Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-18
OXYGEN AND POWERFUL sT,m.
uLaNTs BRING HIM
THROUGH.
aIh1 VET W'N foRtoRN flGur
lie is NOW PASSING THROUGH
THE CLIMAX OF HIS
ILLNESS.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Han.
ma is passing through the climax of
his illness, and yesterday afternoon II
was feared he was dying, but last
night he rallied strongly and there is
again some hope that he yet may wiz
the forlorn fight. The odds are much
against his recovery, but the sturdy
physique OF the man, aided by oxygen
and powerful stimulants, brought him
through yesterday afternoon when he
was sinking rapidly, and possibly may
again.
1t is now a question of how long the
climax of the fever will last and how
many and severe will be any further
acute attacks, for yesterdays spell
was so severe that another probably
would witness the end.
Yesterdays acute attack came in
the form of a chill about Q o'clock,
and not long afterward Senator Han.
ma passed
Into Inconsistencies,
not to return again until near 8
O'Clock. His pulse at this time ran.
Up to 1870 and was so feeble it was not
perceptible at the wrist Three hours
later. however, he had shaken off the
attack to so great an extent that DR..
O&ler, the Baltimore physician in at,
tendance, as he came from the sick
room, said there had been a decided
improvement and that the patients
palse was much stronger and had
fallen nearly twanfv Doi,,tc
Miss Mary Phelps, the senator's
niece, was near at hand when the
doctor came from the sick room, and
when she heard the announcement OF
the rally, she asked: u,
Then you have hope, doctor?"
Hope the doctor replied, "of
course there is hope. When man
rallies from a sinking spell such az.
the senator had this afternoon and
showed such strength afterward, there
is the
Best Ground for Hope"
The first information. from the sick
room in the Arlington hotel yesterday
showed the fever to have attained
the highest point yet reached and the
doctors looked for the senator's tenn
perature to be at its worst during the
following forty-eight hours, but it un-
expectedly lowered as the day wore
on and developments seemed more
favorable.
About 2 o'clock in. the afternoon,
however, the high fever was succeed"
ed by a sudden chill which resulted
in an alarming complication. Power
full stimulants We're promptly used
For two hours and half oxygen was
applied continuously, and later more.
irregularly as its good effects began,
to manifest themselves
The news quickly spread that the
senator was in sinking conditionana
the number of callers and inquiries
which had come in greater number yes
terday than at any time previously.
We're vastly augmented.
Tried Several Times TO Speak.
Shortly before z o'clock Ma. Dover
announced that the senator had re,
covered consciousness some time be-
fore and said that he tried several
times to speak to, DR.. Osler, but was
too weak. The doctor asked him to
aid them in the application of the OK
ygen by taking deep breaths. He did
as directed, thus showing that he
fully understood what was said. 1t
was also announced that the heart
action was better and that the TEN
perature had lowered. A little later
it was announced that the patient had
taken a little nouvishment including
some diluted whisky, and retained it,
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
called during the afternoon.