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NO. 16024. NEW YORK WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. PAGES.

I ONE CENT fa Greater 5ew York. Jersey 1 rie-heve. TJE'W LATH r. south 7 IIB. COLER'S FRIENDS ROOT ALL OPPOSITION Brooklyn Citizens' Union Conven-; lion the BaUleQround.

DEMAND FOR HIS NOMINATION Vrflent Request that the Elimination of the Controlled Nam Bt Recon-' eldered by the Union. The Borough Convention of the Citizens' Union tn Brooklyn was stampeded by the friends of Controller Coler hist evening. After a three-hour session marked by citing scenes the toitowta resolution waa' adopted: At thii first wtliif-jf the SI Borovaa ot Brooklyn. Cl'lnns Iwo wbe ere eetfce eel-satre to the coming Cll- Conv.n-ttoa to n.m. umnt gdwr a candidate tor Mrr of Nw Terti nt: iUaolwd.

That ttr th raconaMatmUen at 4ba action of th. Union Cominlttaa of Ona Hu-oad Is allmtnatln tba name of a man from th. list of alifibta candidates who oaa brln nltt( aapport and itrnath th. Union ilckat ta an fort to awtura aa aff1Hnt and bonrat adminlai ration oftna clty'a affalra. Ha tba rrxH-nt Controllrr, tba lion.

Bird R. Color, Wa urtbat daclara that It ta our wlh that ha nam ftrat "a th Mat of avallabia camll. laM far th. offtoa n( Mayor, and wa appaal to ur rira.ntatlaa to our wlabaa to taa gKDwnl aonfaraooo taa aaxllaac 'nsoinaflt. Wbon this resolution was first read there Wers scenes of (Teat exdtemon The friends of Controller Coler, who earlier in the evealns; had succeeded in electing their -candidate permanent Chairman of the meeting, shoutsd and waved umbrellas and hats in the air.

There were some delegates who did not think it was advisable to pass the resolution. Their speeches were drown-' ed in the applause for the One delegate Why should we pass this resolution when I know that Controller Coler will be tha candidate of Tammany Hail tor the Mayoralty The Coler delegates signified their disapproval of this statement, and throughout the hall rang: the words, -Never I Never The rising vote on the passage of the resolution showed that nearly nine-tenths of the delegates favored the About twelve or fifteen delegates stood up In but many of the delegates, among whom were CoL Willis 0gden and Ludwlg Nlssen, gave up hope of everting the stampede and made no effort to poU the full vote of their friends. THE FACTIONS FIGHT. The convention was In many respects tinlque. Two programmes were arranged by the two factions.

CoL Willis Ogden, vho Is tha head of. the Conference Com-ftoittee of the Astl-Tammany organlxa-Cona of the Greater New York and Ludwtg yissen hsd mapped out Just what ought to be done. The committees to be named 'and ven the ames of the committeemen were eatilee.aaCora haad-and -distributed. Iras chesen, Temporary Chairman and the Coler delegates made no. op position.

-j Chairman' Nlssen delivered a speech, in fatt aa follows; "We meet her this evening in accord-ance with the rule laid down by the central body of the Citizens Union to bold a preliminary convention not to make nominations but for the purpose of organizing and for the further purpose of creating a conference committee which shall, between the time of this preliminary convention and the actual nominating convention, to be held on Sept. 20, confer with other bodies of cltltens. regardless of political affiliations or faltU, and try to agree upon a ticket to be presented to the voters of this borough, the. election of which would effectually rid us of the abominable, Immoral, and dishonest government of which ws are now the victims. It Is recoirnlsed on all sides that in r-v der to dislodge the thoroughly intrenched forces of Tammany Hall snd'its chief ally, the WlUoughby Street auction rooms, a tronglr cemented union of all the forces opposed to the continuance of the misrule wt are now; suffering from is absolutely accessary.

in round figures, the City of New York will probably about 600,000 votes. There are 50,000 city employes who will be expected to cast their votes for Tammany supremacy. Rvery one of these 50.000 will be able to Influence at least one vote besides bis own. which will double that tig-. ura.

