Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-13
MCKINLEY HAS RELAPSE
PHYSICIANS ALARMED.
While This Mornings Bulletins
Are More Encouraging He is
Regarded as Very Low.
SINKING SPELL DURING NIGHT
Secretary Corte|you Makes Omi-
nous AnnOunCement--Lates
From Sick Room.

Buffalo. Sept. 13.-The reaction in
the presidents condition began
slight in the evening following the
buoyancy of the day. During the af-
ternoon the president had complained
OF being tired, and while the physi-
clans took this into consideration.
they considered the restlessness in the
condition of the patient only natural
and expected.
When the physicians assem- bled for
the evening consultation an hour
eaIlier than usual the cheeriness of
the morning was succ, eded by aPPre-
hension. The bulletin was person
ally delivered to the members of the
press by Secretary Cor.elyou, and the
frankness with which the physicians
announced that the presidents eondi-
tion was not good. was disquieting. |
II was explained semi-officially to the |
Associated Press that the trouble |
which existed was due To the fact that
the food taken in the morning had not
agreed with the president and the rise
in his pulse WAS attributed to that |
fact. 1t was stated positively that
the consulting physicians did not be-
lieve that the failure to digest the |
food was due to the condition of the |
wound in the stomach, which was be-
lieved to be practically healed by DIR. |
MeBurney and his assistants. DIR. |
Mann was confident that the digested |
food would pass away during the night,
and that the president would be better
in the morning.
The fatigue continued during the
evening and several times the Presi-
dent murmured: & am SO tired.
am so tired" The spirits of the lit
tie eoterie in the drawing room of the
Milburn house were visibly depressed.
although the assurances OF DIR. Mann
did something toward offsetting the
apprehension they could not conceal.
The presidents food did not es-
Pecialiy agree with him. said DIR.
Mynter. 1.-The president is feeling
the strain of the long siege without
food, no nourishment having been
administered during the first few
days. and lying day and night prac-
ticslly in the same position is
fatiguing and hard for even the most
Exemplary patient"
1.-The manifold responsibilities of
the chief msgistracy do not exactly
fit u man for such an ordeal as this"
said one of those closest to him to-
night. The doctors are directing their
energies toward building up strength.
The interior wounds have been pro-
nounced healed. and as long as no
complications arise the outer wound
will gradually heal. The bringing
up of the general condition of the
patient is of prime Importance
Grew Worse During the Night.
During the night the pretident's
condition grew more alarming and
cabs were hurried for physicians,
members Of the cabinet and relatives
in the city Shortly after O'Clock
the president experienced sinking
spell, and it was with difficulty that
the physicians succeeded with the
strongest restoratives in reviving
him. The main trouble was that to
be most fesred-heart failings-
As the morning approached the
cause for apprehension increased
rather than diminished. The sinking
spells continued and each time the