Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-19
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Until His Sons Returned Record of His
Historic Achievements.
New YORK, Feb. 14,-General w. I.
Sherman died this afternoon at $50
o'clock. His death was peaceful and
quiet.
The news of the death was conveyed to
the reporters by the policeman who stood
on guard outside the house. shortly after
l.50 y. M, a servant came from the
house and told the officer that the general
had passed away. Some doubt as to the
remained but the officer
said it was official. None Of the family
came from the house. Word was sent in
to Young Mr.. Sherman, who returned the
message that he would not be able to give
out about the death of his father
for 10 hours. From Secretary Barrett it
was learned that the general had remained
to the last, dying with no
visible pain.
THE GENERALS LAST HOURS
New York, Feb, 14-All night General
Sherman wavered between life and death
and continued to fight bravely the hope
less battle. Early III the evening the ply
sicians knew that the end was approach
ing slowly but surely. The swelling of
the face and neck had disappeared, but
with the subsistence of the symptoms of
eryspelas came the development Of lung
trouble complicated with Il return of the
long standing asthma. Mucus began once
more to accumulate in the lungs and the
first signs of passive pneumonia became
apparent.
At ll.30 last night Lieutenants Thackara
and Fitch left General Sherman's resi-
dence for the purpose Of obtaining much
required rest. At that time the dying
soldier was awake, but merely to con-
tinue breathing required all his efforts.
Mucus had filled his throat and the glands
still caused much pain. AT midnight sleep
had come TO the relief Of the sufferer At
o'clock this morning the general was
still slumbering, and there was evidently
no change in his condition, as far as could
be determined by the doctors. The house
was closed for the night and quictness
reigned.
AT $50 a. m. there was no apparent
change in the patients condition. General
Ewing's son, who had been at the bedside
of the sufferer all night, said at 4.25 that
he could detect no change excepting that
the Generals respiration had considerably
increased, which caused anxiety. With
the exception of heavy breathing, at $50
o'clock no change could be discerned.
An hour later a decided change for the
worse set in and Lieutenant Thackara and
DrGreen were summoned from the latter's
residence. Another hourand all the mem
hers of General Shermans family were
summoned 10 the sick room Death seemed
near and the pallid watchers showed evil
dences in their faces of great anxiety. The
uneonquered soldier was still a eonqrerer;
he lay sufferer, but refused to succurnb,
and thus was passed the next few hours.
AT S.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 consultation
When it was over, it was given out that
General Sherman's condition was hope
less, that the end was rapidly approaching
and that bronchial trouble was making
marked progress.
Asked if there was the slightest ray of
hope one of the physicians replied: Not
the least hope remains the general cannot
possibly survive the day Soon after the
substance of this answer was officially an
nounced as the result of the consultation
being signed by DR.. Alexander. At the
time this bulletin was issued there were at
the dying mans bedside and in an adjoin-
ing room the generals unmarried daugh-
tiers, Rachel and Lizzie, Mrs. Fitch, Mrs.
Colgate Hoyt, Mrs. Thackara, Lieutenant
Thackara, Senator John Sherman, Il. II.
Sherman and DrsJ aneway and Alexander
besides the latter's assistant, DR.. Greene.
After the consultation DR.. Laneway
went away for u 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 gotten
about that he was going to pull through.
The announcement that all hope was
abandoned fell like a cloud upod thespirits
of the hundreds of inquirers.
1t was unoificially announced this morn
ing that the generals condition had all
been more critical than outsiders had been
led to suppose. Only at one time since
Tuesday have the doctors entertained q
hope of ultimate recovery and that hope
was not hope was not one of strong conf
dence. This was when the erysipelas was
gotten the upper hand of, then for a little
time it was hoped that thegeneral' vitality
would enable him to rally. But symp-
toms Of pneumonia appeared and subse-
quenty these were augmented by bron-
chial troubles.
All of the bulletins issued have been
very carefully worded and the doctors
have guarded their every utterance. When
DIR. Janeway said this morning There is
not any hope it is believed that he finally
uttered what had long been in his mind.
HIS BRILLIANT MILITARY RECORD.
William TeclInseh Sherman shared with
General Grant the military honors of the
late war. He was born in Lancaster Ohio,
February Sth, 1890, and was descended
from English stock which came to this
country early in the colonial days. He
was the sixth of II children, and at his
fathers death, when William was 9 years
of age, he was adopted by Thomas Ewing,
and attended the schools of his native
town until 1886, when he was appointed to
a cadetship in the United States Military
Academy at West Point, N. Y. He grad
uated four years later, six in a class of II,
and was commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Third Artillery. A year later he
was promoted one grade In 1Sio he was
stationed at Fort Morgan, Ala. and while
there began the study of law to make him
self "a more intelligent SOLDIER When the
Mexican war began in 1915 he was sent to
California, and the next year married the
daughter of his friend, Miss Ellen Boyle
Ewing, whose father was then Secretary
of the Interior Seeing little opportunity
for his talents iD the army he resigned his
commission III September, 1858, and was at
onceappointed manager ofthe branch bank
of Lucas, Turner& Co, San Francisco, where
he remained until the affairs of the insti-
tuition were closed up i'll 1857, returning to
St. Louis. He for time lived in New
York and in 1850 was a practicing at
torney at Leavenwnrth, Kan, and then
accepted the snperintency of the State
Military Academy at Alexandria, La. |
When the state seeded from the Union he |
to st. Louis and became president |
Of a street railway company. AT the out
break of the war he went to Washington,
and was introduced to Mr.. Lincoln by his |
brother John, who was just entering the |
United States Congress, When his inter
view with the President came to be re-
ported in the newspapers it caused him to
be looked upon in all seriousness as a
unatic. The President had just called ont
r., 600 men for three months service and
he north was anticipating a military