It is estimated that the vicious and criminal classes who pay Tammany a license fee for being vicious and criminal and for being protected in what they consider their legitimate pursuits of vice and crime will control at least 100.000 more. This wlli give Tammany a start with practically one-third of the total vote to Its credit without malting any fight whatever. It needs only one out of every four votes of the remaining element of respectable citizenship to wm. No matter who Its. candidates may he, the man, tt elected, will inevitably fall a victim to Its policy, and, though perhaps unwillingly, become a most efficient tool la the enforcement and perpetuation of Its system.

If you elect honest and capable men, subject to the dictation of no machine or boss, the Introduction of reform policies of government will be an easy task, provided the majority of the people want such introduction, for in this country of ours it the duty of the minority to always gracefully submit to the will of the majority." The first fight came over the selection a permanent Chairman. The majority report of the' Committee on Permanent Organisation favored the election of Ludwlg NS'sen for permanent Chairman. Then the Coler men bearan to unfold their plan. A minority report was presented in favor of J. Flaherty for permanent Chairman, and then the excitement began, COLER DELEGATES' 8TKENOTH.

The first shout of the Coler delegates made plain to Chairman Nlssen that they had a majority- Mr. Nlssen then pleaded for harmony of action among thr anti-Tammany organizations, and said: I have no desire to Drednlta.t mnv eik or any discussion as to who shall be per- mancnt Chairman of this convention. I have acted a temporary Chairman by re-. fluent. -1 don't want to act as permanent' Chairman, unless by unanimous vote of this convention.

The present officers should not be deprived, of the conduct of (be affairs Of the Citizens' Union In Brook We don't want you for Chairman, cried (one delegate." For once tha labor men of Brooklyn have won a victory," declared another. Mr. Js'issen tried to induce the convention INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS. Stocks Irregularly higher. Financial Af- falrs Pages 10 and 11.

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to allow the Committee on Permanent Organisation to reconvene, so that he could withdraw from the contest. The delegates voted down the motion to take a recess. Mr. Nlssen then said that the delegates should be warned of the action they were taking, and that they would nave to pear tne resDonaibiUty. v.e wui taae iu we will take.

shouted a majority of the delegates. "The delegates must not get excited. said Chairman Nlssen, after securing a measure of quiet by dint of pounding with bis ravel. We are not excited we are only an thus- ins, scream ea a ueiegats. Several times attempts were made to call tne rou.

But wnen Albert 8. Halrht. Chair man of the delegation for the Third Dis trict, cast 29 votes for Ludwlg Nissan for permanent Chairman there was absolute contusion. "I won't put down that rote, declared Secretary Baker. There are not twenty-nine delegates in their seats from the Third Assembly District, and Mr.

Height knows there are -i OPPOSITION DEFEATED There were more stormy scenes after this incident, and anti-Coler and Coler delegates came near to' personal encounters. The call of the roll by Assembly. Districts was discontinued and a personal roll-call was ordered. This had not continued far before the opponents of Coler, perceiving that they were outnumbered, capitulated. Chairman Nlssen said: I don't want to be permanent Chairman.

I have said so a dosen times, but the convention will not apparently allow, me to withdraw." "Why don't you withdraw cried a dosen delegates- After Mr. Nlssen stated that be had withdrawn a dosen times a motion wss mads to adopt unanimously the minority report naming M. J. Flaherty, the Ceter delegate, for permanent Chairman. The resolution was finally carried with a shout.

Mr. Flaherty also had his speech pre- and headed permanent Chairman." tat made a bitter attack on Thomas C. Piatt, whfth was cheered to the echo. He spoke tn part as follows: "Having entered upon a campaign for the rights of the people, the assistance of the Independent voters of both parties, for the Union Is needed, but it would be a dire misfortune If not an irreparable loss if our efforts resulted in merely ousting one set of rascals to make room for another from the other side merely to turn Croker out and to put Piatt tn. Such a result would sound the death knell of the Citizens' Union, and, what Is of far greater moment, would kill all Independent movements for years to come.

