Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-13
HE MAY RECOVER.
Condition of the President Is Sat
factory to His Physicians.
Not an Unfavorable Symptom Has Appeared,
Though Danger Is Not Passed-Lat-
est News from the Sick Room
Career of the Assassin.

word that came from the big vine
clad house in Delaware avenue, in
which the stricken chief magistrate
OF the nation lies battling for life,
was reassuring and last night the
chances of his recovery were so
greatly improved that all of those
who have kept the patient vigils at
his bedside feel strongly that his life
Will be spared.
The developments of Saturday
night and Sunday were dreaded, but
hour after hour passed and the dis
tinguished patient, struggling there
beneath the watchful eyes of physi-
clans and trained nurses, showed no
unfavorable system. Five times dur
ing the day the eminent doctors and
surgeons assembled for consultation
and each time the verdict was unan-
imous that what change had occurred
was for the better.
Not the slightest premonitory
symptom OF peritonitis appeared and
the fresh hope borne with the morn
ing grew stronger and stronger as the
day advanced until toward evening
the confidence expressed in the presi-
dents recovery seemed almost too
sanguine.
DR.. Charles McBurney, the famous
New York surgeon, who had been
summoned in consultation, after a
thorough examination, in which he
said he had found not single I'M
favorable symptom, joined in the last
Afternoon bulletin which declared
that the presidents condition was
satisfactory to all physicians present.
1t is not strange, therefore, that the
vice president, the members of the
cabinet and other distinguished visit
ors who called came away with light
er hearts and buoyant tread and gave
expression to the most optimistic
sentiments.
The Disability of the President.
The cabinet does not believe that
there is the most remote possibility
that Vice President Roosevelt Will be
called upon to exercise the functions
of chief magistrate under the disabil-
ity clause of the constitution while
the president lives.
Vice President Roosevelt would not
hear of such course. Still IN the
event of grave international compli-
cations an emergency might occur
minds as to who should proclaim the
disability provided for by the donsti-
tuition. The instrument is silent ON
the subject. There is no precedent
to follow. During the protracted ill
ness of President Garfield: before his
death Vice President Arthur was not
called upon to act: The concensus of
opinion among the members of the
cabinet is that should the occasion
arise they themselves would have to
decide and proclaim the existence of
the disability. The supreme court,
they say. could not do so, as there
would be no way in which the ques-
ton could be raised before that
tribunal.
Mrs. Mckinley Bearing Up Bravely.
Mrs. Mckinley continues to bear up
bravely and her fortitude under the
circumstances is regarded re-
markable One of her dearest and
closest friends, Mrs. Rand, of Wash
ington, has arrived here and will
probably remain with her during this
trying period. At $3.50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon Mrs. Mckinley went
out for a drive in closed carriage
which drove up to the side entrance.
She was assisted into the carriage by
Secretary Cortelvou. Mrs. Lafayette
McWilliams, of Chicago, accompanied
her.
Czolgosz Not Allowed to BE Seen.
The members of the cabinet are do
ing everything in their power to pre-
vent the sensational exploitation of
Czolgosz, because he undoubtedly
craved notoriety and because his fell
low anarchists throughout the coun-
try love it
The Milburn residence is a large
21s-story brick building. and it stands
on the west side of Delaware ave-
nue. two doors from the corner of
West Ferry street. Graceful ivy climbs
over the front of it and on the large
lawn which surrounds it are number
of pretty shade trees. The president
lies in the rear room on the second
floor The room was chosen because
it insured the greater quiet. The
telegraph wires have been laid to the
stable in the rear of the Milburn res
idence and offices opened there. The
bulletins telling of the condition of
the president are sent there by DR..
Rixey and at once transmitted to the
world.
The attack upon the president has
created a profound sensation and the
people of Buffalo regard it with a
feeling of poignant grief. 1t was at
their invitation that the president
and his party came to Buffalo and
they have a sense of personal respon-
sibility for his safety President Mil
burn and the officers of the exposition
directorate feel the deepest regret.
HUNDREDS of kilograms of regret con-
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