The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1901, Page 13

B+4+4+4 4444444444444 44444140 B44444444444444 44444444440 ® ® - + : () I B : P : 3 3 IE: : a eq : O q + h + + ) T + : \ L -~ 4 + (©) > . - o O++++ 4444443444444 4444400 B+4444444444+4444444444440 VOLUME LXXXIX_NO. 170. SAN FRANCISCO, SUN PRESIDENT'S WIFE IS STILL IMPROVING AND PASSES A COMFORTABLE DAY, BUT HER FEVER SLIGHTLY INCREASES AT NIGHT DAY, MAY 19, 1901—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. PRICE F1VE CE;VTS. MRS. McKINLEY IS RESTING COMFORTABLY, BUT A SLIGHT RISE OF TEMPERATURE IS NOTED BY DOCTORS T an early hour this morning it was reported from the Scott residence that Mrs. McKinley’s condition remained unchanged from that announced by 1 A the physicians at 8:30 p. m. yesterday. Mrs. McKinley was resting comfortably and the slight rise in temperature noted last evening had not in- S | crcased. ¢ ; A ! The President will await the report of the physicians before making any arrangements to attend church, | The members of the Cabinet will hold a meeting at the Palace Hotel at 9 a. m. to-day gmd decide as to their future movements. Direct telegraphic | communication has been cstablished by the Western Union Company from the rooms of the Cabinet officers in this city to their homes and offices in 5 Washington, D. C., so that they can attend to affairs of state without the slightest delay. ;: The stay of the President in this city depends entirely on the condition of his wife. The physicians are unable to give any information as to when | Mrs. McKinley might be removed to Washington, and it may be that San Francisco will be the temporary capital for some days or even weeks. | | | ‘x i | | ! | ; 1;-7:-:11;' RESIDENCE ON THEIR s “'fify TO ATTEND THE: LADN H!lt{ ARIS, May 18—The Herald's European edition publishes the following medical edito- rial on Mrs McKinley's ill- ness and its treatment: | “According to latest dis- | patches the ailment from which Mrs. | McKinley suffers is dysenteric fever. E The wife of the President is extremely | feeble, and her disorder | | | | oiadt Very grave. Dysenteric fever is indeed a very grave disorder, of microbic origin, occurring most frequently nature help the in hot climates, al- though not unknown in temperate cli- | mates. Even though her condition be serious, however, she is not necessarily beyond therapeutic resource, | “In Indo-China, where a dysenteric fever is of very frequent occurrence, physicians treat it with a decoction of simaruba, which in recent times seem to have been very effective. Simarabu should be administered with care, as the plant contains an irritating essential oil which at times is hurtful to the stom- ach. “Another method of treatment em- ployed during the last century by Jesuits of Brazil and Paraguay consists in the procession attracted considerable atten- administration of a decoction of ipecac. tion on its way to the Potrero. This method of treatment has become In the vicinity of the Scott residence classic. It is still employed under the the public refrained from cheering the name of ‘Brazilian method.’ and at times President, but all along the line of route has produced marvelous results. It con- to the Iron Works the chief executive sists in taking from four to eight received a hearty reception. The hearts grammes of ipecac root coarsely pulver- of the people have gone out to the ized and pouring over it 130 grammes of distinguished head of the nation, and hot water. After thorough infusion the his appearance on the streets of the city liquid is poured off and administered to I o )) PEARMNCE, TAKEN.BY J-T.PoLlock / g it was announced AT Los ANGELES TRURSDAY ZMAY 107 7 J Im b had passed a com- JUST AS THE PARADE JTARTED. MRy TA<KRINLEY ' TAINTED A FEW MINUTES LATER AND WA.S OBLIGED To -+ RETIRE. .. ° ar- before deciding would attend the ship Ohio at the 4 r, Gibbons and Cush- _ Scott home at 8 d a consultation report of Mrs. so favorable 5 a glimpse of the President and to gaze at the house where his gentle lady was battling for life. When the President emerged from the house he answered the greetings of his fellow citizens by doffing his hat and waving it toward the crowd held back by the police lines. The President had a bright smile on his face and seemed in a more cheerful mood than on the pre- S iy, [ aroused the enthusiasm of all who saw the patienit, one tablespooniul per hour DECIDED IMPROVEMENT. Police Commissioner George New- | the President’s carriage pass along. as long as vomiting and diarrhea con- D ! ! Gibbons and a1 ang Irving M. Scott accompanied During the absence of the President Mu¢. 5 4 » 2 . ” g L 3 A French military physician named ( n2 t8a m. and (he President in his cafriage and Mrs. .| lflrom‘the Scott home‘bullctms Were sent. B oudin las’ successfully employed the A T Scott and Miss Barber entered a sec- t | i to him at frequent intervals as to the following remedy: Ipeca, 030 gr.: ond carriage. Chief of Police Sullivan i * condition of his wife. cdlomel, 0.03 gr.; opium extract. 0.06 gr. rode on the seat of the President’s car-. | The information from the sickroom This quantity is divided into three pills, ! . was most reassuring, and the President which the patient should take an holq mounted police escort surrounded the | 3 p 4 was not called on to shorten his tgip :Pa;}t, I]l lhde femblxsdvebrvl“c‘zk.dnr if vehicle as it started from the house. Se- % o T e e be already Enfeebled by long dura- cret service men, police and detectives SNAPSHOTS TAKEN OF THE pRBSlDENT_ AND "js WIFB. S Bijs. tion of.thAc dxsorlder, nt' vg:ll be or?nta&:.{: and Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyou fol- § . s haa 5 P to admxmstfr a large injection of ari lowed the President in carriages, and the §— —_— ontinued on Page Fourteen. cial serum.’ © riage beside the coachman, and the