sul
questions aff
border on the Not only
merce, but education,’ industries
social customs have) been influenced
by the contact with the
which was made imperative by the
landing of Commodore Perry. Japan
has every cause to make that occa-
at
com-
and
white races
sion memorable.
According to the Baltimore Sun a
man need not be a scholar to be an
inventor. One of the most successful
aeronauts of old times who had made
study of aerial currents and the
ent of balloons, once deliv-
an address in which he referred
to the ‘‘anaconda’’ as “the largest bird
that ever flew,” and he also remarked
that “the mental faculties of a man’s
mind is so coustructed as to bring
things down to a pin’s pint.” He also
referred to the currents of air as
stretchums, meaning strata, and yet
he was one of the foremost balloonists
of his time. He was an inventor also
of many useful things, and was the
first man in the country to suggest an
ironclad man of war with slanting
sides. He built a miniature vessel
on this plan of sheet iron, placed it
in the water and fired musket balls at
it at short range. Every ball glanced
off. The Merrimac was built on a sim-
ilar plan, and from that humble be-
ginning the evolution or revolution
in naval architecture took its start.
The exhaustion of the world’s coal
deposits would not create the alarm
that Englishmen felt some years ago
a statistician announced the
when the working of the coal
would be difficult and costly.
is a belief in Texas that the
f fuel oil which was recently
in that state is virtually
t, and it is affirmed that
product has y and
over coal, lincluding
found t there is
ute
I tar,
hic
Noon—The improvement in the Pres-
ident’s condition has continued since
the last bulletin. Pulse, 128; tempera-
ture, 101; respiration, 27.
4 p. m.—The President since the last
bulletin has slept quietly four hours
altogether since 9 o'clock. His condi-
tion is satisfactory to all the physicians
present. Pulse, 128; temperature, 101;
respiration, 28.
9 p. m.—The President is
comfortably and there is no special
change since the last bulletin. Pulse,
130; temperature, 101.6; respiration, 30.
3 a. m. Monday—The improvement in
the President's condition is fully main-
:ained at this hotir. No official bulletin
nas been issued since 9 p. m.
The bulletins are signed by the fol-
lowing: Drs. P. M. Rixey, M. D.
Mann, Roswell Parke, Herman Mynter,
Fugene Wasdin and Charles McBurnie.
6 A. M.—The President passed a
somewhat restless night, sleeping fairly
well. General condition unchanged.
Pulse, 120; temperature, 101 degrees;
‘espiration, 28.
0.20 A. M.—The President's condition
ts becoming more and more satisfac-
ory. Untoward incidents are less like-
wy to occur. Pulse, 122; temperature,
(10.8 degrees; respiration, 28.
3 P. M.—The President's condition
steadily improves and he is comfortable,
without pain or unfavorable symptoms.
Bowel and kidney functions normally
serformed. Pulse, 113; temperature,
tor degrees; respiration, 26.
9.30 P. M.—The President's condition
continues favorable. Pulse, 112; tem-
serature, 101 degrees; respiration, 27.
3 A. M. Tuesday.—The striking im-
rovement in the President's condition
:ontinues. No official bulletin has been
ssued since g.30 P. M.
The bulletins are signed by Drs. P.
\M. Rixey, M. D. Mann, Roswell Parke,
Iermann Mynter, Eugene Wasdin and
Charles McBurney, and by George B.
Cortelyou, secretary to the President.
resting
Opinions of the Day's Symptoms.
Dr. Roswell Parke—If in such a case
the patient is in good condition at the
*nd of the third day the attendants are |
justified in regarding him as having
»assed a most critical period.
Dr. Charles McBurney — No bad
symptoms have appeared, but no one
an say now that the President is out of
langer. ;
Mrs. William McKinley—We trust in
God and believe Mr. McKinley is going
:0 recover speedily.
Senator ‘Mark A. Hanna—We know
‘hat the greatest danger is already past.
James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul-
ure—/The President will well. He
1as 2de up his mind and live
ae :
Excursionists in
eeling, W. Va.
employee was
red and
cut by
Baltim
on T
There
oaded with
land to
ed the
\
PRESIDENT WILLIATT IcKINLEY.

