The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-10-27
NOTABLE UBLIc CAREER HNDaD
IN JOHN sHERMAN's DEATH.
For Forty Years he Was ! Leaaer
I'm National Affairs s. Extreme
weakness, DUO to Old Are md
Several Attack. II sickness the
Immediate Cause Of Death-Presi-
dent Mckinley Issues . Proela-
nation Expressive of the nations
Grief In the Loss OF the Distin-
sui,hed st.te.nan-FEoreiEn Min Min
listers Noticed

M WaSulI1B lOus OCts q. JOAAAs 0AASA
man, former representative in&Sthe
house, for a long term a member OF
the senate, and twice holding cabinet
positions, died at his residence In THU
city at 6:45 o'clock yesterday morn
ing in the seventy-eighth year of his
age. Death had been expected fol
some days. The immediate cause
was described as incident to extreme
weakness due to old age and to several
attacks of sickness from which he had
suffered for a year and a half. Sew
eral days ago, realizing the critical
condition Of Mr.. Sherman, the mem
bers of the household and relatives
here sent kilograms to a large number
of the family. connections throughout
the country! Most Of those who ar
rived were at the bedside when the
end came. Secretary Sherman's death
which he erected eight years ago.
Worth Million.
The secretary was a large holder of
real estate in this city. Conservative
estimates Of his wearth place: 1t at a
round million dollars, most of 1t be-
ing Washington real estate.
The news of Mr.. Sherman's death
was communicated to the state de-
partment by Ell. Babcock, for many
years private secretary and, clerk to
Mr.. Sherman in his various capaci-
ties as secretary Of the treasury,
United States senator and secretary
of state, and at present private secre-
tary to Secretary Hay. The president
was at once informed by the depart
ment; the flags on the public buildings
at Washington were lowered to half
mast, SO to remain until after the
funeral. The president, as a mark Of
special honor to the deceased, who
was not at the time of his death con-
nected in any official capacity with
the government of the United States,
resorted to the unusual course of per-
sonally preparing an expression OF
The Nations Grief,
in the : shape Of a proclamation de-
sscriptive of the personal qualities
and civic abilities Of the deceased
statesman. At the state department,
also, a message was framed to be
transmitted In multiple to the Unit
ed States ambassadors, ministers and
charges abroad, officially notifying
them Of the demise Of ~ex-Secretary
Sherman. The department viii be
closed for business during the funeral
services in order to allow the officials
and employees to attend in person. -,
: The funeral arrangements SO Tar as
they pertain to the services in Wash
ington, have been completed. They
will take place at the late residence
Of Mr.. Sherman on Wednesday after.
noon at 1 o'clock, Rev. Mackay Smith
of st. Johns Episcopal church being
the officiating clergyman. Immediate
ly after the services the body will be
taken to Mansfield, Ohio. where the
arrangements for the last sad rites.
have been left in the hands of Rep
r%esentative w. S. Kerr and othor
friends Of the family.
Foreign. Comment.
London, Oct. 24-All the morning pa.
pers publish long obituaries and ap-,
probation of the distinguished career
of Mr.. John Sherman. The Times
says: "He was a man who, with
little help from fortune and none
from genius, exercised for many
years a commanding influence on the
government of his country. and came
within a step Of the presidential
chair"
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