Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-16
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to those with whom he conversed the best
OF his virile character. Among others with
whom he talked that day was James j.
Hill. the financier and railroad magnate.
They talked for nearly two hours about the
financial and political situations the North
ern Securities case and other incidental
topics. That was the last really important
conference on general subjects of pubic
interest in which Mr. Hanna participated.
Late in the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb
ruary 3, Senator Hanna sustained an
! alarming relapse. Drs. Rixey and Ma
gruder were summoned hastily and found
| their patient suffering from a congestive
attack. His temperature had risen to over
100. and he was very weak. An eXamina-
ton developed the fact that his vital or-
gems were in good condition and perform
Ing their functions properly Several years
age the senator was troubled to some ex-
tent by an affection of the heart. and at
first it was feared that If a serious sick
ness should develop a fatal termination
might ensue through the failure of the
| heart to respond to the demands of nature
or to artificial stimulants The examina-
tons of the heart conditions, however, were
reasSuring to the physicians.
Discovery of Typhoid Fever.
Having been impressed by DR.. Brewers
treatment in New York, Senator Hanna re-
quested that that physician be sent for to
consult with Drs. Rixey and Magruder. On
his arrival here DIR. Brewer agreed with the
uldSHOSlS Ol Tie dttSlluiIlS Ii.
William Osler, the eminent diagnostician of
| the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore,
| also was summoned to the bedside of the
| senator. Discovering some symptoms of
| typhoid fever he suggested that an exam
| ination of the senator's blood be made to
determine definitely whether the perceoti-
| BILE diminuton of the patients strength was
| due to the ravages of that Sease. On the
| following day, February 5, the phys; clans
announced that Mr.. Hanna was suffering
from case of irregular typhoid fever. This
announcement aroused the keeneSt appre-
| henson among his friends. 1t was realized
| that the sena tors adv lnced age-sxty-six
yearS-and his known pred sposition to
rheumatic trouble would be likely to render
| the case more serious than it prob tbly
| might be in a younger man. Mrs. Hanna,
| the senator's daughter, Mrs. Medil McCor-
mick, and his niece, Miss Phelps, already
were at the bedside of the patient, but 1t
was not deemed necessary by the phys-
| clans to summon other members of the
| family. The most profound solicitude was
manifested by Senator Hanna's friends in
Washington and throughout the country.
Anxious inquiries as to the patients cGndi-
ton was made almost momen lily through
out each day as his illness progressed Par
ticularly SolicitOuS were the President and
Mrs Roosevelt, the members of the cabinet
and Mr.. Hanna's cole CUES in the Senate
and in the House of Representatives.
Worried About Senate Work.
MI. i1diilid WcITleQ COnS QeTdCly ABOUT MS
work in the Senate, and finally, at his sug-
gestion, such matters he was particu-
larly interested in and which required i'm
mediate attention were placed in the hands
of Senator Fairbanks of Indiana.
Excessive weakness characterized the SEN
ator's condition on Sunday, the 7th in
slant He was too weak, indeed, to con-
verse at any length, and appeared to be
distressed about his business interests To
relieve his mind of any such cares Ii had
been deemed desirable to summon his
brother, M. II. Hanna, from Thomasvlle
Ga. He arrived in Washington late Sunday
night and was followed, a few hours later.
by DR.. Edward Perkins Carter, Senator
Hanna's family physician. from CT veland.
After a consultation of Drs Rixey, Osler
and Carter on Monday, the 9Th, it was an
| nounced that the fever had developed into
| a regular type Of typhoid. The senator
| gradually grew weaker, his fever contin-
ucd alarmingly high, and on Thursday the
reading of his pulse indicated that 1t had
mounted to over 100 Powerful stimulants
were given the patient. and in both his gen.
| eral condition and in his heart action he
responded to their effect admirably. A sa-
| line solution was injected into his system
| to repair the tmpoverishment Of his blood
and strychnine was used to stimulate the
| heart.
1t became evident on Thursday night
| that Senator Hanna was In most serious,
| if not, indeed, in a most critical condition.
| lated with regularity the liquid nourish-
| ment given him. Very little nourishment
| could be given the patient Thursday night
| and riday. and his excessive weakness
| became alarming. He rested reasonably
comfortably during the early hours of Fri
day morning and afternoon, but soon after
| 2 o'clock Friday afternoon he was seized
| with a chill. His fever increased mate
| rally, and his pulse became so rapid that
| it was thought the end was approaching
Oxygen was administered. but the an
| nouncement was made from the sick room
| that it was thought the distinguished pa
tient was dying. The announcement came
as blow to Mr.. Hanna's anxious friends.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, both of
whom had called on Mrs. Hanna earlier in
| the day to convey to her their profound
sympathy, arranged to receive frequent
| bulletins Of the senator's condition. The
| Arlington Hotel was thronged with friends
of the senator. Among those who, despite
/ the alarming condition Of the patient, yet
| adhered to the belief that the senator
would recover were his brother, H. M.
Hanna, and Representative Charles Dick
! of Ohio toward whom Mr.. Hanna had sus-
| tanned the relation rather of an elder
| brother than that of personal and politt-
cal associate. Their optimism seemed to
| be warranted Friday night, for, quite UNI
| expectedly, Senator Hanna rallied from the
| collapse into which he had fallen, and
| toward midnight showed signs of marked
Improvement
A Fighting Chance.
| The official bulletins announced that the
| senator had passed a comfortable night
| Friday night, though his temperature sew
| eral times reached 1O0 degrees. Applica-
| ton of sponge baths, however, reduced the
/ temperature considerably. During Satur-
| day he rested quietly and slept some of
| the time, and the improvement which he
showed gave the family hope to believe
| that he would yet make good use of the
| lighting chance" Of recovery (which the
| physicians said he had. There was no set
| back during the day. the latest bulletin, Is
| sued at IL o'clock. describing 1t a gain
| ing day." The wearing effect of the sick
ness on the patient. however. was again
| evident Saturday night, when he manifest
| ed increased weakness although on the
| whole the night comfortably passed.
| When the morning bulletin was issued at
$50 o'clock Sunday, the senator's tempera-
| ture was still high and the respiration was
| 40. He had rallied slightly from both. but
| as night came 1t was realized that his life
| hing by the slenderest thread and all
| hope was abandoned.
| 1t had become merely a question of how
| many hours would elapse before the end
The senator. during all the later days o.
| his Illness even while oblivious to all save
his doctors efforts IN his behalf astonish-
ed his physicians by the tenacity with
| which he chung to life ard the determine