The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-17

WASHINGTON, DC, June l1.--lopecial
to THE SALT LAKE HERALD. ]-Ole OF
the principal points of lntere t IN Wash
ingtoR during the past two weeks Is the
home of
GEN. PHILIP Il. SHERIDAN.
Every body's sympathy goes out toward
the sick man aud the memb rs OF the
watching, hoping household. Every
body has prayed that the warrior might
recover. Of the sick room but little is
known, for only the most guarded state
mems are made by those who are ad-
nlitted to the house. A military air
perVades the mansion, and The soldiers
on duty at the doors answer all Ques-
tions IN the briefest and most unsatis-
factory manner, even the IRE pressible
reporter being refused the news he so
much covets. During the daytime the
avenue upon which the ground is stu
ated is undis urbed save By the alm est
noiseless approach and departure of
those who are seemingly most deeply
interested IN the patients welfare. In
the Immediate nelghborhood, chatting
with eacI other on the possibilities
and improbabilies of the case.
is a group of newspaper men =
aot more tan three or four. They
watch closely the arrivals and depar.
lures. They buzz everyone who looks
as though he had any new to impart.
The harasS the cabman who is con-
tinually waiting, with his vehicle before
the door, to ruth off on some hur led
errand-to call in the civilian physician,
DR.. Lincoln, or TO procure a tauk of
fresh OXYGEN. About 8 o'clock in the
afternoon, after Jew trips to a neigh
boring telephone, they ell rush for
their conVeyances, waiting around j
o-ner AMI turn in the latest news for
the evening pape S. Then another re-
lief goes on duty, and If thu news
should chanc5 t. be IN ayorable the
Oro1u is considerably enlarged. BY
10p.m. there will be from twenty-five
to forty newspap r representatives
present on the Sidewalk somewhere
near the generals home. All the big
papers of the c)uatry will have at least
one man there. How heavily time
hangs on their hands. They converse
as long as possible about the sick man g
condition, but that subject is speedily
pumped dry. The conversation is carried
on in whispers although the patient
could not hear the voices were :hey
even loud. After a while the crowd
stro3ls across to the otter side Of Sew.
sateenth Street, in front of Perry Bel
mont's house, and ther5 they iutert st
and amuse each other with reminis-
Fish stories were in order at first, but
they had to be barred out because some
of the weaker intellec's were not equal
10 the enormous strain. Occasionally
there is a break, when some one enters
or leaves the house, then every man Is
on the qui rice for a scrap of informa-
ton from which paragraph may be
construc ed. The night wears on but
never relax their vigilance. They
know who occupies every chamber
IN the house, and when, on two
occasions, every room was suddenly il
Illuminated, the keen newspaper minds
knew Immediately that the whole FAM
lily had been summoned to the, appar-
entity, dying mans bedside. In the
early morning the street lamps are all
exiinguished, and then for an hour or
two there is zimmerman blackness.
broken only by the lights that shine out
from the house and by the cab lamps on
the adjoining square. Policemen stroll
lGisurely by, stopping sometimes to
chat with the boys" who are still en-
gagged in telling stories. Everything is
very quiet and orderly, though, aud
there Is no disrespect intended for the
general. Every reporter there is sorry
for him, but the hardening process
through which.they al haYego ender,
them almost unsusceptibie of tn at quiet
reserved sympathy which others feel.
The stars fade out and the outlines Ct
General Scots equestrian statue show
up distinctly against the grey dawn, but
until after daylight that many OF them
depart. Most of theto go to the neighbor-
ing grocery store, and enjoy, at the pro-
prietor's expense, an al ffeScO breakfast,
IN which fresh bread and butt,r,
cheese, bologna sausage and strong
liquors. are The principal features. The
oblIging grocer, a Mr.. Cannon, is to
day the most papu ar man with the
newspaper Fraternity in Washington.
1t WAS on MS invitation that the re-
porters made their first early call for
refreshments, and he has insisted that
they keep II up until the general either
reooFers or dies. Mr.. Cannon is he
yond all doubt, phitanthropist.
not FOR INGALLS,.
Among the other things which the
Kansas delegation to the Republican
convention had determined upon was
the gi7ing of a complimentary vote TO