The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-13

! house for 20 minutes just before the
/ dawn came They had little encourage
ment to offer. Secretary Wilson also
4 came on the porch and stood for ten
minutes looking away in the darkness.
He said he had not abandoned hope but
his air was not one of conviction. Every
thing indicated that heart failure was
feared. The day broke clear and
bright At $50 Secretary Wilson came
out looking haggard and detected.
THE president has afghting chance"
said he. The tone of his words sounded
like the expression of a fOrlOrn hope.
Secretaries Hitchcock and Wilson and
shortly after o'clock, the former two
going to their respective stopping
places IN the city Thelr serious faces
showed the deep concern by them over
the condition of the chief executive, but
they said they still had hopes of his
recovery. Secretary Hitchcock declared
The Presidents ralying slowly and we
still think that he has more than an
even chance Of recovery"
The sudden attack Of depression of
the early morning came in the nature
of great surprise to the presidents
friends and physicians. They We're pre-
pared to hear that he might not be so well
in the morning, but they felt confident
that the change would not be as severe
is it proved to be.
We are more surprised at the de-
preston than at the fact of his rally
ing" said one member of the cabinet
in talking Of the change.
people, REFUSED TO BELIEVE.
The Buffalo papers all had extras
with the sad intelligence of the presi-
dents relapse on the streets at day
light. One paper announced that the
president was dying. The result was
tnat the wnole city was thoroughiy
aroused and alarmed early and before
z o'clock crowds of people hOcked in the
direction Of the Milburn residence to
learn If the latest news was not more
reassuring. They stood at the ropes far
down the intersecting streets and wait
ed patiently for the appearance of the
morning bulletin Many Of them re-
fused to credit the news of the presi-
dents sudden change for the worse I'M
til they had learned by word of mouth
from the sentries of the presidents
dangerous and critical condition.
The first physician to arrive for the
morning consultation was DR.. Wasdin
who drove up in his buggy at S:15. He
passed quickly into the Milburn resi-
dence. Il have been absent for a cou-
pie of hours said he, '.and I do not
know the condition of the president. I
hope he is better"
Two minutes later Abner Mckinley
walked down to the corner to tell his
cOachman. who had been waiting for
him with a carriage for an hour. that
he would not go to his hotel for break
fast He then returned to the Milburn
residence.
DR. Mann came up in an automobile
two minutes later. Il have nothing to
say now he said, in reply to a ques-
ton as he passed into the roped enclos-
ure about the house.
CONDITION VERY GRAVE.
The new detail of soldiers for guard
duty for the day arrived from FIT Por-
ter q few minutes later. The guard was
changed and the sentries posted for the
day Lieutenant Charles N. Murphy
was the new officer In charge. DR.. Myn-
ter arrived at 1928. Il saw the president
at o'clock" said he. His condition
was then very grave"
After he entered the house Abner Nc
Kinley, Dr. Baer, the presidents neph-
eW by marriage and Mr. Milburn came
out of the house and stood in CONVERSE
ton on the lawn. Mr.. Mckinley was
smoking a cigar.
He received and read a telegram and
then turned to his companions and
showed it to them. While they were
talking together Colonel W. c. Brown
Of New York and Lieutenant Mckinley
came out Of the house and after a hur-
ried conference with Abner Mckinley
they fastened to the corner where an
automobile was in waiting.
THE president is a little better" said
Colonel Brown as he directed the chauf-
feur 10 go as rapidly as possible to the
Lenox. This is the hotel at which Mrs.
Abner Mckinley and Secretaries VII
son and Hitchcock are stopping. At $40
William Hengerer, a Buffalo business
man, who called to see Mr.. Milburn
said that Mr.. Milburn had informed
him that there had been some encour-
agement during the last half hour and
that it was believed that the president
had fighting chance
DR.. Park did not reach the house IN
til S:45 o'clock, the last of the physi-
clans to arrive for the morning consul
tation
At $50 while the consultation was go
ing on inside an old lady who was
plainly a crank approached the inner
rope and insisted upon being admitted. /
She said she desired to see Mrs. Nc
Kinley.
IT have something important to say
to her" she said. One Of the secret SER
vice men kindly led her aside and lis
tened to her long story, of how she pro-
posed to cure the president by means of
herbs and prayers
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.