Show I I M9KiNLEY LIVING 1 I Wife of Chief Magistrate Is in the Valley i of the Shadow of Death Life Hangs by a Thread 1 J Physicians State That She Has ImprovedShe Has Responded to the Powerful Heart Stimulants Given and Also Salt Injections in the VeinsHope for Her Recovery Slight Though It Has Revived L Re-vived Somewhat 1 r Francisco Cal May 16 t San V t Frncsco i V 1130 p m Secretary Cortclyou t V has Just stated that no more v news regarding airs McKlnlcys p P condition will be given out tonight K to-night t WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY Dr HirschfeldOr V j V At 10 oclock P v and II T Scott left the Scott I r went Dr lllrschfeldcr t residence v home for the night He said that I that airs McKlnlcy was r he felt 1115 S decidedly improved Mr Scott 1 V L said he felt very much pleased I t over her condition BULLETIN 1 I V CORTELYOUS BULTEIN 1 r tonight Sccre t t At 845 oclock tonlsht r t tary Cortelyou gave out the fol t P lowing statement V > lowlnl physicians in attendance 2 I McKlnlcy report her con i on Mrs lcIlnlc improved t litton as decidedly and morning Her pulse V since moring P temperature ere satisfactory n The patient IK resting well RELIEF > FEELING OF 1 1 feeling of relict b L V There was a relet sum Secretary Cortelyou 4 V when t r roonccl he press representatives t V and gave to them the bulletin physicians tit P t anrounclng that the McKinleys con t P reported Mrs lfcKinle since decidedly Improved V dition V dlton morning and that thelt patient resting well at that hour P was 2 fS reslng wel re on detail of police are r A large detai polce i P duty keeping pedestrians and 1 teams l I from approaching near r H the h use P tiSet D San Francisco May 16Mrs Mc Blnlcy 18In the valley of the shadow of death and may pass away at any L moment This morning shortly beforQ dawn she rank rapidly and It was feared she would die before icstora thes could be administered But she fV r L fc 1 h Teon Itrcpowcnlmtq siimu ants VhleftJv1cvo given ito her and I during he dY1 roved to such an IY liproYed I extent that helve of her recovery slight though It was revived The new treatment for low vitality salt solution Injections in the veins was administered to lIrs McKlnloy and she responded to the treatment HANGS BY yV THREAD But her life hangsby 3 thread She has taken no solid fool since she icached helcon Sunday and the physicians do not believe she could sunlve another sinking spell such as she experienced this morning She suffers little and bears up bravely During her periods of consciousness today her mind has been clear PRESIDENT AT BEDSIDE The President is constantly at hr fr bedside and although worn by I his I long vigil is i standing the awful 4 strain with remarkable forUtude i Every banquet and public function planned In his honor hero has been abandoned and the whole city with heavy heart Is watching Mrs Mc I 3 r Klnlcys battle for leIF I IF WORST HAPPENS I the end should come the President T Presi-dent and his Cabinet will be ready I lo start back with the remains within Uvtntyfour hours The train which rouglu them here will be used on the I return trip and all the arrangements Hale wen made to go back by the i shortest route the Central and Union PaciIc to Chicago and thence via the Peur > lvan1a to Washington If Mrs McIllh Improves 1t Is believed that I the will be able to travel before a Li Week from the coming Monday CABINET WILL REMAIN 4 Al the members or the Cabinet with the possible exception of Secretary z long will remain to the end The last imed has a daughter very ill at 1 Colorado Springs und he IS appre l iiensive that he may bo called at anytime any-time > ii t URGED NOT TO DSPA1R During the long weary watches of i the night the President did not leave f V V 2118 McKinleys bedside Shortly l V4 wore midnight when Drs Hlrsch c felder and Gibbons departed and Dr k V Jixey I lay down for a little rest there j VV V a hope lllflL her life would DC 1 V spared All day the Piesldent had l V walchNI the doctors aces and had fi V V Banned the demeanor of the nurses for a > V V Hign of and V V encouragement they 1 had urged him not to dqspalr ALLIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT trf McKlnley had appreciably rain ha t V rallIed < during the early > hours of tho L night hen < FU at 10 oclock WOH 50 much I V hettpr A V htl I that the Fre hiufgono V n 5lWhlt President huLtl gone In riiii 001 to show himself for a feu rJ I JYtUt a little reception which was WRV lLle lC ceplon Iuttlat lheii After midnight for I Scott lhprc wasno > sign ° c life In lhe V V SOlt man8loi V ranHlo except lno night lamp burning lw I 5 In Mr McKlnleyH room 1 I hrv 1oam Cl ing the oC fog had dHflC1 lu with the coin