The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14

| O'Clock.
The new detail of soldiers for guard
duty for to-day arrived from Fort
Porter a few minutes later. The guard
was changed and the sentries posted
| for the day.
At $50, while the consultation was
going on inside, an old lady who was
plainly a crank approached the in
4 ner rope and insisted upon be-
ing admitted. She said she desired
Il have something important to say
to her." she said. One of the secret
service men kindly led her aside and
listened to her long story of how she
proposed to cure the President by
means of herbs and prayers.
Thousand Listen BreathIess
AT $3.50 o'clock the scene about the
Milburn residence was one that will
live in the memory of those who wit
messed it as long as life lasts. Down
the streets in every direction people
were massed hundreds deep, while at
tn corner where the headquarters of
the press are located, correspondents
Oh all the leading journals of the world
were waiting ready to flash the first
news as far as the wires reach, while
within the tents the busy telegraph in
struments were clicking off the sad in
teiilgence. In front of the residence
the blue coated soldiers paced with
arms at right shoulder. All were
waiting, waiting, almost breathlessly.
for the news.
The doctors finished their consulta-
ton at $40 o'clock. They left the
mousse together and stopped for a few
minutes on the lawn to convey their
verdict first to the Presidents brother.
chaplain Sykes of the navy, in his
black vestments, who had come to in
qulre after the Presidents health, lift
ed his hat as the men upon whom the
Fresidents life depends passed him.
The physicians looked serious as they
walked away from the residence.
The bulletin when issued was slight
~ reassuring and indicated that the
crisis might be prolonged, stating def
nitely that the Presidents condition
past few hours, and that there was
better response to stimulation. But
his pulse was up to 12S and the con-
Viction grew that 1t was almost a for
lorn hope.
Mrs. Mckinley Was Kept Away.
The physicians decided that it would
not be well for Mrs. Mckinley to enter
the sick room to-day, both on account
of her feeble health and the excitement
it might cause the President.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the intimate
friends and relatives of the President,
who were telegraphed early this morn
ing, began to arrive and soon after 10
O'Clock there were assembled in the
downstairs rooms of the Milburn house
Senators Hanna and Fairsbanks, ex-
Secretary of State Day, Secretary Will
son and Secretary Hitchcock, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hermann Baer, Abner Mckinley,
Miss Helen Mckinley and Mrs. j. T.
Duncan, sisters of the President, and
Mrs. Lafayette McWilliams, in addi-
ton to John G. Milburn, former Post
master General Bissell. John N. Scath-
erd of Buffalo and Representative AL
eXander of the Buffalo district.
Senator Hanna came on a special
train from Cleveland. making the run
in the remarkably fast time of three
hours. He was accompanied by Mrs
Hanna, Col. Myron T. Herrick, Miss
Barber and few other friends of the
President. He received the news at
o'clock this morning and immediate
ly ordered a special train.
There Was n Ray of Hope.
Toward l o'clock the Associated Press
was definitely informed that the ply
sicians believed if the President could
be carried through the night there
would be hope of his recovery. The
administration of nourishment had
been practically discontinued, as the
rectum was much irritated and did not
retain the enemas. Only a small
amount of nourishment was conse-
quently retained. The President was
very weak and the heart trouble was
not thoroughly understood. 1t was in
the belief that Doctors Johnston and
Janeway might be of service in eluci-
dating the exact trouble that they were
sent for.
The bulletin issued by Secretary Cor
telyou at los o'clock. dated 1890
O'Clock, was not signed by the physi-
clans.
The Secretary himself explained that
the physicians did not desire to dis
turb their patients sleep to take tenn
perature and pulse.
At 1870 o'clock the President was
asleep, and the heart action was suffi-
GENTLY strong to justify the doctors
in not awakening him for treatment.
Up to that hour no other treatment
than saline solution injections, and a
very light dose of digitalis had been
administered.
The lowering of the pulse to 123
noted in the O'Clock bulletin, was
considered the most encouraging fea-
ture of the afternoon, but the state
ment that he was better than at the
same hour yesterday necessitated ex-
PLANTATION in view of the extremely Sc
rious and dangerous condition which
it was then admitted the President
was in.
The explanation given was that the