The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-02-18
The Death Of Senator Marcus A.
Hanna is Only a Question
Of Time.
IMPROVEMENT ONLY TEMPORARY
A Sudden and Unexpected Change In
His Condition for the Worse Took
Place Sunday Morning.
His Pulse Beat at the Alarming Rate
Of 1877 and His Respiration Was
Above 4o--tils Tempera.
ture Was 1898.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Han.
mas condition at 6 a. m. Monday was
critical in the extreme. He was slow.
ly sinking, but on giving him injections
of brandy he revived slightly.
Washington, Feb 15.-Sunday was
regarded as the crucial day in Sena,
tor Hanna's heroic battle for life. It
began with assurances of quite an op.
timistic character. The first news Of
the day from the sick room was an.
nounced shortly after o'clock a. m.
The senator. the doctors said, had
passed perfectly quiet night. His
pulse 120 and was strong and regular,
and his respiration was declared to be
satisfactory, although no figure was
given.
At intervals Of two hours during the
night Senator Hanna had been arous.
ed and given nourishment, after which
he Immediately would resume his
sleep. The doctors supplemented this
announcement with the statement that
the condition Of the senator at this
time surpassed 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 ar.
rived. and the senator was alone with
his nurses. Suddenly he became no.
ticeably weaker. His rapid breathing
excited alarm, and other signs OF dis.
tress caused a hurried summons for
both physicians. On their almost In
stant arrival his pulse was beating at
the alarming rate of 1877 and his res.
piration was above 40. The oxygen
apparatus was put into use immedi.
ately, the breathing cone was placed
over the senator's nostrils and relief
secured
The s o'clock bulletin Sunday even.
ing showed no Improvement in the
senator's condition. Some milk and
whisky were administered at $3.50
o'clock and shortly thereafter the pa
tient was given another bath, but 1t
caused no reduction in the tempera-
ture. For an hour after the bath Sen.
ator Hanna dosed and was resting com.
fortably. More nourishment was Civ
en- at s o'clock. Throughout the even.
ing the doctors gave oxygen for cou.
pie of minutes at intervals Of half an
hour.
Dr. Osler retired for the night i'm
mediately after issuing the II o'clock
bulletin. saying that he did not antici.
pate any immediate change.
All hope Of Senator Hanna's recov-
cry has gone. Mr.. Dover has just stat
ed that there Is no chance for
life. 1T is just a matter of temporary
improvement" he said. The doctors.
however, are not preparing for imme-
diate dissolution.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Han.
ma has had another sinking spell early
Monday morning DR.. Osler was call,
ed from his bed and DR.. Carter worked
laboriously over the patient. AS q re-
suit there has been a complete reac.
tion although the senator has been
left much weaker. DR.. Osler returned
to his bed with instructions TO be call
ed should another spell be imminent