Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-09

BUFFALO, Sept. s,-Milburn House:
The scene about the Milburn residence
this morning was calm and peaceful.
The Sabbath had dawned with a blax-
ing sun and a cool northwest wind.
About the adjoining streets the soldier
guards with fxed bayonets paced their
beats and opposite on the vacant lot
whore four tents have been erected for
the use of the newspaper men and the
telegraph companies. a group OF report
ers with an attendant throng of mes
senger boys talked in suppressed tones.
At the residence except for a solitary
policeman at the main entrance there
was
No sign of Life
until eight O'Clock, when General Car
rington, of Massachusetts,. arrived to
inquire of the Presidents condition.
Soon afterward Doctors Park, Wasdin
aud Mann arrived for the morning con-
sultation. Then tw~enty-seven men Of
tho Fourteenth Infantry, with two SER
geants and two corporals. under the
command OF Second Lieutenant Hamil-
ton, mMched up to relieve the night
detail. While the physicians were In
consultation Elmer Dover. Senator
Hanna's private secretary. appeared
with a message from the Senator ask
ing for news. DIR. Rixey sent him .
very encouraging message to the effect
that the President had had a very good
night and that none Of the u~nfavorabls
symptoms which were dreaded so much
had appeared. At Q o'clock the doctors
issued a bulletin:
1t was by far the -.
Most Encouragins Statement
which has yet emerged from the sich
room, and the face Of the attendant
who brought 1t across to the Newspaper
tent fairly beamed as he handed 1t I'd
the reporters.
at is good news" said he.
Eagerly II was scanned and its con-
ndent lone aroused high hopes.
The fact that the physicians had ohi-
| cially proclaimed that there were no
| Indications of peritonitis dispelled any
misgivinss that may have been harbor-
ed that perhaps the physicians were
conccaling something.
Mr.. Milburn soon aftcrward still fur
Their increased the cheerful feeling by
a personal statement to the effect that
tho physicians were greatly encouraged
as a result OF this consultation. His
manner and his smiling, happy counte-
nance bespoke the Joy which he unmis-
takably felt.
Before $3.50
silent Crowds Had CongreGated
at the ropes far down the intersecting
streets. Inquiries for news from the
sick room were made In whispers as
II the least audible sound might dis
turb the country's patient a third OF .
mile away. The reassuring report that
there had been no change for the worse
and that the doctors were encouraged
was received with manifestations Of
10y. Faces frightened and there was
much thanksgiving. The majority OF
the inauirers after receiving the cheer.
ing news turned back into the heart Of
the city to carry the glad tidings to
their homes, but many remained at the
ropes taking up their positions - II
they intended to remain there for the
remainder of the day. A few who
could furnish a reasonable pretext were
allowed to pass the first line OF SEN
tries to the second rope a block from
the Milburn residence, and by 10
O'Clock several hundred people were
at the inner lines on either side.
At 10 o'clock DR.. II. A. Knoll, who
brought
The x-Ray Machine
from New York, reached the MilbuYn
residence and reported that the machine
had arrived. 1t will be brought to the
house at once, but 1t is understood that
the physicians will not make use OF 1t
for the present unless signs OF nfiama-
ton appear in the locality where the
bullet is supposed to have lodged. II
inflammation does not appear to show
that the bullet has become incrusted
and its extraction can walt until all
danger Of peritonitis or septic poison
Ing Ia past. Mrs. Mckinley passed .
comfortable night and shows no sign
Of breaking down. The whole atmos-
pnere about the Milburn residence ID
~perceptibly brighter.
The X-ray machine arrived shortly
after 10 o'clock and . few minutes a.
terward DR.. Charles McBurney. the IA
nous New York surgeon, drove hast
lily up to the residence. Secretary Cor
telyou and Mr.. Milburn had met him
1t the station. The President, WHO v1s