The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-23
SHERMAN
IS DEAD.
Died at Washington Yesterday
Morning
A Peaceful UL END
Unconscious at the Last Prominent in
Public Life for the Past
Forty Years.

Washington, Oct, 22.-Hon. John
Sherman who, for period of forty years
occupied prominent place in the ex-
ecutive and administrative public affairs
in the United States. died here at 6:45
o'clock this morning of brain exhaustion.
Death came to the aged sufferer after al
most 36 hours of nearly complete un-
consciousness. During the last fifteen
hours of life he was at all times uncon
scious and passed away while in this
condition.
A number of relatives and friends who
had assembled in Washington in re-
sponse to summons, were at the bedside
when the end came. The most devoted
of them was Mrs. McCallum, the adopted
daughter of Secretary and Mrs. Sher-
man who remained constantly at the bed
side during the last hours.
Funeral services over the remains will
be held in this city and at Mansfield,
Ohio, where Secretary and Mrs.
Sherman spent so many of their sum-
mers. Interment will be in the ceme
terry at that place and will occur, in
all probability, on Thursday, the remains
lying in state in the Episcopal church
at Mansfield for about day preceding
the funeral services. Brief services will
also be held Tuesday and the body taken
to Mansfield on the train leaving this
city that night.
John Sherman, statesman, was born at
Lancaster, Ohio May 10th, 1928; brother
Of General w. T. Sherman; was admitted
to the bar in 1874; was delegate to the
Wing conventions of 1874 and 1848; sat
in congress 1861; was republican can
didate for the speakership 1859, but was
defeated after prolonged contest; be-
came chairman of the house committee
of ways and means; was reelected to
congress in 1860, but before taking his
seat he was chosen United States senator;
reelected 1866 and 1872; was long the
chairman of the senate committee on
finance and agriculture; took a prominent
part in debates upon finance and the
conduct of the war, was one of the
authors of the reconstruction measures
adopted 1866 -67; and was appointed secre-
tary of the treasury March 7th, 1877, He
was United States senator from Ohio
1S81-1887; president PRO TEN of the
United State senate from December,
1885, till February, 1887.
In 1888 he was prominent candidate
for the presidential nomination, which
was finally awarded to Harrison. From
March, 1897, till April, 1898, he was
secretary of state under President Nc
Kirley.
Sherman had not been in robust
health for considerably over year. In
March 1899, while on pleasure trip to
France and the Spanish West Indies in
company with a relative he suffered a
severe attack of pneumonia which al
most proved fatal. The report at the
time was that he had died, but he rallied
and returned home. He gained strength
dAu Woo SVAOAA6 OAouSA Oy Suu1HcI CltIlc
to visit his home in Ohio. His remark
able vitality brought him through re-
lapse which he suffered during the heat
ed 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 this city, enjoying fairly
good health, even going to several social
affairs and attending theaters with mem
bers of his family. The family left here
early in the summer for the old home.
stead at Mansfield, Ohio. They were
there short time when Mrs. Sherman,
whose health had been very frail, died.
This was severe blow to the secretary,
from which he never fully recovered.
He remained at Mansfield until the
middle of September, when he returned
to Washington. He was very much
broken in health and spirits, but for a
time he was able to move about in the
open air and to take short rides around
the city. For the past three weeks or
more, however, he has been confined to
hisbed, his general debility being ag-
gravated by an irritating cough that
hastened the end.
Nearly a Bad Fire,