Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-02-13
THERE is HOPE.
Senator Hanna Is PASSING
Climax of Illness.
At One Stage Feared That Patien
Was Dying.
At Ono Time Senator's Pulse Rar
Up to 130.

Washington. Feb Ex-senator Hann:,
is passing through the climax of hi.
illness and, this afternoon, it was fear.
cd he was dying, but, tonight, he raj
lied strongly and there is AGAIN somt
nope that he yet may win the fOrlOrl
1Sht. The odds are much against hi
recovery but the sturdy physique o
the man aided by oxygen and power
tul Stimulants brought him through
this afternoon, when he was sinking
rapidly and possibly may again. 1t i.
now Il question how long the climax 0
the fever will last and how many and
severe will be any further acute at
tacks; for to1ays spell was so sever,
that another probably would witness
the end. Today's acute attack cam,
in the form Of a chill about o'clock
and not long afterwards Senate,
Hanna passed into unconsciousneSs
not to revive until around O'Clock. His
pulse at this time ran up to $50 AMI
was so feeble it was not perceptible a,
the wrist. Three hours or so later
however. he had shaken off the attack
to so great an extent that DR.. Osler
the Baltimore physician in attendance
J.oI
O'Clock, said that there had been d
decided improvement and that the pa
tients pulse was much stronger and
had fallen 20 points.
Miss Mary Phelps. the senators
niece was near at hand when the doc
tor came from the sick room and wher
she heard the announcement Of tho
rally she asked: Then you have hope
doctor?"
Hope" the doctor replied, sol
course there is hope. When 4 mar
rallies from u sinking spell such as tbs
senator had. this afternoon. and show
cd such strength afterwards there is
the best ground for hope
The first information from the sicl
room in the Arlington Hotel, today
showed the fever to have attained thu
highest point yet reached and the doc.
tors looked for the senator's tempcra
ture to be ut its worst during the fol
lowing as hours but it unexpectedly
lowered as the day wore on and de-
vclopments seemed more favorable.
About o'clock in the afternoon
however the high fever was succeeded
hy a sudedn chill which resulted in ar
alarming complication. DR.. Garter
was alone with him at the beginning
Of the attack, but Doctors Osler and
EiXey We're summoned Immediately
and upon their arrival the three work
Cd incessently with their patient until
the reaction came later in the after
noon. Prior to the sinking spell Saline
solutions We're given and strychninc in
1-30 grain doses were administered
but much more heroic remedies wcrC
resOrted to during the acute attack. II
the forenoon, the senator had been vel
enough to be shaved, making the re-
quest to his brother, II. NJ. Hanna.
The first indication outside the sick
room that the senator's condition had
taken Il turn for the worse was wher
Il messenger rushed in great haste
from tho hotel to a drug store. 1t he
came known speedily that he had Eon,
for Oxygen. Mrs. Hanna WAS out driV-
ing at the time, but when she returned
sire vas promptly advised of the
change that had taken place during
her absence and hurried to the bedside
of her husband where she remained
constantly throughout the period oI
greatest danger. AS the messenger
was hastcnei from the hotel for oXy-
gen Miss Phelps, the senator's niece
came hurriedIy into the lobby of tht
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