The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-09
A NATIONS LEADERS.
Continued from FIRST page.l

SueQ lulS morning Was WITHOUT uOuUt
the most favorable yet issued.
secretary Gage and Secretary Root
arrived at the Milburn residence at
ll40 o'clock, and were received by
Secretary Cortelyou. Secretary Root
was accompanied by his physician, DR..
Dixon, who came to Buffalo with HIM
from Southampton.
At 1910 p. M, Senator Fairbanks left
the Milburn house full of hope. He
said that the physicians feel certain
and confident of the Presidents recov-
erv.
DR. McBurney. after a thorough ex-
animation of the President reported
that he had not found a single unfa-
vorable symptom. There was not the
slightest indication of peritonitis.
A local physician. a specialist with
whom DR.. Park has consulted. told
Representative Alexander that DR..
Park was exceedingly hopeful. He said
to Mr. Alexander:
i feel certain the President will get
we'll. This is not 1881. but 1901 and
great strides have been made in surg
cry in the last twenty years"
Vice President Roosevelt arrived at
the residence at 12 As o'clock. He walk
ed over from the First Presbyterian
Church on Pennsylvania street, where
he attended service this morning and
where frequent reference was made to
the calamity which had fallen upon
the nation. At its close the pastor, DR..
Mitchell, delivered a fervent prayer,
IN the course Of which he said:
a Prayer Against Anarchy.
Unite, o God, the hearts of all low
ers of righteousness in sternest repro
baton of the anarchistic fury of repro
bate lives and whip from the temples
OF public life men who are willing to
temporize with this madness in state
and city
After hymn the entire congregation
united in singing the national anthem.
Shortly after o'clock Vice President
Roosevelt and Senator Hanna left the
house. They stopped on the corner to
hopes they had for the Pres
ident's recovery. The Vice Pres
ident said with great en-
emphasis that he felt satisfied of the
PRESIDENTS recovery and Senator Han
ma interjected the statement that the
Presidents condition, considering the
circumstances, could not be more ia
vorable. Complications might arise,
said the Senator, but there were no
indications of them up TO the present
time.
Senator Hanna then spoke of the
newspaper statements that the reports
OF the physicians We're being colored
and did not show the Presidents true
condition.
1T is outrageous that such stories
should be circulated" said he. The
physicians are giving the facts to the
public"
Bulletins Are Not CoIOred.
At this point Vice President Roose.
welt, with great emphasis, laid his hand
upon the Senator'S arm.
Senator, let me put it this way" he
said. THE doctors bulletins are made
with a scrupulous understatement of
the favorableness of the conditions. A
scrupulous understatement, he repeat
ed emphatically, adding emphasis with
his uplifted gloves.
That expresses it we'll" said Sena-
tor Hanna.
Yes" continued Mr.. Roosevelt, eff
anything, the doctors understate the
hopefulness of the situation"
Mr.. Hanna again assented to this
statement. He added that it took from
forty-eight to seventy-two hours for
conclusions TO be reached of an abso-
lutely conclusive character. and no
physician, pending such period, would
state absolutely final conclusions. But
for the. present the physicians were
inspired by the sincerest effort to give
the best judgment which medical sci
ence could render.
AS Mr.. Roosevelt and Senator Han
ma turned to their carriage an attempt
was made to photograph the Vice
President, but he turned away hur-
riedly with a mo, no." indicating that
it was not a time for such scenes.
Robert 7. Lincoln, son OF President
Lincoln. and former Secretary of War
came from the Milburn house soon af-
ter Mr.. Roosevelt and Senator Hanna
retired. Mr.. Lincoln expressed the
same hopeful view of the situation and
regarded the condition of the patient
as altogether favorable.
Shortly after the departure of Vice
President Roosevelt and Senator Han
ra, Secretary Gage, Secretary Root
Secretary Hitchcock and Attorney
General Knox emerged and walked
down Delaware avenue together All of
them shared in the cheerful feeling
which prevailed at the Milburn House.
Promise of Improvement.
"Thes President is not only doing
WELL" said the Attorney General. but
he gives promise of doing better"
Each of these members of the cabi-
net was exceedingly optimistic, al
danger OF future complications.
Secretary Gage said that if another
day passed without an indication of
peritonitis, the physicians felt that the
danger from that source would be over.
If the supperation should appear in the
neighborhood of the bullet later they
seemed to feel that no difficulty would
be experienced in removing it.
The members of the cabinet will re-
main here until the issue of the Pres
idents illness is definitely determined.
If the physicians pronounce him out
of danger they will return at once TO
Washington. where they can be to-
gether and in frequent consultation if
necessity arises.
Word was received from Secretary
of State Hay to-day that lie would
reach here tomorrow, when answers
will be framed to messages of sympa-
thy from rulers throughout the world
Secretary Long has not yet signihed
his intention of coming.
There has as yet been little discus
sion of the place to which PRESIDENT
of his convalescence. The prevailing
impression seems to be that If he could
be moved shortly that he would be
taken to Canton, instead of to Wash
ington. But if his convalescence were
delayed until cooler weather set in, he
would probably be taken to the White
House.
At 2:30 this afternoon Mrs. McISin-
ley went out for a drive. Mrs. Lafay-
cite McWilliams of Chicago accom-