Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-31
The Shadow of Death,


GEN. GRANTS STRUGGLE WITH THE GRIM FOE
THAT CLUTCHES HIS THRoAT--wHAT WAS
SAID OF HIS CASE LAST NIGHT-MEssAGEs
OF SYMPATHY, &c.
Messages of sympathy and inquiry poured In
on Gen. Grants family from all quarters yes
terday. To visitors the family denied them.
selves, the servants saying they had imperative
instructions to admit no one. Prompted by
curiosity, many persons strolled through 66th
street during the afternoon, stopping in front OF
o zen; Grants % house to gaze at the building. The
lowered all day. The inner blinds s'ts Of
the the generals sleeping room were shut,
Grant, the generals wife, stood for some min
utes at the window on the third floor and after
looking for some minutes at the watchers below,
drew down the shade and closed the shutters
me curtains In the generals library, or study,
were rolled up all day, and the ladies Of the
ho9sehold were several times seen in the room.
Shortly after o'clock DR.. Douglas returned
to the house, remaining but few minutes The
doctor was asked If he thought the end would
think not; but the General is now w pass passing
through stages incident to the disease and.
frankly. cannot tell If the end will come to.
weaker" '-'>'
At P. m. senor Romero, the Mexican minis
ter, called at the house. His stay was short.
and the outlook, he said: .Of fcourse, no one can
foretell with certainty. The disease, until re-
Gently, was within the power of the doctors, but
now 1t has gone quite beyond them. The Gen
eral may live ten days and he may die in two
hours: fear he is going to choke to death II
the disease reaches an artery, the danger of
choking is increased, and death by that means
becomes almost inevitable. The members of
the family are now at the Generals bedside, The
doctors are there, too, but they keep back as
much as possible; fear the General viii choke
to death, it's too bad"
At 8 p m. Rev. Howard Henderson, delegate
from the Newark, n. j., annual conference,
called at the house. He came to present resolu.
tions of sympathy and hope passed by the con-
ference. At nine o'clock Mr.. burlington coun-
sci TO U: s. Grant, jr., was admitted to the
mousse. he carried volume and black
satchel. AT 9:15 Rev. John p. Newman and
entrance. Gen. Adam Badeau, Gen. Grants
former military secretary, is an inmate Of the
Grant residence. On reliable authority il is
stated that Gen. Grant has recently expressed
q desire that Gen. Badeau should become his
literary executor.
At 1855 DR.. Douglas and Col Grant left the
house for the night, 1t being considered neces-
las said that the general had just retired and
was very comfortable. A little morphine had
been given to induce sleep. The general had
been improving all day, and the betterment
had continued all evening. He had been
chatty and bright, cOnversing with his family
and physicians His pulse and temperature
were very nearly normal. He had slept i've
that he thought Gen. Grant might rally from
the present attack and live some time, as the
recent disturbance was q result OF trouble in
the head, and not from an aggravated form OF
the disease.
In the assembly at Albany yesterday q reso-
luton Of sympathy with Gen. Grant was unan-
imously passed.