Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-16
N DEATHS GRASP.
,..,,,l sherman Passes Away Q"'e''"
sunocAilOn Was tue
Cause.
=, ssssa,l paro,cIso THs
nj ,s.Ta TWO WEEKS AGO.


..s ststsmeut 81 the ss"~
o"'" wournInE the Dead
So, voaK. Feb. 1.-THE following
NV .,sn,ent OF the scenes al Tue
tne n N, N 1,cneral sherman anu tue
",,meuts for the iinefai hsN'"
sslby Lieutenant fi'ch'
c....l sherman lay In bed from
sSi,y morning until he died pun oi,.
I'M ntss,, sreAking n word. he n s.,
siismpt to do 80 several ulnes, nu.
- a '.rsbIc 10 utter any sound other
w. hoat.o gasp. lie apparently
usu ,,sJ those about him, by tue
r% The eye. His tongue was
10 y snd his laws still for some
80 letore he died. -
~, sasa ~ n Death were noticed hnit an
NJ, be,ore he died In the icy GOODNESS
IN. luscr.lIps. This coldnes. gIauu-
~ sx,eulcd to his hands anu arms
~. unconscious for the last Two
Nv ma was alive. At the bedside
~" M son T.. 4. sherman: hi.
s 10y, Rachael and ilizzle, Lieu.
.r.sl and Mrs. Fitch, Lieutenant and
~. Tbarkara, senator John hher:
W. M n, Alexander and General
rh,mas Ewing. His two daughters
.rsInei kneelIng, one at each side OF
n. - during m. last hours Of the
N. Of their father.
IA nrlest nor cl.rgymen was present,
,,,si, were any called. No priest has
.,'s,.l ,he house since Father Tay-
,,s,llsi. death came No quietly that
i..Sa,the ledslde did not realize that
~ csns,,l Wa dead until Dr. Alex
,slsr .aid: aAll Is over" Death
s,pe wsh one long Sigh. Suilocaiion,
sasto the lung. filling with mucous
,..,be cause,
Imncilately after death. Gcnemls
Howart and Slorum, who were on the
,.snsnl,, ,taf, were sent for. Some
,.o weeks ago the General made
,,own M wishes as 10 his burial. lie
,,nIealarly requested TINT his body
,bclli uot lie In state anywhere. He
10 ;cquc.ted that the funeral be q
ydeily military one. He saii he did
nct cafr rartlciilafly for any military
olsraucs mere In New York, lat he
IA vant military burial In 1t. Louis,
which would lie participaied In by his
AZ comrsd,s In arms He also rr.
que,,t, Ina, the funeral rites be not
& rsfofuity With any particular fcrn,
irrh.
a, nom wherr M. a;encraI d,.J
lark room on the second floor. rbe
,saiaf.s are nasifal with the exccp-
tn d slight swelling on the right
~ AMI under both eyes. The eyes
heslo-ed and the arms folded across
hs breast.
senalpr John Sherman left the
house early In the afternoon and went
70 The house Of Mn. Colgate Hoyt,
when he will remain until the depart.
w iof y, Louis. Over a thousand
tf1ahs nave been received and VIII
3 male public tomorrow.
rnE cAiiu az pr.Tu
$40 N'''' w "'N'
~. Alexander, who has been almost
en,'Anily at the generals bedside
well asO Wednesday. THIS next day
, .ils,dea wedding aud aggravated
i saIsr,ay hs p iaIi anu ~ soIs throat,
that be- wanted IN ga ont Jis., DeIei
Lin, .howsysr 81 y. insulated
Sunday aud MONDAY he becan. A..
lilous. Eryslpela. sprrad over LJ.
ha and the lvnnn ~, sp, ,.,an o'st rs
nsrk beesm," s,pp,,a.' g,snus IN the
S,dDs sdsSe =, s wolfe Tuesday aud
slightly T6urdsv NV" ,r m",s ss,, Sa. rallied
seh, however, as 10 insure even a fnint
lcTe of recovery, and 1 40 info,maJ
sggeon.Generai Moore nj Washinv'
nn. Friday was the turning poInt.
The ery'lpelas had almost comple,.iv