We are not engaged in an effort to turn out everybody irrespective of merit or official record. On the contrary, tt is our earnest hope and purpose to get rid -of the evil while retaining the good. When we find a public official who. has stood -manfully for the best Interests of the community, nobly defending Its rights and Its property against the grasping efforts of corporate wealth, whether It be the 'Ram-apo' steal or some other scheme whereby the public is to be exploited and robbed, it is the Imperative duty of the people to see tnat sucn raitnrui service is rewaraeo. Should the people fall to show their ap preciation of those who have fought tneir battles and defended their property against the official looters of both parties, we mar expect greater fraud and corruption in the future, as even public officials are human and cannot be expected to vigorously oppose corrupt schemes, thereby incurring the hostility of nowerful Dolltical and cor porate Influences, If the people do not sup- port them in sucn acts.

Fidelity public Interests merits full reward. td the "Years of trickery and deceit practiced by the bosses of both great political parties have convinced the working people that there la nothing to be expected either In the msvtter of Just and much-needed legislation or in the enforcement of those laws which were enacted at the request of 4 DICTATION REPUDIATED. Tha nextjnght was inltiatedT by a reeolo-tion dertaricg" hat sornC of ths wealthy members of the Cltlsens' Union In Brooklyn had declared that they would not contribute to the campaign unless "candidates satisfactory to themselves are nominated." The resolution declared that there would be no dictation to the Citizens' Union of Brooklyn by any class, either rich or poor, and that nominations would be made of men (who would serve the public Interests whether they were supported by larce contributions or have to depend entirel- upon the meagre contributions of the people. The friends of Controller Coler showed a desire to thrash out the whole matter and denounce in open convention the names cf the men who made the threats. Fists were shaken at some of the delegates and some names not in a parliamentary manual were applied.

The last contest was caused by the tt solution Indorsing Controller Coler, being of-fered by Delegate Smalley. At this time the convention was in an uproar. The efforts of the friends of CoL Ogden and Mr. Nissen were unavailing, and the Coler delegates celebrated their triumphs with cheers. The statement has been made by some delegates from the Citizens' Union to the General Conference Committee in New York that there is no Coler sentiment In Brooklyn.

We Just want to show those gentlemen now delegates in this convention that there is sentiment for Controller Coler in Brooklyn, and I hope that they will never make that assertion again." said Delegate D. B. Van Vleck. The meeting adjourned Just before midnight, i Col. Ogden, when asked about the effect of the action of the convention, said: I can't tell now." Will the Brooklyn delegates to the Citizens' Union Convention be for Controller Coler." was asked.

I can't tell anything about what the delegates will do." CAMDEN MAN ARRESTED. Bet $5 on Friday, Before Czoigoez's Shot Wat Fired, that the Preeldent Would Ola Before Night Special to Ta Nrm York Tim. CAMDEN. N. 3., Sept.

with aiding and abetting the attempt to assassinate President McKlnley, Ethelbert Stone, a laborer," was committed to Jail In Camden to-night on complaint of City Detective John Painter. His house was Searched by Detectives Smith and Cherry, To Justice Schmits Stone is said to have admitted that during an argument last Friday afternoon, about two hours before the President was shot, be said to two fellow-laborers. I'll bet 95 that McKlnley will be dead before 8 o'clock Stone declares that he had no reason for making the remark, but that he uttered It In a burst of passion during a political argument with fellow-workmen at the plant of the New York Shipbuilding Company. Two men named Peterson and Hansen, who were working with him. had referred to the President's visit to Buffalo, and their raise of the President seemed to aronse tone's ire.

and finally brought out the remark attributed to him. The detectives who searched Stone's bouse admitted that they, found and seemed much elated over it, but they ref ued to say what It was. They expressed the opinion that Stone's arrest would bring out some startling developments. -j. Prosecutor Lloyd admitted that Stone had been committed to jail, and said he had notified the Secret Service authorities.

It waa rumored that Stone's arrest was asked for by the Secret Service officers, but this could not be confirmed. ANIHftAX IN ILLINOIS. State Officials Working to Prevent Bale of Diseased Meat. Spttioi to Tht ttni York Tixut. CHICAGO, Sept 10.

State and city officials have taken up an Investigation of the prevalence of anthrax among the cattle in the farming country, with a view to pre-J venting Its further spread, and to prevent the sale of diseased meat in Chicago. The disease, which made Its first appearance In Palatine several weeks is now thought to be under control, but some farmers are shipping their milch cows and young stock to Chicago to be sold for beef. Commissioner William -Thiemann of the State Board of Live Stock Chief Meat Inspector Weber, and Secretary E. R. Prltcnard of the Chicago Health' Committee are Investigating conditions in Palatine.

