The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1901, Page 1

= Uall, VOLUME LXXXIX—-NO. 167. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT MKINLEY CANCELS ALL ENGAGEMENTS OWING TO THE CRITICAL ' CONDITION OF HIS MUCH BELOVED WIFE 'MRS. WILLIAM M'KINLEY A | ticipate in any such cvents in this city as arranged. doubts arc cntertained as to her recovery. Francisco. case, the attending physicians do not dare to progncsticate. The President has been overwhelmed with teicgrams from the varicus States, cities and towns he was to have visited after leaving San Fran- The residents of all these localities, while disappointed in not having a chance to weicome the President, express the deepest sympathy for cisco. ISIN A VERY CRITICAL CONDITI him and for his wife, and are willing to forego everything for the sake of the Chict Executive and his stricken heipmate. The President will not take part in the launching of the battleship Ohio, and the Knights Templar, having learned his wishes, will abandon their proposed parade. Affairs of state will be attended to by the head of the nation, but public and social functions will be cast aside in order that the President may be close to his beloved wife in the hour of her aifliction. - T AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING /it was learned at the Scott residence that Mrs. McKinley was in a most critical condition, and the gravest The President’s wishes are that, as far as he is concerned, all functions, public or social, should be canceled, and that he will not par= The tour of the President ended last night and it is impossible to state when he will leave San From now on the President will remain with his wife, and this city is temporarily the secat of government of the country. Mrs. McKinley has been in frzil heaith for many ycars, and while the slight improvement in her condition reported yesterday means much in her _— ON | He Will Remain Here Ind fi”riiftely, &s the Physie_ians in Charge of the Case Can- not. Forecast Result of the Illness That Has Prostrated Lady of the White House, and No Move Will B> Made That Might Endanger Her Life Nation’s Chief Devotedly Watches at the Bedside While Entire Feom th» Sick Room g3n33 Country Waits for Intelli STUDENTS CHEER SECRETARY HAY, WHO SPOKE INSTEAD OF PRESIDENT. SECRETARY HAY REPRESENTS THE PRESIDENT AT BERKELEY Students Are Disappointed at McKinley’s Inability to Attend Commence- o ment Exercises, but Give Distinguished Visitors From the East a Rousing Welecome Worthy of the Great University of California bousand people full | elaborate preparations had been made for and tiered with humanity. On the stage s and enthusiasm | the occasion and this commencement da¥ | regents, professors, alumni, patrons of the amencement €x- | gave promise of being an historic event in | university, State and city officlals sat in craduating class ‘ university affairs, allotted sections. All were waiting pa- versity of | From Ean Franclsco, from Oakland, |tlently. Then came the President's party. ey yesterday | from Alameda and other nearby citles the In slow procession the carriages could be rity went not | early boats and trains carried the eager igee';r‘;';':":g‘?p 1{);2';1—::: ;:%e:?s.”&"“;" ®0 much for any special interest they |public to the university town, Long be- | erg. vy might have in the exercises themselves, | fore the hour get for the opening of the | Under the central canopy three leathern \ but because President McKinley was pro- | exercises the stadium, speclally construct- “rammed to address the students. Most |ed on the university grounds, was flooredl Continued on Third Page. S announced exclusively in The Call yesterday, the condition of Mrs. McKinley is so alarming that the President has been compelled to cancel all his en- gagements and will remain with his wife. The announcement in.The Call that the President would not visit the State Uni- versity at Berkeley yesterday and that he would not attend any of the social functions arranged in his honor during the week gave the public the first intima- tion that Mrs. McKinley was in a far more serious condition than had been sup- posed since her arrival in this city. ‘I balance of the week’s programme and the 7 = ,MRS. MeKINLEY is in a £ very critical condition, and three doctors are in almost ‘onstant attendance at her bedside 1t the residence of Henry T. Scott, m Laguna and Clay streets. President remains by the bedside of his sick wife. The The bulletins {ssued by Private Secre-|trip north was verified at 10 a. m. by the lowing bulletin as to Mrs. McKinley's con- tary Cortelyou have been most carefully | following bulletin issued by Secretary worded, but the fact can no longer be | Cortelyou: disguised that Mrs. McKinley is in such |.. a state of health as to cause the gravest anxiety. The unveiling of the Donahue fountain, the visit to the State University and Oak- land and the soclal functions attached thereto were all given up by the Presi- | dent yesterday. He remained by the side of his stricken wife, and only left her to take a walk for exercise. b The Call's exclusive announcement of the cancellation by the President of the Mrs. McKinley’s serious ill- ness compels the President to abandon his preposed visit to other States to which he had looked forward with so much pleasure. As wmoon ns Mrs. Mc- Kinley’s health will permit he will return to Washington by the most direct route, —_— Secretary Cortelyou also issued the fol- i I | { | dition: - There has been but little change in Mrs. McKinley's condition since last night. She has gained in some respects and lest in others. . The President will remain quietly at Mr. Scott’s residence to-day and will not take part in any of the exercises pro- grammed for him. Continued on Third Page.