New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-28
M. O'REILLY,
CHARLES b. BYRNE,
ii. G. YAkROW,
w. MATTHEWS.

CHARLES B. BYRNE.
w. MATTHEWS.
General Sheridan's condition is much worse than
it was last night. He appears to be gradually
sinking, and almost all hope has been abandoned
His strength is gradually failing and, while there
has been no recurrence of the heart failure, there
is continual tendency in that direction, and
his pulse has been growing weaker and his breath
ing more labored. The blood is thick and black
Ever since the attack last night the physicians
have been doing everything in their power to
stimulate the action of the heart, but without
success, and its beating is feeble and uncertain,
despite the administration Of digitalis and other
powerful remedies. His strength has gradually
failed during the day, and the hope that he would
be able to rally has proved Elusive.
General Sheridan rested well during the early
part Of the evening.
At 6:3O, when THE TRIBUNE correspond
ent called at the house, the watchers at
his bedside were greatly encouraged. The con-
fusion incident to the sudden attack of last evcn-
ing was so great that it was impossible to obtain
any detailed information concerning it, All of
the statements detailing what purported to be
the incidents of the attacks and the little oc-
currences Of the sick chamber published this
morning were the products Of active imaginations.
No one WINS admitted to the house. and until q
late hour no one who had been with the General
left it.
A great deal Of this fakedn matter has been
printed since the Generals illness was first an-
nounced. The story that Mrs. Sheridan, the
Generals mother, had been sent for was without
foundation Mrs. Sheridan is ninety years Of age
and very feeble. Beth the General and his
brother. Colonel &" Nike Sheridan, have been very
solicitous that no information of the Generals
illness should reach her, for fear that it might
have fatal effect. The story of the trained
nurse from New-York,n who is reported to be
sitting up with the Sister of Mercy in attendance
on the General. is also pure fake" The only
nurse in the sick is the Sister Of Mercy from
Baltimore. Except on the occasion of the sudden
attacks which have visited him, the General is
strong and perfectly able to move from his bed
TO his chair without assistance of any kind One
of the doctors is always in the house, and usually
at his bedside
| SEVERE PROsTRATIoN FOLLOWS THE ATTACK.
On Yesterday afternoon the Generals condition
was so much improved that little Immediate anxiety
was felt, and DR.. O'Reilly, the physician IN
charge, had gone downstairs leaving Mrs. Sherldah
with the General Shortly before o'clock the
General called Mrs Sheridan to feel his pulse,
and. rising from the chair in which he had been
| knowing how to take the pulse, hurried to the
head of the stairs and called for Dr. O'Reilly.
The doctor came upstairs, and Immediately dis
covering the seriousness of the attack administered
| digitalis But it took three hours to bring the
patient back to anything like his former con-
dition, and then the doctors refused to allow MN
| to leave his bed, the action OF the heart peihg
easier with the patient in recumDent positioh'
| II was o'clock this morning before the General
fen into quiet Sleep in which he remained 10 the
surprise of his attendants, for fully an hour'
| From 3 o'clock to he took short maps. ana when
morning came he was feeling much better Dur-
| ing the day he remained in bed, taking regular
nourishment Of milk and chicken broth al lnte--
walls. The nausea with which he was atilcted on
| last Sunday had left him entirely. ana ne tooh
| food with o comparatively good appeute' iie
| even complained of short allowance ana saiu
| that the doctors were trying to starve mm' AO
| o'clock this afternoon Dr. Yarrow. who had Deen
sitting with the patient for some time. came uo"n
stairs with the announcement that he had left the
| General trying to sing song and that he thought
he was safe in going off to get little rest.
A COMPLETE RECOVERY ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
All the reports of the Generals improved cohui-
tion, however, preclude the idea OF complete Ec-
covery. Another attack may come on as uneA-
| pectedy as the attack Of yesterday did' Ano'nei
attack will probably be fatal The Generafs dea'n,
unless some miracle interpOses, is but question oi
days, and it may be q question of houis' IL was
even reported at one time this evening tnat the
General had died, but the report proved 10 Oo
without foundation. Colonel Kellogg ana Coionci
Blunt, the Generals aids, continue in attendance
on him. Colonel Mike Sheridan has been al
most unremitting in his attention to the patent
but late in the afternoon he was persuaded TO Caho
a little needed rest. Colonel Kellogg Saiu u
THE TRIBUNE correspondent at $3.50
Tho General Is cheerful and never loses ooutae' @
for minute. lie displays marvellous vitality, iou
or would have succumbed to either OF those a'scNs
As to his exact condlt on now no one can tei "hsO
| 1t IS 1t is a trcachcrous disease But wo arc very
much encouraged to feel thGt the hour OF yes'eiuS
attack has passed to-day without recurrence o' 'n'
heart falling
There were great many callers at the mouse
to-day, large proportion of them peing inuieA
Secretary Bayard was among the early caiier'-
Secretary Endlcott, who lives but short u'S'"nce
away also called at an early hour and other mem
hers Of tho "a drnpned in the course Ol