The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-15

sky. The hotel corridors had been thronged throughout the day with anx- fous inquirers as to the Senator's condi- tion. The latest news from the sick room caused hush throughout the lobbies. Meddtll Mccormick, the Senator's son. in-law. was dispatched in haste for more powerful stimulants These came. but the next report, a few minutes later, said that the doctors declared the end t0 be only asQuestf0n of perhaps minutes but at the most, of hours.
 Then within space Of three minutes the patient rallied. his consciousness re- turned. and by the exertion of his won- derfui will power, Senator Hanna seem- ed to pull himself together in what the doctors and those at the bedside regard ed as most miraculous manner But the fight was by no means won. Althoush the afternoon relapse had been rallied from. 1t had left badly weakened frame for future battles. The restoratIves were continued and the Senator dozed again into stupor.
 DR. CARTER TALKS. pr Carteris description of the sinking spell made public shortly after o'clock was as fo.lows: At l:50 o'clock very unexpected sinking spell came on. We at once started to work on the Senator. but he failed to respond to the restoga- lives applied. During this spell the pulse entirely disappeared from the wrist and only slight fiutter of the heart could be detected. We kept applying other stfm- ulantss' and finally we got a slight re- sponse. Now he has a pretty good puiae and also respiration. The spell was decid- edly worse than the one this morninr.', l Asked as to the future outlook. the doe- tor replied:
 We can only work and hope" When the situation looked moot criti- cal this afteronon the members of the immediate family were assembled in the sick room. Mrs. Hanna has been in al- most constant attendance at the bedside
 THOSE AT BEDSIDE. Others in the room were the daughters, Ruth and Mable, respectively: Mra Me Cormick and Mrs. Harry A. Parsons. with their husbands. the Senator's son. Dan R. Hanna and his wife; H. M Han- ma, the Senator's brother and Miss Phelps. a niece. After the Senator had made his wonderful and unexpected rAi- ly,' the ladies. with the exception of Mira Hanna. went out at the suggestion 0f the phygicians, for short walks or drives. President Roosevelt called to maIke a personal inquiry shortly afternoon. Cow eTfior aHerrick of Ohio arrived in Wash ington at s:so o'clock tfils moFnink and went at once 10 the senator's apartzneutn Former Postmaster General Charles Elm ory Smith arrived from Philadelphia. < Speaker Cannpu called more lthnu moe 10 learn the situation. Secretaries fzitctiz cock and WlIsun also were callers. aa Iother officials
 Constantly tele9raphic coulnunicatiofl with Cleveland, New York and other cities was kept up and the relatives and friends of the senator were informed Of every change in his condition. Hundreds of telegrams of sympathy arrived during
 EVENING BULLETIN. The first bulletin of the evening was fs- sued ats p. m. and was as follows: | Senator Hanna was not so well this af- ternoon, but he has rallied. His pulse ls now 1s0. respiration 40. temperature les6's | statement was made accompanying the six Q clock bulletin that the rally was due to injections of brandy and water under the skin For about an hour an a half following the severe sinking spell, Ithe senator had been conscious, but he made no attempt to speak during the en- tire time At S:3O o'clock he dropped into a doze and at times slept peacefully La- ter he took a little nourishmeut
 The physicians used oxygen continuous. ly throughout the afternoon. The rally from third sinking spell was SO unusual that the physicianR themselves were as- founded. They said they believed it due largely to the patients wonderful efforts to aid In their heroic measures.
 DOCTORS ARE PUZZLED. l It was stated that the recurrence of the sinking spells does not imply that these Will continue, and that simply becalisa of the previous depressions there IS no reason to look for another drain of like character on his vitality. At the same time the doctors hardly knew just what | to expect.
 Neither could 1t be said. 1t was added. when the climax of the fever would be reached.Dr. Carter went to bed soon after the afternoon bulletin was issued. and pr. osler remained for the night He made arrangements to stay over the crisis, for every rally consumed so much of the patients strength that the greatest alarm was felt for the consequences of another, if it should come.
 The o'clock bulletin showed no im- provement in the Senator's condition.
 MILK AND SUGAR GIVEN. MIX and, sugar were. administered at 6:S0 o'clock and shortly thereafter the pa- tient was given another bath. but lt caused no reduction in the temperature. For an hour after the bath, Senator Han na dozed and was resting comfortably. More nourishment was given at o'clock. Throughout the evening the doctors gave oxygen for a couple of minutes at ir- tervals of half an hour.
 It was apparent at S:3O o'clock that an unusual gloom pervaded the hotel. All hope had been abandoned and any tm- provement In the Senator's condition which developed in the course of the day was regarded as only temporary. |, Mr. Dover. on coming from the sick chamber. said that there was no chance for life, although the physicians were not prepared for immediate dissolution