Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-28
MAYOS OPERATE: I /:
FOR CARBUNCLE
upon HIS THIGH.
Empire Builder Rallies Quickly
But Extreme Age Compli-
Gates Matters.
-- Al -
HAS BEEN CONFINED
TO HOME TEN DAYS
Operating Staff Of the Rochester
Hospital Is Rushed to His .
Bedside.

st. Paul, Mimi, May 27.-James j.
Hill, railroad builder, capitalist and
widely known Northwest pioneer. lay
in a serious condition at his Summit
avenue residence tonight, after hav-
ing undergone critical operation
this afternoon. Eminent surgeons,
physicians and nurses and members
Of the Hill family and a few close
friends kept vigil through the night.
Archbishop John ireland, long time
friend of the Empire Builder was
among those who visited the sick
room. sa
Anxious friends of Mr.. Hill tonight
gained some slight encouragement
from the following bulletin, issued by
DR.. James Gilfillan. ,ty
Rallies Quickly.
"Mr. Hill rallied quickly and favor,
ably from the operation. There was
no alarming fever and his ternpera.
ture was very good. We are only
fearful because Of the patients ex.
treme age. The critical stage in his
condition will not he reached for q
few days, but anticipate favorable
results Mr.. Hill is suffering with 4
carbuncle on the posteriors OF his
thigh, which has resulted from bowel
trouble" ,sts AZ
A Home Ten Days. se
Although Mr. Hill has remained In
retirement at his residence for ten
days, it was only two or three days
ago that the public became aware
that he was seriously Ill. 1t was at
first reported that he was suffering
only minor indispositiop, and the
statement was made that he expected
to appear at his Offices in the Rail-
road building within a few days,
Yesterday, however, Louis W., Hill,
president Of the Great Northern rail.
road, made hurried trip to Roches.
ter, Mimi, aboard b special train, TO
bring to St. Paul DR.. William James
Mayo. Dr. Mayo arrived late yester-
day afternoon, and held consulta-
tion with DR.. Gilfillan, but declined to
discuss the case with Mr.. Hills
| friends and returned to Rochester
last night. At that time some at
tache of the Hill household said that
no operation would be performed.
Mayo Operates.
Today. however, DR.. Mayo, accom-
panied by his brother, DR.. Charles
II. Mayo, two assistants, Dr. Seager
and Dr. Robinson, and Miss Florence
Henderson, an anaestnetic expert
from the Mayo hospital, made sec
ond fast trip from Rochester to st.
Paul by special train.
| When the special train pulled into
the railroad yards at the foot Of Sib-
ley street, Louis W. Hill, his sister,
Miss Clara Hill, George T. Slade.
vice president Of the Northern Paci-
with Mr.. Hills personal secretary.
were waiting with several automo.
biles.
The party of surgeons from Roch-
ester we're driven to Mr.. Hills home
without delay. In short time the
announcement was made that an Op.
GRAFTON had been made, that the in.
lection in the patients side had been
opened.
Equipment from Chicago.
A special train on the ChiCago-Bur.
lington and Quinck Railroad pulled
into st. Paul tonight, after fast run
from Chicago, and was met BY auto.
mobiles, which carried the passengers
from the train to the Hill residence.
Louis w. Hill was reported as say
ing that this train brought surgical
and medical appliances to be used in
the treatment of his father.
DR.. Gilfillan upon leaving the Hill
residence at II o'clock tonight made
this statement:
"Mr. Hill is doinS very nicely.
There is no fever and do not anti
cipate any danger. OF course, II will
take two or three days to determine
what good the operation has done. It
was not a major operation, and IN q
younger patient little would be
thought Of it.
'Mr. Hill was perfectly rational
when left him and talked with rev.
eral members of his family"
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