Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-11

Mckinley maintains good measure
of his strength and those WHO watch
at his bedside hold higher hope for his
the wounds inflicted upon him by
Czolgosz seems to have been less than
was anticipated and that is regarded
as highly favorable to him. 1t is ad-
mitted that the crisis in his condition
has not yet come and there is the
gravest danger until it has been safely
passed.
The fear of the presidents physi-
clans is that sceptic poisoning will set
in and it is for the first symptoms
of this that they are now watching.
The bullet lodged in the muscles of
the back and the physicians have de
cided for the present it is of sec
ondary Importance. The bullet took
a downward course, but neither the
intestines nor the kidneys were in
jured. OF this the physicians are
confident. If inflammation should ap-
pear in the neighborhood of the place
where the bullet is believed to have
lodged, the Roentgen ray will be used
do not think there will be difficulty
in extracting it. Two physicians and
two trained nurses are with the pres
ident constantly. All others are eX-
cludcd from the sick room. as it was
found that the distinguished patient
could not he restrained from speaking
to those who entered fhe room. Quiet
and absolute freedom from the least
excitement are considered extremely
essential.
One of the physicians said that the
result of the presidents wound would
be known within !, hoars. Within that
period Indications of blood poisoning
or peritonitis. he believes, will ap-
pear. If not the presidents chances
of recovery. he thinks, will be eX-
cellent. He said that the rise in the
presidents pulse was due more to
the medicine administered to precip-
itate the effects of the ether or the
wounds.
The president rested well and there
are no alarming conditions of tenn
perature or pulse, and the spirits of
the sufferer are strong and CHEEKY.
The feeling of hope is quite general
about the Milburn residence. Mrs.
Mckinley bears up bravely in her sor-
row and the physicians in attendance
feel but little concern on her account.
At the request of the president, whose
first thoughts were of her, she was
told that he was not seriously in
iured. and when she saw him he had
rallied from tho operation and was
suffering but little pain. She was re-
assured and was content to leave his
side during the night and rest herself.
The surgeons who operated on the
president are in constant attendance
with a corps of the most skilled nurses
obtainablc and the sufferer is the re-
cipient of every care which their skill
and science suggest. They have not
publicly discussed the ease other than
TO issue brief bulletins from time to
time, but it is understood that they
believe the president will recover I'M
less complications not now antici-
pated coAle to sap his strength and
vitality. With common impulse
to share the sufferer the annoyance
avoids the neighborhood where the
Milburn residence is located.
The Milburn residence is large
2H-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 n 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 DIR.
RiXey and at once transmitted to the
world.
The attack upon the president has
created profound sensation and the
people of Buffalo regard it with n
feeling of poignant grief. 1t was at
their invitation that the president
and his party came to Buffalo and
they have 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-
tinue to pour in from all over the
world. They come from people in all
walks of life and are deeply sympa-
thetic in tenor. All of them express
fervent hope for the recovery of the
president. None of the kilograms
have been made public and it is inn
probable they will be. A large num-
ber of South American diplomats are
in Buffalo, and they have come for
ward with kindly tender of sympa-
thy and a proffer of any possible as
sistance they can render.
Outside the enclosure to the Mil
btRrn home a pail seems to hang over
fhe city notwithstanding the fast