Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-19
GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN

GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN
New YORK, Feb. 14.-General William
Tecumseh Sherman died at so this
afternoon. He passed away without
speaking to any member of the family,
who were gathered about the bed. The
four daughters and his son were present,
2. T. Sherman, and also the attending
physician.
Secretary Barrett and some other
friends were in the room below.
Death was due to erysipelas and bron-
chial trouble.
All 8:25 o'clock Senator Sherman tele-
graphed to his family at Washington that
his brother was still alive but only family
conscious. He was apparently without
pain, but his breathing was labored and
his strength diminishing. At this time
the physicians were holding a consulta-
ton. When it was over it was given out
that Gen. Sherman's condition was
hopeless; that the end was rap
idly approaching, and that bron-
chial trouble was making marked prog
ress. Asked if there was the slightest
ray of hope, one of the physicians re-
Piled mot the least hope remains;
the general cannot possibly survive the
day
Soon after the substance of this an
swer was officially announced as the re-
suit of the consultation. being signed by
Dr. Alexander. At the time this bul-
letin was issued there were by the dying
mans bedside and in the adjoining
room the generals unmarried daugh-
ters, Rachael and Lizzie, Mrs. Fitch,
Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, Mrs. Thackera, Sena-
JOHN Sherman, p. I. Sherman, and
Drs. Janeway and Alexander, besides
the latter's assistant, DR.. Green. After
the consultation, DR.. Janeway went
away for short time. To the scores of
anxious people awaiting information
this bulletin was profound surprise.
While it was known that the general was
very low, yet somehow the idea had got
ten abroad that he was going to pull
through. The announcement that all hope
was abandoned fell like a cloud upon the
spirits of the hundreds of inquirers.
bedside Scenes.
Gen. Sherman lay in bed from Friday
forenoon until he died today. He made an
attempt to speak several times, but was
unable to utter a sound other than a hoarse
gasp. He apparently recognized those
about him by the look of his eyes. His
tongue was swollen and his jaws were still
some hours before he died. The
signs Of death were noticed half an hour
before he died, by an icy GOODNESS of the
finger tips.
The coldness gradually extended to his
hands and arms. He was unconscious for
the last two hours he was alive. At the
bedside were his son, P T. Sherman, his
daughters, Rachael and Lizzie, Lieut.. and
Mrs Fitch, Lieut.. and Mrs. Thackary
Senator John Sherman, DIR. Alexander ano
Gen. Thomas Ewing. The two daughters
remained kneeling, one at each side of the
bed during the last hours of the life o.
their father. No priest or clergyman
was present. Neither were any called
No priest has entered the
house since Father Taylor called
Death came so quietly that those at The
bedside did not realize that the genera
was dead until DR.. Alexander said:
''Ad is over"
Death came with one long sigh. Suffo
cation, due to the lungs filling with
mucus, was the cause.
Slowly Strangld.
DR.. Aexsnder, who has been almost
necessarily at the generals bedside from
the time his illness began. said tonight
1.-The general caught cold a week age
Wednesday. The next day he attended {
wedding and aggravated the cold. Friday
l 70 und the general suffering from a cole
and sore throat, but Saturday he felt 81
much better that he wanted to 60 out.
dissueked him. Erysipelas set in Snnda.
and Monday he became deliIious
Erysirelas spread over the face and tn,
Emphatic glands in the neck became
swollen. Tuesday and Wednesday he grew
worse but rallied slightly Thursday. Tn
rally was not such. however, as t.
insure even faint hope o
recovery and so informed Surgeon Gen