Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-15
ALL HOPE HAS FLED
Senator Hanna Now Thought
to Be at Deaths Door.
HE HAD THREE SINKING SPELLS
Failed to Respond to stimulnnts
Given to Revive Him-President
U~ookcvelt, Governor Herrick
and Others MaIkc inquiry.

N~OokcveIt, Governor HerrAck
and others Make Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-All hope
Of Senator Hahna's recovery has gone
Mr.. Dover has just stated that there is
no chance for life. ut is just a matter
of temporary Improvement" he said
The doctors, however, are not prepar'
ing for immediate dissolution.
At intervals of two hours during the
night Senator Hanna was aroused and
given nourishment, after which he i'm
mediately would resume his sleep. The
doctors supplemented this announce
ment with the statement that the con-
dition Of the senator at this time sur
passed all their expectations.
This statement hardly had been is
sued when an unexpected change for
the worse took place. DIR. Osler had
gone to Mr.. Hanna's room, and DR..
Carter and Secretary Elmer Dover had
| stepped down to the dining room for
breakfast. DIR. RiXey had not arrived.
and the senator was alone with his
nurses. Suddenly he became notably
weaker. His rapid breathing excited
alarm, and other evident signs of dis
tress caused a hurried summons for
both physicians. DO
On their almost instant arrival his
pulse was beating at the alarming rate
of 1877, and his respiration was above
40. The oxygen apparatus was put in
to use Immediately, the breathing cone
was placed over the senator's mouth
and nostrils and relief secured.
A lapse of nearly two hours then in
teryened without news except of the
most indefinite character, such as mo
Representative Dick of Ohio and Mr..
Dover came from the senator's apart
ments with the shocking announcement
that the senator had suffered another
severe sinking spell and had failed ut
terly to respond to all stimulants adj
minis.ered to revive him. Restoratives
were continued. and the senator dozed
again into a stupor.
DR.. Carriers description of the sink
ing spell, made public shortly after 3
O'clock, was as follows:
"At 1880 o'clock a very unexpected
sinking spell came on. We at once
started to work on the senator, but he
failed to respond to the restoratives
applied. During this spell the pulse
entirely disappeared from the wrist,
and only a slight futter of the heart
could be detected. We kept applying
other stimulants and finally got a
slight response. Now he has a pretty
good pulse and also respiration. The
spell was decidedly worse than the one
in the morning"
Asked as to the future outlook, the
doctor replied:
I'VE can only work and hope"
The s O'Clock bulletin showed no im-
proycment in the senator's condition.
Some milk and whisky were admins
tered at $50 o'clock, and shortly there
after the patient was given another
bath, but 1t caused no reduction In the
temperature. For an hour after the
bath Senator Hanna doZed and was
comfortably. The doctors gave
oxygen for a couple of minutes at in
tervals of half an hour.
1t was apparent that an unusual
gloom pervaded the hotel. All hope
had been abandoned, and any improve
ment In the senator's condition which
developed was regarded as only tenn
President Roosevelt called to make