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Show SHERMAN IS SUMMONED Vice President Dies at Utica Home Family At Bedside Utlca, N Y, Oct. 31 The funeral of Vlco President Jame S Sherman Will be held Saturday afternoon At 2 o'clock In the Dutch Reformed church, of which Mr. Sherman was a parishioner Utica, N. Y.. Oct 31. Utlca is mourning today tho death or Vice President .lames Schoolcraft Sherman. Sher-man. Mr Sherman's death occurred last night at 9:42 at the family residence of Brlght's disease, complicated with diseases of tho heart and hardening of tho arteries, following a period of inoro than twenty-four houin of almost al-most total unconsciousness Exalted publlr- functional though ho was. he was htiown to Uticaus as "Jim" Sherman Indeed, in most cases the surname was dropped and a common form of saluatlon among tho older residents today vm$ Poor Jim Is gone " All cil flaitr wore lowered in half mast at the beginning of tho day Mr Sherman was a prominent factor In many business enterprises In the city and the offices of juoh mncerns were clo.vod for the diy. Sorvlces Will Be Simple. Arrangement are being made for a funeral which, it Is antlcloatcd, will bo Hirnple. Wearied with their manv hours of watching, the memlicro of the family were slow in taking up the details of the obsequies, hut so far a? thore was expression It was favorable fa-vorable to (ho quietest possible pro-cording pro-cording commensurate with the vice president's official position. The expectation ex-pectation was that President Taft and manv members of the cabinet and of I both houses of congress would desire j to attend but It Is not possible that ! tile presence of even tho nation's greatest dignitaries will shake the determination of the family to avoid all ostentation. Mr Sbermn was a member of thn Ditch Reformed churc.h and fh feeling wag that ob- j sequins wo'ild be conducted under tho forms of that denomination Many messages of condolence were received here diUiug the night and continued today topour In from all I parts of the country. Thcv Include telorrams from-President Taft, Colo- i nol RooHevelt and. fosi of the men In I public m. Secretary With Him. I f ince tho beginning of the Illness of his chief. Harry Doendorff, who for I the last eighteen years has been Mr. ' Sherman's prlvalo secretary, has I been constantly with him and he is ; now sivlng close attention to all details de-tails pertaining to the lato vice president's pres-ident's affairs and to the approaching funeral. The people of this clt. hao seen I comparatively little of Mr. Sherman for the last year He left here for Washington earlv in December. 1911. nnd was so constantly occupied with I his duties that he was unable to visit the city on more than one or two occasions, previous to his return hero at the beginning of his final Illness Ill-ness last June. I Not until It became evident that the crisis was approaching did his physician make known the fact that aftei he left Utica and went to Big Moose ho cumo near dying at that place. Dr. F H. Peck said today that Mr. Sherman had not beep there twenty-four hours when ho became so ill that for a time his life was despaired of, When, however, he re-' re-' turned to Utlca, the lower altitude I and the agreeahlo surroundings had the effect of rapidly reviving him. Trips Leos Frequent. Gradually his trips downtown grew less frequent and ho ftcarcely had been seen outside of his. own residence resi-dence since his appearance In the public park here In August to make response to tho official notification of his renomlnation for the vice presidency. pres-idency. It was not. however, until last Sunday that Intimations began to bo received of his extremclv critical criti-cal condition. Always avorse to public pub-lic notice, the vice president's family eeemed to shrink especially from all publications concerning his physical condition. Even when Dr. Janewsy. the New York City specialist, came to visit him October' 20. he was enabled to come and go without attracting pub-He pub-He attention. The vice president's physicians have been aware, however, for the last fortnight that the malady had made rapid headway and all of theiq feared that It soon must end fatally. D." Peck, who has heen In constant attendance on Mr. Sherman, has had little hopo for him tor weeks. He, however, wa3 not without hope of postponing tho finality so long as It was possible to Induce the kidneys to perform any considerable portion of their natural functions. When they failed in, this respect bo. frankly stated stat-ed that the end could not be long postponed. Gave Up Hope. , Not until yesterda3 morning, how- . ever, did he'become willing to admit that his patlont's life was measured by hours. Having worked without avail tho greater part of the night before to induce action by the kidneys. kid-neys. Dr. Peck took the first opportunity oppor-tunity to make known to the family and to ail other Inqulroru the actual condition confronting him. Now that Mr Sherman is gone the fact 13 recalled that he was almost as much concerned in the promotion of clean sports as ho was in the development de-velopment of hufilnoa8 Interests He wa3 especially noted as a baseball '"fan," and he would suspend business t my time to see a good game. Ill as he was at the time tho recent world'B ! series was played. h0 displayed especial es-pecial Interest in that event He had bulletins telephoned indicating the progress of each game. Loyally partial par-tial to New York, the vice president oppressed deep regret when the Giants fell Sketch of Sherman. The twenty-seventh vice president of the United States and tho