Improvemen t Report From White House Visit
San Francisco on May 16 Dr Hirschfelder and H T Scott left the Scott residence stating Mrs McKinley is improved. Secretary Cortelyou said no further bulletins tonight unless developments occur while Admiral Casey and Captain Wilson of General Shafter's staff called.
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San Francisco
Hirschfelder
H. T. Scott
Scott
McKinley
Cortelyou
Admiral Casey
Captain Wilson
General Shafter
Mrs McKinley In Valley Of Death As Public Watches
May 16 report from San Francisco says Mrs. McKinley is gravely ill with life hanging by a thread yet she temporarily improved after heart stimulants. The president and cabinet stay by her bedside as the city mourns upcoming events and possible travel plans if she dies or improves. Secretary Long may depart if his daughter remains ill at Colorado Springs.
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San Francisco
Secretary Long
Miss Hitchcock
Miss Wilson
Smith
Hitchcock
Barber
Deep Anxiety As Mrs McKinley Holds To Life
In San Francisco on May 16 the president remained beside Mrs McKinley through a long night as doctors watched for signs of improvement. By dawn her condition grew critical yet slight responses and salt solution treatments offered a fragile hope while national duties paused and the Scott mansion sank into quiet vigil.
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Bishop Nichols
Episcopal Church
Scott Mansion
Mrs McKinley Illness Sparks Public Hope and Civil Duty
Reporters describe a day of cautious optimism as Mrs McKinley shows slight improvement. The president walks with officials, urges release of medical details, and crowds in Lafayette Square seek news while doctors balance care and public interest.
Highlanders 10 Meet in Convention
The first annual convention of the Order of Royal Highlanders of the Ninth district will convene in Helena on Friday with 20 to 30 delegates from Montana Idaho Washington and Wyoming. Delegates will discuss constitutional amendments and salaries of head officers and a national delegate is to be chosen.
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Helene
Order of Royal Highlanders of
Ninth District
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Wyoming
Helena
U. W. Hall
E. J. Glass
MacRee Castle
Lincoln
Neb
Finlay MacRae
MacRae Castle
Montana Weather Bureau
Royal Highlanders
Robert Bruce
Highlands
Order of Highlanders
The
Highlanders
Governor Nash III Illness Halts Ohio Visit Plans
Governor Nash III of San Francisco fell ill with poison oak after a tree christening near Santa Cruz last Wednesday. The illness forced cancellation tonight of the entertainment programs for Nash and the Ohio visitors. He was partially blinded by the reaction.
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San Francisco
Nash
Ohio
Santa Cruz
The Trip Too Much for Mrs. McKinley
Mrs McKinley grows ill during a cross state journey beginning after El Paso. She endured the travel with only a brief downturn in New Orleans and felt generally well until El Paso where the illness worsened. The strain of the trip tested her nerves as the bone felon appeared.
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San Francisco
President McKinleys Wife Suffered Severe Dysentery in California
The account recounts late 19th century travel with Mrs McKinley gravely ill from a severe dysentery while en route to California. Doctors operatively treated a felon and a bowel attack as she collapsed near Del Monte and Surf. The president, Dr Rixey, and Mr Scott sought experts in San Francisco to aid her.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Los Angeles
Rixey
Harrison Gray Otis
San Francisco
McKinley
Hirschfelder
Scott
Dr. Hirschfelder
Navy officials visit Mare Island yard on May 16
Secretary Long of the Navy and a congressional party visited Mare Island naval facilities. The group rode aboard the cutter McCullough as the ships Wisconsin, Iowa, and Philadelphia passed by with flag flown from the secretary’s flagship. Sailors and marines welcomed the visitors and tours of the yard and vessels followed for several hours.
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San Francisco
Long
Navy
Congressional Party
Mare Island
Secretary of the Navy
McCullough
Wisconsin
Iowa
Philadelphia
Navy Yards
Albany Shooting Sparks Outrage as Guardsmen Denounced
Reports say guardsmen shot dead several innocent men in Albany provoking anger among citizens who label the guards as murderers. Details on victims and motive remain unclear amid the unrest.
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Albany
Albany Street Car Strike Sparks Deadly Violence
Albany on May 16 saw five hours of talks fail to end the street railway strike. Major General Roe orders 800 National Guardsmen to the city as a deadly shooting leaves William Walsh dead and Leroy Smith critically wounded.
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Albany
N. Y
United Traction Company
Roe
Ninth Regiment
New York
Traction Company
Wiliam Walsh
23D Regiment
Leroy Smith
Smith
Walsh
Quail Street
William Walsh
National
William Marshall
George Booze
William Rooney
National Guard
Gilbert Hall
Broadway
Union Station
Columbia Street
Willam Rooney
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Hirschfelder and Gibbons
Hay
Union League
Golden Gate Park
Geer
Burkett
Langworth
Tinla Wen
Vegster
Thomas
S.O. Danforth
Nash III
Mrs. M’kinley
el Paso
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