New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-02
HOPING AGAINST HOPE.
NJ IMPROVEMENT IN GENERAL SHERIDANS
DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THE DRoPSICAL CONDITION OF THE LUNGS
NAOSES GRAVE FEARS-THE BLOOD FEEBLY
clHCUbATING-NO EFFECTS OF THE
DAYS EYCITENIEnrr VISIBLE

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| evening the report from General Sheridans sick
room was that he still held his own. Scarcely
| any hope was inferred from this statement. Every
reihpse has left him weaker, and the fact that
there Is no claim that he is gaining strength is
| looked upon as most dscouraging. One of the
most dangerous symptoms of his present condition
| is the dropsical condition Of the lungs which may
at any moment produce suffocation or induce
such violent exertion as to suspend the action OF
the heart The lungs constantly filling up
WIN water the result of the feeble circulation OF
the blood When this ocdema, as it is technically
termed, was confined to his legs though it was a
most uniavorablo symptom, it was not an element
OF Immediate danger. 1t is so now and is the one
critical feature in the case, attended it is by
the valvuar failure of the heart.
Painful criticisms upon the course of treatment
pursued by the Army physicians have been pub
lisbed, and the suggestion has been made that
the services of the eminent civilians called in at
this late stage of the have been chiefly to
divide the responsibility of the apparently in
evitable result. These criticisms do not seem to
be well grounded. There appears to have been
nothing which the most loving, faithful care and
skill could do which has been left undone
At p. IN. the following bulletin was issued:
The situation remains about the same Through the
been no renewal OF yesterdays attack though is
but an Incomplete recovery from its effects.
No new unfavorable symptoms have developed. The
unavoidable excitement connected with his promotion has
had no deleerious whatever lie has slept quietly
through good part OF the day.
ROBERT NJ oREILLY,
WASHINGTON MATTHEW'S.
CHARLES b. BYRNE,
HENRY G. YARROw.
Neither of the consulting physicians Drs. Lin
how haan in att .ann Gin
Dr. Pepper paid his EARL " morning visit. Colonel
Blunt stated to The TRIBUNE correspondent
that he still felt some hope, though he could not
say that the General Lad gained anything during
the day.
The TRIBUNE correspondent called at II 80
at the door of the Sheridan home and was in
formed that the General was resting peacefully
and that neither the physicians the members
oil the family anticipated an Immediate crisis.
CREATED A GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
TUE SHERIDAN BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, June 1 (SpeciaD.-At o'clock to-
day the House passed the Senate bill revvng the
grade of General of the Army, at :35 the act
had been approved by the President, Lieutenant
General Sheridans name sent to the Senate, the
nomination confirmed by that body, the commits
sion signed by the President, and the happy intel
ligence carried to the hero Of a hundred battles
as he lay lowering between life and death 1t
only remained for him to signify his acceptance
and take the oath of Office
At one time it seemed as though action by the
House would be postponed until Monday, owing
to the obduracy of Messrs. Oates, Of Alabama, and
Kilgore of Texas who objected to the considera-
tion of the bill and resisted the appeals of MIR.
Mills and other Democratic leaders. Many
friends Of the measure feared that
1t would be fruitless in case of
a postponement, even for two or three days, and
most of the Republicans determined that no other
business should be done until the Sheridan Dill
had been passed. The parliamentary situation oil
the measure rather critical, despite the TACT
that not halfdozen members were willing to
vote against it, for unanimous consent was re,
quired to bring it before the House. Colonel
Oates Of Alabama, who lost an arm while light
ing in the rebel army, and Mr.. Kllgore, OF Texas,
n member, took advantage of this The for
mer was not even willing that General Spln0la
should report the bill from the Military Commit
tee to which it had been recommtted
Mr. MILLS PLEADS WARMLY FOR THE BILL
Mr. Randall suggested that it be kept back un-
til Monday, when it could be passed under sus-
petsion of the rules, but Republicans demurred,
and enough of them refused to vote to break the
quorum Chairman Mills and his associates, who
were impatient to renew the tariff debate, beseught
Oates and Kilgore to yield. Mills walked over to
Spinoa, who was waving the bill in the air and
vainly claiming recognition, and selzlng the pa
per, held it up and exclaimed:
Mr.. Speaker, in the name OF Confederate sol
diers living and dead call for the passage OF this
bill"
Even this appeal was disrcgarded, and Kilgore,
shaking off the Democrats who were trying 10 P per-
suade him, continued to shout 0D)ect.' FL
forts to go on with other business were 1ruitleSS
and Mr. Burrows remarked that time would DC
sbo1d b e9 taken Senef on Sh se Sheridan BILL Mr. Ran
dali replied that the Democrats had sDOWeu tnelr
willingness to do that which was true, eAcePC az as
to two or three men on that SIDE. a Toll caf US US
closed the lack Of q quorum, ana call oi the
House was ordered. ,.1
Colonel Dorsey, of Nebraska, had dispatch
from the War Department stating that the aying
Lieutenant General had asked this morning IL the
bill had passed the House. This seemed to make
an impression on Kilgore, who SAID be would agree
to vote if it could be taken by yeas ana nay,
Colonel Oates left the chamber, ana oeIorv ntro ~
returned the bill had passed beyond his contr9ii
He stubborn to the last, and demanded 5l-
vision but McMillin, who was IN the c4ar' a ue1
cided that he was too late ana that the plii ud @
been passed. Three or four feeble nays VIZ @
heard on the Democratic side when the Vote was Wn
called, but the action Of the House was virtually
unanimous. -. :,
The bill for General Sheridans benift was IN
troduced about three weeks ago by Senator Far
we'll of Illinois. General Sheridan was IneM Miii IL
health. The bill went to the Committee on Eota NIL.
henderson as a subcommittee dount Eas as
raised in the minds OF members as 10 Whc.nca
the Office thus revived for a specai purPoee
pcfinancncy. Senator Henderson called upon
General Sheridan for the purpose of consutselUnd
but the General, willie expressing his pre- proiGiuna i
qualification said he was manliestV hoC ~
position to control as to details. Senators Man,
dcrson and Hawley consulted with members oi
the House Military Committee as to the terms ot
measure which would command ,ne subRIiIiv XII ,et ~
n majority Of that committee and the PHI was vas |
yet in the committee stage of growth when the
tidings of the Generals extreme illness "ere IT,
ceived.
THE NEW GENERALS FIRST OFFICIAL Az,
just after the commission had oeen sisheu oy
the President. Senator's IIawley and Manderson |
drove up to General Sheridan's Louise ana wsrc az
once admitted As Mrs. Sheridan entered the |
room. Senator Uawlev handed her the commission |
with the remark: = Madam, l hand you THIS |
with great pleasure ,o,oirood. |