AN MARXIST HOTBED" EXISTING IN LONDON Plans for A to be tassination Believed ound In Sohb. After Humbert's Murder List of Proa peetlve yictlWie Wae Found Mr. McKlnley! Name Was on It. Londok Tts Nw Yoax Times gpeMel Oabiagrank. LONDON'.

Se lL The attempt to assassinate Pre nldent McKlnley baa naturally resulted in an increase of the anxiety caused by I he presence of Anarchists In this city. In Soho, which la called a nest of hy, the torelgn population la so lar re that the police are compelled to protect Anarchist clubs. A law for the xpulsion of Anarchists la now demanded. 'c I A Scotland rd detective complains the great labc entailed on the department tn watch I ig these foreign ruffians. He says scores of men in Soho have been hounded out of Paris, Berlin, and Rome, lie believes the Anarchists have a central board wl Ich formulates plane for assassination.

After the irder of Klnf Humbert, saye this detec Uve. a number of papers, which belonge 1 to Anarchists In Soho were seized. lei of tha papers was a list of prospective victims of assassination, of whom Preali ent McKlnley waa one. RELIEF AT YILDIZ KIOSK. Had Been! Supposed i that France Would Tali Action This Week It An rVdmlrat Fleea.

ZxnrDosr Tt acts New Yoax Turn 8p Msial Cablegram. LONDON, pL 1L A dispatch from Constantinople to The Times says: Apprehensl nj at the Palace has become much re axed ance it has become known that Fi anc will not take further actios until th Csar's visit over. Tha belief waa tha action would follow Immediately afte- the fifteenth day of the suspension of -elatlona The fllrht Admiral FaHc Pasha, a distinguished officer, has produced a strong tmpres Ion at the TildU Kiosk. Disgust with he present regime drove him Into volux tary azile." By Toe Asaodatad TTaas. CONST ANTlSoPLE.

Sept. 10. Vice Admiral Falk.Pakha, Chief of the General Staff of the Admiralty, has made his escape from Constantinople, going by British steamer to Malta. Fear of the eonse-Cuences of his inemorial to the Sultan denouncing the maladministration of the navy caused his nigst-i Falk'a dnmi has-' been-declared for- a the souti African outlook. Prolonged Gu srrllla Warfare Expected Kitchen r.

I Reporte 681 Beers Ba8jed Ust Week. Lokdost arts Nrw Toax Tutxs i ecUl LONDON, Si p.L 11. With the approach of mld-8epter ber, sanguine Britons believe. Lord Kl chenerandthe Government have a plan in' mind other than "Mr. Dooleys slm pie recipe of declaring tha Boer war off, it la stilt'expected that there will be great change In the altua-tlon on Sept.

15, when Lord Kitchener's proclamation goes into effect, the only ground tor ich belief being that the Government a ould not be so fatuous as to issue a' pre tarnation without a definite scheme In egard to following It up. On othe hand, even the Conservative papers i ow speak of the likelihood of continued ruerrilla warfare through-out the coming South African Summer, while the Wa Office has Issued an order that Imperial Yeomen "must enlist for one year, or, if the war last longer, for the war. -v vStin, Lord atchenerg' latest report, in which he tell: with a pathetic realization of his enforc absence from the moors during the gi ouse season of his bag of 681 Boers seven days, is encouraging news. Mall dlgpa chea to The Tlmea from Cape Town sa that the military situation in Cape Colo iy in mid-August was tin-satisfactory, especially In the western district. Th re were many disloyalists in the west i nd south.

In the districts thoroughly ui der martial law it waa bard to gauge the reelings of the Dutch population. Out H-ardly, scant civility had given place effusive politeness. The correal ondent urges more care In the appolntr. ient of. commandants and district Commissioners.

i By rh Associated Press, LONDON, fept. 11. The following dis- patcn nas oeen received rrom Lrd Kltch cner. dated Iretoria. Sent.

10: Since Sept. 2 the columns have again got good res Jits, the total bag being OKI, composed of killed, 67 wounded. 384 made prisoners, a nil 1(13 surrendered: also, 170 rules, k-oUndS of ammunition. 8.400 horses, and hed of cattle." Lord Kitch4ier further says that the situation in Cafcel Colony Is unchanged, ex cept, uy culture oi xjoiitr commando. rvyvuvu luiinccs.

