Show STRICKENAT LOS ANGBIES STRICKNAT Almost in State of Collapse When Del V Monte Was Reached V SanvFrcnclsMJ MrSi jvic Klnleys present attack of Illness began be-gan shortly after Bhe left J31 Paso PJso I he had stood the trip remarkably Well up to that time with the excen lion of a slight period ot depression I during the stay V at New Orleans I That however soon passed away and she felt unusually well throughout her trip acrops the State Vof Texas until El Paso was reached At that place I the bone felon made Its first appearance I appear-ance and proved very trying upon her nerves as well as giving her much pain V V JOURNEY A SEVERE ONE The heat and dust of thelong desert stretch through New Mexico nnd Arizona was n severe drain upon her strength Before Los Angeles was reached the felon had been once lanced by Dr Rlxcy At thc latter place her Illness was still further complicated com-plicated by a severe attack of bowel trouble and she had bad a very night at the residence of Gen Harrison Gray Otis But she bore up bravely nnd Insisted rather against the adVice vice of the President and other members mem-bers of the party upon trying to fulfill ful-fill the social obligations which fell upon her The tax upon her strength AVIS V too great and after leaving Los Angeles it became apparent to both Dr Rixey and the President that Mrs Mo Kinley was a very sick womn IN STATE OF COLLAPSE VAt V-At Surf a small station near Santa Cruz the train was stopped for almost halt an hour to permit Dr Rlxcy to again lance tho felon in order toV relieve re-lieve her from the keen pain from which she was suffering By thc time Del Monte was reached she was in almost al-most a complete state of collapse The dysentery did not yield to treatment treat-ment and Dr Rixey hnd the President became genuinely V alarmed V TAKEN TO SAN FRANCISCO I was at first proposed that a V physician should bo summoned from V San Francisco for consultation and that Mrs McKinley should remain V quietly at the hotel at Del Monte In thO hope that a few days of absolute rest and quiet would restore her to her normal condition but after n conference on the subject with Mr Scott It was decided that It would be wiser to bring her to his house here where every comfort could be provided pro-vided where trained nurses could be procured and where the best physicians V In San Francisco could bo called inV in-V consultation if necessary Since her arrival here Mrs McKlnley has taken no solid food whatever and the doctors doc-tors have not been able to completely com-pletely check the dysentery V DR HJRScf ELDER CALLED V Except by i reputation thc President I kneu nothing oC Dr Uirschfeldei whom MrA Scott advised Hhould be called In as consulting physician and this worried him considerably After Mrs McKlnley had been here twenty foUr hours without noticeable Improvement Im-provement V the President asked Mr V Scott what his opinion of Dr Ilirsch elder was VV VIIC is brutally frank replied Mr Scott I shall have a talk with V him said the Presi < pjjt V He topk Dr Hlrsch felder into an ail Joining room and they were together for some time Afterward I After-ward lhel1i > eidentreinarUcd to Mr Scott that the opinion he hud expressed ex-pressed Of DuI HlrychfcUrcrs frank V plese llr lr 1rctt f1nk ness agreed with his own From that convws Lion with Dr Illrschfeldcr dated the Presidents first genuine alarm over the termination his I wifes Illness V |