Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-15
ALL HOPE HAS FLED
Senator Hanna Now Thought
 to Be at Deaths Door.
HEg HAD THREE SINKING SPELLS
Failed to Respond to stimulants Given to Revive Him-Presiaent R0OseveIt, Governor Herrick
 and Others Make Inquiry.

and Others Make Inquiry.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-All hope of Senator Hanna's recovery has gone. Mfr. Dover has just stated that there is no chance for life. Tt is just a 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 i'm 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 Mir. 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 DOtn pnYS1cldn6
 On their almost instant arrival his pulse was beating at the alarming rate of 137, and his respiration vSs 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 mo 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 tarly to respond to all stimulants ad- ministered to revive him. Restoratives were continued, and the senator dozed again into stupor.
 Dr. Carter's description of the sink ing spell, made public shortly after 8 o'clock, was as follows:
 At 1:30 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 futter of the heart could be detected. We kept applying other stimulants and finally got a 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:
 We can only work and hope'
 The o'clock bulletin showed no im- provement in the senator's condition. Some milk and whisky were adminis- tered at 6:8o o'clock, and shortly there after the patient was given another bath bubit caused no reduction in the temperature. For an hour after the bath Senator Hanna dozed and was resting comfortably. The doctors gave oxygen for a couple of minutes at in- tervals Of half an hour.
 It 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 porary.
 President Roosevelt called to make . 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 at 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 CTS, as were Senators Fairbanks. Platt of Connecticut, Kean of New Jersey, Scott of West Virginia, Mitchell of Or egon. Spooner and many others.
 MT. Andrew Squire of Gle hland, a close personal friend of Senator Han- na,, has been in 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.
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