Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
TIE MORNING BULLETINS.
The Generals Condition Considered Hope
less from an Early Hour To-Day.

The Generals Condition Considered Hope
less from an Early Hour To-Day.
NEW York, Fob. Ex-senator Shcr-
man, at $3.50 this morning, sent the fol-
lowing message to his family in Wash
;ngton:
Genera! Sherman lives; the family is With
him He is conscious aEt without pain.
His ns.hma,:c breathing Is shorter and his
strength i weaker.
the physicians after consultation this
morning. declare ,hc generals condition
To be hopeless. mat he is dying, and that
the end is scar.
Nearing INC End.
Al $40 This morning no hope was on
tertaincd for the recovery of Gen. Shcr-
man. DR.. Janeway, consulting physl-
clan, left the house at that hour. He
said:
There is Il decided change for the worse.
He will not live through the day and he is,
AT present very low. lie may die ut amy
moment. His strength is failing.
The Noon Bulletin.
Noon-Gcneral Shorman's condition is
unchanged since the last bulletin. The
family is still at the bedside and death
IS momentarily expected. Gen. Thomas
Ewing, ir., said no more bulletins
will he issued until the final one 1t was
unolicially stated this morning that
the generals condition had all
along been much more critical
than outsiders had been led to suppose.
Only at one time since Tuesday have the
doctors entertained hope of his ultimate
recovery. and that hope was not one of
Stropr condolences
Losing Ground Rapidly.
The bulletin at 1920 this morning said
that Gen. Sherman is sinking rapidly.
The end is expected soon.
~ Question of Minutes Only.
At 1925 it was announced that the
death of Gen. Sherman was only pues-
ton Of a few minutes.
The Last Hours.
During the forenoon, as the hours
passed by. every inquirer who called at
the generals house was told that all hope
had been abandoned ami his relatives
and attendants were merely waiting for
the end, and cndeaVoring to make his
last hours as free from suffering as pos
sbIe. Among those who called were Cy
rus w. Field md Mrs. L. S. Grant. AS
on preceding days cit became known
that Gen. sherman lay at death S
door. knots of people gathered in the
streets near his i.ome. talking to each
other in low tones OF the dying soldier.
A Bravo Struggle.
New YORK. Feb. 1a.-All night long
Gen. Sherman wavered between life and
death and continued the fight braycly.
but it was Il hopeless battle. Early in
the evening the physicians knew the end
was approaching. slowly but surely. The
swelling of the face and neck disap-
| pearcd. but with the subsistence of the
! symptoms of erysipclas came develop
mcnts of lung trouble, complicated with
| the return Of long standing asthma.
Congress Notified of tho Death.
The president sent the following mes.
sage to congress:
! :''ro the Senate and nunse Of Representa-
| tivcs: The death OF Vim. J.. Sherman
! which took place to-day.is an event TIA
will bring sorrow to the heart of evosy pa.
| rotic citizen. No living American was 81
| loved and generous. To lcoli unon his face
| or 10 hear his name WAS 10 liz! &c ones !ogt
| Of ,.:ntry interested.
''l.c served lis .ts.M,rJ no! I + famc. not
! cut Of Il sense Of pi,;fcssiona! duty. but fiji
| the love of The lI;i;r, and Of the Ecnc;ccn
\ tlNii1an lQStltGtliNS q NnttH IL was INK
| ca; lem. III was an idolized soldier nnt
| saarel to the fal.cst the spirit du corp, %
tic army. but lac cherished the civilian in
situations organized under The constitution
| and was only Il soldier that tcsa might bt
perpctuatcl in undiminished usefulness a,lt
homer. lie WAS in nothing an i;nitator;
profound student of NIL tary science ant
precedent. he d"c@ from .l;cln Irincipi,
and suggestions. and aianind t..um {,
the existing cOnditio:is that his camp ;ign
Will continue to be a profitable study 10Y Tn
military profession throughout the world
lii; Genia; nature m:ldo. him ~ comrade Il
every soldier in tic great union army. N
| presence was so welcome and inspiring, u.
The camp fire or commanding rs his.
Ills career was cnmn.ctc; lis honor wa
full. lie Lad received from the government
the highest rank known to our milEtar
establishment. and from the people un
IL MED gratitude ard love- No word O
mine can add to his fame. His death hi,
followed the sickness and death If the ;t'
nil ed Ct the navy. and it is q sad and nobl
incident that when the department untle
which he served Shall have put on tlln usua
emblem of mourning four of the eight OK
| ccut.vc departments Will be Simultaneous
drapc in black. and one ether has bnt To
day removed the Grape from its walls.
| '.l'f::;JAslIN HARRISON"