Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-04
Growing Steadily Weaker
WHAT MEMBERS OF GEN. GRANTS FANrr
AND oTHERs SAY OF HIS CONDITION

WHAT MEMBERS OF GEN. GRANTS FAMILY
AND OTHERS SAY OF MS CONDITION.
Despite the reasSuring bulletins from Gen
Grants bedside yesterday. there was anxiety
in the Grant household during the day. Col.
Fred. Grant WAS al no time raa>Sl.rrd lie tplf
mat his father WAS growing all the time weaker
ana tnat he might expire at amy hour. During
the afternoon John Jacob Astor called AIS \
j. DreNel. OF Philadelphia; &. T. Coils pr Tic
iany and Hamilton Fish. ir. one of the gentle
men expressed the belief that the general was
growing weaker constantly. Visitors were not
IN all cases shown up stairs. Cnitcd States
senator Don Cameron WAS in The sicb-r ,rrn
some time. Mrs. Grant sal near her husband
curing The afternoon, but the general spoke To
no one except his physicians. lest his throat
should be irriiated.
Ex-senator Chaffee at 1880 said that a lar.-e
dose OF morphine had Just been administer,i
anu a good nights sleep Wa expected '-tse,,
Gfant Il the most wonderful ,uan IN combat
ting disease ever heard OF" said Mr. Chnfiee
lie walks about the room un1tcca. nOtwith-
standing his extremely weak coudit son \ short
time ago he walked into au adjoining rpc.i ard
aflXed ms autograph to four ricjureS. TEE
strokes OF his pen were * bold aud arm a. when
the general was IN health.
At 81 pm. the following bulletin was issued.
"tfen. Grants pulse Is 80 per minute and some
what stronger He walks across the fooia and
declines assistance. His mind is CIGAR and his
manner cheerful. He has taken more nourish-
ment. There is soreness OF the throat. bat no
difficulty in swallowing. He lust used gargle
with benefit. The secretion Of mu..us is cum
paauvely slight. The breathing il easy and
natural
The ii p. m. bulletin said: Gen Grant was
able ut 10 O'Clock 80 walk. unaidcd. into his
library and sign an important document. The
anooy ne mas been Administered. and ne is now
asleep in his chair His general condition re-
mains the same AS stated i'm the last bulletin :"
shortly after IL Tor. Shrady said that Cen
Grants condition was very good, but ID could
not be told at what moment the patient will
die. The anodyne administered had produced
sleeplesSness DIR. Shrady says lac never saw ~
much exhaustion IN a man suffering with dis
ease of such small local magnitude This ex-
haustion. the doctor thinks. is due largely 10
recent shocks. BY these shocks the doctor
probably means the generals fall when enter
ing his carriage, neuralgia, the extraction of
teeth, business troubles, &c.
At 1870 the bulletin said Gen Grant was
sleeping IN his easy chair
secretary John W.Nrooman. Of the New York
state senate, called at the house during The
evening and presented the family with a COPY
OF the resolutions Of sympathy passed by that
body. The Association OF United New York
Volunteer regiments held meeting last night
and resolved that I'VE take this occasion TO
tender our heartfelt sympathy TO our grand old
commander in the cross he has to bear-he
whose glory as a superb soldier has never been
dimmed. We pray the Almighty God that his
lite may be spared; but if it please God 10 take
him from us, We shall ever treasure his mem.
ory."