V the Rca wind and the city lay V V lathed In It as in s shroud V SI DDFN CHANG is I OCCURS Al 5 oclock thIs morning the police I ll V atollrr on tiptoe outblUe and the V tE group of t Ihe P nw nPcr watchers on Corner OPIOslte aw stir < In Hie boue fi Pllostc a 8 1 sLr k bous LI hfl flickered here and ro1kj a cal1lae wlth 1 rubber tires I V rolr siU up to the door out Of VV hl hlOI and Dl l Iirschfeitly I g allght lnchfell r alJhtu The The yoj wan hispeieh cit I aq hlspr 1t that Mrs MVcllneywak slhklng 1 Fpt Unu l1tl1S l 3 i V UllpowcrrUI trl ltwa thoil ht he was dying V V V hnts PoweruI i j nnlfull1 heart allnni I tml V InUreh dhel Mishtly 1 V t Il ht l o Won 6F NCUR4EMET I V1 WMn do xcCUnJ IM I1V 1 held nnothcl LihIght ramo the donors 1f f or Mr8 V onimltnilon anU the news ICTlnlc V a s lnldnJ Fle11 lpel 4 V V given OUt by Secretriry Cortcyotf d SClctal lcleyoli tflVno V word of r V V Went o nconrngement With l fonnal oUficatlon that n 1 i O < V iacemt VV Cor the remainder V V of the I Presidents stay In San Francisco were canceled STEELED FOR THE WORST The President no longer had the heart to hold out false hope that he I would be able to attend any of the functions arranged here in his honor I The honors of the world were a nothing noth-ing to him now Ills only thought was for the wife who was hovering between life and death He directed that nil of Mrs McKlnleys relatives be advised of the extremely critical character of her illness and steeled V himb elf for the worst V SYMPATHY FOR PRESIDENT In the city the bulletins at the newspaper news-paper offices announcing that the festivities fes-tivities of the week were abandoned fell like a pall upon the multitude Not until then was it i fully realized that Mrs McKinley was at deaths door l There was no resentment only 0 feeling of deepest sympathy for the head of the Nation watching his wife battle for her life Joy was turned to sadness sac ENTERTAINMENTS ABANDONED The people no longer l wailed the Presidents coming Their voices were hushed and they stood In groups on he streets discussing the brief but pregnant tidings from the sickroom The flags and banners all about seamed a mockery In the presence of the dying wife of theChief Executive oC the country The various committees In charge of the entertainments rid abroad issuing bulletins that everything had been abandoned out of respect to the PresldenJ AN AIR OF DEATH Meantime an V air of death itself lIenntnie pervaded the Scott residence Servants flitted about HUe shadows Messenger Mes-senger Oted boys with telegrams and cables from all parts of the world Inquiring al for news of Mrs McKlnleys condition condi-tion passed Inendless stream to the door which opened noiselessly V at their approach The President could not be persuaded to leave the sickroom sick-room and he remained there V tonI stnntly with the doctors and nurses I seemingly Incapable fatigue V MRS MKINLEYS ROOM The room In which Mrs McKinley lay Is n sunny chamber at the south j est corner of the residence but the I flood of sunshine was excluded lest the bright light might disturb the V patient Gathered In the adjoining room Avereth0 ladies of the Cabinet Miss Berber Mrs McKlnleys niece had remained at the Scott residence all night and Mr and Mrs Morse nephew and niece respectively of Mrs necc McKlnley were summoned early this morning I CABINET AT SCOTT HOME V Below stair the members of the Cabinet PostmasterGeneral Smith Secretary Hay Secretary Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson were assembled From time to time Secretary Cortel you who had entire charge of everything V every-thing throughout the entire ordeal of the last few days and who has been up almost continuously came down to keep them Informed of the developments develop-ments V SUFFERED BUT LITTLEV Mrs McKinley suffered little She V lay practically In a stupor and thc doctors doc-tors said there was no pain Everyone Every-one ait the residence realized that she was In the shadow of the valley and that It would require almost a miracle to save her V RESERVE STRENGTlI V VAt V-At 1 oclock the physicians held another an-other consultation No better was the statement they issued Privately they shook their heads Mrs McKln Icy had no reserve strength to call upon up-on She had taken practically no nourishment nour-ishment for several days but even with everything against her they said there was still a bare chance for hero V her-o survive V SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT NOTED As the day progressed there was a noticeable Improvement In Mrs Mc Klnleys condition and i n distinct revival re-vival of hope in the minds of the anxious anx-ious watchers at her bedside Her V mind cleared