The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-15
GRANTS BAD DAY.
HE is SEIZED AGAIN WITH SE-
WE'RE COUGHING SPELLS.
The General Dreaming About tho
Battle OF Shfloh-ScOthsayers Pre-
dict he VIII Live Many Days
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New YORK, April 12.-General
Grants severe coughing spell late on
Saturday night resulted in breaking
his rest for the remainder of the
night. The pains in his throat had
kept him tossing about on his couch
restless, wakeful and uneasy, and he
complained frequently of his inabili-
ty to sleep. He changed from his
couch to the armchair three or four
times in order to stop the constant
coughing and to breath with great
ease, but he was no sooner settled in
one position than he wanted to
change again. Naturally this rest
lessness caused DR.. Douglas and the
nurses some apprehension, and ev-
erything was done to quiet the pa
tient. At 1:30 a slight injection of
morphine was made, but it had lit
tie effect, as the Generals troubles
gave no sign of ceasing. Towards
4 o'clock, however, the pain began
to ease, and he fell into light doze.
At 430 he was slumbering quietly,
though his breathing was SO obstruc-
ted that there were momentary pc
irods of wakin. The General also kept
talking in his sleep to imaginary
persons, and the hour and half's rest
which he secured between 4:30 and
6, when he finally woke for the day,
did him little good. The only re-
currence of the coughing, after mid
night, occurred just after he arose at
6 o'clock. He experienced great diff
ficul:y in dislodging the secretion
that had gathered in his throat while
he was asleep, and the effect brought
on another attack. 1t did not last
long and he was soon sitting at COM
parative ease in his chair. DR.. Dou-
glas found that his pulse was about
seventy-two and his temperature
normal. The short sleep that the
general had secured had eased his
throat, for when be awoke the hus-
kiness had disappeared. He talk
ed in a strong and clear tone.
The Rev. DIR. Newman spent an
hour with the General this morn
ing. The best l have" he said
afterward, SIS that | was leaving the
General had risen from his chair
and vas walking into the library
with a firm step" The regular
Sunday afternoon consultation of
physicians was held at 2 o'clock.
They assembled in the library adj
joining the sick room and remained
together for some time. Very little
is known of the result of their dis
cussion, however, beyond the fact
that the present course of treatment
was unanimously approved. As
he left the house DR.. Fordyce Bar
ker said that, las compared with his
condition a week ago to-day. Gener-
Grant
SLOWED SOME IMPROVEMENT.
"He is not so much exhausted as
he was then, and his vital powers
are greater. We were able this af-
ternoon to make a much more satis-
factory examination of his throat
than we did during the week, and
found that the cancer has remained
almost stationary. 1t has made
little progress toward the lower part
of the throat. However, the cough
ing spell last night left no bad re-
suits and was apparently only a
temporary affair"
DR.. Douglas left the house soon
after and DR.. Shrady remained in
charge until this evening. Ex-Sen-
ator Chaffee left Gen. Grants house
for his hotel shortly after 6 o'clock.
He seemed somewhat depressed as
he walked along the street and took
a car at the Madison avenue corner.
He said: "The General has been
somewhat restless all afternoon.
HIS GREAT STRENGTH.
He seems to have remarkable
strength, when one thinks what he
has gone through, however, and if
this continues to keep up, of course
fatal result from the cancer is re-
mote. l mean by this that if his
physical strength can be kept up un-
til the cancer itselfkills him he may
live some time. He has moved
about a good deal and seems quite
restless. Further than that there
has been no change in his condi-
tion."
do you think the cancer itself
has made any progress recently ?"
mo one can tell that but the ply
sicians. l would not undertake to
say. can only Judge of his gener-
al condition. | think that he was a