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Show MILITARY BURIAL FOR GENERAL SICKLES Last Of Brigade Commanders Of the Clvl War Dies In New York New York, May 4. While arrangements arrange-ments for tho funeral ot Daniel E. Sickles, who died last night ,had not been completed today, It was thought that the soldier, last of the brlgado commanderp of the Civil war, would be burled with military' honors. General S.lckles end camo peacefully peace-fully at ten minutes after nine last n'ght in his home at 23 Fifth avenue? 'With him wei'e his son Stanton and nlswife from whom lie had be'e'ri estranged es-tranged for429' years. ' 'A TeconclUa-'lion' TeconclUa-'lion' was, effected only fait Thursday. " General 'sicWes had'Mfft ne'en !&' good' health for yearsf'tast March' he suffered a hemorrhage which left hfm "partly paralyzed. The stroke, "was" soon after'1 the' death of his housekeeper, Mls'a Eleanor Earle Wll- derlng. , Twice 'lastjweek the general suffered suf-fered hemorrhages and following the last" seizure on 'Saturday night ho lapsed into unconsclbusness and remained re-mained in that s'tago except for brief Intervals until his death. When conscious con-scious In his last hours, however, be could not speak. |