A DISCOV5ERY AT CANTERBURY. Lonsov btKKs Nxw Toax Tntrs ppecial Cablegram, LONDON, I Sept, 11. Excavations at Canterbury krt the site of the eastern portion of tiie! Abbey Church, formerly close to the rnonastery of St Augustine, fevealed, tbe skull and mitre of Abbot Dygon. wholdied in 1510. It was at first thought thai the skull might be that of St Aug-utihe which, separated! from the body, wata Jong exposed for the vener ation of the! faithful, but a stone coffin, containing 'b skeleton: and bearing a leaden plate! was found later, VI RCHOW'E EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.

LovdokITimbs Nkw Yoax Tixks Special Cablerrain. LONDON! Sept 11-Berlln will cele brate the eightieth birthday of Prof. Vlr- chow, says The Times, the Berlin correspondent of hy contributing $25,000 to the Vlrchow Foundation. The officials wlil also give a banquet at tne Bathaua in honor of the occasion. Prof.

"Vlrchow was born on Oct 13, 1821. PRETORIA CONSUL ACCUSED. Representative of Holland 8ald to Have Assisted Men to Go Back on Com- mandoHe Makee No Denial. Lohoom Tmss-Nsw Toax Tixks Special Cabtagram, LONDON, Sept 11. The correspondent of The Times at Pretoria cables as follows: -i trial pt five Hollandera atad three burghers charged -with 'treachery and spying commenced, yesterday (Monday) and waa not concluded at tha rising of the' court i- "One witness directly Implicated the Netherlands Consul General, Berr Nleu-wenhuis, and the Netherlands, Relief Cozumittee in being, concerned In assisting men to return to the commandoes.

"The court offered every facility to the Consul General to tx heard, but It Is clear that he does not Intend to appear. "Ths Evidence further mealed ths existence in Pretoria of a Boer intelligence and recruiting dejiot" r' CZAR'S VISIT TO FRANCE IS VARIOUSLY EXPLAINED. One Report le that Russia la Seeking Loan Larger than Any of the Othoro. Lownow Timt-Nrt Toax Tikis apacial Cabtasraja LONDON, Sept 1L The Paris correspondent of The Times says: Betheny. review' promisee to the greatest attraction to the crowds in connection with the Csar's visit In spite of all has lately been done, France Is far mora a military than a naval pow- "It is not yet known what, the exact character of the ComplBgne fetes will be whether only French guests or representatives of the diplomatic world of Paris wm be Invited.

While the Czar Is at Compiegne as the guest of France) that will be his home, and the choice of guests will belong to him. A. man who personifies 'the great body of French public opinion declares that the Czar comes to France to pave the way for a new Russian loan larger than any previous loan. For half a ocnt-ury, he says. Russia has been living solely on loans.

Nine-tenths of the. empire are unproductive. The last loan long ago vanished. Another authority asserts that the Czar comes to France because France Is jealous at -Germany after tha exhibition of brotherly lova betwen the Czar and Kaiser In Alsace last It la said that President-. Trr'niOjfK with aiT visited Rusalaa -irsttaa.

-flid not conceal his opinion of tlie unfortunate effect this had produced In France, and that nls remarks were repeated to the Czar. A third authority declares that, the Czar la filled with the ilea of making the personal acquaintance of M. Loubet and correcting the Impression that he con-alders the French Army In bad esesasBassBassssssiassssasBBBseaBSBSssBMSiassassssaBsss THE HIQH BENTS LU BEEUH. GcrvermsnexU Advises Forsaatlem of BsUMlsis; Lsmm SoeieUes. London TiHxs-Nrtr Toax Tikis Special Cablegrant.

LONDON. Sept 1L A dispatch from Berlin to The Times says ths great Increase In rents in 'the capital has caused complaints of the cost of living from the teachers and minor officials. There was a general Increase in salaries a few months ago, but are- still made. The refuses to further Increase salaries, and advises the formation of building loan societies. One such society already existing in Berlin is very prosperous and useful.

