The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-02-18
The Sick Senator Was Unable to
Rally from the Last Series of
Sinking Spells.
Official Funeral Services to Be Held
in the Senate Chamber at
Noon on Wednesday.
Remains to Lie in state Mt the Capitol
Final Rites to Occur In Cleve-
land on Friday.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Marcus
Alonzo Hanna died at 40 O'Clock Mon
| day evening at the family apartments in
the Arlington hotel, after an illness eX-
| tending over nearly two months, filled
with apparent recoveries, followed by
reapses ana finally drifting into typhoid
| fever which, in his weakened condition,
he was unable to withstand When the
end came all the members of the Sepa-
| tors family were in the room except
Mrs Hanna the senator's wife, and Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Hanna. Mrs. Hanna had
| LETT the room only few minutes before
The last sinking spell began at exactly
g.: 30 o'clock. Drs. Carter and Osler were
then in attendance. They did not con-
ceal the fact that life was about to end,
and all members of the family were sent
for. Mrs Mccormick, one of the sena-
tors daughters, and Mrs Phelps were
present when the end came. Mr.. and
Mrs Dan Hanna were the first to arrive
and they withdrew Immediately to the
chamber of the senator's wife to sum-
mon her to the bedside. 1t was while
they We're absent the senator breathed
his last.
Mrs. Hanna Is Brave.
There were no distressing incidents at
tending the last moments. 1t was a
sinking spell which terminated in ten
death Mrs. Hanna was able to come
into the room. She bore up well under
the ordeal, and is showing calmness and
bravery.
For the last two days Senator Hanna
had not been conscious except at inter-
walls, and then only to obey mechan-
ically some instructions given him by
the physicians. Fourteen hours before
the end was announced, life had prac-
tically suspended, the Pickering spark
being kept aglow by the most powerful
scientific agencies Five minutes be-
fore death came Gen. Charles A. Dick
came from the bedside with the an
| nOunCement: "Ie is worse and has
only few minutes at the most" That
statement Immediately prefaced the last
official bulletin, which was: Senator
Hanna sank gradually during the after
noon, and died quietly at $40 o'clock. !"
Warm Friends Weep.
Though it was known five minutes
before that the word probably would be
the announcement that the senator had
breathed his last, the effect to his
friends was almost that of sudden
shock. No attempts were made to re-
strain grief. Senators Fairbanks, Scott
and Kittridge broke down They had
remained at the hotel the entire day,
and knew there was no hope. but that
proved no guard against the tears which
sprang unbidden to their eyes and ran
down their cheeks. Gen. Dick wept his
sorrow at the loss of friend who had
been a brother.
spontaneously outbursts of unstinted
tribute were heard on every side. Men
who are acknowledged leaders of the
political parties, kings of finance and
commerce. and men selected to serve
In the highest positions in the nation
were among those who expressed the
country's Unreasonable loss Post
master General Payne sent word to
President Roosevelt, and he expressed
deep sorrow at the fatal termination of
the illness.
Funeral Arrangements.
Friends at once took charge Of the
GuparoI orrapppmpnte Surb will no