Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-19

MOUNT MCGREGoR On. ", June 18TH
| General Grants condition is not materially
changed from that of yesterday. DR.. Sands
arrived this morning, and at noon he and
! DR.. Douglas were with General Grant.
NO IMMEDIATE DANGER
MI MCGREGoR, June 1Sth.-Drs. Douglas
and Sands finished their examination OF
the Generals throat at 1245. The General
then appeared upon the piazza, where the
family were awaiting him to join with
them and have family picture taken.
After sitting for the picture the General re-
manned on the piazza reading the morning
papers In the meantime the doctors were
in consultation. They had found the Cen
erals pulse to be y. DR.. Sands found no
particular change in the condition of the
throat since Sunday, and both doctors be-
lieve there is no immediate danger
NOT COMFORTING FACTS.
| NEW YORK, June 1Sth.-The Commercial
1dUertiscr says editorially: The reports OF
Grants condition are not comforting. 1t is
known that the disease from which Grant
| is suffering has made an alarming advance
of late, His wonderful vitality is slowly
| giving way under the strain, and it is with
| profound sorrow that we chronicle these
melancholy facts. The obvious truth is
that Grant has not long to live though no
physician Is wise enough to say whether
his remaing time on earth is likely to be
measured by weeks or days.
The Mail and cypress says editorially
Garfield was removed from Washington to
Elberon for his health, but he found death
instead. Many fear that Grant has been
removed from New York to Mount Nc
Gregor never to return.
JUST a WEEK SINCE HAVE SPOKEN
MOUNT McGREGoR. June 1Sth-General
Grant spent the evening indoors with his
| family and DR.. Douglas and Rev. DR.. New
man. During the evening he wrote the
| following words upon a card, which he
handed to DR.. Newman:
1t Is Just a week to-day since | have spoken
My suffering is continuous though Drs Sands
| and Douglas say my ailment is improving.
A little before o'clock the General wrote
a few words on a card, which he passed to
| Mrs. Grant, and which read as follows:
Ask DR.. Newman to have prayers. Iwant to
retire early.
The request was complied with and at 9
o'clock DR.. Douglas and the nurse COM
posed the General fort the night in his ROOM
The physician apprehends no trouble to-
night and expresses a belief that General
Grant will pass quiet night.
MIpNIGHT.-At this hour the cottage is
dark, except light in the Generals room,
burning low. His condition is not changed
A QUIET DAY AND No UNwIsE EXERTIoN
Mr.. MCGREGoR, June 1Sth.-Seven hours
| of refreshing sleep the usual taking of
| liquid food, the absence of unusual pain.
quiet day and no unusual mental strain
constitutes the record for General Grant
from 8 o'clock Wednesday night to
o'clock this afternoon. The fatigue that
4 l..
yesterday was a warning that so good a
patient as General Grant will not let 90
unheeded. Mindful of this ne has passed
quiet day physically. The General knows
and has within week expressed to friend
| his own assurance that he is constantly
| growing weaker and more exhausted
! He was not deceived in this No
effort was made TO lead the General
to a false hope. He was last week frankly
told that he was failing and that at the
end he would probably pass away peace
fully The vicious sore upon the Gen
| erals tongue is deepening, and as it pro-
crosses so does the patients vitality wane.
| He has full knowledge of this, and that
| knowledge Will at all times be a back
| ground against which may appear tempo
| rary changes for the better or worse. to
arouse public interest but such changes
cannot at any time deceive the sick man,
or obyiate the certainty that dissolution is
| drawing nearer. DR.. Newman and Jesse
Grant arrived this afternoon. Dr. Sands
returned to New York at $50 this evening
Appointments by the President.
WASHINGTON, June 1Sth.-The President
has Just appointed Israel Lawton Superin-
tendent of the Mintin San Francisco The
President to-day appointed j. T. Burns
| Postmaster at Dayton, w. T., vice W. 0.
Mather, resigned
James ". N. Harris, of Port Townsend,
W. T, has been appointed Special Timber
Agent of the General Land Office
Samuel Brooks left Washington this af-
ternoon for San Francisco. He has re-
ceived his commission as Assistant Treas
urer, and will forward his bonds for $780,
600 to the Treasury Department after his
return home.
Leonidas Russell, of Tennessee, has been
appointed Medical Examiner in the Pen
| sion Office, vice John X. Ross, resigned.
Aaron S. Coleman. of New York, has been
designated to act as chief of the special
examination division of the same office
Jhe New Mint Superintendent.
WASHINGTON, June 18th.-Judge Israel
Lawton, of Oakland, who was to-day APP
pointed Superintendent of the Mint at San
Francisco, came here with strong indorse-
ments from Governor Stoneman and
member of the State administration for any
position the President might see fit to give
| him. that he could afford to accept. At
one time it was believed that he would en-
J ter the contest for the position of Assistant
| Treasurer at San Francisco, but when he
| learned that Samuel Brooks was after that
| Office he withdrew. Lawton is a strong
anti-monopolist Democrat, and he was es-
pecially Endorsed for appointment by Repre-
sentative Henley, who speaks of his fitness
for the place in the highest terms. None
of the places in the Mint come under the
provisions of the civil service law, and
Lawton has authority, if he pleases, to
make q clean sweep of every person hold
ing Office in the Mint According to the
last blue book there are about 30 employees
in the San Francisco Mint.
! Mr. Lawton is a well-known lawyer of Oak.
| land He formerly resided at ALBANY n Y
| but some years since came to Oakland for his
| health. being troubled with Il pulmonary diff
| Guilty. Three years ago he was the Democratic
| candidate for Mayor of Oakland, but was de-
| feated. Mr.. Lawton is about 80 years of age,
| and has Srown-up son, who Is also n lawyer,
1t is a curious fact that Mr.. Lawton is the third
Superintendent of the Mint OF recent years who
| has lived across the bay-0. II. La Grange and
| Edward +. Burton both being residents of Oak
| land.
Impending Changes in the Postofiice De-
partment
WASHINGTON, June 1sth,-The visit of
| Dallas Sanders, of Philadelphia, to this
city, again revives the report of the prob
able retirement of First Assistant Post
master General Hay. The work of the
| First Assistant has increased over 4 hum
dred fold since the advent of the new Adj
ministraton, and it is next to impossible
for man in Hays delicate state of health
to manage it successfully or as promptly as
is expected He is compelled to leave his
Office frequently, after working two or
three hours, and seek the rest his health
demands, and his home is the only place
where this needed rest can be obtained
His retirement will necessitate the COM
plete reorganization of the First Assistants
department, and the following changes, it
is reported at the Department, will trans
pire on the 1st of July Nicholas Bell of
| Missouri, at present chief of the foreign
mail division, and who was mentioned
once for appointment as First Assistant
Postmaster-General.w viii succeed Hay, and
Dallas Sanders will be appointed Bells
successor. James Mari, present chief clerk
for the First Assistant Postmaster General,
will be replaced by Fowler, who acted in
Hays place during his absence in the
South this spring.
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