The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-13

i'rhe following official bulletin was is
sued shortly before 9 o'clock:
The mayors condition is gratifying.
He slept eight hours last night.
''STEWART."
1t is learned this morning that the
mayors temperature is 100 1-5.
TIE first bullctin of the day on the
mayors condition was issued at Sis
o'clock just after he awoke from a con-
had been able to obtain without the use
of a sleeping draught. The bulletin
read:
Mayor GaYnor passed a good night.
He is cHeerful and his condition is very
satisfactory"
Presumably this early bulletin was
issued to quiet some of the most alarm
ing rumors that were in circulation in
the carly morning hours, some reports
having the mayor in a sinking condi-
tion. There was also a widespread ru-
NOR that he was dead.
Secretary Adamson, when he came
from the mayors chamber shortly
after o'clock, had the most favor
able morning report to make on the
mayors condition. He said that of the
eight hours sleep the patient had had
during the night, the greater portion
was in a continuous stretch from mid
night until 6:15 o'clock. A little early,
one of his physicians in an informal
talk had said that no morphine or
Etimulants had been employed in the
mayors case, adding that when the
patient was offered a glass of cham
payne yesterday he declined it. This
morning the mayor was both hungry
and talkative. His appetite was met
with the most substantial breakfast
he has yet had. He inquired of his
secretary how things were going in
the executive offices. asked after Com
missioner "Bill'' Edwards and again
inquired about f'Mel" Smiths dog a
little animal, which had been rrn
down by an automobile at st. James
the mayors country home, some three
weeks ago.
Mayor Gaynor expressed sympathy
for the dog, because. he said, the ami
mails injury was right behind the ear
where he couldn't even lick it,
People VIII Pray for Him.
Tomorrow will be observed as a
'Gaynor day." in every church and
chapel in Greater New York In the
case OF most of the denominations
formal orders directing prayers for his
recovery have been issued to the mas
tors not only in the city, but also
throughout the suburban districts. ana
the petitions thus expressed will rem
resent the prayers of practically five
million persons. In many churches
the sermons will bear special reference
to the mayors illness. his attempted
assassination and his work during his
brief term in office thus far
Some sixty labor organizations have
sent resolutions of sympathy, for pre-
sentation to the mayor. Among the
most fervent of these are the resolu-
tions adopted by the bootblacks. which
declare that Mayor Gaynor is the best
friend the poor has ever had in city
hall and he has done more for the
bootblacks in six months than any one
else ever did in six years.
Resolutions adopted by the Central
Federated union deplore "the assss-
sins act committed against Iabor's
friend" and add: I'VE fervently prav
for his speedy recovery that he NAV
shortly resume his official duties"
over in Ward of the Hoboken City
prison, Mayor Gaynor's assailant
James ]. Gallagher. is achieving a rep
utation as an unusual prisoner Ac-
cording to his jailers he refers to his
act now with regret and makes no at
tempt to justify himself. When he read
in the papers that his lawyer might
elect to prepare a defense of insanity