Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-30
HIS LAST FIGHT.

n TIE DEATH STRUGGLE OF sHERI
= DAN WITH INsIDUOUs DISEASE.
y Latest Reports Indicsre That There is No
81 Chance of His Winning in the Unequal
2 Contest-Resting Easily.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-In speaking oi
7 the case OF General Sheridan his wife saws
that his improved condition during yes
r terday was evident. He was bright and
; cheerful and read the papers, laughing
: when be found anything that pleased him.
When he found some statements however,
that he was very ill, he was not pleased
and not backward in making the fact
known. The family endeavored to keep
: some of the more alarming accounts from
him, but he at once noticed the abse nee
OF papers and called for them. He enjoyed
the presence OF his children in his room
two nr three times dnring the afternoon
and tive or three intimate friends were
DHO"Su w pOC atIus lucTb WdB u cons UaHU
stream OF private and official callers to
inquire after his health. Mrs. Sheridan
THE GENERALS MOTHER
will not come to Washington, as has been
stated she lis very old, in feeble health and
it is thought would be unable to stand the
journey hsre. The Generals strength kept
up remarkably well and he was able to
| walk bo
and to move from his bed to any easy
chair with little apparent effort He took
| considerable nourishment, mostly pepton-
| ICED milk, though dish OF chicken broth
Was also given him in the afternoon The
| trouble with which General Sheridan is
,ffiicted is due to chronic imperfect
closure OF the valves Of the heart, thus
allowing the blood which has been dis. |
| charged from that organ to be forced back |
again, thereby imposing additional burdens |
upon it. The immediate danger lies in the |
fact that in one of his
WEAK or PAINTING SPELLS
the Generals heart refuses to act, and this
spell is always to be apprehended. 1t is |
on this account that the presence OF the |
physician is constantly needed in order
that some powerful heart stimulant NAV
patient over any attack which may occur.
1t is said that General Sheridan has been
troubled with this affection of the heart
for at least three or four years, and that
he must have known of it.
FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS.
1t is further sand to be disease with which
many men who are actively engaged in busi-
ness and have clear heads and apparently
good health are afflicted. They may live
long time and go about their ordinary
avocations, while in other cases the dis
ease quickly runs it's course and causes the
death of the person troubled with it. In
nine cases out OF ten it is said to be caused
by acute rheumatism and it is not at all
improbable that General Sheridan may
have contracted this heart disease in ex-
posures incident to his military duties.
MORNING BULLETIN.
The following bulletin was issued this /
May 27, after consultation, at
s a. M, by Drs. O'ReilIy, Byrne, Yarros,
and Matthews: General Sheridan has :
rested fairly well during the latter part OF | {
btR h4 oi asiaht and has taken sufficient guam
IS liz, and stfods BBftlsste nj TIA tfaie t1ee
abored at times during the night, but has +
been improving constantly since a. N. '
The unfavorable symptoms reported last
evening were not relieved till d. m. Less
nadema of lower extremities. Expresses
himself as rested, and as feeling comforta-
ble TSigned] r. M. O'REILLY, Il
w. MATHEWS,
FL. G. YARRow,
G. B. BYRNE.
BulIetin-10 p. m. General Sheridan is
not so strong or well this evening as he was
early in the day. There has been o recur-
renee of the heart tronble but the efforts
Of the physicians to rally him from the at
tack OF yesterday evening proved unavan
ng.7 At this time (S:15 p. n.y. the doctors Il
are even less hopeful than before. II
HOPE ABANDONED.
Bulletin-1O:3O p. IN. Ali hope has been j
bandoned, and it is not believed that
General Sheridan can live anoth T twenty
tour hours.
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
Bulletin-midnight To an inquiry made
at 11:30 D. in, as to General Sheridan's
condition the answer returned was: HE
is lowering between life and DEATH" IL
RESUME OF HIS CONDITION.
WASHINGTON, D. c., 12:30.-General
Sheridan's condition is much worse than
it was last night. He appears to be gradu-
ally sinking, and almost all hope has been
His strength is gradually
failing, and while there has been no recur-
renee of the heart failure, there is con-
tinual tendency in that direction, and MS
pulse has been growing weaker and
breathing more heavy. About SIX
O'Clock be desired to be Hfteed up
higher, and two attendants assisted
by Mrs Sheridan endeavored to raise him.
He was go heavy that they had some diff
Guilty. and the General noticing said iokingiy
II am pretty heavy but I haven't got any
paralysis" referring to the newspaper
statement, that his malady IS a dropslcai
swelling and is due to imperfect circulation
OF the blood. General Sheridan fully
recognizes that
HIS END MAY COME
at any moment and it is said he has made
all arrangements he desired to have per-
fected before his demise. One OF the phy-
sicians in attendance said this evening;
General Sheridan has great vital powers,
but do not think he will be alive thirty
hours from now and certainly not IN TWO
davs unless there is q great change. he
has no pain and think he will sink away
easily. A recurrence of the heart trouble
NAV come, the heart win cease to beat and
an win be at an end" At the Generals
house all is quiet and conversation is car
ried en- in subdued whispers, so as not TO
disturb him in the least should ne be able to
sleep. There was
A STEADY STREAM OF CALLERS
at the residence during the day, and many
teleerams were received asking for informa-
ton as to his condition. The callers IN
clude many persons well known in wash
inpton life, and considerable number OF
them were ladies. The President sent a |
basket OF flowers and note OF sympathy |
TO Mrs. Sheridan. He asked to De II /
formed OF the Generals condition, and ex, !
nressed the sincere hope that his life would
he SHARED. General Sheridan has always
| been
GREAT FAyoRITE WITH THE PRESIDENT,