Evening star., 1897-01-02
GEN. sICKLEs" QUITE ILL.
An Attack of .Aeate Neryou. PRO.
trAtiOn BrOuxliG On nv Ara.x..I

An Attack of Acute NeryOus Pros.
tr"tfon brought On by Overwork.
From the New York Hesill.'
General Daniel E9 SickIcs is now very i'll
from the effects Of overwork. which has
produced an acute attack of nervous pros
tration, entailins extreme insomnia.
rear am an i'll man." said General
Slckles when seen at his residence. No ~
9th avenue, last night. MY physician
tells me very frankly that my af,liction is
quite serious But then it must be re-
membered that l APP an. old man now. as l
nave passed my seventeen year, and I
have experienced many exposures and have
done plenty Of hard work. So 1t is moi
strange that should begin to seriously feel
the effects of it. 'ilfc
No doubt the work did during the last
campaign is responsible for my present
condition. l know l overWorked wac
sustained through it by patriotic motives
and was held up to the last by the deem
interest l took in the cause. There was
an inspiration in the campaign like that
Whicn comes to soldier amid the excite
ment of battle. Now the reaction has set
In, and l must expect and accept the re-
suits TO be looked for at my time of life
But l ain content l would as lief lose
my life in such battle as in veritable
warfare. 1t was victory, and If one of
the costs was my life l am satisfied
the very heat of the campaign, when we
truly felt that the election of Mr. Mckinley
would be the salvation of the country
continued General Sickles, was contin-
uous and frightfully wearing
I'm one car l rode sixteen thousand
miles, passing through thirteen states and
making 80 speeches. 1t was a terrible
undertaking, and l entered upon it knowing
what the effect might be. 1t was the ex-
citement, the continuous stirring up of the
deepest feeling, the loss of sleep and the
drawing on vitality which had but little
In reserve beyond the ordinary daily re-
quirements that leaves me in this plight
But that self-impOsed and now unre-
gretted task was accomplished and has
brought full and complete reward in the
part which it accomplished in the great
campaign.
Besides the campaign work. I have or
ganized a thousand branches of the Union
Veterans Patriotic League compiled doc
uments, prepared literature and done other
work incidental to the labor of organizing.
Now, the disease, which naturally fol-
lows the exhaustion which l endured, is
racking me, for l am suffering from an
acute attack of nervous prostration, and
an apparently uncomfortable insomnia is
doing its work in shattering my over
strained nerves.
i am fighting against it, with but little
hope. l am very restless, and cannot keep
my mind continuously-even for brief
time-On any one thing. l must continual
ly change my thoughts and :hyslcal posi-
ton. try diversions in the way of
amusements, but they tire me in a few
minutes.
Much work that had hoped to accom-
plish have had to turn over to others.
took deep interest in the organizing of
10000 soldiers to take part in the inaugura-
tion of Mr.. Mckinley, Il self-imposed task,
for the consummation of which have had
the brightest assurances, and have been
promised 1850 confederate veterans in the
number. They are men now deeply and
earnestly patriotic. who voted for Major
Mckinley.
More than likely will not even tie able
to attend the Inauguration, but the 10000
soldiers will be in line, for have turned
the matter over to General Horace Porter.
He has accepted it's responsibilities. which
means its success. ''