Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-17
NEWS.
General Grants Physical Condition
Very Critical.
he LEAVES NEW YORK CITY FOR A
MOUNTAIN TOWN.
A Probable Explanation Of the Recent
Elko appointment.
MORE PARTICULARS OF THE
NEBRASKA STORM.
Gov. Ross, of New Mexico,
Follows an Old Custom.
THE MONEY FOUND ON MAX.
WELLS PERSON CLAIMED.
MORE PARTICULARS OF THE
NEBRASKA STORM.
THE MONEY FOUND ON MAX
WELLS PERSON CLAIM ED.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.l
GEN eraI Grant.

New YORK, June 16.-The Sun this
morning says that very many Of those who
are informed as to General Grants actual
condition look upon the plan of removing
him from his comfortable home, with a
grave misgiving that his life now hangs by
a very slender thread. There is little
doubt among them but that his throat, in
one aspect, was last night worse than it
ever has been before. Col. Grant said to
a reporter last evenin G that his father had
totally lost the power of speech. He is
still able to articulate family, but even
those who are most accustomed to his mode
| of speech cannot make out what he says
except at very brief intervals. This is
something that has never happened before,
and it is a development of the past "a
hours. 1t is said by those who are we'll in
formed that his mouth cannot longer be
| opened sufficiently wide to enable the
physicians to make an ocular examination,
and when they feel Of the affected parts they
give the patient such excruciating pain that
they refrain from il as much as possible.
In outward appearance, when clothed and
in his easy chair with his wraps about him,
the General is not very greatly changed.
His face has aged, it is true, and is scanned
with wrinkles, but it retains, to a great
degree, its natural fullness. Aside from
this he is but a shadow of himself. His
body is wasted almost to q skeleton. That
which most shock those who of late have
seen the General is the great malignant
looking swelling which has appeared on
his neck under his right ear. 1t has of
late grown with great rapidity, and is now
as big as a mans two fists put together.
1t is kept concealed most of the time by
wraps about the Generals throat. There
is among the many who have closely
watched his case from the commencement
u feeling of very grave anxiety as to the
result. They doubt whether the mountain
air will suit him.
LATER-Wm. H.. Vanderbilt's private
car was the last of the three which made
up the special train which was to convey
Gen. Grant TO Mount McGregor. Gen
Grant arrived at the depot about 8 O'Clock,
and at once entered Vanderbilt's car and
took his seat on the sofa. With his own
hands he adjusted his wooden skull car
ard drew closer to his neck the scarf, so as
to conceal the ugly swelling that filled out
the right side of his neck even with the
ear. He watched with apparent interest
the movements of Drs. Douglass and Har.
rison, who we're arranging the chairs and
bags, so that the General should be q.
comfortable as possible during the trip. A
heavy drapery was so arranged as to pre-
vent any draught from reaching the sick
man. Mrs. Grant sat on his right hand,
and he was ever under her watchful eyes,
The ride through the tunnel in the city
was the most that was TO be expected dur
ing the entire trip. The sharp curves
shook the car but little, but the care of the
engineer prevented any shaking that could
disturb the General. Mrs. Fred Grant
Mrs. Ulysses Grant and Mrs. Sartoris wer,
also in the car, while the children of tht
household were in the forward car.
A Probable Explanation of h Re
cent EikO Appointments.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-Speaking of the
appointments of the Presidential Postmas
tiers made to-day, Postmaster General Vila
said that in addition to the removals fol
offensive ~partisanship there were as man.
more cases in which, after consideration
it had been decided not to make removals
1t was regarded as insufficient, the Pres
ident not being disposed to sieze an op
portunity for their removal, but to require
! the existence of craftsmanship to be shown
as an ~undeniable fact. As showing the
spirit of fairness and delicacy that haI
actuated the President in dealing with
Presidential Postm asters, the Postmastel
General said there were Is such Presiden
tial appointments made by Arthur In the
last days OF his term in cases where vacan
cies had occurred. and which had beer
confirmed by the Senate, but no commits
sions had been issued. In all these case!
as matter OF legal right, Cleveland could
= have made the appointments, because the
act of appointment had not been completed
by the issuance of the commissions, buth
thought it only considerate and fair tina
| he should give the commissions in compile
t ton Of the act Of appointment. 1t had
been done in all cases but one, and in tina
case there had been a resignation by tn,
appointee before the commission was is
sued.
; The Trial of RieI.
DETROIT, June 16.-A special from
Ottawa says that the Grown counsel, who
!. are to conduct the prosecution on behalf
? OF the Government in the Riel trial, are
here receiving instructions, and to the
present moment the date of the tria.
has not been fixed. II is understood thai
the defense will first endeavor to prove
Riel's American citizenship. This fact
established, his counsel will point ont thai
he can only be tried for waging wal
against a foreign country. The trial would
then have to be under Court Martial,