The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-15
HANNA AT
DEATHS DOOR
Had an Unexpected Sinking Spell
This Morning Presasins
the End.

WAS. !NG-LN. 10. 15.-All hope
of Senator IlGana's recovery has gone.
Mr.. Dover has just stated that there is
no chance for life 1T is just matter
of temporary improvement" he said.
The doctors, however, are not prepar-
ing for immediate dissolution.
At intervals of two hours during the
night Senator Hanna was aroused and
given nourishment, after which he inn
mediately would resume his sleep. The
doctors supplemented this announce
ment with the statement that the con-
ditiOn of the senator at this time sur
passed all their expectations.
This statement hardly had been is
sued when an unexpected change for
the worse took place. DR.. Osler had
gone to Mr.. Hanna's room, and DR..
Carter and Secretary Elmer Dover had
stepped down TO the dining room for
breakfast. DR.. RiXey had not arrived,
and the senator was alone with his
nurses. Suddenly he became notably
weaker. His rapid breathing excited
alarm, and other evident signs Of dis
tress caused a hurried summons for
both physicians
On their almost instant arrival his
pulse was beating at the alarming rate
of 1877, and his respiration was above
40. The oxygen apparatus was put in
to use Immediately, the breathing cone
was placed over the senator's mouth
and nostrils and relief secured
A lapse OF nearly two hours then in
tervened without news except Of the
most indefinite character, such as no
change when suddenly at o'clock
Representative Dick of Ohio and Mr..
Dover came from the senator's apart
ments with the shocking announcement
that the senator had suffered another
severe sinking spell and had failed Ut
terly to respond TO all stimulants ad-
miuistered TO revive him. Restoratives
were continued. and the senator dOzed
again into a stupor.
DR.. Carriers description Of the sink
ing spell, made public shortly after 3
o'clock, was as follows:
AT 1880 o'clock very unexpected
sinking spell came on. We at once
started TO work on the senator but he
failed TO respond to the restoratives
applied. During this spell the pulse
entirely disappeared from the wrist.
and only slight nutter Of the heart
could be detected We kept applying
other stimulants and finally got
slight response Now he has a pretty
good pulse and also respiration. The
spell was decidedly worse than the one
in the morning"
Asked as to the future outlook, the
doctor replied:
I'VE can only work and hope
The 8 o'clock bulletin showed no i'm
provement In the senator's condition.
Some milk and whisky Were admins
tered at $50 O'Clock, and shortly there
after the patient was given another
bath, but IL caused no reduction in the
temperature. For an hour after the
bath Senator Hanna dozed and was
resting comfortably. The doctors gave
oxygen for couple of minutes at in
tervals of half an hour
1t was apparent that an unusual
gloom pervaded the hotel All hope
had been abandoned and any improve
ment in the senator's condition which
developed was regarded as only tenn
poraFy,
President Roosevelt called to make
a personal inquiry, and Governor Her
rick of Ohio on arriving in Washington
went at once TO the senator's apart
ments. Former Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith has also arrived
from Philadelphia Postmaster Gen
eral Payne and Governor Herrick
lunched together ut the hotel, where
both remained in constant touch with
the senator's condition.
Speaker Cannon called more than
once to learn the situation. Secretaries
Hitchcock and Wilson also were call
ers, az were Senators Fairbanks, Plat
of Connecticut, Kean of New Jersey,
Scott Of West Virginia. Mitchell Of Or
egon SpOoner and many others
Mr.. Andrew Squire of Cleveland, =
close personal friend of Senator Han
ma. has been I'm Washington several
days, Clement A. Griscom Of Phila-
delphia and Representative GroSvenor
have made many trips to the hotel to
learn the senator's condition.
Morris Woods Speed ON lee.