The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-16
FEARS FOR MRS. M 'KlNLEY
CABINET MEMBERS 4PPR EHEN-
 SIZE SHE WILL NOT RALLY.
Have Not Yet Been Able to Taken Nothing but Liquid Refresh- ment for Several Days-President Abandons Northwestern TOur-Cnbi- net Members Cancel Engagement for Banquet.f


 Bnnquet.f
 San Francisco. May 15.-10 D. m.-
 The members of the cabinet are very
 apprehensive tonight that Mrs. Me-
 Kinley will not rally. Her physicians
 have not yet been able to check the in-
 testinal trouble, and her enfeebled con-
 dition initiates against her. But at
 the Scott residence at this hour, it was
 stated that there was no immediate
 danger although a change for the
 worse would not be unexpected. After the consultation tonight Dr. Rixey
 and Dr. Hirschfelder remained in at-
 tendance. Secretary and Mrs. Hay joined the president at 9:So o'clock.
 Mrs. Mckinley has taken nothing but liquid nourishment for several days, and her extreme weakness excites much apprehension. The attending physicians are to hold another consult tation about 10 o'clock. The members of the cabinet who were to have att tended the entertainment given by the Bohemian club tonight sent their re- grets. The president late this after noon cancelled his engagement for the banquet, which was to have been ten dered in his honor tomorrow night by the Ohio society of California.
 The president, this morning also an- nounced definitely the abandonment of his contemplated northwestern tour and his intention to return to Washington direct, so soon as Mrs Mckinley shall be able to stand the Journey.
 The gravity of Mrs. McKinley's con- dition has been known to the members of the presidents immediate party for several days but had been concealed, in the belief that she would rally, as she had so frequently done in the past when suffering from one of her periods of depression, and with few days of absolute rest, be restored to normal condition. But her present illness has been attended with entirely new com plications which have not yielded to treatment and thd president concluded this morning that it was time the pub- lc should be apprised of the true situa- ton. He is also anxous that the resi- dents of the cities and towns along the planned route of his return trip who have made such extensive preparations for his vsit, should receive prompt noti- f1cation of the circumstances which compel his decision.
 The members of the cabinet reluct- | antly consented to carry out to-day's l programme at the University of Cali | fornia and at Oakland but they put no | heart into the festivities while their | chief was grieving at his wife's bed | side. The visit to Mount Tamalpais. | arranged for tomorrow, has been en- | tirely abandoned, but if Mrs. McKin- | 1ey's condition shall warrant the presi- dent will attend the reception given by the various veteran organizations of the | city in the afternoon,
 San Francisco, May 15.-At 9 o'clock Secretary Cortelyou gave out the fol- lowing bulletin regarding Mrs. McKin- ley's condition: Dr. Henry Gibbons was in consultation with Drs. Hirsch- fielder and Rixey at 12 o'clock to-day. They found that Mrs. Mckinley had lost nothing since the morning bulletin and is more comfortable now than theH'
 Secretary Cortelvou at o'clock to- night gave out the following bulletin to The Associated Press:
 "The physicians report an improve ment in Mrs. McKinleys condition since noon to-day"
 When she is conscious she recognizes the president and asks for him. She Is not regarded as in immediate dan- ger of dissolution, but in her weakened condition there could not fail to be ap- prehension lest the spark of life might go out.
 Secretary Cortelyou stated that no further bulletin would be issued to- night.