The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-06
HANNA'SCONDITION SERIOUS
HIS AGE 4 FACTOR TO CONTEND
 HITH.
Upon Signing Papers but When Put or Drops Into siambsr from Ez- haussion-Apparensiy Contracted Ty- phoid in Columbus Where an Epr- demic Is Ra ging- President calls.


 Washington, Feb 5-senator Han- mas illness is officially pronounced by his physicians to be irregular typhoid,
 that is typhoid fever with the fever
 symptoms less regular and marked than in the pronounced typhus of the
 disease. It is stated that there are no Iorganic complications to add to the se- Iriousness of the case. but the senator at the time of the attack was in liter Ially worn out condition so that his ex-
 treme physical weakness and nervous depression, coupled with his age. sixty |six years, and frequent recent rheu- matic attacks, makes the case one of Imuch more gravity than an ordinary attack os typhoid of a comparatively mild character. The crisis of the fever is not expected before the middle of lnext week.
 The senator is conscious and to-day Insisted on some papers being brought to him for his signature, but was so weak that when he was put off two or three times. he dropped into slumber from exhaustion. He gained considera- ble rest to-day but his sleep was partly the result of weakness. The physicians tonight expressed confidence in the senator's recovery. but admitted that recovery will be matter of weeks and
 the most careful nursing. No one, save
 Mrs. Hanna, Miss Phelps, the senator's niece, and Elmer Dover, his private sec- |retary, are permitted to see him, aside from the doctors and two trained nurses, one a typhoid fever Aexpert from Philadelphia.
 President Roosevelt called at the Ar lington hotel to-day to inquire about Senator Hanna's condition. He saw MT. Dover The physicians gave some consideration to the fact that most of the senator's immediate kin are out of as far away as Thomasville, Ga, but decided that at present, there was no occasion to send for them. It is hoped to bring about a sufficient improvement lin Senator Hannass condition to per- limit his removal to Thomasville Five physicians were in attendance to-day, Dr. Rixey. the regular family piysi- Ician; pr. Magruder, pr. Brewer; from New York Dr. Behrend, an expert who examined the senator's blood for ty- phoid indications, and pr. Osler, an ex- ipert diagnostician from Baltimore. He will continue in consultation with the other physicians.
 The physicians are unable to say where the senator caught typhoid fever.
 There is a typhoid epidemic at Colum- bus, O., where the senator visited last month. He left there about the thir- teenth ultimo, and became i'll about nine days after that, the time that medical authorities give for the breaking out of
 the fever after infection.
 | A great number of inquiries, tele- graphic, mail and personal, are reach ing here about Senator Hanna's condi-i ition. Governor Herrick called on the long distance telephone from Columbus, l O., IO-Dlgllt dllu dShtu LU pc htpt cOii- stantly informed. Mr. Dover told him that he believed the situation thus far 1 is not alarming.
 The following statement was issued | immediately after consultation of the physicians over Senator Hanna's case shortly before o'clock this evening: "Dr. Osler, of the Johns Hopkins hos Ipital, of Baltimore, who examined MT. Hanna several days ago. called again to-day and had conference with Drs.
 Rixey and Mugruder After the con- sultation Dr. Rixey issued the follow 1 ing statemnt:
 s"The senator's general condition is good There were no complications.
 His temperature at 6 o'clock was 101 6-1O and his pulse SO.'
 ! pr. Osler immediately returned to
 Baltimore. He makes regular visits to Washington on certain days and he was asked by telegraph to-day to join the
 other physicians at a conference. This was fixed at 5 o'clock pr. Rixey will return at 8 o'clock this evening to take the temperature.