The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-15
HANNA IS DYING.
All Hope of Recovery Has Been
Abandoned.
Family and Friends Are Gath
cred Awaiting the End.
SINCE FOUR O'CLOCK
The Senator's Death Has Been
Momentarily Expected.
Totally Unconscious and Is Kept
Alive by Drugs.

| washington rep. 15-Dr. OSSler IN
formed Governor Herrick at PAS p. m.
that Senator Hanna might linger in his
present condition for many hours. He
had expected death to ensue before this
and its coming any time would cause
j., no surprise
Washington, Feb. 15.-President
Roosevelt called at the Arlington at
o'clock. He was shown directly to the
apartments of Senator Hanna
| Washington, Feb. 15.-A bulletin from
the sick room at 2:30 D. M, read:
Senator Hanna is sinking slowly.
Respiration so; pulse scarcely percepti-
BILE.
"RIXEY.
"OSSLER.
CARTER
The senator's temperature was not
taken. DR.. Ossler has returned from
Baltimore and expects to remain at the
senator's bedside until the end.
Washington Feb. Is, 3:2O D. NON
leaving the apartments at 3:2O p. m.
President Roosevelt said Senator
Hanna was sinking slowly. He added
that the senator was evincing extraor-
binary vitality and that his fight
against the great odds was marvellous.
washington, Feb. 15.-After an anx-
| ious night Senator Hanna's life this
morning was hanging only by a thread.
| His pulse VISA SO feeble as to barely be
noticeable and the members of his family
since o'clock have been gathered at
the bedside awaiting the dreaded sum-
mons of death All day yesterday and
most of last night 1t was felt that the
senator's condition had reached an
acute stage and the family made prepa-
1 Tat1OnS for the worst
Becoming exhausted through cease
T less watching and waiting they retired
late in the night, but at o'clock this
| morning, following sinking spell
| which made it apparent that the dis
| tinguished patient was nearing his end,
the family We're aroused and entered
the sick chamber. In the meantime
/ messages were sent to Governor Her
! rick, General Dick, Senators Scott and
Kittridge, William Nelson Cromwell
and others, advising them of Mr.. Han
mas critical condition and shortly
thereafter they had assembled in a
/ room adjoining that in which the sena-
ktor lay. s,,
President Roosevelt was notified
A ray of hope was given the family
! and friends, when at O'Clock after a
/ saline injection with brandy, was CIV
en-, Mr.. Hanna rallied slightly. He is
/ totally unconscious and the physicians
| state that his death may occur at any
moment.
ALL HOPE ABANDONED.
Since o'clock this morning the dis
tinguished patient steadily failed and all
| efforts to rouse him were without eff
feet. The sinking spell Which COM
menced early in the morning and which
recurred later in the day had so weak
ened the patient that all hope for his
recovery was abandoned, and it was
then realized that he could last but
short while longer. The crisis came this
morning when shortly after o'clock
the senator had another sinking spell.
| Doctors Ossler and Futcher were hur-
riedly summoned and together with DR..
Carter worked over him for nearly an
hour. Not responding to their efforts
Dan Hanna was notified of the serious
turn in his fathers condition. A con-
sultation followed and it was decided
to waken the entire family. Except to
| talk or know about his own case, the
physicians state that since Friday aft
ernoon Mr.. Hanna practically was un-
conscious. AT o'clock, the usual hour
for the morning bulletin, the senator
was steadily sinking. The official bull
letin read as follows:
"Since a. m. Senator Hanna has
slowly lost ground and no longer is
able to take nourishment by the
mouth. His temperature is not so high.
but his pulse has become more rapid
and weaker and his repirations have
increased in frequency.-Rixey, Ossler,
| Carter"
Since the morning bulletin was is
sued by the doctors all tidings from the
| sick room were of the same tenor-that
the patent was slowly sinking and
| steadily growing weaker and that life
was only being prolonged by injections
| and oxygen. The text of the bulletin
was sent by long distance telephone to
L. c. Hanna in Cleveland and tele-
the senator's friends, who have been
kept in close touch with his condition
since it reached the critical point
A STREAM OF CALLERS.
- e.
| hastily summoned to the bedside early
| this morning remained close by since,
coming and going from the senator's
| room to the sick chamber. The strain
has been a severe tax. There was a
constant stream of callers at the Ar
| lington all morning anxiously inquiring
| of the senator's condition. Secretary
Hay arrived at the Arlington about 8
| o'clock and was shown UP to the pri
vate apartments where H. NJ. Hanna,
the senator's brother, advised him of
the patients condition. Telephone
connection was established with the
White House early this morning and
all bulletins were promptly telephoned
DOCTORS LEAVE.
H. At $50 a. m-, DR.. Rfxey left and
about half an hour later DIR. Ossler
went to Baltimore, leaving DR.. Futcher
in charge of the patient. He continued
| the application of the heroic methods
employed in the struggle to prolong
life.
/ Governor Herrick, of Ohio, and other
| close personal friends of the senator
/ piled the doctors with questions when
some ray of hope from their replies
but no encouragement could be given
Among those calling at the hotel this
morning were Secretary Hitchcock and
Secretary Taft, Senators Foraker, Aid
rich Fairbanks. Spooner and Hale and
| Justice William r. Day of the United