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Show IIEISSTILLAL1VE lTie Condition of General Sherman Sher-man at 1 1 O'eloek is for the Hotter. Thronph the Long, Sileit Watches of the Sight Ho Fought Off the Grim , , Destroyer Successfully. j LIFE'S TAPES IS BURNING LOW Uirt the CTianjjfi) lor the Hotter May he a Momentary ICally I'reciirslnjr Death. 'liendi and Relatives Have Gathered to . Hit Bedside and Human Skill -is Doing Its Host. LATEST MESSACE TO WASHINGTON. Th. General P..ed a K.tl"e. Night and til Uiijrhu Ueen but Llttta Improvement Im-provement Upon th. Night. Kk.w Yokk, Feb. 12. The flitting lights and shadows in the death chamber cham-ber of William Tocumseh Sherman were eagerly watched the entire night by a score of newspaper men. The great general was for tho first time In his eventful life ou a retreat. His last march had begun. The gallant soldier was heroically battling with the grim warrior who knows not defeat; at times retreating, then advancing with the sublime courage of a leader wont to conquer, but gradually and inevitably yielding to his enemy's superior prowess. Coign of vantage was neverregained. Slowly, but surely, the victor of many a well-fought well-fought field was being driven back to his last trench. His base of supplies. .....,. I. . n .1 .,:,.): ......... iv cii kuiii nun viiauiy trcio t;u nuu annihilation was deferred but for a little lit-tle while. it, ,,.;,. h- :,.v., ,t, Dn r-.v,.. Taylor of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament was called to the. bedside and remained until 3 o'clock. At l:bO o'clock a messenger rushed to the telegraph oflice with a message to Senator Sherman. He arrived in a carriage at 2:80, and a considerable movement was then noticed in the general's gen-eral's bedroom After a short while, however, the light was turned, down and the announcement an-nouncement made that he wns still sinking. Two policemen were on duty outside and kept everything its quiet as possible pos-sible in the neighborhood. Instructions were given not to admit any one, except ex-cept relatives and personal friends. The next bulletin, given out at 4:45 said; "Death is only a question of a lew hours." With this came a dispatch from P. Tecumseh Sherman, tho general's gen-eral's son, to President Harrison, informing in-forming him thai death was momentarily momen-tarily expected. From then on the house remained iu comparative darkness. dark-ness. During the night, messages of sympathy sym-pathy were received from the president, presi-dent, members of thecabiuet. and many of the general's friends in the army. New Vouk, Feb. 12. At 2 o'clock th.s afternoon General Horatio V. King left General Sherman's house He said that a few minutes before l,e left the sick chamber General Gen-eral Sherman had showed siens of improvements. The patient, he said, liad asUen from his bed and walking across the lloor sat down in a chair. The physicians regard this as a very hopeful indication. They do not now fear erysipelas so much. Their chief fears are of pneumonia, because nf the accumulation of mucus on tbe general's lungs. |