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Show MRS. TAFT'S CONDITION VERY SATISFACTORY. Her Illness Was a Recurrence of Nervous Ner-vous Trouble From Which She ' . Suffered Two Years Ago. New Yoik, May 15. President Toft loft for Washington over tho l'enn-xyivonla l'enn-xyivonla railrcud at 10:08 this morning. morn-ing. Dr. i:muf, tho fnmlly phjslciau, tcld him Just before ho left tho house or his brother. Henry W. Tuft, thnt Miv. Taft's condition had shown such liiiiiovoment that It would be sifo for her to folhw him Thursda mom-'ns. mom-'ns. Mrs. Tnft first complained ot foollr.g 111 Saturday n.(,ht while utiondlug thu dinner gWen her by tho academy of political science, at wlnc'i the I'i3hlt'ent spoRo. Sunday morning, It .hs consldcn.il Inadvisable tor her to Inmo the house. Tho president went to Ilairlsburg aleno nnd returned im-.i-cdlately after ho had addressed the "intention of railway tralumai . Mrs. Taft's Illness was caU t bo a M'curronco ot the norvous troublu Iroiu which 3lm suttorcd two yesra ago, but in a less sovero form. The president had spout the night with his wlfo aud was taken III hero Saturday night. Secretary Hill and Major Butt, tho president's military aldo accompanied him to Washington. During the mornig tho presdent united unit-ed briefly with two callers, Henry L. Stimson and Postmaster Gen oral Hitchcock. Mr. Stlmson camo to aaak for more tlmo boforo ho qualified as secretary ot war. Ho wns to havo takoti the oath of office today, but It was arranged tint in slu d .- t. v i In next Monday Mr. Hitchcock spent only five minutes min-utes with iho prasldent. Tho former will go back to Washington tomorrow nornlng. Dr. Uvans ald this afternoon that Mrs. Tnft contintud to Improve nnd her condition was tory satisfactory ' |