The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-30

strongly lined face, and It was redected +,
a closing comfort In the sad hearts whicI
beat quickly under the stress OF the lovin
suspense. A minute more passed and wa
closing as the general drew q deeper breath
There was an expression like that OF on
relieved OF q long and anxious tension
Inc members OF the group were impelIed
TO step nearer to the bed and each wantef
TO note the next respiration, but it did no
come. ltDever came. There was absolut.
stiffness In the room and a hush of expec,
fancy. SO that no sound broke the silence
save the singing OF the birds in the pines
outside the cottage. at is all over"
quietly spoke DR.. Douglas, and there came
tnen heavily to each witness the reali'ation
that General Grant was dead.
The doctors withdrew, the nurse closed
the eyeiids and composed the dead gener.
ais head, after which each OF the family
group pressed to the bedside and one after
another touched their lips upon the Quiet
lace 30 lately stilled. DR.. Shrady passed
u on the piazza and met Newman
mastering up the steps. "he is dead re
marked DR.. Shrady. The fact oil his hay
ing been absent from the side OF the diving
man and family at the last was the cause
OF sorrow and regret to the clergyman. He
been summoned a moment too late
arrived IN time only to minister to the
sorrowlng family and gaze upon the scarce
y husned lips OF the dead general, to whom
Dr. Newman's love had bound him in such
close ties and relations.
Soon after Drs. Douglas and Shradv left
the death-bed they conversed f~eeiingly o
the last hours OF Gen. Grants life. His
pulse first had indicated a failure and his
intellect was the last to succumb it's clear
ness and conscious tenacity. After mid
night last night a circumstance occurred
which Indicated cognizance. "Do you want
anything, father" questioned Col. Fred.
Water" whispered the general, huskilv.
put when offered water and milk they CUR.
gied IN his throat and were elected, and
that one word of response wa
the last word Of Gen. Grant. DIR.
douglas remarked that the peculi-
arity OF Gen. Grants death was ex-
planned by the remarkable vitality that
seemed present, an obstacle to approach
ing death. 1t was a gradual passing away
OF the vital forces and consciousness wal
retained, the doctor thought, until the last.
The general died of sheer exhaustion and
In a perfectly painless sinking condition.
eyes," interiected DR.. Shrady, quietly,
'the general dreaded pain. When he felt
he had begun to sink he asked that he
should not be permitted to suffer. The
promise was made and it has been kept"
Since he commenced to sink on Tuesday
night he was free from pain. Toward the
last no food was taken, but when a wet
cloth was placed on his lips he would suck
the water from it to moisten his mouth.
During the generals last night DR.. Shrady
was within call. DIR. Douglas was all night
at the cottage and DR.. Sands slept at tho
hotel after midnight. Within twenty min
utes after the death of Gen. Grant, Karl
Gerhardt, Hartford sculptor, who has been
making a study of the general, was sum-
moned to the cottage at the suggestion OF
DR.. Newman to make q plaster mask OF
the dead mans face. He was highly sue
cessful. Within half an hour after the
generals decease a waiting engine at the
mountain depot was on the way to Sara
toga to bring an undertaken who had been
summoned. The details and arrangements
touching the remains while they are here
and until they reach New York are in
charge Of w. Drexel and w. j. Arkell. At
this writing the physicians are DESTROYS OF
having q post norton, but the family are
said to be averse to it. A week ago the
general is said to have intimated that if he
should die here during the hot weather he
would prefer that his remains should
remain here until cooler weather,
the purpose being to spare the
family q sad and fatlgulng Jour-
ney in the sultry weather. 1t is doubtful.
however, if this suggestion be carried out
fully, though it is not unlikely that the re-
mains will remain here several days. This,
however, is entirely al the disposal OF Col.
Fred Grant, to whom is left entire control
of all the arrangements relative to his
fathers remains. 1t is not unlikely that
a proposition OF the city OF New York to
accord a burial plat for the general and his
wife, when she, too shall have passed away.
might be considered by the colonel. The
impression that Washington will be chosen
for the burial SPOTS believed to be founded
on the present inclination OF Col. Grant.
The only condition made by the general,
and that was as long ago as June 24, was
that his remains should be Inferred whers
the remains OF Mrs. Grant might in time
lie beside his own.