Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-09-12
He Will Live, But Will Probably Carry
the Bullet of the WOuld-be ASSaS- :
sin With Him to the Grave.
GREAT REJOICING AT BUFFALO
Plans for a Day of National
Thanksgiving.
BELLS TO BE RUNG IN EVERY CITY

Milburn House, Buffalo, N. Y, Sept.
10. The President will live. but will
probably carry the bullet of the would
be assassin with him to the grave.
This is the expressed opinion OF DIR.
Charles McBurney of New York in q
statement to representative of The
Associated Press. after the consultation
Of the physicians this morning. He
announced that the President had
passed the danger point, and now only
the possibility of complications re-
mained. He also announced that, unless
the bullet embedded in the muscles OF
the back caused trouble, there would
be no necessity to extract it. In his
opinion, 1t would not even be located
with the X-Ray. The only use of the
X-Ray, he said, would be to satisfy
curiosity. All the other physicians
were equally confident, after the morn
ing consultation, that recovery was
assured. DR.. Mynter said the Presi Y
dent was "out of the woods," and DN{
Wasdin supplemented the figure
speech by adding, with plenty Of dayt<
light behind him" DIR. Roswell Park3
expressed it this way: unless un-S
expected complications occur, we ext
pect HIM to recover The day, which
had dawned wet and gloomy, cleared asl
the physicians departed. The sun broke
through the clouds, and bHthed thef
ivy-clad house in which the President
lay IN mellow sunshine. The faces OF
the sentries who paced their beats
before the sun appeared grew radiant,
the tIreless workers of the press wers
jubilant, and the people who gathered
at the lines were SO overjoyed with the
strong assurance given that several
times they were on the point Of raising
a cheer. Even the exposition managers
began to plan day of thanksg living,
not alone for the exposition, but one
In which the whole country could join.
1t is to be given the aspect of national
day of rejoicing. They are arranging
that on certain day the bells OF all
the cities and towns in the United
States be set ringing, and that the re-
joicing be heralded with the footing of
whistles and the booming Of cannon.
The members of the cabinet, Senator
Hanna, Gen. Grosvenor. who arrived
from Ohio this morning, and all the
other distinguished friends of the
President who have remained here TO
await the issue of the attempt upon
his life, hurried to the Milburn resi-
dence to learn the particulars, and join
In the general jubilation. For hours.
carriages and automobiles streamed up
Delaware avenue. Downtown, the people
gathered in crowds at the bulletin
boards, and gave vent to their feelines
in rejoicing ;land at the exposition, the
thousands Of visitors who read the bull
letins posted everywhere burst into
cheers.
The Vice President, Secretaries Hay,
Root and Hitchcock and Postmaster
Ill r. ha
house at IL. 45 O'Clock. Vioe.P President
Roosevelt departed from the residence
at r.. 80 O'Clock, leaving the members
of the cabinet still there. "The Presi-
dents recovery is assured, said he to
the newspaper men. ''All around him
are convinced OF 1t. shall leave the
city this afternoon or this evening. "
"You consider the President completely
out of danger" 81 do" he replied in
his emphatic way. II feel certain of
it,