POLISH SCHOOLBOYS ON TRIAL. LoKooir Tiatxs Naw Toax Torxs Bpaclal Cablagram. 7 LONDON, Sept" 11. The correspondent of The Times in Berlin says that the trial of sixty Polish schoolboys accused of belonging to a secret society began on Monday in Thorn, West Prussia. The society's objects seem to have been the study of the Polish language, history, and The headquarters of the society were at Kulm, it had branches at Thorn and 8traaburg.

all In West Prussia. V' MAY ALTER BERLIN B0ERSE LAW. London Tikis-New Toax Tikis Special LONDON, Sept 11. A dispatch to The Times from Berlin says that on Sept 18 the Prussian Minister of Commerce will hold a conference with experts on 8tock Exchange affairs to discuss the necessity of changes tn the Boerse law. FOREIGNERS' RIGHTS IN JAPAN.

London Tikis New Yoax Trjtxs 'v Bpaclal CatUvrasa. LONDON. Sept 11- A dispatch to The Times from Toklo says that the Chamber of Commerce thtre baa asked the Government to remove all restrictions In regard to the ownership of land and mining operations by foreigners In Japan. RUSSIA WANTS PERSIANTRADE. London TiKssNirw Yorx Times Special Cablegram.

Sept 1L A commission of twenty Russian merchants will reave Odessa shortly for Persia, says the Odessa correspondent of The Times. Their object Is to opn in Per sla for Russian products. A Eugene Field's Daughter to Wed. Spttioi to Th Nw York Time. CHICAGOBept.

ia-The wedding of Miss Mary French Field, daughter of Mrs. Uu-. gene Field, to Mr. WUllam.CasUe Englar will taks place next Saturday evening. The bride Is well known by reason of having read her father's poems in public Ilollendefs Baths.

1 No. 140 West 8tr-et and No. 153 to 160 West ViClltt Street: The hirrest fend bast equipped and moat hygienic Russian and Turalsh btbs la AoMrlca. hsv ouao. adv.

So Say All His Physicians and Friends. HIS WOUND REOPENED. Bullet; Carried Piece of Coat Be-4 neath the Skin. Doctors Say No Complications Are Poe- aible Beef Julor Fed to the Patient In the Natural Way. BUFFALO.

Sept lO The following bulletin was Issued by the President's physicians at 10:30 P. The condition of the President la. unchanged in all Important partlculara. His temperature Is 100.6, pulse 114, respiration 2S. i Whan tha operation waa done on Friday last It was noted that the bullet had carried with It a short distance beneath the skin a fragment of the President's coat This foreign material was, of course, removed, but a slight Irritation of.

the tissues waa produced, tne evidence of whlotrtas appeared only to-night'-f- 1 It has been necessary on account of this slight disturbance to remove a few stitches and partially open the sldn wound. This Incident cannot give rise to other oompllcatlons, but It Is communicated to the publio as the surgeons In attendance wish to make their bulletins entirely frank. In consequence of this separation of the edges of the surface wound the healing of the same' will be somewhat delayed. The President Is now well enough to begin to take nour4 izhnient by the mouth, in tha form of pure bet juiced 'Zy-f y-'- pflL RIXET. M.

I. ICANN. 1 ROSWELli PARK; HERMAN MTNTER, CHARLES GEORGE B. CORTELTOU, Secretary to President The other bulletins Issued during the day were aa follows; 7A, M. The President has passed the most comfortable night since the attempt on his life.

Pulse, 118; temperature, 100.4.; respiraUon, 2a P. iL RDCEY, ROSWELL PARK. GEORGE B. CORTELTOU, Secretary to -the President-'; OA. M.

The President's condition this morning is eminently satisfactory to his physicians. If no complications arise a rapid convalescence may be expected. Pulse, 104; temperature, 99.8; respiration. 2S. This temperature Is taken by mouth end should be read about 1 degree higher by rectum.

P. M. RLXET, M. D. ROSWELL.

PARK. HERMAN MTNTER, EUGENE WASDIN. I CHARLES McBURNET. GEORGE B. CORTELtOU, SecreUry to the President 8:20 P.

