Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-10-27
HON. JOHN SHERMAN pEAD|
PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
Many Prominent Men Pay Tribute to
His Statesmnnship--FIng at Half
Mast erHwhcre--Funcral Held
Wednesday.

Washington, Oct. 22.-One of Ameri-
cas- great men passed quietly away this
morning. Hon. John Sherman, who
for more than generation has had a |
national and international reputation
as statesman and political economist,
died at the family residence in this clty
at 6:45 a. m, in the 18th year OF his
life. The sorrowful intelligence ran
quickly over the city and called out
universal expressions of sympathy and
affection. President Mckinley, as al
special mark of respect, issued a proc
lamation reciting the nations loss and
the high qualities of the dead states
man.
Funeral services will be held in this
city Wednesday, and the remains will
then be conveyed to the old home at
Mansfield, Ohio, where additional sol
emn services will be held on Thurs
day. President Mckinley, who left for
Canton tonight, will attend the Ohio
funeral
Death resulted from brain exhaus-
ton. During the last Is hours of life
NlA ollSl man w do Gl1IllCly unCUuSClOu5
Since Saturday afternoon Mr.. Sher-
man had been most OF the time uncon-
scous, rallying partially at intervals
when slight nourishment was given
him Yesterday afternoon evidences of
the approaching end were manifest,
and he failed to regain consciousness
after 3 o'clock, passing away peacefully
just after dawn broke About / o'clock
this morning he rallied somewhat from
the stupor and turned himself over in
bed, but after that he gradually sank
until the end came.
Several days ago, realizing the criti-
cal condition of Mr.. Sherman the mem
bers of the household and relatives
here sent kilograms to large number
of the family connections throughout
Tie country, notifying them of his ex-
IRENE illness, and some were able to
reach here before he died Among
those at the bedside when the end came
were Mr.. and Mrs. Colgate Hoyt of New
York; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wiborg of
Cincinrati; Mrs William X. Otis of
New York; P. Tecumseh Sherman, a
son of the late General Sherman;
Charles M. Sherman of Chicago, Miss
Lizzie Sherman, Mrs. James McCallum,
the adopted daughter, who has been
Mr. Sherman's constant attendant, and
her husband. General and Mrs Miles,
the latter a niece of Secretary Sher-
man, were at the house the greater por-
ton Of the day and evening, but left
for their home shortly after midnight.
They were summoned when it was ap-
parent that the end was near and
reached the house few minutes after
the venerable statesman had passed
away
Secretary Sherman's death occurred
in the handsome home on K street
which he had erected eight years ago
Some weeks ago the secretary decided
this valuable property to Mrs. Mccall
lum. The secretary was large holder
of real estate in this city. Conserva-
tive estimates of his wealth place 1t at
around a million dollars. 1t is known
that Mr.. Sherman left a will, but no
information as to it's contents or even
when it would be probated will be OBJ
tainable until after the funeral.
The funeral will be held at the Sher-
man residence early Wednesday after
noon, Rev Alexander Mackay-Smith.
rector of ST. Johns church, officiating.
The body will be taken to Mansfield.
Ohio, over the Pennsylvania road, and
services will be held in Mansfield on
Thursday at which President McKin-
ley will attend.
Mr.. Sherman had not Deen in robust
health for considerably over a year.
In March, 1899, while on a pleasure
trip to the French and Danish West In
dies in company with relative, Frank
Wiborg, he suffered a severe attack of
pneumonia, which almost proved fatal.
The ship on which they were travelling
touched at Santiago, from which place
reports came to the United States that
the well-known statesman had died.
He rallied, however and the family ac-
cepted the offer of the United States
government to bring him back to the
United States on the cruiser Chicago,
then in the vicinity of Santiago, and
he was safely landed at Fort Monroe
and brought to his home in this city.
Here he gained strength and was
strong enough by summer to visit his
home in Ohio. His remarkable vitality
brought him through a relapse which
he suffered during the heated term. and |
by August he had regained much of his |
strength and seemed to be in good
spirits.
He spent last winter at his home in /