The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-13

special cause to fear more than in the last
two or three days though We must be pre-
pared for emergencies
The following bulletin was issued at
p. M:
General Grant has been very quist since the ft
OF coughing last night He hes taken his nourish-
ment regularity and well as usual; pu lse nov,
~ temperature, 80. Az the consultation lusi
held (Drs Barker, Sands. Snrady and Douglas
presently the treatment pursued was approved by
al. j. II. DOUGLAS NJ ID.
GEORGE r. SHRADY, n. ID.
Senator Chafee and ex Senator Roscoe
ConkiiDg called between 3 and O'Clock.
The latter said the General was quiet, with
ito him) ne apparent change since last Sun
day, when he called.
Senator leland Stamford visited the house
in the afternoon, bringing flowers
When DR.. Newman called a. 1880 yester-
day morning, he entered the library, next to
the Generals room, and shook hands with
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris. Father"
called the latter, "Dr. Newman is here"
whereupon the General walked into the
library and greeted DR.. Newman. He re-
named few moments and then returned TO
bis room with the remark that the air in the
library was too cold for him. The conyer
salion of The household before the General
il always cheerful and pleasant, and family
affairs and everyday matters are discus sed.
Cbe General is not delerous.
The Generals dream has, by letters from
many soothsayers, been interpreted to mean
that he will live seventeen days, as many
wesks, and by Others as many years; the
seventeen being the number OF dollars the
General had with which to pay duty on the
seIchel he LETT on the wrong side OF the
fence. The strologer who prophesied good
days and be Il ones for the General has thus
far been II at 1t was prophesied that il
the Genera survived March 81 h3 would
live until Septe,sbsr. That rema ms to be
seen. II the patent lives until summer, Ls-
land Stanford will endeavor to take him TO
California In a special car. The prob I5ly
good results of the western climate on the
Generals health has been discussed, Senator
Stanford urging that the &c leral would be
benefited thereby.
At o'clock tonight, Colonel Fred Grant
speaking CT bis fathers condition during the
day, said that he had coughsd q good deal,
and had, altogether, bad day, although the
paroxsysm of Saturday night had not been
renewed. The General was very low, but
Colonel Grant did not apprehend the end
would come tonight. Four days ago, he
said, the General, without seeming difficulty,
walked from the front TO the rear OF the
house, but each day since be had m owed
about less, and TO day when he walked TO the
rear of the house through the hall he stopped
to rest before returning. To be sure, twice
during this afternoon, The General had
walked into his office and remained there an
hour at one time and three-q arters OF an
those who we're near. But on one of
these occasions. as General Grant left the
room &C d passed into the Office, he remaIked:
II can not stand that" referring to the
sweet and pungent odor. Colonel Grant
stated that his father had not, at any time,
been delirious in the sense of impaired men.
tai faculties, bat that be had been much ua-
der the iDhunce OF morphis for a week and
that in the twenty minutes or half hour as
! the influence was passing of, the General
would experience a dreaming semi-con.
scousness, during which he might. and often
did recur in broken sentences TO dreams that
had been extremely vivid during the inhu-
eDce of the anodyne. A casual caller in the
room might catch such disiOinted differences
and regard them as anltv .dence of.deliTlum,
but those who were with the General feom
the beginning OF his awakening to the time
the influence passed off entirely, would bs
| bic to follow and fully understand the con-
text and relation of the Generals utter
ances.
Bot Cslonel Grant stated that before NOR
phia was used his father often talked in his
sleep or semi consciousness For instance
at one time he spoken this way and said:
General Wheat, which is your regiment
Where are your menT and Colonel Grant
explained that at thst time his father
| thought he was at the battle of Shiloh, for
! General Wheat was there and General Grant
thought he was getting the forces in line
ae ain. This was before morphis was ad-
! mlnlstered to great exent, Sincs the
anodyne has been freely used the General
has had similar Illusions bat while recalling
them during the dreamy reposs OF waking
| from sleep by morphIa the recollection is not
| so prompt or vivid. A case in point was
mentioned by Colonel Grent, that the iDfu-
, enee ef the opiat was passing
eff on Friday or Saturday
when the General calculated: Its the
cfv vccf rfVfu in fhn nefd ~ thora
STOPPED, but at intervals continued to speak
until be bad thoroughly awakened, and was,
| ss the Col-nel said, clear as bell. Then
| the General explained to Colonel Grant that
1 he thought he wss out in Indiana and wss
| calling at the house of Thomas A. Hen.
| bricks Then he began awakening. and
/ slowly recognized the furniture OF his own
house, when in his dream hal been that of
! Mr.. Hendricks, and then it was that, be-
| tween sleeping and waking, the General had
| CALCULATED, 1T is the straDgest thing in the
world"
Colonel Grant, when asked last evening if
/ il as possible 10 secure tse Generals auto
graph, replied that 1t was an impossbility at
| present, and feared it was too late. The
General never wrote except sitting at the
| desk in bis office, and il was growing more
and more wearing to walk to and from the
| adjoining rooms. Colonel Graut remarked
/ that be had at least 800 pictures
and albums waiting for his fathers auto
/ graph. There were addressed and stamped
! letters hearing requests. enough to fiji a
large dry goods box, but Colonel Grant
doubted il his father would sign anything
more, though be might if asked and permit
/ ted by the doctors
At 10:45 DR.. NewHsu lett the house and
! proceeded toward Mad son avenue to take
car. In response to question. be said: ~
expect q very anxious night; General Grant
F, has had bad day, snd think there has
/ been a recurrence of the coughing. DR..
Shrsdy is in the house, and the General is at
] this moment quietly sleeping
NEW YORK, April l3-I2:30 q. m.-Gen-
ersl Grant has been troubled during the
latter part of the afternoon and the entire
evening with an increase of mucous sec-e
ton in his throat. and has coughed consider
ably in consequence. He has also suf.