Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-11-06
IN PRESENCE
OF HIS FAMILY
Vice President Sherman Dies
at His Home n Utica
END WAS NOT UN:X E;TED
All Differences Growing Out of Poll
tics Die With Genial Man Who Was
Retarded as First Citizen of City
Universal Sorrow Expressed-Trib
ute From Mayor

ute from mayor
Utica, N. Y, Oct. 31.-After a
long illness. Vice President James
Schcolcraft Sherman died at his home
in this city at GAP o'clock last night
Of uremic POISON, caused by Brights
disease
All the members of the immediate
family we're witnesses of the final
scene.
Soon after Sherman's death, DR..
Peck, the attending physician, who
was present when death came, issued
the following statement:
THE vice president died at GAP
p. m. without regaining conscious
ness for a moment. He was perfectly
quiet. He died in the presence of his
wife, her brother and sister, his two
brothers, and his three sons and their
wives. He had been entirely uncon-
scious since 7 o'clock, when he had
a period Of partial consciousness last
ing for about Is minutes. He died in
a uremic coma as a result of Bright's
disease, heart disease and arterial
sclerOsis. ="
Mrs. Sherman bore up bravely un-
der the shock of her husbands death
as did the other members of the fam
lily Although it was said at the house
that the hopelessness of Sherman
fight against death had been realized
since Friday, the blow was neverthe-
less a crushing one.
The Sherman residence is located
on Genesee street, one of the city's
fashionable thOroughfares, and the
arrival and departure Of an occasional
automobile was the only indication
, that anything unusual had transpired
within the house.
The announcement of the vice pres
ident's death spread through the city
with great rapidity. Universal sor-
row was expressed, and immediate
steps were taken for the proper rec
ignition of the sOrrowful event. Sher-
man was regarded as the first either
OF the city, and all differences grow.
! ing out of politics died with him.
The mayor gave out a statemen
voicing the general grief, and the BIZ
bell at city hall, as well as man,
church bells, tolled out the dolefu
news Not only did the Republican
organization take proper cOgnizance o
! the event, but the PrOgressives an
nounced their intention to cancel al
meetings until after the vice presi
dents funeral. Governor Johnson
who, so long as Sherman lived, wa
his rival for vice presidential honors
was to have spoken here tonight il
behalf of the Progressive ticket, blu
his address, like all other events 0
the kind, has been deferred.
The Democrats also signifed thei
Intention of removing a Wilson an
Marshall banner which had been fun
| across one of the city streets and G
uspend1ng all political activity unit
! after the funeral.
In the course of his tribute Mayo
Baker said:
Mr.. Sherman has long been identi
fed with the business interests c
Utica. He was ever alert in takin
advantages for the city. His HON
life was beautiful. It was model fc
all American families. He found tn
81 eatest pleasure when summoned b
those who loved him as a husband an
father, and it is there that his gent;
presence will be missed. Stricken
as he was, with an illness which re
CURED constant watchfulness, MI
Sherman bore it with a fortitud
which exemplifed the strong charae
teristics of the man"
The mayor ordered that the flas
OF, all city buildings should be place
at half staff and suggested that sin
liar course be followe with all otht
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