Show JOHN SHERMANVERY ILL I I ExSecretary is in Critical Condition Condi-tion Washington D C Oct 17 John Sherman Is dangerously ill at his residence resi-dence on I street in tills city The attack at-tack has taken the form of a general collapse in part due to the general debility de-bility Incident to ld I age and to tho effects of serious Illness from which ho suffered while on a trip to the West Indies two years ago He never fully recovered from that illness Mrs Sher mans death during the summer at tho old dulng Mansfield 0 also had its effect on the venerable statesman states-man who deeply mourned her loss Mr Sherman returned to Washington several weeks ago from Mansfield and since that time has been living In the family residence here He was then in feeble health but wits able to take dally drives about the city For the past week however he has been gradually growing Averse and weaker and yesterday and today his condition becoming serious relatives in various parts of the country were notillcd of the change Some of them arc expected ex-pected to come to the city There is said to b te no immediate danger dan-ger of death and it is I possible he may rally gel if no further unfavorable mp ln exSecretury Is In his toms occur cxSccretarj 7Sth year |