The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-24


The General Hopes to Rally.
New York Special.
The Rev. Dr. Newman calls daily at General
Grants aud sees him under the varying condi-
4ions into which the disease brings him. Speak
ing tonight of the feelings of the General and OF
the family, Dr. Newman said ''He is very
hopeful, as is Mrs. Grant and<s am l, of event
ual recovery. Not only hopeful is he, but he
has great faith that he will rally as soon as the
weather will permit him to drive out and enjoy
the air and sunlight The clustering month has
been very severe on him. It has necessarily
kept him indoors at time when he required the
stimulus Of outdoor motion. But he looks for
ward to what he needs when the air becomes
soft and balmy next month. Then he will drive
out and begin to recuperate. All of the family,
think are quite as hopeful as the General, ex-
sept Colonel Grant WE'LL the reason Colonel
Grant is inclined to respondent view of the
case Is because he sees the Generalization he
attends almost constantly and to whom he is
deyotedly misunderstanding and suffering from
the want exercise ha which entnor ne Hs
Believes. however, that the General would pick
up rapidly if the weather were fit for him to
drive out every day. OF course General Grant
realizes that his condition is one of great gravity
with great faith. His faith is strengthened by
the tidings that reach him of the prayers of the
people and expressions of sympathy from all
sides. he knows that all the people are praying
for him. and he is very grateful for It. In our
talk to-day. he spoke with much qualification of
the action of the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal
Conference and of that of the confederate veter-
ans at Richmond, as reported in the Mornings
papers Nearly every day he gives expression
to his pleasure over such acts. They go far to
Tighten his burdens and to make his faith
stronger Did | notice much change in his ap-
pearance on my return to the citys Yes, good
deal. He shows the effects of confinement,
want OF exercise, and growing debility which
exercise might check. His face retains much of
its familiar look but otherwise he is changed. l
think, however, that his voice is better than 1t
was on my return 1t is stronger and more
cheerful He has trouble in getting about, but
10 not think he limps as baby as before he was
bcnHued indoors
The Same Disease that Killed Napoleon.
writer in Pittsburs dispatch.
The fact that General Grant Is now suffering
with cancer. and that he must soon pass from
the scene of his great military achievements to
sfame's eternal camping ground as a victim Of
that dread disease, attaches more than ordinary
interest TO the affection itself. It is someSsbat
peculiar coincidence that the great military
genius Of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, also
died of the same disease although of different
variety and in another location. The symptoms
also made their appearance about the same time
of the year. as in General Grants case. The seat
of the disease in the Emperor's instance was the
stomach, although this. together with the fact
OF the disease being cancer, was not revealed un-
ell a post-mortem examination had been made by
his physicians. BY way only of indicating the
progress in the healing art, and not as rejecting
on NapoIeon's physicians, who were fully mp to
the standard of their time. it may be said, that,
Judging from his reported symptoms, no educat-
cd physician of to-day would fail in making
diagnosis, or at least strongly suspecting the ma
ture of the disease in similar case. Toward
the latter part of the Emperors sickness he ate
but little food on account of the vomiting pro-
duced by its presence in the stomach, often re-
manning for twenty four hours without nourish-
ment He also slept but little, frequently pass
ing forty-eight hours without sleeping. He
suffered almost constant pain, his physicians be-
ing unable to control l.. He became gradually
weaker and weaker, and finally died, practically
of starvation. the 4th of May, 1921, in the
fifty second year of his age. On opening the
body and exposing the stomach, that organ was
foynd to be the seat of extensive disease, nearly
tho whole of the interior beinga mass of scirrhus