Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-31
death Came PEACEFULLY
SECOND CITIZEN or THE LAND
LAY N \ STATE OF COMA
AT THE END.
whole NATION MOURNS
A Long Useful Life brought to "a Close
by the Sad End Of "Sunny
Jim sherman"

UTICA, y, Y, oct. 3O.-After a
long Illness, Vice President James
Schoolcraft Sherman died at his home
in this city at 9:42 tonight of uraemlo
poison caused by Brlghts disease
IIo had been sinking since early
morning and It was realized that
death was only a question Of a few
hours,
There was slight relief shortly after
7 o'clock, caused by an apparent i'm
pnovement in the kidneys but 1t did
not prove real or lasting and at best
gave only temporary hope.
At O'Clock the patients tempera-
ture rose to l06. From that time his
condition rapidly became worse until
the end
Mr.. Sherman was unconscious when
the end came and had been in that
condition for hours
Family ut His Bedside.
All the members of tho immediate
family were witnesses to the final end.
In addition to Mrs. Sherman. there
were In the death chamber their
three sons. Sherrlll, Richard U. and
Thomas w. Sherman. and their re-
spective wives; Il. NJ and Sanford
Sherman, brothers of Mr.. Sherman,
and Mrs. l.. b, Moore and Mrs. II.
j. Cookinham, sisters of Mr.. Sher-
man.
Soon after Mr.. Sherman's death.
Dr. Fayette II. Peck, the attending
physician issued the following stater
ment:
THE vice president died at 9:42
p. m. without reganing consciousness
for moment. He was perfectly
quiet. He died In the presence of
his wife. her brother and sister his
their wives. He had been entirely
unconscious since o'clock when he
had a period OF partial consciousness
lasting for about fifteen minutes. He
died In an uraemic coma as result
of Bright's disease heart disease and
arterlosclerosis.
Was Crushing BLOW.
Mrs. Sherman bore up bravely un-
der the shock of her husbands death
as also did the other members of the
family. Although It was said at tho
house that the hopelessness of Mr..
Sherman's fight against death had
been realized since Friday. the blow
nevertheless was a crushing one.
few of the intimate friends of tho
family called tonight to express their
sympathy, among them DR.. A. II. II IL
den, pastor of Christ Reform church.
where the Sherman's worship.
Soon after the vice presidents
death 1t was announced that the men,
bers of the family wished to be left
undlsturbed tonight and that no ar
rangements for tle funeral would be
made before tomorrow
Dr. Peck remained at the Sherman
home for time and notified several
of Mr.. Shermans friends by tele-
phone that the end had come.
All City Mourns.
The announcement Of the vice pres
idenrs death spread quickly through
the city Universal sorrow was eX-
pressed and immediate steps were
taken for the proper recognition Of
the sorrowful event. Mr.. Sherman was
regarded as the first citizen of tho
city and all differences growing out OF
politics died with him.
The mayor gave out statement
yoiclng the general grief and the big
bell at city Hall as well as many OF
the church bells. tolled out the dole
ful news To public TO which 1t was
not news.
Not only aid the republican organ
ization take proper recognition Of the
event. but the progressives announc-
ed their intention OF cancelling all
meetings until after the vice presi-
dents funeral Governor Johnson,
who so long as Mr.. sherman lived,
was his rival for vice presidential
honors. was to have spoken here to-
night in behalf of the pn-
gresslve ticket. but his address. Ike
all other events Of the kind. has been
deferred.
The democrats also signified their
intention of removing a Wilson and
Marshall banner, which had been
flung across one Of the city streets.
and Of suspending all political activity
until after the funeral.
In the course Of his tribute. Mayor
Raker said:
"Alr Sherman has long been ldenti- 4