Daily Republican., 1885-03-31
General Grant.
THE GREAT WARRIOR FIGHT
ING HIS Last BATTLE-TAE
END NEAR AT HAND.
LOSS OF VITALITY.

sickness, and the worst is now looked
for at an early moment 1t IL not y
question OF weeks or days, but Of hours.
There can be no doubt that the end is
rapidly approaching. The continued
presence of at least one of the pbysi-
clans In the house, their guarded ex.
pressions when asked about the General,
and the unconcealed anxiety and de- ,
preston Of the Grant family prove this,
even though definite information from
the sick room cannot be obtained. Il
The peculiar nature OF General
Grants afiliction, and its tendency to
become violent at any moment without
previous warning, render 1t impossible
| to predict just when another serious
outbreak like that on Saturday night
will occur.
A GRADUAL LOSS OF VITALITY.
Tue physicians expect it at almost
any time and one of them Is authority
| for the assertion that when 1t does
come 1t will, in all probability, be the
end. The only indication Of the ap-
proach of this is in the Generals
grad ual loss Of vitality. His bodily |
strength is fast wasting away and the |
weaker he gets the greater IL the danger |
that the disease will overcome him.
The day has been one OF disappoint. |
ment to General Grants family. They
had hoped that after his long rest last
might he would awaken much stronger
than he was yesterday. The result
proved Just the contrary, however. The
patient awoke shortly after 6 O'Clock,
and had his throat cleared by DR.. Doug
las, who had remained by his bedside
lover night.
General Grants request for some
Thing to eat was at first regarded as q
sign of Improvement, and some beef
: tea was given him. Harrison, the col.
, lored servant, then wheeled him to the
window Of his library, which overlooks
, Central Park, and there the General
, nat for an hour. 1t was while he was
l seated here that the first bad signs Of
1.-The day appeared. While Mrs. Sar-
> toris was talking to him he suddenly
81 began to choke aud cough violently.
DR.. Douglas Immediately came to his
Z relief, but the General had to be wheel
ed back 20 his bed again, where he re-
lmained resting peacefully until noon,
Though not sleeping.
AT p. IN. Senior Romero, the Mexi-
L can min lister, called at the house. His
!. lstay was short. When asked on Fifth
Avenue about the patient and the out
v look, he said OF course, no one can
foretell with certainty. The disease,
the doctors, but now 1t has gone quite
beyond them. The General may live
n | ten days or he may die in two hours.
I'll fear he is going to choke to death.
u If the disease reaches an artery the
n danger Of choking IL Increased, and
- death by that means becomes almost
n Inevitable. The members of the family
are now at the Generals bedside. Tn,
Y doctors are there, too, but they KEEP
back "a much as possible. | fear thu
General will choke to death-it's tot
bad" repeated Senior Romero, walking
- down Fifth Avenue.
THE +. NJ. BULLETIN.
h In response to inquiries, Drs. Dougla
and Shrady sent out the following bul
sc letin at p. m.:
"At this moment General Grant
very quiet. His temperature and pulls
are about normal. He has taken hi
l. liquid food regularly and well and Il
u usual quantity. He Is more silent tina
" usual, and has made no exertion Of an
kind today. He gives the impressio
as of being weaker, which is not indicate
-, by the pulse"
~ GENERAL GRANT BETTER AT MIL
,eI NIGHT.
IL NEW YORK, March 31.-1 O. ma
ny I1l.45 Senator j. b. Chaffee left th
Grant residence. He said the Gener;
had just been put to bed, AID that 1
compared with his condition twent.
~ four hours ago the General was bette
III When asked If the physicians col
,e sidered the patient out of danger, NJ
Chaffee replied that he could not ga
lg that such was the case, but tn
i the present condition was more favo
Ill, able.
AL At 1155 DR.. Douglas and Colon
,lGrant left the house for the night, 1t b
ed ing considered necessary for only u
~ Shardy to remain. DIR. Douglas ga
I'll that the General had just retired al
he was very comfortable. A little me
phine had been given to induce slee
ed THE general had been improving all di
-. Iup to the present, and the betterme
do' had continued all the evening. He hi
been chatty and bright, conversi
with his family and his physician
His pulse and temperature were W
no @ nearly normal. He had slept five hou
'"' within the twenty four. At midnig
OSt the vestibule doors were locked, a.
within the next hour all the lights we
de. .extinguished except In the library q
~ one on the top floor.
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