The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-13

w llama Is passing through the
climax of his illness. This after
noon il was feared he was dying, but
tonight he rallied strongly and there is
again some hope that he may vet win
the fulon fight. The odds are much
against his recovery. but the sturdy
physique of the man aided by oxygen
and powerful stimulants. brought him
through this afternoon When he was
sinking rapidly and possibly may
again. Il Is now question OF how
long the climax of the fever VIII last
and how many and severe viii be any
further acute attacks. for tOday's spell
was so severe that another probably
VIII witness the end.
Today's acute attack came IN the
form of chill about O'Clock and not
long afterward Senator Hanna passed
into uuconsciousness, not 20 return
again until around s o'clock. His pulse
at this time ran up to $50 and was so
feeble it was not perceptible at the
wrist Three hours or so later, how
ever. he had shaken of the attack TO
50 great an extent that DR.. Osier. the
Baltimore physician in attendance,
when he came from the sick room at
$3.50 O'Clock. said there had been de
cided Improvement and the patients
pulse was much stronger and had fall
en- nearly twenty points.
Hope Remains.
Miss Mary Phelps. the senator's niece.
was near at hand when the doctor came
from the sick room, and when she
heard the announcement Of the rally
she asked:
Then you nave hope, Doctor
Hope the doctor replied. ''of
course there's hope. When a man raj
lied from a sinking spell such as the
( senator had this afternoon and showed
such strength afterward, there is the
/ best ground for hope"
The first information from the sick
room i'm the Arlington hotel today
showed the fever to have attained the
/ highest point yet reached, and the doc
tor looked for the senator's tempera-
ture to be at its worst during the fol-
/ lowing Orty-eight hours, but 1t UNI
( eXpectedly lowered as the day wore
on and developments seemed more IA
vorable.
Senator Had a Chill.
: About , o'clock in the afternoon.
/ however, the high fever was sueces5lef
/ by a sudden chill. which resulted in an
( alarming complication. Powerful slim
ulants were promptly applied. For two
I hours and a half oxygen was applied
| ~. as its good effects began 10 mani
/ fest themselves. At one time during
i the sinking spell the pulse was scarce
/ ~ BerceDtible at the wrist. The sena-
/ tor lapSed into INCONSISTENCIES with
[ the sinking spell. Doctor Carter was
alone with him at the beginning of the
attack. but Doctors OsleT and RiXey
/ were summoned Immediately, and on
/ their arrival the three worked inces-
sanity with their patient until the re-
action came late in the afternoon. Be
+ fore the sinking spell saline solutions
were given and strychnine in 100 grain
/ doses administered. but much more he
/ role remedies We're resoTted to during
I the period of the acute attack. In the
/ forenoon the senator had been well
/ enuogh TO be shaved. he making the re
/ quest Of his brother. A. NJ. Hanna.
Family Summoned.
The first indication outside of the
! sick room that Senator Hanna had
| taken turn for the worse was when
/ a messenger. was rushed in haste TO Il
/ drug store. 1t became speedily known
that he had gone for oxygen. Mrs.
. Hanna was cut driving at the time.
but when she returned she was prompt
~ advised of the change that had
( taken place during her brief absence.
/ and hurried To the bedside Of her nus
band where she remained constantly
/ throughout the period Of greatest dan
. ger. As the messenger fastened from
the hotel for oxygen. Miss Phelps, the
=anatOr's niece, came hurriedly into
/ the lobby of the hotel and summoned
H NJ Hanna brother Of the Sena-
tor. TO the apartments upstairs. she
+ remained and sent some dispatches.
The news quickly spread that the
/ senator was in a sinking condition and
the number of callers and inquiries
which had come in greater number to-
day than at any time previously, were
vastly augmented. Subsequently Mr..
Dover. the senator's secretary, an
nOuuced to the newspaper men that he
had just sent kilograms TO relatives
and some Of the senator's friends an
nOuucing that an unexpected change
for the worse had taken place and that
the patients. condition was critical.
Discouraging Reports.
Those outside waited anxiously but
for several hours all reports were de
cidedly discouraging. The attack yield
ed So slowly and so stubbornly to the
powerful stimulants administered that
The gravest fears began to be enter
tanned that the end might not be far
removed.
Mr.. Dover called Governor Herrick o.
Ohio and others in Ohio on the long
distance telephone and advised then
of the serious turn. Mrs Parsons, q
daughter and Daniel Hanna, the sen
ator's son. both in Cleveland. were
summoned to Washington post-hast'
and announced that they would come
/ at once.
Mrs. Mccormick, a daughter. wa
with her mother IN the sick room muel
/ of the time. Mr.. Fisher, also a secre
tary to the senator. was busy at tn
telephone answering anxious inquiries
from the capital from public officiab
throughout the city who had been ad
vised by news bulletins of the suddel
change. while large number of other
, called in person at the hotel.
Recovered Consciousness.
: Shortly before { o'clock Mr.. Dove
announced that the senator had recov
cred consciousness some time before
and said that he had tried several time
to speak to DR. Oslcr but was To-
weak The doctors asked him TO al
them in the application OF the oxyge
bv taking deep breatls He did as di
rected thus showing that he fully IN
7 { derstOod what was wanted. 1t wa
: also announeed that the heart actio
was better and that the Temperature
= had lowered. e 1ittles later IT was an
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