St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-13
FIGHTING FOR LIFE.
Gen. Sherman's Single Hand
ed Battle With the Great
Enemy.
Latest Bulletins Shed a Glim-
mep Of Hope for Possible
Recovery.
Erysipelas Leaves the Hero
Patient, But He Is Not
Improved.
His Breathing Indicates That
His Lungs Arc Filled
With MucuS.


there was no recognized change in the
patients condition.
New York, Feb. Is, 1:45 a. m.-The
members of Gen. Sherman's family, with
the exception of his daughter, Miss
Rachael, are resting within easy call of
the sick room. DR.. Alexander, Private
Secretary Barrett and Miss Rachael
are at the generals bedside.
Miss Rachael absolutely refuses to
leave the room despite DR.. AleXander's
admOnitiOn that she will break down if
she does not get some rest. At a. III.
it was stated that Gen. Sherman APP
peared to be asleep. His breathing in
dicated that his lungs were filled with
mucus. DR.. Alexander thought the
erysipelas was leaving his patient, but
the general had not improved. The
following bulletin has just been issued:
lis a. m.-Gen. Sherman is resting
quietly. His condition is somewhat i'm
proved. BARRETT.
11:40 p. m.-Lieut. Fitch has just left
Gen. Sherman's residence to spend
the night at DR.. Green's house. He
said that at II o'clock Gen.
Sherman got out of bed and
walked half across the room without
assistance. He could not speak, but APP
peared to recognize those in the room.
The general had to be helped back to
the bed. He was very much exhausted.
The condition of Gen. Sherman during
the latter part of the afternoon was en-
couraging up to as late as o'clock. At
that hour change for the worse took
place, and it was with difficulty that
the sick man could breathe. Those at
the bedside thought the hour of dissolu-
ton had come, and Drs. Alexander
and Green, who were present, sent
in great haste for DR.. Janeway.
The general lay in comatose
cult to rouse him. lie could open
ing greatly, but the doctors thought he
was not troubled with pain. The pa
tient continued in this condition during
the early part of the evening. Gen.
Ewing left the bedside at Z O'Clock. He
said death was only question OF hours.
He thought at that hour the general
was in much worse condition
than he had been at any time since he
was taken sick. Mrs. Colgate Hoyt
left the house shortly after o'clock.
Size said that she did not expect her
uncle to live over an hour longer.
During the evening great num-
ber of persons called to ascertain
Ma Many dyeE eE tRef geHff"s Cards. c0ndien other;
contented themselves with asking
the policemen on guard what the pros
pect of Gen. Sherman's recovery Was.
swer-"Death is now question
of hours only" 1t was decided
by the physicians in attendance to
hold consultation at o'clock. The
doctors met at 9 O'Clock. At 9:l5 DR..
JaneWay came out. He declined to ex-
press any opinion as to whether the
general would live through the night or
not. At 9:30 this bulletin WAS issued:
The physicians in consultation say there
is no decided change. If General sherman
maintains his present status for lwenty-four
houIs his situation will be hopeful,
JOHN SHERMAN.
The generals private secretary said
soon after she above bulletin was issued
that the doctors expressed themselves
as confident that if they could keep the
general alive for the next twenty
four hours they could save his llfe-
A great many kilograms were sent away
this evening. What the nature of them
was could not be learned. AT 10 o'clock
all was quiet about the Sher-
man residence. On the sidewalk,
opposite the house, quite a
large crowd of people stood watching
the windows Of the chamber where the
sick man lay fighting the battle for life.
At II 10 p. IN. the storm doors of the
Sherman residence were closed, and
the window shades drawn. Private
Secretary Barrett then instructed P0-
iceman Brown, who guards the door,
to hold all telegramS which arrive after
midnight until morning. At 11:25 p. III.
Mr.. Thackara, Gen. Sherman'S sOn-in-
low, left the house. He said the gen
eral was in a semi-conscious state, ana
no change in his condition is expected
until after midnight.