Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-02-18
Iif End IS DRAINING Mac
TWO SERIOUS SINKING sPELLa
DURING THE DAY DisPEL
ALL HOPE. 1
GREAT DRAIN ON his VITALITY
RALLY FROM A THIRD SINKING
SPELL AsToNIsHED THE
PHYSICIANS.

Washington, Feb. 16. - Yesterday
had been regarded throughout as the
crucial day In Senator Hanna's herois
battle for life. II began with assur-
ances OF quite Al optimistic cherec
ter. The first news of the day from
the sick was announced shortly
after z a. m. The senator, the doc
tors said, had passed'a perfectly quiet
night. His temperature at z O'Clock
was 1898; pulse recorded 12o ana
was strong and regular, and his res
piration was declared to be satisfao-
tory, although no figure was given.
This statement had hardly been
given when an unexpected change for
the worse took place. Suddenly hs
became noticeably weaker. His rapid
breathing excited alarm. and other
evident
Signs OF Distress
caused a hurried summons for both
physicians. On their almost instant
arrival his pulse was beating at ths
alarming rate Of 1877 and his respira,
tion was above 40.
The Oxygen apparatus was put intn
use Immediately, the breathing cone
was placed over the senator's mouth
and nostrils and relief secured.
The physicians declined to make
further comment on the outlook, but
II was noticeable that their optimism
Of the early morning had been en-.
fsra1r, IiCofnafnI hu the q 0fn1AnH cinln.
ing spell. However, for the next few
hours the reports which came anoS
ficiaIly from the bedside of the seBa
tor all told Of his wonderful
Re~cuperative Powers.
At 1890 a.. m. DIR. Osler declared
the distinguished patient to be entire
ly recovered from the depression OF
the earliej morning hours. A laps OF
nearly two hours then ~intervened
without news except of the most in
definite character, such as mo
change" when suddenly at 2 O'Clock
Representative Rick Of Ohio and Mr..
Dover came from the senator's apart
ments with the shocking announce
ment that the senator had suffered
another sever sinking spell and had
failed utterly to respond to all stin-
ulants administered to revive him.
This news came like a bolt from .
clear sky. The hotel corridors had
been ~thronged throughout the day
with anxious inquirers as to the sem
ator's condition. The latest news
from the sick o
Caused a Hush
throughout the Hobbies. Mr.. MediH
Mccormick, the senator's son-in-law,
was dispatched In haste for more pow
erful stimulants. These came, bnt
the next report, a few minutes later
said that the doctors declared the en6
to be only a question Of perhaps MIN
utes, but at the most, OF hours.
Then, within a space of three min
utes, the patient rallied, his con
seriousness returned. and by the exer-
ton of his wonderful will power SEN
ator Hanna seemed to pull himself To-
gether In what the doctors and thoss
at the bedside regarded as a most NH
raculous manner But the fight was
by no means Vol Although the af
ternoon relapse had been relied
from it had left a badly weakened
frame for future battles. The re
storatives were continued and the
senator dozed again
Into a Stupor.
The physicians used oxygen cor.
tinuously throughout the afternoon
The rally from o third sinking speff
was so unusual that the physicians
themselves were a~stounded. They
said they believed II due largely to
the patients wonderful efforts to aid
In their heroic measures. 1t was
| stated that the recurrence Of tho
| sinking spells does not imply thar
these will continue. and that simply
because of the previous depressiops
| there is no reason to look for another
drain of like character on his vitality.
At the same time the doctors hardly
know just what to expect. Neither
could 1t be said. was added, when tha
climax OF the fever would be reached.
No Chance for Life.
It IL apparent, however, that an uD-
usual gloom pervaded the hotel. All
hope had been abandoned and any I'M
provemcnt In the senator's conditSos
which developed In the course Of the
day was regarded nc only temporary.
Mr.. Dover. on coming from the sick
chamber. said that there was N
chance for life. although the phys1-
clans were not preparing for immedt'
ate dissolution.