The Portland daily press., 1885-03-31
GENERAL GRANT.
Great Excitement Over His Condi-
ton Yesterday.
Latest Reports Say He is Apparently
Comfortable.
But. According to His Physicians
Statement. Growing Weaker.

HAS ANASO llo hldy uOS llf0 QlDIo bnAu bW0Qby-
| four hours"
General Grant was sstir at s 30 this moruing
when he breakfssted, and at IL the following
bulletin was procnred from DIR. Dougl lass:
Ihe General was visited at IL p. m. by Drs.
Shrady and Douglas. The afternoon had been
quiet one with periods Of slumber alternately
upon the bed and in his easy chair. As the
time OF the night visit arrived the General be-
came approhensive that the symptoms of the
preceding evening might be renewed and re-
IVqnested that DR.. Douglass be sent for. The
appre ehenslonS were allayed by employment of
the same meaEs as the night before and with
success. Bat the General preferred to remain
IL MS chalr so as to avoid possibility OF their
recurrence from recumbent position His
throat was attended to again at 2 a. M, and
Tue General had altogether q comparatively
comfortable night, taking his food and medi-
cine as usual and having no renewal of his
difficulty in breathing. He has taken his usu-
al breakfast and is nov quiet and free from
pain. DIR, Douglass remained with him in his
room curing the night, but was not called up
on for special service after two
There IL good ground for the belief that the
actual condition of Gen. Grant this morning is
worse than is indicated by the bulletin just
sent out. AT IL noon, the General who had
been sitting and reclining ia his easy chair was
lifted by his servant Barrison, and placed upon
his bed where he is now resting. At 1910 0.
m, Mark Twain, who is interested in the firm
which is publishing Gen. Grants book, called
at the house in coupe. He alghted from the
carriage and was met at the foot of the steps
by Barrison, who told him of the Generals
condition, and Twain did not enter the house.
Prompted by curiosity many persons strolled
through 66th street during the afternoon,
stopping in front of Gen. Grants hbase to
gaze at the building. The shades Of the front
parlor we're lowered all day, but the inner
blinds of the Generals sleeping room were
shut. About o'clock. the Generals wife
stood for some minutes at window on the
third floor, and after looking at the watchers
below drew down the shade and closed the
shutters. Blue-eoated messengers vexed the
beil-pull at short intervals throughout the day,
and personal messages OF sympathy and inqui-
ry were constantly coming from friends and
interested persons in the city and out Of it.
A gentleman who called at4 o'clock with extra
ordinary anxiety to see Col. Fred Grant or
Gen. Badesu, was told that members OF the
family must deny themselves to all. "Those
are our imperative Instructions said the SER
want at the door. At 4.15 p. i'm. DIR. Douglass
returned to the house after brief absence
After he had been within for half an hour he
rs-entered his carriage to visit his other pa
tients. Before leaving he made known this
bulletin.
BOP. m.-Gen. Grant is free from pain and
has. taken his liquid food at regular intervals
and is as we'll as usual He is not es strong
and is showing more fsebleness Of body.
The doctor ives asked if ne thought the end
would come during the night, and in aneWer
he said: II think not, but the General is nov
passing through the stages incident to the dis
ease; and, frankly, cannot tel If the end will
come tonight. The General is growing weaker
and weaker" These words were spoken WITH
out reserve and carried convection to the hear
ers, which none of the bulletins had done. Dr.
Douglass returned from his calls after an
absence of about an hour. He had come back
to remain all night. DR.. Shrady soon Joined
him for the same purpose.
at p. M. Senor Romero, the Mexican Min
lister, called at the house, but his stay was
short. When asked about the patient and the
outlook, he sSd: "Of course, no one eau fore
tell with certainty. The disease until recently
was within the power of the doctors, but now
IT has gone quite beyond them. The General
may live ten days, and he may die in two
hours l Gear he is going to choke to death. II
the disease reaches the artery, the danger of
choking is increased and death by that means
becomes almost inevitable"
Members Of the family are now at the Gen
erals bedside. The doctors are there too, but
they keep back as much as possible. fear
the General will choke to death. It's too bad,
repeated Senior Romero. In response to in
qGlries Drs. Douglass and Shrady sent ont the
following bulletin:
7p. MAT this moment Gsp. Grant is
very quiet. His temperature and pulse are
about normal. He has taken his liquid food
regularly and well, aud in the usual quantity.
