VICE-PRES. SHERMAN DEAD

James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice-President of the United States, died last night at quarter before ten at his home in Utica, N. Y., where he had been confined since early summer. His illness which was the result of a weak heart reached the critical stage Monday night.

Mr. Sherman was born in Utica, N. Y., in 1855. He graduated from Whitestown Seminary, N. Y., and later received the degrees of A.B. and LL.D. from Hamilton College. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and set up practice in Utica. In 1884-5 he was mayor of Utica and two years later was sent to Congresses where he served a total of twenty-four years, being a member of the 50th and 51st Congresses and then again, after a space of two years, a member of eight succeeding Congresses. On November 3, 1908, he was elected Vice-President of the United States, and was nominated for the same office by the Republican party last June.