The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-24

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careful and stay off your feet until ths
| trouble is over. But you should by AZ
means, Mr.. President, discontinue youi
Very well, then, II will have to be that
way" said the president resignedly. Il
| will do as you gentlemen say. Now, what
| do you want me TO dor
| He was told simply 10 remove his shoe
| and the physicians would be required "a
| president walked to the operating table
alone, and as he laid down he remarked
! with a smile:
Gentlemen. you are formal. see you
| have your gloves on
This was a reference 10 the antiseptic
gloves OF the surgeons
'Mr. President" said a surgeon. with
a smile. 1T Is always In order 10 wear
gloves al a presidents reception"
This caused the president to exclaim.
Good well said a"
The operation was begun without de-
lay. The pain caused the president TO
mutter several times In low voice, but
he said nothing that was distinct except
TO ask for a glass OF water before the
needle had been removed. After the op-
Grafton was over he made several laugh
ing remarks concerning trivial matters.
and asked II he would be allowed to use
his leg long enough to walk upstairs
himself. You will be hauled upstairs
I'm a wheeled ambulance" said a sur
geon.
When they brought the vehicle in the
president said: why. that's a wheel
barrow"
After being taken to an 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 times nervously.
CARRIED BY NEGRO PoRTERs.
AT 730 p. m, white blanket was
thrown around him, and. escorted by a
company of infantry. was carried on a
stretcher 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 ele-
vator and thanked them for their kind
ness He did not talk during his trip to
the car. Senator Fairbanks Governor
Durbin and other prominent citizens
were at the train and bade 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 car accident at Pitts
/ field Mass.
Besides being injured In the face and
! across the eye. the president at that
time received blow on the inner part
| OF the left lego between the ankle and
| the knee, but characteristically he paiu
| no attention to II, ignoring II as being a
| slight bruise not worth talking about
For several weeks he took no heed
| of IL, but finally Il began 20 pain him.
After starting on his western trip he de-
termined that perhaps DR.. Lung. who
| was aboard the train. should examine H.
The doctor I'D so and pronounced II to
| be a serious matter
When in Detroit the doctor finally de-
clared that something should be done.
| After consulting with DIR. Richardson,
another member OF the party II was de-
| cided that. In order TO avoid the possi-
| bility OF blood-poisoning, Il probasly
| would be wise TO have an operation per-
| formed.
The president was very much averse
to anything OF the kind. but, neverthe-
less. when Logansport Ind. had been
reached he had been prevailed on TO de-
| liver the tari.l speech which had been
! prepared for delivery at Milwaukee and
| which was regarded as one OF the most
important OF his proposed speeches for
| the west.
THE DOCTORS SUMMONED.
AT Logansport Senator BeverIdge
boarded the train. and after a consulta-
| ton with him Il was decided that he
! clans OF Indianapolis 10 meet the presi-
dent, and with this end in view the SEN
| ator telegraphed TO DIR. sGeorgsSH oliver
DR.. George J. Cook and DR. Henry Jane
son TO be at the Massachusetts, avenue
station.
When the train pulled into the station
the doctors were there. and they were
| taken by the senator immediately into
, the presidents car The physicians ac-
companied the party to Tomlinson hall
! and IL was thought by those who noticed
! them that they were present as members
OF the reception committee
When the president arose 10 acknowl.
| edge the reception given him at the hall
II was noticed by those near him that ne
stood with all his weight on his right leg
| During the delivery OF his speech. when
he had become aroused. ne stood on both
! legs, and at one point I'm the speech ne
1 seemed 20 forget about his injury 80
! completely that ne took several stems
and IN so doing hit his legs against n
gun that was stacked with others on tine
stage An expression OF pain passed kuick-
| ly over his face
The trip 70 the Columbia club followed
without any feature that would give even
hint that the great western trip OF the
! president was at an end. and n was a
| gay throng that marched into the club IN
take luncheon and have short rest. but
Instead Of going into the dining room the
| president was taken 10 n private room,
| where. unknown to the hustling crowd
inside and outside of the club, he was