The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-16
LONG BATTLE WITH DEATH.
! Senator Hanna Had Been a Sick Man
For Two Months.


fatal illness i'm its beginning dates back
nearly two months. About the middle
! of December he informed his friends that
I he did not feel quite we'll but declined
/ TO take a period of rest. which aH fullE
realized was much needed. Although le
had been complaining for two or three
/ DAYS he left Washington Thursday aft-
I eTnOOu. Dec 1t- To attend q meeting Or
the executive committee of the civic fco-
Grafton. which was held in New York
on Friday and saturday His deep IN
! terest in the work of the federation ~
/ duced him thus TO expose himself lie
was able TO attend the sessions Of the
committee and 10 participate in its oe-
{ liberati0ns. but on Saturday night no
was stricken with what was pronounced
I by TT. George T. Brewer. his attending
/ physician. 10 be the grip lie was con-
fiued to his apartments iu the Waldorf
Astoria for nearly four DAYS bl1C ON ms
/ afternoon cf "Wednesday. Dee. -. Lr was
able to leave for bis home in Cleveland
Z He became better ON his arrival there
and on SATURDAY. the z6th appeared at
I his office I'm his usual spirits apparently
! quite recovered from bis attack OF thu
Trip to Columbus
on Sunday Jan. 1e 4Ir Hanna le3
/ for Columbus 60 be- present at The pro
{ ceediugs incident TO his reelection ~
the United states senate He remained
I i'm Columbus until the following Wednes-
dav afternoon when he returned 81
/ Cleveland. During his sojourn IN ColuH-
bus he was bright and cheerIul. etldui-
Z ing the DDE%lfa4 strain Oh =trctili@ nun
dreds of his friends without any lndl-
he arrived I'm Washington from Cleve~
/ land on Saturday, Jan J 5. lie was Il,
! tigUed on account of his tTlp ana US
excitement and strain Of the incidents
I Of the week. but was i'm excellent spirltA
and received with cnaracIeflsuC clletl'
( fulness and manifest pleasure tne Coz,
gratulations of his friends on his re-
/ election to the senate.
! III in Washington.
: On the following Tuesday, Jan. 70. Sens
atOr Hanna was obliged 10 remain III Htk
apartments IN the Arlington Motel ouir
/ geon General Rixey was called and pro
/ n0unced the sickness 2 recurrence o. lhs
/ recent attack of the grip some 1ef
was noted. but no more than 9suaH! y
an incident OF that disease. IN = ~
I or two the senator was oettei- ail4 ~
several DAYS thereafter he Attended -
/ business practically as usual On the Ioi'
/ lowing Tuesday the senator syInI5t9.ss
became more serious. and ne was oideIt3
I by Dr. Rixev to discontinue all Noll
likely to produce nervous strain ana =
remain quietly in bed for Few days
His Last Outing.
+ Complying with these directions he ns
| came better and was well enough o.
/ the night Of SATURDAY, Jan, -. 20 800
the annual dinner of the Grioifen Cl.t
/ an occasion which. he remarke4' ~
ally, no attack OF the grip couiu iie-~
] him TO fOreg0. a., ..
{ fects of his attendance on the ulnher' ~
] during the day he received ana eAetts
I with about forty OF his lIieids. re
I In fine spirits Among others WIN N ti5l
I ne talked thar dav was James j. l1iil- tA
financier and railroad Inaeiidt 81 Alttli
I talked for nearly Two hours stnp4~
! financial and political sltlaliyi-s-
I Northern Securities case ana 9t-st $50
Z dental topics, That was lAe tSet s.e-..44
/ important conference on genera 1@-t
/ of public interest in when Ai. Il8'-i's
/ participated.
Suffered a Relapse.
Tsto 6, tho af.ar7oen Of Wednosdav
I Feb. 3. Senator Hanna suffered S5t e.e--55
& ing relapse. DIS RlNeE anu -Ha
/ were hastily summoned anG Ioun9 thz
+ patient suffering from g cO.ise9.
: tack His temperature htd risen 20 -
/ 100 and ne was very weak an eSali.ilie
/ ton developed the fact ilal Lis tlt-l
I gans were IN good C0hultlJit go 49,
/ forming their functions pFopeti--
I wears ago the senator was JroHDieo 70
! some extent by an attectloR OF We ii-aL.-
/ and al first if was feared that tt 9 7eli-
/ Gus sickness should develop q -d.ai ~
/ minatiOn might eusue- ilE
/ of the heart conditions. however. were re-
1 assuring 10 the physicians ny il7
] impressed by Dr. Brewer tgotilt . ~
( Vow YORK Senator Hanna requested tlslL
/ that physician be- sent for TO Consult WIN
/ DPS. RiXey and MagrUdef'
Typhoid Fever.
On his arrival here pr. Brewer asfee0
/ with the diagnosis of the attending phE-
/ sicians Dr. William Osler tne eni.eils
/ diagnostician of the Johns Hopkins nos,
! pitai in Baltimore. also was SUNNI
! TO the bedside of the senator. lliStuF
ing some symptoms Of typnol4 LetE- ~
I suggested that an eNamlnatlCl pt ~
I senator's blood be made. on = co. > tis
! physicians announced that Aif Hanna
was suffering from q case o. iftt=H'as
typhoid fever. This announcements ls5ff
1 the keeuest apprehension anonE
| friends owing to his advanced age -
/ wears. and his known Dredlsposltio4 @
I rheumatic trouble.
] The most profound solicltude was MANI
( tested bv Senator Hanna FIlslos "a
/ washington and throughout the country
/ Anxious INQUIRIES as TO the parent s cons
ditf0n were made almost nlomeutarltS
throughout each day as his illness pros
crossed
Worried About His Work
Mr. Hanna worried considerably about
his work in tho senate aud tinasi3, 81
his suggestion. such matters as pc waa
nartirsilarIv Interested iH ana required
/ immediate attention were placed 80 tbs
hands of Senator FatrDanks OF tnqia.ila-
Excessive weakness Characterized Eaa
senator's condition on o0noa1s thc sh