The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-12
GRANTS PITIABLE CONDITION.

Tho nsosvesy q the ex-Pyssident New Gen.
osAsa b Ne Observation-Disclosures Being
AAasd to. HIS Other AAictioas. Ne IL .
Constant su6srsr-TaIks with His Physi-
eaaas aal soa Fred.
NEW YoRK, Special Telegram, Feb 26.-Ths
announcement Of Cen Grants alarming and
probable fatal illness to-day caused great
suryrise among his numerous friendA
Anxious inquiries were made o. TO his condi-
tion, coupled with expressions Of hope
that the repcrts had been exagFer.ssd
be restored to health 1t IL now believed
that the malady from which Gen. Grant 10
suffering cannot but have q fatal termina-
ton. and also that his dissolution may
sim time ! i few mouths %S being eI ths max.
imum period of hia life, with
the chances that . shorter time will end hx
earthly career. All the physicians In attend
case. and the generals Immediate family have
abandoned all hope Of his recovery. HIS
wife and all his children, with tne
exception of Mrs. Sart0rs, who has been
cabled for from England. are constantly IN
attendance upon the general, and their deep
sorrow 10 intensified by . realization OF the
fact that his suffering. are OF the most
intense character. lie can onIy nave
this during the past few nights has become
an impossiblity as insomnia has been added
tn hin other complications, that he In prac-
tically an almost continual sufferer Death
from cancer may not occur immediately,
but Il In sure to come In q very short time
and ut moment when least expected Gen.
Grant presents u pitiabe appearances mt pres
emit His face and head are bandased, his
eyes are sunkcn and his face wears sal
low hue. while his hair and beard have
whitened greatly. This il the worst form OF
his disease. and has brought about loss OF
appetite His doctors assert that he In sub.
las. Ia
he IL growing prcceptibly weaker day
by day. The trouble In an liberation
oil the soft tissues Of the roof Of the mouth
with hardness and soreness ut the base of the
tongue. IL il with great difficulty that the
general opens his mouth tn admit food He
suffers the most excruciating torture from
neuralgia also. but scarcely murmur
escapes him The general knows he must
die, and yet he does not want To believe IT,
There were many callers mt the house day,
but they were not admitted to the generals
presence, and after warm expressions OF
sympathy with the members OF his
meas Gen Grant has labored faithfully at his
literary tasks His history of the rebellion
Ii now practically completed, and the maya
zine articles for the Century are also hn'shed
RELATED ny PRED GRANT
New York, Feb 2S-In regard to Gen.
Grants health, Col. Fred Grant said toa Post
reporter this afternoon:
My father Is a very sick man. There Is no use
longer denying the fact. We have made every
effort to keep the facts from the public. be-
is"'' should Secome Known that he
was dangerously III there would be
this would only excite him and make hi. re-
covery less hopeful. My father he had little
res: 70. the past esS,, few H.. nis ;nsm s
siittle while yesterday. and we hope to get him
up again to-day: but he H. suffering constant
ss1nn NJ the f na,a9e Of his ds.. refer to
The doctors who are attending him are DR.
FOrdyce Baker. DR.. J. H. Douglas and DR.. H.
b. sands Of this city, and DR. I. N. Merksr
Of Philadelphia. DR.. Douglas said:
Am NO wise Responsible for the rose-colored
~.Ss fso S.s: !" hs wa:
:nsd had s, c, s"syer'a nn".. WV w both
the root Of the tongue was hardening and stead
iiy growing worse. microscopical exsn'ina-
case was -, one Of malignant epithelisi growth.
Gen. Grant In . very sick man, AMI think there
Or mo hDs ss. BE- M %ScS ms
). ' six or eight hours work : day. bus
s:s had .ve ;sss to keep
Of III. true condition from the ,r General
tanned that his trouble l. from
acancerous growth At the root Of the tongue,
time he speaks or brcathes eats tins Is dis
tuzbed. Ii is dffcal, to treat it for tina: rea-
son. There have been times when the growth
has been temporarily checked. hut n has never
been arrested and II steadily increasing. There
has been considerable loss Of tissue Of the soft
palate. lie takes nourtshnent every day In
liquid form. He cannot eat solid food because
he has los; all his teeth. They were extracted
In the hope Of easing the pain In his face. This
pain. all hough II resembles neuralgia is not that
pain caused BY cancer in the throat. lie
has been suffering from severe pain
Ia the right ear and ON the top of the head. To
this his head IL Kept wrapped In hot nan
nels. ! cannot how near the end II. lie
may live months vet a. men suffering from this
disease have done: bat do not think there II
any hope that he " III ever rct0v",
WAsiIINGTON, Special Telegram. Feb %.
Private letters received here confirms the
alarming news published by the Philadelphia
Times in regard to Gen Grants health. He
n now recognized an an invalid. and his con
ROOM sees but few Of his oldest frinds, and
h much broken and depressed In spirits
DR. DOUGLAS STATEMENT
DIR. Douglas was asked this afternoon u
describe the condition of his patient liz
said:
Gen Grant IL . very sick man. His body and
hands are greatly emaciated. and he h losins
flesh daily. Tie cannot recover from the disease
and his death IL only question Of time. lie !:
energy to stand mp against the many blows Ia
his strength. lie may live for weeks or months
Tho progress o. the disease s may be put IN aSey.
advancing rapidly. 1t IL not likely that the can
Ger will choke him, It will kill him by exhaust
pS THUR, Ss throat, 10 GENE Grars cn%e to me-
Arst on Oct 81 last and asked me to examine his
throat. did 80 and saw A. once that he was
sri Isa him by telling him this. 90 said he
had an epthelial trouble lie asked me Il
i was not cancer. and I told him