The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-31
Expressions Of Regret From Men
Prominent In Public and
Private Life
SIMPLE FUNERAL SATURDAY
Services to Be Held From German
Reformed Church

Utica, Oct. 3l.--Utica is mourning
| today the death of Vice President
James Sherman An exalted public
J functionary though he was, he was
known to Uticans as Jim" Sherman.
Indeed In most cases the surname was
dropped, and the common exchange
salutation among older residents today
was. Poor Jim is gone"
Sherman was a prominent factor in
many business enterprises i'm this
city Cand the offices Of such concerns
have been closed for the day. Flags
about the city are at half mast.
Sherman was member OF the
Dutch Reformed church and the fun
| cral ceremonies will be conducted in
accordance with the forms of that de-
| nomination. from the church at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon. II IL an
ticipated the funeral will be simple
rather than pretentious. The expecta-
tion is that President Taft and many
members of his cabinet and both
houses of Congress will attend.
Many messages of coincidence were
received from all parts of the coun-
Try today. They inclrdcd kilograms
from Taft. Roosevelt and many others
in public life These messages OF sym
pathy began TO arrive even before
Sherman had actually passed away
but were for a time withheld from
the family.
Sherrnan's Fatal illness.
People i'm this city had seen com
paratively little of sherman daring the
past year lie left here for Washing
so constantly occupied with his duties
as presiding officer Of the Senate. that
hc was unable to visit his home or
more than one or two occasions pre-
vious 10 his return at the beginning of
his firal illness last June.
Not until IL became evident n crisis
was approaching did his physician
make known the fact that after nc
left Utica and went To Big Moose he
had como near dying at that place. DR..
Peck said today Sherman had not
been there more than twenty four
hours when he became so i'll that for
time his life was despaired of.
When he returned to Utica the
lower altitude ard agreeable sur
roundings had the effect of rapidly re-
vivng linn and people of Utica met
him frequently on the streets for a
time after he reached this city. Grad
rally his trips downtown grew less
frequent and he had scarcely been out
side Of his own residence since his
appearance at the public park here in
August to make response to the ofii
cial notification Of his denomination
for the vice presidency. Not. however.
until last Sunday were intimatiors re-
ceived of his extremely critical con-
dition.
Great Baseball Fan.
Now that sherman is gone the fact
Is recalled that he was almost as much
concerned M the promotion of clean
sports as he was in the development of
business interests. Hc was especially
noted as "a baseball fan" and would
suspend business any time to see a
good game. Ill as he was at the time
Of tho recent world series, he displayed
especial interest in that event. and had
bulletins tetepEoned to him indicating
the progress of each game. He was
Loyalty partial to New York and ex-
pressed deep regret when McC;raws
team fell.
x,sa - oh inf In uarI
auditorium. the first decision to hold
the funeral from the Dutch church
was abandoned and the first Presby-
terian church will be used for that
purpose. The body will lie in state at
the county court house on Friday
from 3 p. m to p. m. He will be
buried i'm Forest Hill cemetery where
many members of his family have
found a final resting place.
In Official Circles.
Washington, oct. 31-Pres. Taft will
leave Washington late tomorrow for
Utica to attend the Sherman funeral
He will go In a private car. accompan-
led by lis aides and secretaries. What
cabinet officers will go had not been
determined when the president began
making arrangements. Tafts engage
ment to dedicate monument at New
ark. N. j., Saturday, has been cancelled
Taft probably will not return to
Washington until after the election
hut will go direct from Utica to New
York, where he will stop over on Sun
day and leave for Cincinnati in time
to vote there Tuesday
The Senate will take charge of the
funeral and bear the expense as II
does for senator AS many senator's
as can get to Utica by Saturday after
noon are to attend. Sergeant at arms
Ransdell Of the Senate is making ar
rangements for the funeral.