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Show IRA D. SAHKEY IS ItW TOTALLY BLIND . . . ; Celebrated Evangelist Singer III and ' Has Lost Eyesight, but May . Hecorer. . NEW YORK, March XL Admission Is made today by Allan Saakey, son of Ira D. Sankey,- tha evangelist, that his father, who is seriously ill at his home In Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, is totally blind at present. He said, however, that there was a chance that the sight of one of his eyes might be restored. re-stored. The evangelist for a long time did not care to have the news of bis misfortune given to the world, as he did not care to alarm his friends. Allan Sankey said that his father, who is 3 years old, had been breaking down for four years, and that the affection of his eyes had been coming on him for two years. Despite the fact of his illness the evangelist evan-gelist continued his work here and abroad until he finally succumbed to the disease known as glaucoma, which affected his eyes. |