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Show DEATH JS NEAR. General Sherman's Condition ' Kenorted Less Favorable than Yesterday. All Last Night He Only Spoke When Addressed and Asked to Take Medicine, SINKING FAST SINCE MIDNIGHT. The Old Warrior Seems to bo Most of tho Time in a State of Coma. He is t Times Delirious, Especially During the Last Twenty-lour Twenty-lour Hours. HE CAUCHT COLD ON WEDNESDAY, An Ery.lpelas Developed, Attended by m High Fever, and the IllHau Spread Kapldljr H.ooaalnf; Worte. e . ' New Yokk, Feb. 11. General Sherman Sher-man is very low this morning. His condition con-dition has not changed for the better since last night. At 0:30 a. m. Dr. . Alexander was waiting for the arrival of Dr. Kdward Janeway, with whom h was to hold another consultation. Last night the general only spoke; when addressed and asked to take medicine. med-icine. The members of his family weri about the bedside all night. If he lives through today the crisis will have beer passed. The doctors ann uinced after the consultation con-sultation this rooming that the condition condi-tion of General Sherman was less favor able than yesterday. Tho general Buffeted Buf-feted considerable pain laBt nlfeht and is constantly growing weaker. Shortly before noon Dr. Alex- , ander, when asked for the latest news of the sick general, said: "The general passed the worst night he has had since he was taken 111 and it is not too much to say that his condition this morning is extremely critical. He is very much worse than yesterday morning and the slight improvement observed during the day was entirely lost. The -change came after - midnight, mod since that time he seems to have been . ' -gradually sinking. - The worst feature of the case i that he seems to lie most of the time in a state of coma and can only be roused when food is administered. adminis-tered. The only nourishment he has taken for several days is whisky and milk and at times he is delirious, especially during the last 24 hours. He does not seem to suffer much pain and it is this weakness weak-ness and gradual sinking that we are afraid of. On Wednesday night General Sherman Sher-man went to the Casino ia company with many army and navy officers and caught a bad cold. During Sunday erysipelas' developed, attended by a high fever. The disease-i spread rapidly and yesterday his face I was badly swollen and painful. At 1 o'clock General Sherman's son! said his father was slightly bettor, but not enough to give much' encouragement. encourage-ment. At 2:30 it was stated that there was no change in the general's condition, which is extremely critical. He is evidently evi-dently slowly dying, and only arouses when spoken to. New Yokk, Feb. 11. At 4 p. m. General Sherman rallied. The doctors are so much encouraged that tbey have) hopes of his recovery. |