The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
SHERMAN ILLNESS DATED FROM 1908 Weakening Came During
 Last Spring INSISTED ON WORK Came Near Dying in June in the Adirondacks, Where He
 Had Gone for a
 Rest

Utica. N. Y October 30.-The first dis covery that MT. Shermans kidneys were affected was made at the beginning of the national campaign in 1908 At that and his physician informed him that one of the kidneys had become diseased and advised moderation In work and diet. The advice was followed in the latter, but not in the former respect. MT. sherman became most abstemious in eating, talk ing nothing but the simplest foods; but he persisted in giving the closest per sonal attention to his official duties as we'll as to his extensive business inter- ests So completely did he keep himself occupied that Dr. Peck found in this fact the principal reason for the vice presidents break down.
 Failed in No Effort
 Visiting all sectiens of the country and making many speeches daily, he failed in no effort which loyal partisan and vigorous man could make in that campaign, and when ultimately his labors were crowned with success and he was elevated to the vice presidency, he vigor- ously turned his attention to the duties of that office. Never content to be a figurehead. he undertook to lift the vice ard influence. As result he became one of the recognized advisers of the ad- ministration and he exerted an usual in fuence among the members of the sen ate. In addition the numerous indus trial and fnaAcial interests with which he was connected continued to receive the closest care.
 Weakened Last Spring
 Apparently MT. sherman did not weak en under this strain until last spring. Required by the tense parliamentary sit ,iation in the senate to be constantly in his seat during the recent session of con gress, he began to fail in March. A medical examination then revealed Brights disease in an advanced form and he was advised to suspend all labors and devote himself to an effort to coun- teract the ravages of the disorder by building up his physical system as whole
 Big Moose in the Adirondacks was chosen as the place of resort because of it's seclusion and to that point the vice president went in June. yielding the sen atorial gavel most reluctantly.
 The change came too late, however. AL ready the heart had become involved, and the Big Moose altitude of 200o feet came near causing death. He had not been there twenty-four hours when he was violently attacked, and as soon as he could be moved, he returned to his home in this city. Here an immediate im- provement was noted. Not antil the lat ter part of August did he enter upon continuing decline. and since that time the downward trend has been rapid and steady.
 Insisted on Speaking
 pr. Peck attributes the August change to the rashness of his patient in persist ing in making set speech in response to the official notification of his second nomination for the vice presidency, which took place in this city In that month.
 The bad conditions, which followed im- mediately would not be shaken off. Each day was worse than the preceding. When some two weeks since, the time came to register for next Tuesdays vote, the vice presidents physician forbade his patient to leave the house for that pur- pose. This protest was disregarded, with the result that the fatal nalady was greatly aggravated. The kidneys became prolific manufacturer of uremic pois- ening. This caused delirium and coma by turns.