Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-31


did little for him beyond administer
ing oxygen and giving him an occa-
sonul hypodcrmlc injection of NOR
rhinc. =
In Coma All Day.
Due TO the presence of uric acid
and to the sedatiNc employed, Mr.
sherman lay In a state of coma
throughout the greater part pf the
Gay. only twice did me throw off the
dense stupor which cnthralled him
On neither of these occasions was he
conscious for more than few MN
utes During one of these intervals Of
consciousness he got out of bed and
stood on the floor for brief period.
| His weakness was such, however, that
| ho was soon compelled to lie down,
| a circumstance which in Itself mark
ed the rapid advance of his malady.
| Yesterday he walked about his pom a
great deal and in his delirium insisted
| upon going down in the street. While
IN his right mind today he recognized
Mrs. sherman and Dr Peck and he
SPOKE to both in familiar and endear-
ing terms
The entire sherman family. consist
ing Of Mrs sherman the three sons
and their wives, as Wcll as other rela-
tNcs, We're In the house all day in
constant expectation Of Il call to tho
final scene
pr peck attributed death entirely
To the failure of the Kidneys to opcr-
ate. This condition resulted In fill
ing the system with a yirulent poison
which rapidly destroyed the patients
. Vitality The poison transformed the
hitherto rlddy complexion of the vice
presidents face to a dark purple
All day long thc Sherman home ana
the local newspaper offices were de
lugod with Inquiries by telegraph and
| telephone conccriug the condition OF
| tho vice president. Reports Of his
death spread in the afternoon and one
| TELEGRAM OF coincidence was received
at o'clock. About o'clock an uu-
Identified woman called the fire de
/ partmcnt OF the city, and telling the
officials that Mr.. sherman was dead,
She informed them that she had the
sanction of the sherman family for
asking them TO toll the city hall bell
for him,
Mr. Shcrman's rapid decline in
health dates from August 81, when
he was formally notified Of his nom
nation az vice president according
To- DR.. Peck. lie was warned that the
cNcrtion Incident to the ceremonies
might have an IN effect, hut insisted
that the program as arranged be car
ricd ont.
"Nou may know an about mcdi-
cine Mr sherman ,old his physician
when he urged him to arrange tor
hrof and formal notification, "but
ynu don't know about politics"
"lt was uguinst my advice" said Dr
Peck tonight chat MIR sherman par
ticipotcd In the formalitics OF the noti-
ficauon ceremonies. I suggested that
10 would hc better Tor him 10 receive
the committee i'm The parlor OF his
home tell them briefly that while he
di1 NOT want % rouumuaton he would
ucJept .t iu @ spirit Of loyalty and let
that suffice. When 10 became appar-
emit that he would not listen tn my
suggestions. ! urged him to make
speech of not more than five minutes
Instead ne spoke for more than hilf
an hour Tv" days later the cNertion
of notification day began 10 tell ON
tho patient and he began 90 fail
pr Peck s1id the vice president
apparently had not worried over the
outcome of the campaign. Ills peace
Of mind has been more disturbed over
his illness as several of his relatives
have died fn,m the same disease"
continued the physician.
MIR sherman did not want re-
domination hut hc was loyal and ac-
ccptcd it with the understanding that
hc was not to take an active part
Goo the r1mpaiLn."
when his name WIS hciug consider
sd as candidate hy the republican
ua toual convention Mir. sherman
consulted pr Peck as To- whether he
had better accept because of his uhv-