| say that he is a convalescent. It will
| probably be three weeks before it will
[be safe to move him. We must wait until
the outer wcund is healed and strong.
{ The inner wounds through the stomach
proper will be strong before the exte-
rior wound is. How long it will be be-
fore he is able to sit up will depend
upon the rapidity of his improvement,
and I may say further that his improve-
ment, if it continues, promises to be
rapid.”
Dr. McBurney was asked to compare
the Garfield case and its treatment with
that of President McKinley. He smiled
as he replied that to do so would be to
give the whole history of the progress
of surgery during the last 20 years.
“Besides,” said he, “the cases are ut-
terly different. Garfield's wound was
an extremely unfortunate one in every
way. It was difficult to handle, it was
impossible to get at the bullet, while
the wound of President McKinley is in
many respects a lucky one. No com-
parison is possible.”
Dr. P. M. Rixey said:
“lI am not a specialist in abdominal
| surgery. but from a general knowledge
| of gunshot wounds I can say that the
only possibility of compli s was by
blood a d that
I considef™®e<”% no ba-
bilities. [Peritonitis mn! s a
result of the two apert m-
ach, but up to this ti
the usual standard
slightest symptom
| There: is not the sli
blood soning. A
yet exffracted, I do
worry i
that it
cles o
courses,
cut
the

to the side entrance to the Temple it
was met by a mighty salute of cheers
and applause.
The three alighted and were escorted
to the door of the building.
Almost immediately a carriage con-
taining Secret Service men George Fos-
ter and Samuel R. Ireland dreve up,
and these detectives, with several other
Secret Service men, entered the build-
ing together. Inside they were met by
Director-General] Buchanan, who had
arrived but a moment before, and he di-
rected them as to where to stand.
In passing to the place the President
took off his hat and smiled pleasantly
ito a little group of newspaper men and
| to the guards who had been stationed
To one of the reporters |
in the place.
he spoke smilingly, saying:
“It is much cooler in here, isn't it?’
President Stood im Ais'e.
The interior of the building had been
arranged for the reception. From the
main entrance, which opens to the
’
| southeast from the temple into the wide
esplanade, where thousands had gath-
| ered, an aisle had been made through
| the rows of seats in the building to a
|
nd |
|
|
t. | dent
| point naer the centre.
This aisle was
{ about eight feet wide and turned near
| the centre to the southwest door of the
temple, so that there was a passage
dividing the south part of the structure
into a right angle.
It w so arranged that the ple
who d shake hands with the Pre
enter at the southeast J
President in the centre d
on out at the southwest
aisle made the curve i
the building the corne
orated with tall
plants, so the Presiden
sides
meet
en
the
had
and
un-
ong
uous

| the one

person
| secret
until he ha
had clasped
Ireland was
est move O
1S NOW sup
lice, and fo
| made, woul
| officers.
Immediatel
the Presiden
rather tall,
parently 25 y
traction. Hi
face would 1
slaying the na
The secret
about his righ
kerchief. As
lifted, as if
his coat, tl
was injured,
ed his left h
shake hands
noticed that the
of the assassi
shield the yo
essary for
The orga
max to the
more inspiri
imagined. Innc
sin the Presider
nity and benevo
right hand to n
posedly wounde
Twe
As the youth
he, quick as a fla
practice, whippe
which |
anyone knew w
shots rang out, «
after the briefest
For the first mon
ful hush. The sonata
people stopped and c«
Then there was pan
Chief Executive, it was K¥ow
shot.
The President drew his ri
quickly to his chest, raised his
his eyes rolled. He swerved a
reeled and was caught in t
Secretary Cortelyou, to his ri
“May God Forgive
Catching himself
ond the President,
of the whiteness of
assassin as the office
him to the floor and
the most benevolent |
imagine:
“May God forgive
The President wa
way, then a step in
The excit t was ¢
am e k
nally
side the