and She asked the President I Presi-dent about the Iqdles of the Cabinet I and how they were enjoying thom selves She expressed u desire that I her Illness should not Vl be allowed to Interfere In-terfere with theJf pleasure Miss Hitchcock and Miss Wilson who were In the next room at the time were summoned and she greeted them with 0 faint smile V V ASK SFOR SOLID FOOD V During the progress of luncheon I Which PostmasterGeneral Smith I and Secretary Hitchcock took with the President Mlstf Barber came downstairs down-stairs and told the small company that Mrs McKlnlcy had just asked for chicken and cottcc saying she was V tired of the liquid nourishment which the doctors were giving her This evidence evi-dence of her reviving strength was considered extremely gratifying und for a time the III tie company was almost al-most exultant I Perhaps however the hope they held was disproportionate to the slight grounds upon which it was held POWERFUL STIMULANTS USED Tho doctors of course were com pollert to refuse Mrs McKinley sold V food For two days they have only been able to give her beef tea and brandy together with the other stun ulants for her enfeebled heart acton Nitroglycerine and the most powerful power-ful stimulants known to the medical profession have been resorted to PRESIDENT GOES FOIl A WALKAbout WALK-About halfpast 2 oclock this afternoon I after-noon the President decided to go out V i fOI L tlk V nld uccbmpanicd by the I PoslmastclGlin and the Secetal oC the Interior liestl led through the neighboring streets returning t the I iv V spectful paluUtjUous which were mot I I wlthfrom all who recognized him mu Ud OnOr twir hi1 xlo pal to shake I I hands with thorn vboji eppcd < up and roqueted j ihut prWUoftu Upon his I return J t6tjiPshouacVhe cheerily told 0 t group ofynrwspaffar l men assembled i I there that Mrs McKinlfcy was holding I her own ftrs 2 j 1Duvingthe afternoon thcPrcsldent expressed the opinion that thc V public was entitled to specific information regarding re-garding the nature of Mrs McKlnleys Illness and the treatment she was receiving re-ceiving Up to that time thc bulletins Issued at Intervals since yesterday had been of the briefest and most vague character and the public was largely In the dark as to the character charac-ter of thc trouble V which had brought her to deaths vdoor T was at the Presidents distinct request that n signed statement should be prepared by thc physicians and given to the press Up to a late hour tonight Ii had not been issued The ladles of the Cabinet also took advantage of the slight Improvement In Mrs McKlnleys condition to go for a short drive during the afternoon PROFOUND SORROW All day long Lafayette park opposite I oppo-site the S ott residence was filled W4th crowds of people not drawn ihlther so much by curiosity as by an eager desire ftir direct news from the V I sick room Their profound sorrow was apparent from the silent respectful way in which they obeyed the Injunctions Injunc-tions of thc police to keep back beyond the coping of the load which runs through the center of the park Although Al-though fully 150 yards from the house I many of them spoke In whispers FLOWERS FROM A CHILD Late In tho afternoon n little girl with an armful of flowers braved the bluecoats and ascended the steps The butler opened the door 1 brought I these for Mrs McKinley she lisped V we arc so sorry I hope she will be better soon Then she handed over I the flowers nnd slipped away SECRETARY HAY WORN OUT Secretary Hay is utterly worn out by tho strain of the last few days and tho fatigue of the long journey across the continent and rested In his room in the hotel all day Mrs Hay who was lit the Scott residence kept him frequentyadlsed of the develop V ments there HOPE NOT RELINQUISHED Bishop Nichols of the Episcopal church was one of the visitors at the V Scott mansion this afternoon He spent some time with Mrs McKinley and as he left the house the seriousness serious-ness of his expression was commented com-mented upon by the waiting crowd The bishop said he had found Mrs McKinley in a very low condition but V physicians Informed him that they had not relinquished hope of her recovery re-covery Ills visit was Informal as Mrs McKinley and he are of different religious denominations WIRE TO SCOTT HOME A special Western Union wire was stretched into the Scott house today and direct telegraphic communication established between the President and the national capital Secretary fortel lou l-ou Is thus enabled to notify Washington Wash-ington of Mrs McKlnleys condition without Intrusting his messages to outside hands and a considerable say hcr of ti I I their transmission will V also be effected VV I olijSr 11 |