M. There Is no change since this morning's favorable bulletin. Pulse, 110; temperature. 100 respiration, 28. P.

M. RTXET, vi' M. D. MANN, ROSWELL PARK. HERMAN MTNTER, EUGENE WASDIN.

GEORGE B. CORTELTOU, Secretary to the President It was almost midnight when the phy sicians left the Mllburn residence, after a consultation for which they gathered at 9:30. The 'length of the consulutlon had created some and this was somewhat Increased when It was learnedthat Dr. McBurney, who had Intended to leave or Stockbridge, at 11:20, had missed bla train and had decided to remain over until to-morrow night But the doctor himself did all he could to dispel the idea that the change in his plans portended anything serious. In fact' he took occasion to announce as an additional evidence of the improvement Of the patient that tt had been decided to begin to give the President nourishment through the mouth to-night Instead of uuUl to-morrow, aa had been intended.

Be' extract had preferred. Dr. McBurney announced that It was being administered as the physicians left- The other physlclanswho listened to Dr. McBurney's statement assented to and then allentered an automobile and were whisked away. Immediately afterward a storm which bad been gathering broke, and for a few minutes the rain cameTdown in torrents.

I MORE UNEASINESS: The physicians gathered for their last consultation of the day. at 9:30. While they were In the house Postmaster General Smith, Secretary Hitchcock, and Secretary Wilson arrived, but they left at 10:45, before the physicians had finished their consulutlon. They all said that nothing unfavorable had appeared In the President's condition. It was 11:60" when the last bulletin was given out It was subsequently explained that the length of time the doctors spent at the residence waa' not necessitated by the slight operation but was Vaueed by the fact that a certain dressing which was desired waa not at the house, 'and two trips were made by a messenger before the exact article desired was Aa explained In the bulletin which all the doctors signed, the Irritation tn the wound waa attributed to the fact that a small fragment of -the President's coat had been carried Into the body by the bullet and although this' foreign substance waa removed a slight disturbance developed which made- it necessary to open the wound.

The doctors seek to allay all apprehension by the positive statement that this Incident cannot give rise to other complications, and their frankness in giving the news to the public leaves no reason to question their entire' good' faith. -f; "7 The further fact communicated In the bulletin that the 'President is now well enough to. begin taking nourishment In the mouth in the form of pure beef Juice was, of course, gratifying, but to tha laymen the mere mention of a complication, however slight it might be, naturally created alarm. It seemed like a little cloud on the horizon which might grow and spread. But the most positive assurances were given that the only effect might be to slightly delay the healing of the wound.

The Irritation was not In any way tha result even of a suggestion of blood poisonings The physicians declared oyer, their own signatures that It could not result in complications, opening of the wound was In no sense an operation. 'Several of the stitches were take out and after a thorough anti-septic washing of the Inflamed tissues, the. wound was again aewed up. No anaesthetics were neces- sary. After the bulletin was Issued Secretary Cortelyou and Mr.

Mllburn came to the press tent to dispel any -alarm that might have with positive assur ances of the unimportance of the Incident Secretary Cortelyou announced that there would not be another consultation until After this all waa quiet at the Mllburn house. THE FOURTH DAY AT I THE MILBURN RESIDENCL No More Doubt Remains that Mr. Mo Klnley Will Get Weil Hia r--i. Prlenda Go Home. SPociat tm Tas Sim Ytrb Timot, BUFFALO, Sept 10.

The; condition of President McKlnley to-night ia told more eloquently than by the doctors bulletins in a few: plain statements of fact The members of his Cabinet under an. agreement reached to-day with the doctors, will meet around' his bed on Friday afternoon'at 3 o'clock to submit to him such matters of official bualnesa as they deem necessary. Secretary Hay arrived this morning In company with F. Moberly Bell of The London Times, He will stay hers for Friday's meeting. Even Senator Hanna left town this afternoon radiant with joy and proclaiming ths fact that all Americans should throw up their hats and cheer now that all question of the President's recovery is past Vice President Roosevelt left town this evening In very much the same frame of mind.

