The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-24
PRESIDENT UNDERGOES
SURGICAL OPERATION
Continued From First Page.

you have your gloves on" This was
reference to the antiSeptic gloves Of
the surgeons.
Mr.. President" said a surgeon, with
a smile, sit is always in order to wear
gloves at presidents reception" This
caused the president to exclaim:
Good; well said"
The operation began without delay.
The pain caused the president to NUT
ter several times in low voice, but
he said nothing that was distinct eX-
cept to ask for glass of water before
the needle had been removed After
the operation was over he made sew
eral laughing remarks - concerning
trivial matters, and asked if he would
be allowed to use his leg long enough
toNwalk upstairs himself.
you will be hauled upstairs in
wheeled ambulance" said a surgeon.
Calls 1t Wheebarrow.
When they brought the vehicle in the
president said: why, that's Wheel
barrow"
After being taken to the upper room
from the operating room the president
was served with a light luncheon and
chatted pleasantly to those in the room.
He made several kind remarks to the
attending nurses about the trouble he
was causing and shifted his position
several time nervously. At 1880 a white
blanket was thrown around him and he
was placed on the hospital stretcher
and escorted by a company Of infan-
try, was carried to the car, a block
away, by four negro porters from the
train. He bade good-by to the nurses
as he was being carried out of the hall
to the elevator and thanked them for
their kindness. He did not talk dur
ing his trip to the car Senator Fair
banks, Gov. Durbin and other promi-
nent citizens were at the train to bid
him good-by.
The swelling Of the presidents leg,
which made an operation necessary,
was occasioned by bruise he received
at the time of the trolley accident at
Pittsfield, Mass, when the presidents
carriage was run into land demolished
by a car. Besides being injured in the
face and across the eye, the president
at that time received a blow upon the
inner part Of the left leg, between the
ankle and the knee, but, through his
characteristics, he paid no attention to
it, ignoring it as being slight bruise
not worth talking about. For several
weeks he took no heed of it, but finally
1t began to pain him so as to enforce
his attention. After starting on his
Western trip he determined that per-
haps DR.. Lung, who was aboard the
train, should examine it. The doctor
did so and pronounced It to be a seri-
Gus matter.
Something Must Be Done.
When in Detroit the doctor finally
declared something would have to be
done. After consulting with DR.. Rich
ardson, another member of the party,
it was decided that in order to avoid
the possibility of blood poisoning it
would probably be wise to have an OPP
Grafton performed. The president was
very much averse to anything Of the
kind being done. But, nevertheless,
when Logansport, Ind, had been reach
ed he had been prevailed upon to de-
liver the tariff speech which had been
prepared for delivery at Milwaukee,
and which was regarded as one of the
most important of his proposed speech
es for the West. At Logansport Sena-
tor Beveridge boarded the train, and
after consultation with him, it was
decided that he should summon sew
eral Of the best physicians of Indianap-
oils to meet the president, and with
this end in view the senator telegraph
ed to DR.. George II. oliver. DR.. George
j. Cook and DR.. Henry Jameson to be
at the Massachusetts avenue depot.
When the trim pulled into the station
the doctors were there and they were
taken by the senator Immediately into
the presidents car. The physicians &C
companied the party to Tomlinson hall,
and it was thought by those who no.
ticed them that they were merely pres
ent as members Of the reception COM
mittee.
Stood Heavily on Right Leg.
When the president arose to &C.
knowledge the reception given him at
the hall, and also when he got up from
his seat to make his speech it was no.
ticed by those near him in the front
of the hall that he stood with all his
weight on his right leg. and the pos
ture seemed so awkward and so much
like pose that it caused more than
one comment. Little did anyone think
that he stood in the way he did be-
cause of the pain in his left leg. Dur
ing the delivery of his speech, when
he had become aroused, he stood on
both legs, and at one point in the
speech he seemed to forget about his
injury so completely that he took sew
eral steps and in so doing hit his leg