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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1901
Page
1
Buffalo dispatch reports President McKinley sleeping peacefully at Milburn residence with two doctors and two nurses on watch. Police describe assassin Czolgosz as an anarchist and say he acted alone, while DA Penny recounts a confession and a thwarted larger plot.
Buffalo reports detail the president’s septic condition and use of Roentgen rays to locate a bullet. Mrs. McKinley shows remarkable fortitude as Vice President Roosevelt and cabinet members travel to Buffalo. The Medical bulletin notes vital signs and no change since prior updates, with officials projecting possible outcomes by Monday.
A retrospective look at the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield. The article details Booth's Lincoln killing and Powell and Guiteau's actions against Seward and Garfield, noting the national sorrow and political context surrounding the two presidents’ deaths.
The operation on the president lasted about an hour with a four inch incision to locate the kidney and protect the intestines. Physicians reported no injury to the abdomen and the operation was a complete success. Cabinet members and officials arrived in droves, including Hay still missing, and others such as Root Smith Hitchcock Wilson Long and Long arriving by train or telegraph to join the president at Milburn.
In the sick room at Buffalo New York two physicians and two trained nurses remain with the president constantly while visitors are excluded. The report notes the ongoing effort to keep the president quiet and free from interruptions Saturday morning.
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt arrives at New York Central depot in Buffalo at 105 pm aboard a special train. He declines to speak to reporters, then heads to a carriage with mounted police escort toward the Milburn house. The scene is tense as security and crowds swirl in the aftermath of the McKinley assassination. Police believe another man was involved in the plot.
The article explains the 1886 succession law and constitutional provisions guiding who acts as president if McKinley dies. It notes Cabinet order, extra sessions, and the vice president’s automatic ascent, with Roosevelt next in line and details on cabinet resignation and time to install advisers.
At 9:30 PM doctors issued a hopeful bulletin as President McKinley’s condition shows momentary improvement. His temperature is 102.5, pulse 132, respiration 25, with strength linked to surviving twenty more hours. Surgeons emphasize the danger of infection and peritonitis, while noting the bullet remains in the back muscles and could be removed after the crisis passes.
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