(He probably will not return, as he Is not. needed for Friday's conference and has duties Many of therelatives of the President and his wife left the city to-day. satisfied that there was no further cause for alarm. Mrs. McKlnley was out driving and.

la. herself. b6 completely recovered that she received many callerp at the Mil-burn residence. The physicians are even leaving the President's side. The local doctors who have been in constant attendance on the President since he waa shot down by Czolgosz are taking up the cases of their regular patients again, one of them only remaining constantly with the Presi dent Dr.

the- most distinguished of the physicians now attending the President; did not hesitate td say openly tonight, as Tkb Tixks stated this morning, that the President was convalescent and would be fully recovered in three or tour The "President's physicians have beeo Impressed with his remarkable recuper- atlve powers and the rapidity of his Im provement Ordinarily an Incision for such an operation as was performed upon the Chief Executive should heal within three -Weeks, but in the President's caee it may' be strong enough for him to be moved a little sooner. The President win be taken direct to Washington as soon as it is safe to' move 1 Wlthla the slckroorrf many evidences of the President's Improvement were ap parent The President himself began to confidence In bis ability to care for -himself, and from time to time he would carefully (urn himself and gain a' mora restful poeitionv Testerday he took the precaution' to ask If he might be permitted to move, but to-day he changed hia position of his own without dif- flculty. The. nurses naturally "obrerved with care these evidences rof growing strength and courage, and were ready to -see that there was no undue tax on the President's strength or the 'straining of the wound. These slight movements from side to side are all that he has attempted thus DR.

MANN'S SKILL. There have been many expressions ef pleasure from those within the househoLJ that the deliberations of so many eminent doctors had been marked by com plete unanimity. There has been no division in the councils at any time; each has loyally, seconded the effort of the others: and an have' Joined In carryiag out the masterly work done by Dr. Mann Immediately following the shooting. In referrtna; to this to-day one of the -President's associates who, wast present at the operaUon said Dr.

Mann displayed his consummate skill and by going about the operation as If the pa- tlent waa, a child with a slight complaint And yet Dr. Mann has since told a friend that when he realized the duty before him, although he. had performe-1 hundreds of operations of laparotomy, ha would have aacrlficed all he possessed to haya escaped the terrible responsibility 'of operating; upon the President the United States. HOW THE DAT PASSED. Between 2 A.

11. and 6:30 A there was not a sign of life the Mllburn mansion except that at 15 Dr. Park, who had been one of the night watchers, left the house to go to hia room. Af rare -intervals -the watchers on the corner op portte'-wooia; see the light" President's room brighten tip a little a the, attendants 'did aomethlna for pa- tlenfe comfort At '5 o'clock gen tle rain began falling, making it unpleasant for the news-; paper watchers and the guards. Luckily; the clvio and military authorities had provided shelter, a big election booth and several tents forming a fairly comforts- ble retreat from which the front of "the Mllburn house could be kept tinder gar veillance.

At 6 o'clock, the hour' at which the first bulletin baa been Issued en other zoomings, there was no sign of life about the house, except the slowly moving guards parading the walks, and it wae under-stood that "secretary Cortelyou had left word that he was not to be disturbed until 7 o'clock-another Indication that the patient was doing welt It waf a minute or so after 7. o'clock when the first bulletin was Issued, although the bulletin Itself wag dated at 6:20 o'clock. It was signed by Dra. Park and Rlxey, who had divided the. night and Its tone hopefulness was the most decided of any given out since the President was shot confident ring about the: phrase The President has.

passed the roost comfortable night since the attack on hi life that sent those who read It on their way. rejoicing In the almost firm conviction that the recovery of the distinguished patient was now almost absolutely aa sured. I 8ECRETART HAT ARRIVES. At 7:50 an automobile' drove up. and from it alighted Secretary of Bute Hay He walked np from the corner toward the house, when he was met "by one of the Secret Service men.

He asked If the people were up "yet and being told that -nobody bad yet come from their rooms-he decided not to ask. admission. TIe was shown the early morning bulletin, and. said when he bad read it: 'j. t.

The country will rejoice. He went down to the Buffalo Club, promts, ing to return later. Secretary of tba 'Navy John D. Long is, now the only member of the Cabinet who has not beer here since the About 8 o'clock the doctors who had not been with the during thr night began putting in an appearance for the formal morning consultation. Dr.i Mynter was the first to arrive, and be- i waa followed soon" by Dr.

Waadln. McBurney. and- the others in attendance. At this time, too, the' night watch ot nurses was relieved, and those who had been In the sickroom through the night-came from the house for a short period of recreation. While the doctors remained tnaila.

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