St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-01
ALL HOPE ABANDONED
The Sands Of Gallant Gen.
Sheridan's Life Are
Nearly Run.
EARLY Dissolution Fresaged
by the Frequent Stoppage
Of His Heart.
Even the Attending Physi-
clans Admit That the End
Is Nigh.
He Realizes That He Will
Soon Be Mustered
Out.
Special to the Globe.

ldan'S condition has been growing
worse and worse, and tonight hope
that he would be able to rally has we'll.
nigh been abandoned. There have
Deeh several occurrences of the
heart trouble. Each attack has an.
parently left him weaker than
the previous one, and it is
becoming more and more diff.
cult to rally him. His breathing has
become labored and heavy. and the
lungs are gradually getting more and
more 9demanous. The presence OF
@dema has also been again noticed in
the legs, and this indicates that the cir.
culation of the blood is growing
more feeble. One of the phvsi.
clans, in summarizing the case.
said: "Gen. Sheridan is extremely
Ill; he is in very dangerous and criti.
cal condition. He has been getting bet
ter and worse for the last week or ten
days, and tonight he is very
bad" The patient remains pera
fectly conscious and rational. and
suffers no pain except that arising
from difficulty in breathing. The
action of the heart varies constantly.
Sometimes it will be acting with rood
deal of vigor and the next moment the
whole situation will be changed, and itS
action will become
FLUTTERING AND WEAK.
Inc circulation through the legs has
likewise become slow and very much
embarrassed. The general has showed
remarkable degree of vitality and
composure, and has kept up his spirits
remarkably.
DR.. N. S. Lincoln, one of the most
prominent physicians in the city, and
Well-known to the medical profession
throughout the country, was called i'm
consultation this evening and spent
some time in the slck-room. The fact
that Dr. Lincoln was called in started
the report that dissatisfaction existed
with the treatment of the attending
physicians. This was in no sense
the case. 1t was simply done with the
desire to leave nothing undone which
by any possibility could be done to inn
prove Gen. Sheridan's chances. No
change was made In the treatment.
This has all along, Dr.. Lincoln said to-
night, been excellent, and had il
not been for the constant nres-
ence OF physicians he would
have died before now during some of
his weak spells. His lungs are grad
ually nlllng with water, which makes
his breathing constantly more labored.
ne mas Deen conscious all day. He
fully realizes his condition. In the
opinion of his physicians his system is
gradually weakening and
THE END MUST COME SOON.
Inc remedies administered tonight,
1t is hoped, may afford relief, and if thew
90 some hope, though slight, is indulged.
Gen. Sheridan inherited rapid pulse
from his mother. She was also subject
to heart troubles, and has lived to
ripe Old age, after passing through sew
eral severe spells similar to this. This
desperate condition of Gen. Sheridan.
DR.. Lincoln said tonight that the case
is not entirely without hope.
AT the request of DR.. O'Reilly, DIR.
Pepper, professor of clinical medicine
and provost of the University of Penn
sylvania, has been telegraphed for and
IS now on his way here. A light burns
dimly in the chamber where the sick
man lies. surrounded by his family and
physicians. Friends enter the house at
intervals and come out showing plainly
in their countenances the gravity of the
news impaired to them.
Shortly before II O'Clock Col Kellogg
came out to cross the street to his home.
He said he still entertained some Hone
that the general might rally, but that he
was more alarmed than at other stage of
his illness. The danger to be appre-
hensive about, he says, came more from
the lungs than from the heart. Mem
bers of the press are denied admittance
to the house. A policeman is on guard
on the steps, and will permit no one to
pass.
DELAYED BY DIRECTORS.
WASHINGTON, May 3O.-Mr. McKin-
ley, of Ohio, and Mr.. Spinola, of New
York, who held report from the mill
tary committee, sought to secure con-
sideration in the house to-day tor the
army, to be filled by Lieut.. Gen. Sheri-
dan, but objection was made by Mr..
Kilgore, of Texas, and other Democrats.
and the house at O'Clock adjourned.