Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-02-20
THE MORNING BULLETINS.

less from IN Early Hour To-Day
New YORK, Feb. 15.-Senator Sher
man, at $50 this morning, sent the fol.
lowing message to his family in Wash
ington:
General Sherman lives; the family is with
him. He Is conscious and without pain.
His asthmatic breathing is shorter and his
strength Is weaker.
The physicians, after consultation this
morning, declare the generals condition
to be hopeless, that he is dying, and tina,
the end is near.
Nearing the End.
At $40 this morning no hope was en-.
tertaincd for the recovery of Gen. Sher.
man. DIR. Jancway, consulting physi.
clan, left the house at that hour. He
said:
There is decided change for the worse
He will not live through the day and he II
at present very low. He may die at any
moment. His strength is failing.
The Noon Bulletin.
Noon-General ShOrman's condition |.
unchanged since the last bulletin. The
family Is still at the bedside and death
is momentarily expected. Gen. Thomas
Ewing, jr., said no more bulletins
will be issued until the final one. 1t was
unofficially stated this morning thai
the generals condition had ali
along been much more critica
than outsiders had been led to suppose
Only at one time since Tuesday have tho
doctors entertained hope of his ultimate
recovery, and that hope was not one oI
strong confidence.
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 lies it was announced that the
death OF Gen. Sherman was only ques
tion of few minutes.
The Last Hours.
During the forenoon, as the hour,
passed by, every inquirer who called a.
the generals house was told that all hope
had been abandoned and his relative.
and attendants were merely waiting fol
the end, and endcavoring to make hi.
last hours as free from suffering as pos
sible. Among those who called were Cy
rus w. Field rnd Mrs. U. S. Grant. A,
on preceding days since it became knowl
that Gen. Sherman lay at death.
door, knots Of people gathered in the
streets near his home, talking to eaci
other in low tones Of the dying soldier.
A Brave Struggle.
New YORK, Feb. 14.-All night lons
Gen. Sherman wayered between life ant
death and continued the fight bravely
but it was hopeless battle. Early il
the evening the physicians knew the ent
was approaching, slowly but surely. Th'
swelling of the face and neck disap
peared, but with the subsistence Of th,
symptoms of erysipelas came develop
ments Of lung trouble, complicated will
tho return of long-standing asthma.
Congress Notified Of tho Death.
The president sent the following mes
sage to congress:
ITO the Senate and House of Represents.
tives: The death of VIM. I. Sherman
which took place to-day.is an event thai
will bring sorrow to the heart OF every pat.
riotic citizen. No living American was st
loved and generous. To look upon his face
or to hear his name was to have ones love
Of country intensified.
''He served his country not for fame, no
out Of a sense of professional duty, but fol
the love OF the flag. and OF the benefcen
civilian institutions OF which it was tn,
emblem. He was an idolized soldier, anf
shared to the fullest the spirit du corps OF
the army. but he cherished the civilian In.
stitutions organized under the constitution
and was only soldier that these might be
perpetuated in undiminished usefulness ant
honor. He Was in nothing an imitator: .
profound student of military science ane
precedent, he drew from them principle,
and suggestions, and so adapted them Il
the existing conditions that his campaign,
will continue to be a profta BILE study for thu
military profession throughout the world
His genial nature made him a comradc tt
every soldier In the great union army. NJ
presence was so welcome and inspiring a,
the camp fire or commanding as his.
.His career was complete: his ho.or wa.
full. He had received from the government,
the highest rank known tn cur military
establishments, and from the people un.
stinsed gratitude and love. No word Of
mine can add to his fame. His death has
followed the sickness and death OF the ad.
mired of the navy. and il is a sad and noble
incident that when the department under
which he served shall have put on the usua
emblems OF mourning, four Of the eight ex.
ecutive departments will be simultaneously
draped in black. and one other has but TO.
day removed the Grape from its walls.
''BENJAMlN HARRISON"