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Show BRYAN'S SON IN HOSPITAL : . CHICAGO, Aug. 8. William J. Bryan, Bry-an, Jr., is lying at the Presbyterian hospital, where he Underwent a "surgical "surgi-cal operation yesterday for the removal of an abscess on his right knee, brought about by inflammation that began with a corn on his foot. Young Bryan was brought to the hospital yesterday from Winona Lake, Ind., on a fast train. Ha is a student at a military academy. Thehospital physicians announced that his condition -was not dangerous, but that the prompt action In bringing him tq Chicago for treatment prevented a serious turn. The inflammation that resulted in the forming of the abscess was first noticeable two weeks ago. A corn on his right foot first became Inflamed In-flamed after it had been accidentally cut. The. cut became Infected and it was for this reason that blood poisoning poison-ing was feared. The young man, who. is 18 years old, kept the facts of his condition from his parents And other relatives. Mr. Bryan Is now touring In Ohio. Aftep the reassuring re-assuring report by the hospital physicians, physi-cians, who say the boy will be able to return to his studies In a few days, word was sent, last night to his father anil his uncle, Charles W. Bryan, at Lincoln, Neb. . |