Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

the Result OF the 1llncss-GrOwS
Gradually Weaker from Effects of
the Disease-Son Goes to WASH
ington.
Washington, Feb Ex-senator Han
mas condition is alarming. His tenn
perature has risen rapidly, and he fails
TO respond to stimulants. Messengers
nave just been hurriedly sent for oxy-
gen. DR.. Osler is expected at once,
carriage having been sent to the depot
for him.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Han
mas condition Friday morning was
notably serious. 1t is believed by his
physicians that the climax of the dis
ease has been reached. This may con-
tlnue for 48 or sc hours, and it NAV
continue for much longer time. 1t
is their belief that if the fever should
break within the next two or three
days, at most, Senator Hanna may
have good chance of recovery, bu,
II 1t should continue for a longer pc
ROD, as sometimes is the case, the
worst is to be feared as the patients
strength is not sufficient to withstand
the ravages of the fever for long con-
tinued time
All Of his physicians we're with him
Friday morning, DR.. Os!er deeming it
necessary to be present at the exam
ination of the patient and at the con-
! sultation which followed A thorough
examination of the senator was mado
at nine o'clock.
Shortly before nine o'clock Sen
ator Hanna awoke from brief
| sleep. The physicians at once
began their examination. They
read his temperature, pulse and respir-
alton, before going further with the
examination. The results of the read
ing at that time were temperature.
1O4; pulse. 112; respiration, %. While
the patients temperature was high, j.
was even higher at one time Thursday
night. 1t is said by the physicians,
however, that the temperature is no
higher than is to be expected in a case
of typhoid. particularly while the pa
tient is passing through the climax OF
the disease.
The increase of the pulse is an inGi-
cation of the senator's growing weak
ness, but assurance is given that that
alone does not show the presence ct
immediate danger.
Despite the senator's high fever, be
slept fairly WELL 1t was necessary, at
intervals, to administer stimulants to
the patient as means of maintaining
his failing strength. That he responds
readily to the action of the stimulants
is regarded by his physicians as a IA
vorable sign. The physicians are en-
couraged also by the fact that Sen
ator Hanna's vital organs continue to
perform we'll their functions. The
nOurishment given him he retains
and good results have followed.
No irritability of the stomach has
been noted since Wednesday night
At the conclusion of the examination
"a process which is necessarily weak
ening-the senator was given a sponge
bath. This had the effect of reducing
into natural sleep.
The fact that Senator Hanna's ILL
ness has reached the serious, if not the
critical, stage, has brought hundreds
of inquiries from friends in every part
of the country. Scores of his. COL
leagues in the senate and in the house
of representatives called at the hotel
Thursday night and Friday and in
quired solicitously for the latest news
from the bedside of the distinguished
patient. President Roosevelt was
among the first of the anxious inquir-
ers as to the senator's condition Dr.
Rixey conveys promptly and regularly
to the president the results of the ply
sicians' examinations of the patient.
Son Going to Warrington.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 13-As a result
of a conference between Dan r. Han
ma, son of Senator Hanna, and Private
Secretary Dover. at Washington, by
long distance telephone. Mr.. Hanna
stated that he would leave here for
Washington Friday afternoon. Mr.
Hanna said his advices concerning the
condition of his father were precisely
in accordance with the press dispatches
from Washington. While he did not
believe his fathers condition, to be
alarming. he desired to be at his bed
side during the crisis of the fever.
Tragedy in Oregon.
Portland, Ore, Feb. 13.-Edmund D.
Tobin, mining man from Baker CITY.
Ore, Friday shot and severely wound
ed his divorced wife and then commit