The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-14
4 RAY OF HOPE.
General Sherman Thought to Have a
Chance for Recovery.

NEW DIRK, Feb. 13.-At o'clock this
morning one of the attendants came to the
door and announced that General Sherman
had passed the night quite comfortably.
He had partaken of nourishment several
! times. At that hour he was sleeping. DR..
Alexander, who remained at the bedside,
expressed the opinion that the General had
chance of recovery, especially if he con-
tinued TO do as well through the day as he
did through the night.
Senator Sherman this morning sent tele-
gram to his wife in Washington. The dis
patch said the General rested easy during
the night and seemed to be free from pain.
There is no doubt that General Sherman's
condition was greatly improved this morn
ing. He passed a quiet night. There was
no repetition of the sinking spells. The
last bad turn was early in the evening.
Private Secretary Barrett, speaking of
the improvement, said it had been notice
able since midnight. He had regularly
taken nourishment of milk and whisky, and
the watchers found no difficulty in rOusing
him. wv here his chances were one in q
thousand yesterday" said the Secretary.
they are now one in ten, and we have rea-
son now to entertain some hope"
DR.. Janeway called this morning at s 80
o'clock and -emained twenty minutes. On
leaving he said: The General is holding
his own. There is some Improvement in the
erysipelas, but there is always danger from
pneumonia"
AT 9 O'clock DR.. C. T. Alexander issued
the following bulletin: after u cousuta-
ton this morning the physicians find the
General has lost nothing during the night"
7. I. Sherman, the Generals son, said this
morning: The family is quite cheerful, as
they now entertain hope for the Generals
recovery. Some trouble lis experienced in
keeping the General in bed. AT this hour
no change is reported in his condition"
At 20 o'clock this afternoon General
Thomas Ewing said. 81 think the General
has passed the crisis in his disease. He had
fourteen hours of undisturbed restful re-
pose, and before this he had not had two
hours oil as quiet tune. One lung is entirely
frea and the other partially filled with
mucus. There is no indication of pneu-
monia and the action Of the heart and
stomach is good. The General is weak and
stll In critical condition, but the chances
for his recovery are good"
The family of General Sherman was
greatly annoyed to-day at the publication in
the Times OF an article referring to the ad-
mlnlsterlng of the sacrament of extreme
JUNCTION tc the General The article in ques-
ton referred TO the fact that the General is
not Catholic, although the family is. and
intimated that the sacrament of extreme
JUNCTION was adm mnisGered while he was IN
an unconscious state, leaving the inference
TO be drawn that it was without his permiS
sion. Many other differences might have
been drawn from the article that were disa-
greeable TO the family.
The Generals son, Z ,Tecumseh Sherman,
in conversation with a number of reporters
to-day, WAS ind .nant at the insinuatiOns in
the article. He said priest was called in
at the request of the family and extreme
JUNCTION was administered also at their re-
quest. 1t was true the General might not
have been conscious of what was going on,
but there had been no secrecy about it what
ever.
Tonight Senator John Sherman has sent
the Times this letter;
Gentlemen: paragraph In your paper this
morning gives very erroneous view of an Incl
dent IN General Sherman's Isek-cba amber, which
wounds The sensitive feelings OF his children,
who are now In deep distress, and which, under
the circumstances, deem 1t proper to correct.
Your reporter iutimates that advantage was
taken OF my temporary absence 10 introduce
Cathollc priest into General Sherman's chamber
to administer the rite Of extreme uncIIoh to the
SICK man, aud IN the nature of a claim That he
was a Catholic. 1t Is well known that his family
las been aIed by their mother, VINO was a de-
voted Catholic, In her faith, and now cling to It.
It is equally well known that General
sherman and myself. as well as all
my mothers children, are, by inheritance,
education and conviction, Christians. but not
Catholics, and this has been openly ayowed on
all proper occasions by General Sherman. But
he Is loo good Christian, and too humane
man, TO deny bis children the consolation Of
be was insensible at the time and apparently
at the verge OF death, but II he had been
well and In the fun exercise OF his faculties
he would not have denied 10 them
the consolation OF the prayers and religious
Obseryanccs for their father OF any class
or denomination Of Christian priests or preach
ers. e, rtaihly, If had been present. 1 would
al he request of the family, have assented TO
ana revefeuty shared in tie appeal to The Al
mighty for the life. here and hereafter of my
brother, whether In prayer or eXt:eme unction,
and whether uttered by priest or preachey. or
any other good man who believed what he
spoke and had honest faith In his creed.
hear that your reporter uttered threat to
obtain the information, Which / cannot believe
you would tor moment tolerate We all need
charity for our frailles, and can feel none for
any one who would wound those already in dis
tress. Very truly yours, JOHN SHERMAN.
At IL 80 O'Clock Tonight Lieutenant
Thatcher said that General Sherman was
sleeping. His glands were much swollen
and his throat filling with mucus. He is
perceptlbly weaker. Drs. Green and Alex
ander are at the bedside.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-At / o'clock this
morning General Sherman's condition was
unchanged. He is resting easy and the
house has been closed for the night
AT o'clock General Sherman is still rest
ing quietly.
AT 80 o'clock General Ewing's son had
just left the house and said that Sherm ms
condition is lot much changed, but some
anxiety is felt over his increased respiration.