The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-13
HIsroRY o. zee RELAPsE.
Lita and Death Struggle Which Went
On During the Night.


AIilburn House. Buffalo. Sept. 10
President Mckinley began to sink
shortly after , o'clock this morning az
Ter a critical period Of i hours in which
alarm and hope mingled in the emo
tons Of those who surrounded him.
Trouble began on the preceding after
noon through the failure Of the diges-
tive organs to perform their functions.
The necessity for nOurishment had been
pressing for several days and the par
tial failure Of artificial means had led
to the adoption Of natural means The
rectum through which nOurishment had
been injected previously to Wednesday y,
became irritated and rejected the
enemas. This forced the physicians 10
try to feed him through the mouth.
probably before the stomach was pre-
pared The first administration of beef
juice through the mouth however, seem
ed to agree with the patient and the
physicians were highly gratified at the
way the stomach seemed to receive the
food.
Dr. AcBurney was especially Jubilant
over the action Of the stomach and yes
terday morning before his departure
for New York dwelt upon the fact that
the stomach seemed to have resumed
its normal functions The breakfast of
chicken broth. toast and coffee given
yesterday morning was spoken of by
all the physicians as strong evidence Of
the presidents marked Improvement It
was only NDen II became apparent late
in the morning that this food had not
agreed with the president that the first
genuine anxiety appeared. The first
note Of alarm was sounded in the off,
cial bulletin Of the afternoon which
spoke Of the presidents fatigue.
President Mckinley already weak
from the ordeal Of the tragedy and suf-
dering complained OF an increas sing feel
Ing OF fatigue. He had Heretofore been
50 buoyant and cheerful that his com
fr4r-
pulse was then also abnOrmally high,
126 beats to the minute. With a tenn
perature Of 1902 it should have been 30
beats lower
HEART TROUBLE DEVELOPS.
The weakness of the heart began to
arouse serious concern. Instead Of
growing better the presidents condi-
1ion after that grew steadily worse
The staff Of physicians augmented by
DR. stockton who had temporarily ia
ken the place Of Dr. McBurney was
summoned early in the evening and
there was q conference.
At $3.50 last night the physicians an
nounced officially that the presidents
OF 1lspOSing Of the food In the stomach
was becoming a serious one and the
danger Of heart failure increased As
midnight approached the situation was
growing critical Cal0msl and oil were
given to flush the bowels and digftalis
---N
fore midnight the president had two
operations OF the bowels which relieved
him very much and the midnight bull
ietin was more favorable It stated
that all the conditions had improved
since the last bulletin
It was believed then that the opening
of the bowels would have the erect of
allaying the wild pulsations Of tile
heart His pulse did drop to 40 and
the prospect was slightly brighter But
owing to the presidents extreme weak
ness and his fatigue no attempt was
made to conceal the serious apprehen-
sion which was felt The feeling OF de-
preston increased in volume and inten-
sisty.
Secretary Cortelyou insisted that the
truth should be made public by the doc
tors and the bulletins themselves were
telling their unfortunate story all too
plainly. There was still hope that the
worn and weary patient would be bet
ter in the morning and at midnight Sec
rotary Cortelyou said il was not proba-
Die that another bulletin would be fs-
sued until morning.
HOPE CAME ONCE MORE.
Hope came once more to the breasts
IS those who had Ea1tsd for hours in