitchcock and Wilson.
The Associated Press has been au-
thorized to say that President Nc.
kinney is critically ill.
At 3 o'clock all the physicians were
gathered at the bedside of the presi-
dent. It was stated that digitaIis was
being administered to the president.
Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept 12-
For the first time there was a bad
strain in the news from the bedside
/ tonight. Perhaps the alarm it caused
was exaggerated but that genuine
apprehension existed there can be no
question. Tomorrow morning will
probably show whether the complica-
tion that. has arisen is of a serious
character. The food given the pres
ident this morning has not been prop
|. erly assimilated and passed and ad-
ministration of food by mouth has
been discontinued. The president con-
tinued to complain of the fatigue
noted in the afternoon bulletin. His
pulse increased to 1913. This was con-
sidered entirely too high for his tenn
pertaure. One of the consulting ply
sicians said that judging by medical
records it should be 96.
The acceleration of the pulse was
attributed partly to revulsion of the
stomach against food and the doctors
privately assured Secretaries Wilson
and Hitchcock, the presidents broth
er, Abner Mckinley, and others as
sembled down stairs in the Milburn
house that the food would probably
pass away during the night and that
the president would be better by
morning.
The doctors held their evening con-
sultation earlier than usual and they
frankly announced in their official bull
letin at $3.50 p. m. that the presidents
condition was, not SO good. They are
standing by their resolution to frank
ly keep the people informed OF the
state of affairs in the sick room.
Doctors Wasdin, Stockton and Rixey
remained in the sick room all night
and those who. left after the early
evening consultation contrary to
their usual custom, slipped away by
the side entrance. This in itself was
considered significant, to say the
least, by the little army Of newspa-
per men. Perhaps they were not
ready to give verbal Interpretation of
the Official bulletins to the newspaper