Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-10-26
HON. JOHN SHERMAN DEAD.
PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
Many Prominent Men Pay Tribute to
His stntcsmanship-Fiax Mt Half
Mast Every Where-Eum~rml Held
Wedne sluy.

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 city
at Gas 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 a
special mark of respect issued q 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 viii,
then be conveyed to the old home at
| Mansfield. Ohio, where additional sol
| cmn 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 l5 hours of life
Mr.. Sherman was entirely unconscious.
Since Saturday afternoon Mr.. Sher-
man had been most of the time uncon-
scious, rallying partially at intervals
when slight nourishment was given
him Yesterday afternoon evidences 0;
the approaching end were manifest,
and he failed to regain consciousness
after O'Clock, passing away peacefully
| just after dawn broke. About l 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 a large number
OF the family connections throughout
,Le country. notifying them OF his ex-
treme 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
Cincinnati; Mrs. William X Otis of
New York; p. Tecumseh Sherman, a
son of the late General Sherman;
Charles NJ. 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 niece of Secretary Sher
man, were at the house the greater por
tion OF the day and evening. but left
for their home shortly after midnight
i nh II
parent that the end was near and
reached the house a few minutes after
the venerable statesman had passed
away.
Secretary Sherman's death occurred
In the handsome home on X street.
which he had erected eight years ago
Some weeks ago the secretary decided
this valuable property 10 Mrs. Mccall.
lum. The secretary was large holder
OF real estate in this city. Conscrva-
tive estimates OF his wealth place II at
around a million dollars. II Is known
that Mr. Sherman left will, but no
information as TO its contents or even
when it would be probated will be oh.
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. ofYlclatIng.
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 oeen In robust
health for considerably over year.
In March. 1899. while on a pleasure
trip to the French and Danish West In
dies In company with relative, Frank
Wibo-g. he suffered severe attack OF
:, pneumonia, which almost proved fatal.
The ship on which they were travelling
i 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
this city enjoying fairly good health
even going out 70 social affairs and at
tending the theaters with members oi
his family.
The family left here early in the
summer for the o.d homestead at Mans
field. Ohio. They were there but a
short time when Mrs. Sherman, whose
health had been very frail, died. This
was a severe blow to the secretary
, from which he never fully recovered
Ho remained at Manshold until the