The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1901, Page 13

Cirone ¥ 2@ Xex OO 1S $O% 950102020 RSQ - CIrera it 0rer SX02e XOX OROGLOXPXON S| s i ° VOLUME X NO. 100. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1901—-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY NEARS A CRISIS IN HIS CONDITION AND THERE IS STILL PHYSICIANS IN FEAR OF PERITONITIS Inflammation Would Be Cause of Great Danger and Alarm. UFFALO, Sept. 7.—Presi- {inley’s condition c probably come twenty-four hours. hold out hope and the day have been g, in that none of tonitis or blood- v so much dread dical experience with es much anxiety, and e their heads gloom- < of the future. uished patient’s vorable throughout t desire to buoy the se hopes. Inflamma- r, and at the first the country must ow. For the time he assassin, which a secondary con- has not been abso- all agree that after abdominal cavity alls of the stom- in the fleshy mus- nd if necessity requires ted withthe Roent- i. They agree that importance that the ally from the shock n that the bullet Whil PERITONITIS FEARED BY THE PHYSICIANS they dread most, isoning and sup- The crucial forty-eight hours, ndeed, one of the at- to-day that if on appeared before would consider the recovery exceeding- s colleagues, however, are t has been dozing ajor portion of the s and two trained y at his bedside. ecovered from the STRONG HOPE OF ULTIMATE RECOVERY -+ The Intestines Are Not | Injured by the Assassin’s Bullet. effects of the ether which was adminis- tered to him. He was under the influ- ence of the powerful anesthetic over an hour. The result is that although perfectly rational when conscious, he dozes much of the time. Absolute quiet and free- dom from excitement the physicians re- gard as the great essential now and vis- itors are excluded. MRS. McKINLEY STILL BEARS UP BRAVELY Not a Cabinet officer, not even Secre- tary Cortelyou, was allowed in the sick chamber to-day. With the exception of hysicians and attendants, Mrs. Me- y was the only person who crossed the threshold. The President asked to see her, and his physicians did not have the heart to refuse his request. She was there but a few minutes, seated at his bedside as he in his devotion to her in | her illness had so often been at hers. Mrs. McKinley had been warned not to talk, and the President and his wife = exchanged only a few words. It, was only when he asked her to be brave for both their sakes that she faltered and almost broke down. With choking - GQUEEN ALEXANDRIA ! ? + i Vice President and the ~Cabinet Members Hasten to Buffalo. throat and brimming eyes she promised with a bow of her head. Almost imme- drately: thereafter she was led from the room by Dr. Rixey. Mrs. McKinley threughout this - trying ordeal has shown. remarkable. fortitude. She has been: mistress of herself, and her sor- row, and has been almost as calm and self-possessed as-the President himself. And no more than that could be said, for throughout it all the President has been cooler than those about him. He was so yestéerday when the pistol was discharged against his breast. and he has been so to-day, even in semi- consciousness. When Dr. . Rixey told { Mrs. McKinley to-day of the extreme gravity of the case she did not break down. On the contrary, feeble as ‘she is, grief seemed to lend her strength, and she felt that she must bear up for his sake. NO NOURISHMENT TAKEN BY PRESIDENT EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNS WHO SEND WORDS OF e D CONDOLENCE. The Plesident has taken no nourish- ment since he was shot. Water is band. EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF GERMANY SYMPATHIZE IV OENIGSBURG, Sept. 7.—The Empress and | are horrified at the attempt planned against your hus- Express our deepest sympathy, and we pray that God may restore health to Mr. McKinley. WILLIAM, 1. R. VICTORIA, 1. R. — % + + AMBOUILLET, Sept. 7.— With great affliction I learn the news of the heinous attempt of which your Excellency has just been a victim. | take it to heart to join with the people of the United States in wishing the early recovery of your Excellency and [ earnestly desire in this sorrowful juncture to renew to you the assurance of my sentiments of constant and cordial | friendship. / EMILE LOUBET. —_—_— e L =3 PRESIDENT LOUBET'S MESSAGE 5 Nl | KING EDWARD’S DEEP SYMPATHY FOR PRESIDENT EWFORT, R. I., Sept. 7.---] am directed to express the King's deepest sympathy at the dastardly at- tempt on the President. Lord Lansdowne and the members of the Cabinet beg me also to express their sincere sym- pathy to the United States Government. GERALD LOWTHER, Charge d’ Affaires Great Britain. |