El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-22
The Great Statesman Breath
ed His Last tarly
This Morning.
HIS PUBLIC CAREER
As One Of the Worlds Great
Original thinkers Gov
cred Forty Three
Years.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22-John sher-

WASHINGTON. Oct. 22-John Sher-
man died at 8: 40 this morning
The end came peacefully. the ven
cradle statesman passing so qnle'iy
from the sleep of the living TO that
of death that those in the room were
not aware of the change until inform
ea by Doctor w w. Johnston. who
was holding Mr. Sherman's hand
In addition TO the physician there
were present Mrs. James X McCaiium'
an adopted daughter of the deceased :
ner husband. James r. McCallum; :;
Champion Sherman. son OF the late Mr.
Sherman and Mr.. and Mrs. Hayt.
nephew and niece of the dead states
man: Mrs Miles spent most of the
night at Sherman's bedside but left
the house shortly before he passed
away.
At $40 o'clock President Mckinley
went to the Sherman residence TO Of
fer his coincidence
As soon as the president returned
home ne gave orders TO close the
white house to visitors and called Il
special meeting of the cabinet
The president gave orders for
beautiful floral piece 10 be prepared
in the white house conservatory.
Mrs. ..cKinIey called at the Sher
man residence half an hour after the
presidents visit there She merely
left her card.
The president has decided to attend
the funeral at Mansfield. Services
will be held in Washington Wednesday
and in Mansfield Thursday.
At the cabinet meeting the following
proclamation regarding the death of
Sherman was issued by the president;
4 proclamation:
To the people of the rnited States:
In the fulness OF years and honors.
John Sherman. late secretary OF state
has Dasseu away. Few among our
citizens have risen To greater or more
deserved eminence in national councils
than he. The story of his public life
and services is. as it were. the history
of tDe country for the past half cen
tury. In the congress of the United
States he ranked among the foremost
in the house and later in the senate.
He was twice a member of the execu-
tive caiInet first as secretary of tie
treasury and afterwards as secretary
of state Whether in debate. during
the ozark hours of our civil war or as
director ef the country's finances dur
ing the period OF rehabilitation. or A.
a trusted councillor in framing the ma
tion's laws for over forty years. or
AZ an exponent OF it's foreign policy.
has course was ever marked by de-
xotion to the best interests of his be-
Loved land. and by able and conscien-
ions efforts 10 uphold its dignity and
honor. His cOrntrymen will long re-
we're his memory and see in him type
of the patriotism. uprightness. and
zeal lat go to- moulding and strength
ening a nation. In fitting expression
of the sense of bereavement that af-
Aicts this republic ! direct that on
tna ,.ay of the funeral all executive
offices display the national flag at
half mast. and representatives of the
limited States in foreign countries
shall paw in like manner appropriate
,ribute to the iIlustTious dead for
perIod of ten days.
Done at the city OF Washington this
o2d day of October, one thousand and
nine hundred.
(SignedD william Mckinney.
BY the President
John Hay. Secretary of State.
Forty-fve years ago John Sherman
came to- Washington to begin his pub :
lie career He was then 81. He had
been a delegate to two national con-
yentions and was deeply interested in
politics.
From December ,. 1855. when he
took his seat in the house OF repre-
sentatives as a member of congress
from Ohio. until April %. 1898, when
he retired from public life. he was
man of prominence in national affairs.