The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-19

battle. Early in the evening the physi.
clans knew that the end was approach
ing slowly but surely. The swelling Of
the face and neck had disappeared, but
with the subsldence of the symptoms of
erysipelas came the development of
lung trouble, complicated with a return
of the longstanding asthma. Mucous
began once more to accumulate in the
lungs and the first signs of passive
pneumonia became apparent.
At 4 o'clock DIR. Alexander noticed
change for the worse. 1t was slight, to
be sure, but the trained eye of the
friend and physician saw an ominous
significance in it. By $500 o'clock the
change had become so marked that DR..
Alexander sent messenger to summon
DIR. Green. Shortly afterward other
messengers were sent to sum
mon Lieutenants Thackera and
Fitch. When they had come, still an
other messenger went to summon DR..
Janeway. All this time General Sher-
man was constantly growing weaker.
The will power which had kept him
up so long was breaking down. Not
a bit of strength did he have left with
which to fight off his last and mightiest
foe. He made the last rally of his life
Friday.
All the family were about the Gener-
al when DR.. Janeway arrived at 7
o'clock. Another consultation was held.
DR.. Janeway left at $3.50. A glance at
his features told the story.
"All hope is gone" he said. 'The
General may live a few hours longer.
He certainly can not last throughout
the day." Then this bulletin came from
the Generals house:
'The physicians, after consultation, declars
that the GeL,rars condition is now hopeless.
He is dying antNfie end is near"
There was no mistake about it this
time as before. The erysipelas
had again set in and bronchitis
had also attacked the sick man.
At $50 another report came FROM
the house through friend Of
the General. He said that the dying
man was in no physical pain. It was
somewhat difficult for him to breathe,
but otherwise he was not suffering.
From 10 o'clock on General Sherman
continued to fail. At 11:2O it was stated
that his death was but question Of
minutes.
A son of General Sherman called on
Times reporter at the newspaper
headquarters near the Sherman resi-
dence and severely arraigned him for
printing q statement concerning the
administration of extreme JUNCTION to
General Sherman by Roman Catholic
priest. Mr.. Sherman's vehement
objection was to what he con-
strued to be a statement In the article
that Rev. Father Matthew A. Tay-
lor was admitted quietly into the
house and that there had been great
secrecy about it. He admitted extreme
JUNCTION was administered to the Gen.
eral at the request of the family. II
was true that General Sherman was
gasping for breath at the times and
might not have been conscious Of what
was going on about him. Mr.. Sher-
man declared positively that his
father was not Roman Catholic, and
had neither asked for nor consented tc
receive extreme unction. General
6herman's children had asked the priest
20 administer the last rites Of the
Roman Catholic church TO their father
and II had been done. There had beer
20 secrecy about it whatever. Senator
John Sherman has sent to the Times
this letter:
'oHn1LEMEN: A paragraph In your papel
| this morning gives an erroneous view Of an IN
| eidept In General Sherman's sick okasnbo
| which wounds the sensitive feelings Of his chil
dren. now in deep distress which. under tn
| circumstances. deem 1t proper ~ correct
| Your reporter intimates that advantage va
taken Of my temporary absence TO intro
| duce Catholic priest into Genera
6herman's chamber to administer tn
rite Of extreme JUNCTION TO the sick ma
In the nature Of claim that he was
Catholic. II Is well known that his famil
have been reared BY their mother. devote
Catholic, in her faith and now cling TO II. II !
equally well known that General Sherman an
myself, % well as oil my mothers childrez
i ere by Inheritance. education and connection
Christians, but not Catholics, and this has bee
openly sy0wed on all proper occastops b
u General Sherman; but he is too good chyj'
osp end 70 humens nan - ~