Evening star., 1901-09-13
EUGENE WASDIN,
CHARLES G.. STOCKTON.
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
Secretary to the President.
CABINET NOTIFIED.
Washington Physician Summoned to
Buffalo.

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gomery in charge of the telegraph
office at the White House:
"The President is critically i'll. No
tify the cabinet. The President S
condition has grown worse during
the night, and he is extremely weak. "
Secretaries Hay and Gage were
Immediately communicated with.
Several other personal friends have
been notified.
$50 ANA telegram has just
been received at the White House
from Secretary Cortelyou asking
! that DR.. w. w. Johnston of this
city be sent as early as possible to
Buffalo. DR.. Johnston was called
in consultation when Mrs. McKin-
ley returned from San Francisco.
Secretary Gage reached the White
House at $40 am. He will not 60
to Buffalo at present.
| DR.. Johnston's speciality is heart
trouble, but he is in Maine and can
not be reached. The request for
him came from DIR. Rixey. DR..
Rixey also is anxious to secure the
services of DR.. Edward G. JanewaN
of New York city, a specialist in
heart trouble.
Controller of the Currency Dawes
left for Buffalo at 7:5o this morn
ing. Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Allies left the White House
shortly after 6 o'clock this morning
to go to the residence of Attorney
General Knox and convey to him the
news of the Presidents relapse
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Allies, who went in search of At
torney General Knox, found that Mr.
Knox left last night for Pittsburg.
A dispatch was sent him from the
White House shortly after E o'clock,
directed to him on the train, and CIV
ing the latest bulletin and informa-
ton from Buffalo. Secretary Gage
left the White House, after remain
ing little over an hour. When asked
if he intended going to Buffalo he
was almost overcome with emotion
as he answered in the negative, say
ing he thought ''the best place for
me is here Secretary Hay ex-
pected to leave tonight for his sum-
mer home at Newbury, N. H. He
had made no response up to Gas this
morning to the notification as to the
Presidents condition.
Secretary Long Notified.
HINGHAM, Mass, September
I3, 5:35 a.m.-Secretary Long has
just received word of the Presidents
condition. He will leave for Buffalo
on the first train out.
DR.. w. w. Johnston Summoned.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Septem-
Der 13.-Dr. w. w. Johnston, an
eminent surgeon of Washington, D.
c., has been summoned by Secretary
George B. Cortelyou, secretary to
the President, to come to Buffalo
at once. Dr.. Johnson was at his
summer home in Jamaica Island,
Portsmouth 1arbor, and left imme-
diately.
"NEARLY PASSED AWAY"
Major Symons' Report of the Presi-
dents Condition.
The following dispatch from Ma
jor Symons, the engineer officer in
charge of the guard at the Milburn
house, was received at the War De-
partment this morning:
"BUFFALO, 1910 a.m.-"Gen.
Geo. L. Gillespie, Acting Secretary
of War, Washington.
president much worse. Had an
extremely serious relapse last night,
due to inability to digest food, fa-
tigue and weak heart. He nearly
passed away, but has now rallied at
Milburn home. The impression is
that the President has but bare
fighting chance for his life"
Senator Hanna and Friends Arrive.
Special From STAFF Correspondent.
MILBURN HOUSE, BUF-
FALO, N. Y, September I3.-Sena-
tor Hanna, Senator Fairbanks, Miss
Duncan, the Presidents niece;
Myron T. Herrick, ex-Secretary Day
and others of the Canton friends ar
rived at the house, having come
through on special train eighty
miles an hour. Senator Hanna was
bowed with grief, and every line of
his face showed his deep emotion