Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-13
THE PRESIDENT Is DEAD,
Chief Executive the Nation Finally Scc to the Aams Bullet Of the
Early Day That He Had Fighting Chance DMpated Passed Away
Surrounded by Ills Family and Cabinet End Not Unexpected

M,,burn House, Buffalo, N. " Sept
,2--There Is u chance for Presioeh'
soKinley's life. His family, the TWO
members OF the cabinet who remained
hore senator Hanna, Col Herrick and
others who arrived by special trains
this morning. are In the drawing room
Of the Milburn house watching the
passing of the fateful moments, that
may be the last Of the man they all
love so well and whom the nation has
honored in the highest degree
All realize that only a slender hope
remains, and all dread sudden at
tack of heart failure, which mlgf
bring death. or all the sad household
only the wife does not know the truth
She surmises that Mr. Mckinley IS
worse for she was told this morning
II would be better for her not to enter
the sick chamber. She assented but
II was with look of mute apprehen-
sion in her eyes. The President seems
10 realize that life hangs by a thread,
although he has not yet been told how
slim the chances are. This morning
he looked out Of the window When
the nurse sought to adjust the pillow
TO keep out the light he murmured a
feeble protest; at is so beautiful
said he, "the trees are so beautiful
want to see them"
The doctors, It is needless to say are
doing all that medical science and ski
can do, to save the President to his
country. II is said DR. Johnson, OF
Washington, and DR.. Janeway. OF New
York, two Of the most eminent heart
SPECIALISTS in the United States, have
been summoned TO lend their skill and
counsel, and Or. McBurney the noted
surgeon, who left yesterday has been
recalled. He advanced the theory be-
fore he left that the accelerated pulls
might be due to the after effects OF the
shock of the first bullet against the
breast bone now manifesting itself for
the first time.
The Presidents condition, generally
speaking,is fairly satisfactory and upon
this is based hopes for his recovery II
the heart action be controlled and
strengthened the crisis now existing
would pass. But everything is being
prepared for the worst
Vice President Roosevelt and the alb
sent members Of the cabinet have been
telegraphed for and are speeding here
as fast as steam and steel can bring
them. When the sinking spell occurred
about o'clock this morning II was
feared Mr.. Mckinley might expire at
any moment, as he did not respond to
ordinary sstimulants. II was only when
recourse was had to the desperate re-
NEEDY OF injection OF saline solution,
which saved Mrs McKinley's life In
San Francisco. into his veins that the
circulation grew stronger and after an
hour he rallied somewhat His pulse
at one time was almost 1lO. But a
slight rally came. and returning hope
with 1t. At daylight the President APP
peared perceptibly stronger, and the
physicians announced In their O'Clock
bulletin that his condition was Inn
proved. The pulse had fallen several
points from the highest and they af-l
frmed the existence Of hope.
DR.. Mann declared emphatically that
1t was absurd TO say the President was
dying.