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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
5
Buffalo Sept 10 Doctors say President McKinley likely to resume office duties moderately within four weeks. The medical team note no peritonitis risk and report improved temperature and kidney liver function. A sinking spell remains possible but unlikely, with recovery credited to prompt surgery and patient stamina.
Mrs McKinley travels by carriage accompanied by cousin Mrs Lafayette McWilliams of Chicago. George W Chard of Buffalo provides the carriage to Milburn house where Mrs Chard helps prepare Mrs McKinley for the ride. Crowds show respectful interest in her welfare during the outing.
The report notes the President's condition remains favorable with pulse at 112 temperature 101 and respiration steady. Names mentioned include P. M. Rixey M D Mann Roswell Park Herman Mynter Hugene Wasdin Charles McBurney and George B Cortelyou Secretary to the President.
Secretary of State John Hay arrives in Boston from Newbury New Hampshire and departs for Buffalo by Boston and Maine Railroad at 3 PM. He declines to comment publicly. Emma Goldman is sought in Chicago as a possible instigator of the McKinley assassination. authorities track her from St Louis to Chicago and search for Leon F. Czolgossz along the route.
Buffalo reports continued improvement as President McKinley undergoes a minor wound care procedure and begins nourishment by mouth. Doctors note stable temperature and pulse with no new complications while Cabinet members stay nearby for support.
The patient plans to return to Wash nee at the earliest opportunity as doctors praise the swift stomach repair. Surgeons call the recovery a triumph of modern medicine and credit prompt surgical closure of the stomach for the positive outcome.
Buffalo N Y Sept 11 President Kinley inquired about Czolgosz the would be assassin whom he did not know until the reception. He said the man must have been crazy and hoped for fair treatment while noting world messages of sympathy and the public grief. He expressed deep feeling and hoped to recover to show appreciation for aid.
Milburn House Buffalo reports doctors believe the president will survive with the bullet lodged in his back. Dr. McBurney says no extraction needed unless complications arise and X ray mainly satisfies curiosity. Other physicians agree recovery is assured and daylight remains ahead.
Fred Peterson of Chesterton receives notice that his father’s death in Sweden makes him one of five heirs to a 400000 estate. He will travel home this week to assist in settlement. In Knightstown a man named Lee Brown confesses to robbing Kennard post office and a nearby store of cash and razors. Brown is jailed.
Marion Sept 9 State Gas Inspector Leach offers a $10 reward for evidence to convict any person firm or corporation of wasting gas. Citizens claim operators in the surrounding oil field are criminally wasting gas but officials have yet to detect any violator after visiting the field at all hours.
The Rev Julius Mattingly has been installed as priest of St Marys Catholic Church in Richmond. He assumed duties after the installation ceremony conducted in the city, marking a new chapter for the parish.
Elwood seven year old son of William Ross is gravely ill after a rat bite with blood poisoning feared as the likely outcome.
Property transfers include George Lambert and wife to Henry H. Rutt in Elkhart for 400 dollars, Samuel Yoder and wife to Henry H. Rutt in Elkhart for 500, Lewis G. Stutsman and wife to Ora Neff 65 acres in Jefferson for 1150, Williard A. Allen and wife to M A Demarest in Elkhart for 850, David Clay and wife to Elias Fisher and wife land in Locke for 4200, John W. Fieldhouse and wife to Charles W. Witmer in Corydon, and an item noting county commissioners rejected self intoxicant applications for J R Tobler and GC F Shafer despite backing by the State Liquor League.
Charles Baker of 182 Gorton Street Buffalo New York testifies that after a year of nervous exhaustion and general debility he recovered with Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills. He reports renewed energy and return to work and study after taking three boxes.
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