The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-16


 Mrs. Daniel Hanna Who Had Gone to Summon Mrs. Hanna-she Was Lying HI in Another Rsom-Great Grief at Announcement Of DeRth-senntors Fairbanks, scott and Kistredge Broke Down-Untversai Tributes.
 Washington, Feb. 15.-Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna died at $40 o'clock this evening at the family apartments in the Arlington hotel, after an illness extend- ing over nearly two months filled with apparent recoveries, followed by re- lapses and finally drifting into typhoid fever, which in his weakened condition he was unable to withstand. When the end came all the members of the sena- tors family were in the room, except Mrs. Hanna. the senator's wife. and MT. and Mrs. Daniel Hanna, Mrs. Han na had left the room only few min utes before.
 The last sinking spell began at exact iy 6:30 o'clock. Drs. Garter and Osler were then in attendance. They did not conceal the fact that life was about to ebb and all members of the family were sent for. Mrs. Mccormick, one of the senator's daughters, and Miss Phelps were present ct this time.
 MT. and Mrs. Daniel Hanna were the first to arrive, and they withdrew im- mediately to the chamber of Mrs. Han- na. to summon her to the bedside. It was while they were absent that the senator breathed his last In the mean time Mir. Mccormick. MT. and Mrs. Parsons and H. M. Hanna had entered the room. Mir Dover stood in the door. There were no distressing incidents att tending the last moments It was a sinking spell which terminated in ten minutes. Just after his eyes closed in death Mrs. Hanna was able to come into the room. She bore up well under the terrible ordeal, and tonight is showing ca1mr1ess and bravery.
 The courage which had been displayed by Mrs. Hanna was the subject of the greatest surprise. She had been in al- most constant attendance on her flus- band though realizing fully there was no hope for recovery. Nevertheless, the renonstrances of the physicians and the added implorings of her children that she take some rest were unavail- ing until late in the afternoon when she was attacked by violent headache She was given a narcotic and then she retired to her chamber, but insisted that call be sent as soon as there ap- peared to be any change for the worse. For the last two days Senator Hanna had not been conscious except at inter- va1s. and then only to obey mechanic ally some instructions given him by the physicians Fourteen hours before the end was announced life had practically suspended. the f1ickering spark being Kept aglow by the most powerful scien- ytifc agencies. Five minutes before death came General Charles A. Dick < came from the bedside with the an- nouncement: ''He is worse, and has only a few minutes at the most" This statement immediately prefaced the last official bulletin which was: Senator Hanna sank gradually during the after noon and died quietly at $40 o'clock
 Mir. Dover, the senators secretary, read the bulletin to the newspaper men who were waiting. Word went over the hotel like flash. The lobby was crowd ed and a score of friends were waiting in MT Dover's room Though it was known five minutes before that the next word probably would be the announce ment that the senator had breathed his last. the effect upon his friends was almost that of a sudden shock No at tennpts were made to restrain grief. Senators Fairbanks, Scott and Kilt redge broke down. They stayed at the hotel the entire day, and knew there was no hope, but that proved no guard against the tears which sprang unbid- den to their eyes and ran down their cheeks. General Dick wept his sorrow at the loss of a friend who had been a brother. His associations with Senator Hanna were born in politics, but be- came bonds firm as though bred in the blood.
 None knew Senator Hanna well but to admire him, and it was but short step from admiration to love in the days of anxiety which attended the senator's illness. So 1t was that conver- sation was curious admixture of