The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-13

Washington. Feb. 1s.--At 2:1o a. m. MT. Dover, the Senator's secretary said Mir. Hanna was sleeping. Dr. Osler. he said did not look for any change before morn ing, though the patients temperature migSt rise from time to time. in which case It would be reduced by sponge baths.
 Washington. Feb. H.-Senator Hanna is passing through the climax of his illness and this afternoon it was feared he was dyin, but tonight he rallied strongly and there Is again some hope that he may yet win the. fight. The odds are much against his recovery, but the sturdy physique of the man, aided by oxygen and powerful stimulants, brought him through this afternoon when he was sinking rapidly and possibly may again.
 1t is now a asquestion of how long the climax of the fever will last. and how many and severe will be any further acute attacks, for to-days spell was so severe that another probably would mean the end.
 To-days acute attack came in the form of a chill about o'clock and not long afterward Senator Hanna passed into ullconsciousness, not to return until aroused at o'clock. His pulse at this time ran up to 13O and was so feeble 1t was not perceptible at the wrist. Pulse Beats SIacken.
 Three hours or so later, however, he had shaken off the attack to so great an extent that Dr. Osier. the Baltimore phy- sician in attendance, came from the sick room at s:S5 o'clock and said there had been a decided improvement and that the patients pulse was much stronger and had fallen nearly 20 points.
 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:
 Then you have hope. doctor g Hope the doctor replied "Of course there is hope. When man rallies from sinking spell such as the senator had this evening and showed such strength afterward. there is the best ground for hope9r yGn. 5. t
 The first information from the sick room In the Arlington Hotel to-day show ed the fever to have attained the highest point yet reached and the doctors looked for the senator's temperature to be at It's worst. during the following twenty-four hours. but it unexpectedly lowered as the day wore on, and developments seemed more favorable
 Chill Succeeds Fever.
 About 2 o'clock in the afternoon, how ever, the high fever was succeeded by a sudden chili which resulted in an alarm ing complication. Powerful stimulants were promptly applied. For two hours and ashaif oxygen was applied continu- ously, and later more irreguiarly as it's good effects began to manifest them- aelves. At one time during the sinking aEell, tie pnlse was zaeEceiy perceptsble af tlle wrist.
 The senator Iapsed into iinconsclousness with the sinking spell. Dr. Carter was alone with him ct the .begihning of the attack. but Drs. Olsen and Rixey were summoned immediately, and on their ar rival the three worked 3incessantly with their patient until the reaction came late in the afternoon. .'I
 Prior to the sinking spell, saline solu- tions were given and strychnine in one- thirtieth grain doses was administered, but much more heroic remedies were re- sorted to during the period of the acute attack.
 In the forenoon the senator had been well enough to be shaved, he making the request to his brother, H. M Hanna.
 Oxygen Administrated.
 The first indication outside the sick room that Senator Hanna's condition had taken turn for the worse was when a messehger was rushed in great haste to a drug store. It became known speedily that he had gone for oxygen. Mrs. Hanna was out driving at the time, but when she returned she was promptly advised of the change that had taken place during her brief absence and hurried to the bed side of her husband, where she remained constantly throughout the period of great est danger.
 The news quickly spread that the Sena- tor was in sinking condition, and the number of callers, and inquiries which had tcoFne in greater number today than at any time previous, were vastly aug metned Subsequently Mir. Dover, the Senator's secretary, announced to the newspaper men that he had just sent tele-