only one renominated, was christened James Schoolcrurt Sherman. But in nearly a quarter of a century of public life "Jim" Sherman, as ho was known to i his Intimates, and probablv half the nation referred lo him as "Sunny Ulni," a sobriquet earned by a nevcr-I nevcr-I failing, all year round Biinny dlsposl-Itlon. dlsposl-Itlon. Sherman belonged to the school of Republicanism nowadars popularly called "regular." and he fought his political battles without compromise or flinching. The events he helped to shape aro ao comparatively recent that history cannot assign him to his proper place until St also records the work of his contemporaries. To the house of representatives of the fiftieth congress, he came In the ) winter of 18S7, Just passed his thirty- Fecond birthday, with the energy and i optimism of youth, college bred from the halls of Hamilton which has glv- ' en public lite many more statesmen and pghllc life, none without some 'mark of distinction. He had been I elected mayor of Utlca two years before be-fore Like manv others who came to lead In the national legislature, he brought with him an education in law. He was well born and well bred. His father, Richard W. Sherman, was an editor and public figure In New York state - - Out of Office. I Two sessions of congress found , Sherman defeated and out of office. I but not for long. Harry W. Bentlcy I of Boonville. Oneida county, beat him by less than a thousand votcB In tho race for the fifty-second congress. In the Interim, Sherman went back to Utlca, built up his- law practice and returned to the fifty-third congress", with a signal victory. He remained' in the house without defoat to the sixtieth congress, when ho was nominated nom-inated and olectod vice president on the ticket with Mr. Taft. Ills first ye3rs n the house brought him into close association with leaders. lead-ers. Joseph W. Bailey, later a senator: sen-ator: Brcckcnrldge. Bian, Bourkc. Cochran. Crisy. Dalzetl. Dlngley, Dol-llTer. Dol-llTer. Henderson. Payne. Paynter. i Raynor. Reed Wadsworth, "Fighting ' Joe" Wheeler, and a' score of others i whose names become household I words lu discussion of the tariff and other national policies were his fellow fel-low members. Friends of Sherman. Tho senate held such men as Aldrlch Allison., Cookrell, Daniel, Frje, Gorman, Hoar, Hill Toller, Vest and Wolcott. All wero not Republicans, Re-publicans, but all 'VNoro "Jim" Sher-' Sher-' man's friends, and in such an en-1 en-1 vironment he worked to a high place ; in tho councils and flnallv was numbered num-bered one of the Big Five In the i house. Cannon Dalzell. Payne. Sherman and Tawney were the great quintette during the comparatively recent years In which congress wap Republican. Each of them invariably wore a red carnation for a boutonlere and when i Sherman went to preside over the senate and occupy the coveted marble ' room In the othor wing of the capitol, I he took tho custom with him and the I flower always appeared at every ses-1 ses-1 slon of the upper house, i Anv review of Sherman's llfo would not bo complote without a reference to his work in tho house. Brieflv there Is recorded no time when ho moved galleries to applaiiBo by u debate de-bate from the floor or changed any votes by oloquonco But the statutes bear marks of his work In committee aMBw w a aa and caucus and the results of hlr. labors on tho rules committee, tho Interstate commerce commission and other branches of the achincry of the house. ' I Was Leading Figure. j In Now York state politics Slier- i an wns a leading figure. He alWHs was active In state conventions and a j figure at national gatherings of the I parti'. Sherman went to preside over the senate just about at a time when what popularly is knowp as "senatorial dignity" was beginning to feel Its firat break. In the chair Sherman was dignity Itself, Talr In his rulings, his colleagues said, quiet, firm, sure and seldom reversed an appeal But dignity so far as the traditional senatorial frock coat and silk hat were concerned generally was absent. He regarded his time presiding over the senate as a day's business, to be attended to as if he wcro Bitting In his bank in Utica, or at the directors' direc-tors' table of one of the many enterprises enter-prises in which he had found a fortune for-tune and laid the foundation of another an-other for his sons. He usually appeared ap-peared in a hiiEbness suit, on a hot day lie came In flannels. Will Attend Funeral. Washington, Oct. 31. White House officials were waiting today .for the announcement troni Utlca of xhe time of the funeral (if Vice President Sherman, Sher-man, so that arrangements 'for Prcsi-dont Prcsi-dont Taft to attend might be made. The president has an engagement In Newark. N. J., on Saturday at the dedication of a monument to George Washington. If the funeral is held that day, President Taft will cancel the Newark trip and go straight to LTtlco. leaving Washington probably late tomorrow. Although plans were still indefinite early today It was thought that from Utica the president will go to Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, where he will cast his vote Tuesday. Tues-day. The president early today look up the preparations for honoring the dead vice president. Copie$ of the proclamation issued by President McKinloy at the death of Vice President Hobart wero looked up from state department files and officials prepared to issue a similar proclamation, which would close "the i government departments and half- I mast tho American flags on embassy 'nnd consular buildings throughout tho I v.orld, at army posts and on tho ships of the navy at sea. |