The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-06-05
HEM0RRHAGE AND HEART FAILURE.
General SherIdan's Disease Assumes
a New Aspect.
He undergoes an Attack from Which
He Rallies Slowly,
While the Anxious Watchers Each
Moment Expect the End.

WASHINGTON, June AT 425 D. m. Gen.
eral Sheridan had very severe hemorrhage.
The blood elected from the mouth was al
most black and clotted.
At 5 p. IN. the attendants said the General
was sleeping. The attack Of the. afternoon
was by far the most severe yet experienced
and oil hapa abandoned for a time IL
was believed to be impossible to rally him.
The oxygen treatmentand the galyanic bat
terry were used. After prolonged effort, the
General began to breathe little more freely
and became partly conscious. Soon he sank
into an exhausted sleep. The doctors bull
letin at s.15 says:
General Sheridan had hemorrhage this after
noon which induced recurrence of heart failure.
He was on the verge OF dissolution and although
he rallied his condition is still most precarious
WASHINGTON, June 5-12.15 a. m.-No
material change has occurred in General
Sheridan's condition. He was sleeping rest
fully nearly all the evening. tits stated that
there will be no more bulletins tonight.
Yesterdays Bulletins.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-The following bull
letin was issued at o'clock this morning:
General Sheridan has had no fresh complication
or serious relapse. The action Of the kidneys is
nndiminlsned, Inc temporary Increase last even
and OF the breathing, may not improbably be re-
ierred to the recent atmospheric changes. On the
could be expected.
At9.3o 1t was stated at the house that there
had been no material change in the generals
condition since the 8 o'clock bulletin was
issued.
At 1890 the attendant at the door said there
had been no change in the condition of the
general since morning.
1t was reported this afternoon that DIR.
Pepper, before leaving Washington this
morning for Philadelphia, told the family
that the general was in a better condition
than when he saw him last.
Bulletins were issued during the afternoon
as follows:
At S.45-There Is slight rally In Gen. Sheri-
dams condition since the last bulletin.
At 3.15-General Sheridan is much worse, and
At s5i-Within the last hour another attack of
heart failure occurred. The worst may be feared
at any time.
Praise from European Generals.
NEW YORK, June 4-One of the Herald's
foreign correspondents has been talking with
some OF the most famous military command
ers Of Europe upon the career Of General
Sheridan.
Count Won Moltke says; General Sheri-
dan strikes me as the type of thoroughly
American general, with all the wonderful
energy and fertility of resources that charac-
terize the nation, and probably no better
cavalry commander has ever taken the field.
All the armies of Europe have adopted many
OF the lessons taught by him in the tactical
use of cavalry"
General Won der Goltz says 81 consider
General Sheridan one of the ablest cavalry
commanders in the world"
General Won Pape, who commands the en-
tire frussian garde-c0rps, says that Sheri-
dams campaign in West Virginia is model
of the way to handle large masses Of cavalry
in the warfare of the future.
Prince Frederick of H0henzollern says
''The late emperor often spoke Of him as the
man who knew best how to make cavalry
horses do more work than any other cavalry
commander ever got of them"
General Boulauger says: THE judgment l
personally formed Of him was that he was a
most intellectual man and most competent
soldier"
Hoping for Recovery.
The New York morning papers publish
talks with the well known physicians, Drs.
George f. Sheady and Edward G. Spitzka. in
which both Of them express the belief that
General Sheridan will recover from his pres