He is more silent than usual aud has mada no
exertion of any kind today. He gives an i'm
preston of being weaker, which is not indi-
Gated by the pulse"
$40 p. m.-There is no change in the condi-
tion OF Gan. Grant. He is somewhat weaker
If anything. bat the temperature and pulse are
normal, and he bas taken liquid food of the
usual quantity today.
1918 p. m.-Gen. Grant is somewhat easier
than at last report. He continues very weak.
AT p N. Rev. Howard Henderson, dele.
gate from the Newark, n. j., annual copfer-
Of ha Ia 81,
the resolutions of sympathy and hope passed
by the conference. He was told the General
was very weak. At 9.15, Bev. John P. New
man and Senator Leland Stanford OF Califor-
mia gained an entrance.
Gen. Adam Badeau, Gen. Grants former
military secretary, is an inmate of the Grant
residence, and onsreliable authority. it is stated
that Gen. Grant has recently expressed a de-
sire that Gen. Badeau should become his lit
erary executor.
house policemen to prevent further ringing at
the bell and to keep away all inquirers.
AT 9 90 this despatch was sent 70 Col. +. G.
Dent, Washington: EASY but very weak"
(Signed) r. ID. GRANT.
badly. There is nothing more for me to say"
AT 1875 DR.. Douglass stated that Gen. Grant
was feeling little better.
DIR. Shrsdy said this evening he thought
Gen. Grant might rally from his present at
tack and live some time, as the recent disturb
ance was the result of trouble in the head and
not from an aggravated form Of the disease
At IL. .45 Senator fbsffee left the Grant resi-
dence. He said the General had jast been put
to bed and that as compared with his condi-
tion "a hours ago he was better. The physi-
clan whom asked il he considered the patient
cut of danger reported he could not say such
was the case. However his present condition
was more favorable.
AT 1l.S5 Dr. Douglas and Col. Grant left the
house for the night, it being considered neces-
sary for only DR.. Shrady to remain. DIR.
Douglass said Gen. Grant had just retired and
wss very comfortable, q little morphine beiD g
given to induce sleep. The General had been
improving all day up to the present and the
betternnent had continued all tho evening. He
had been chatty and bright, conversile with
the family and physicians. His pulse and tenn
perature were very nearly normal. He had
slept five hours within the twenty-four. At
midnight The vestlhule doors were locked and
within the next hour all the lights within were
put out except the one in the library.
The change for the worse in the condition OF
the distinguished patient occurred Sunday
morning about two O'clock.
General Grant retired just before midnight
with the expectation of having a long sleep, as
he felt tired after his drive in the park during
the afternoon. AS usual, Colonel Fred Grant
III bue rUCL1 Win LIS Iabl6rs JuSl
before two o'clock he was awakened by his
father coughing violently, and apparently in
much pain. he became alarmed at the con-
tinued choking, and tho whole household was
aroused. Messengers were also despatched fol-
Drs. Douglass and Shrady, who Immediately
responded to the call. They found that the
cause of the trouble was the Generals ipabili.
ty to breathe through the nose and the constant
necessity OF clearing bis throat. After reliev-
ing the patient as much as possible, they left
| the house. General Grant again tried 20 sleep
but only partly succeeded. His rest was brok.
| en- by frequent coughing spells, and he was
awakened every few minutes. The result was
that when morning fnally came his vitality
was very low, and he was much exhausted
| At no time in the past two weeks has his con-
| dltlon been SO critical, and the family again
summoned the physicians. They again reliev
ed the General by busting his throat with iodo
| form and made his breathing easier. At two
| O'Clock all the physicians in the case visited
| the house to hold their regular consultation
1t was an unusually long one, and they remain
| ed until after three o'clock. When they reap
pesred, however, they declined to talk about
the case, except to say that there had been
change and that it was not as serious as the
family had supposed.
DIR. Douglass says: 1.-THE worst aspect of the
| case is now, as it has been from the first, the
| poor condition of the patients general health
| 1t was hoped that driving in the park would
help him, and it has some; but he was reduced
| to the lowest state Of exhaustion, and it wal
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