Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-19
Death of Senator Hanna.

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Senator Marcus A. Hanna died in
Washington. Monday evening at GAO
o'clock, at the family apartments in
the Arlington Hotel. His illness dates
back nearly two months. Two weeks
before his death he attended the an
nual dinner OF the Gridiron Club and
remarked jovially, that no attack of
grlp-from which he had been suffer-
ing-could keep him from that meet
ing. Late in the afternoon of the Sd
inst, he suffered an alarming relapse.
Drs. Rixey and Magruder were sum-
moned and found the patient suffering
from a congestive attack. On Mon
day, the Sth, it was announced that
the fever had developed into regular
typhoid. He gradually grew weaker
with high temperature. A saline in
lection was used to repair impoverish-
ment of the blood, and strychnine to
stimulate the heart. These heroic
measures conspired, however, only to
prolong life, the final result being
foretold when his temperature attai ned
105 degrees.
Both branches of Congress adjourned
Tuesday, on announcement OF death
by Mr.. Hanna's colleague, Senator
Foraker, and resolutions of regret were
adopted as we'll as arrangements made
for funeral observances in Washington
and at Cleveland. A committee of p
Senators was appointed to have charge
of the obsequies. Resolutions of re-
spect were likewise adopted by the
House, and committee, consisting of
the Ohio delegation, was appointed to
cooperate with the Senate committee.
The official funeral was held in the
Senate Chamber, Wednesday, the body
having laid in state in the Marble
room in the morning. The Gridiron
Club quartette sang the hymns. This
was suggested as appropriate from
the intimate relations of the Senator
with the club, and his last public ap-
pearance having been with its mem.
bers.
Senator Hanna was born in Lisbon,
Ohio, on Sept. Oath, 1887. He gradu-
ated at the Western Reserve College,
and entered a wholesale house, OF
which his father was senior partner.
On his death, in 1862, the son repre-
sented his fathers interest five years.
He then formed . partnership in the
iron and coal business, which is still
carried on. He was also connected
with shipping on the lakes. and with
many important railway and other
corporations. He was a delegate to
the Republican convention of 1884,
1883 and 1896. In March, 1897, he
was appointed by Gov. Bushnell to fill
the vacancy in the U. S. Senate from
Ohio, caused by John Sherman's &C.
ceptance of the position of Secretary
of State, in McKinley's cabinet. The
Senator was elected BY the Ohio Leg.
islature, TO succeed himself for the
term ending in March, 1903, and had
been reelected to the present Senate
and just taken his seat.
Mr.. Hanna was one OF the noted
men of his age. He was in business a
success; in politics q born leader: in
craftsmanship far-seeing and patriotic
He was q sturdy foeman and . stead
fast friend. Probably no man wal
less understood by his opponents
from the fact that he was 80 unquali.
fiedly positive in nature that he tool
no means for justifying his course, q,
times inexplicable except by . review
of connecting circumstances. 1t may
now be said that while the exponent
of the wealth Of the country that had
passed under trust domination, he
contributed in many ways to the
harmonizing OF the contentious be.
tween it and labor. He was q violent
partisan, and while giving hard knocks,
he was the patient, accomplishing
scape-goat for much Of his party'i
misdeeds.