St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-31
The Shades of Death Quietly Creep
ing About the Suffering Mill
tary Chiettain.
Passing Through the Dangerous
Stages of His Disease-The End
Hourly Expected.
Fears That He May Choke to Death at Any
Moment-Countless Inquiries and
Frequent Bulletins.
Morphine Taken to Induce Sleep-A Police
man Guards the Door Bell From the
ThrOng of Anxious Patriots.


the building. The shades In the front parlor
windows were lowered all day. The inner
blinds of the generals sleeping room were
shut with the Stats open. About 8 O'Clock
the generals wife stood for some minutes at
the window on the third floor and after look
ing for some minutes at the watchers below
withdrew and closed the shutters. The cur
tains in the generals library or study were
rolled up all day, and the ladies of the house
hold were several times seen in the room.
Harrison, the generals personal attendant,
once came out to mail papers and letters
at Sixty-sixth street and Madison avenue. A
watcher inquired as to the generals con-
dition.
''HE IS NO BETTER, I FEAR"
was the reply. :'If you break your leg ana
it pains you very much, you know it is
broken, but even if the pain is less for a
time, the break is there all the same. The
general has felt easier to-day, but fear is
really no better.''
Liveried messengers rang the bell at short
intervals throughout the day. Personal mes
sages of sympathy and inquiry were con-
stantly coming from friends and interested
persons in the city and out of it.
A gentleman who called at with extraor-
dinary anxiety to see Col. Fred Grant or Col.
Badeau, was told the members of the family
must deny themselves to all. ''These are
our imperative Instructions" said servant
at the door. At Ais p m, DR.. Douglas re-
turned to the house after brief absence.
After he had been within half an hour he re-
entered his carriage to visit another patient.
The doctor was asked if he thought the end
would come during the night. In answer he
h,,< 81. 10
passing through the stages incident to his
disease, and frankly 1 cannot tell if
THE END WILL COME TONIGHT.
''The general is growing weaker and
weaker" These words were spoken without
reserve and carried conviction to his hear
ers which none of the bulletins had done.
Dr. Douglas 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. Romero, Mexican minister, called at the
house. His stay was short. When asked on
Fifth avenue about the patient and the out
look he said: ''Of course no one can fore
tell with certainty. The disease, until
recently, was within the power of the doctors,
but now has gone quite beyond them. The
general may live ten davs and he may die in
two hours. fear he is
GOING TO CHOKE TO DEATH.
If the disease reaches the artery the danger
of choking is increased, and death by that
means becomes almost inevitable. The
members of the family are now at the gen
erals bedside. The doctors are there, too,
but they keep back as much as possible. I
fear Gen. Grant will choke to death; it's too
bad.''
In response to inquiries, Drs. Douglas
and Shrady sent out the following bulletin f:
AT this moment e p. m.) Gen. Grant is
very quiet His temperature and pulse are
about normal He has taken his liquid food
regularly and well, and in the usual quantity.
He is
MORE SILENT THAN USUAL,
and has made no exertion of any kind to-
day. He gives the impression of being
weaker, which is not indicated by his pulse"
STILL LOSING STRENGTH.
At 9:2O p. m. there was no change in the
condition Of Gen. Grant. He is somewhat
weaker, if anything. Temperature and
pulse are normal. He has taken liquid food
in the usual quantity to-day.
CONTINUES VERY WEAK.
At 1915 Gen. Grant was somewhat easier
than at the last report. He continues very
weak.
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
New YORK, March 20.-Between and 9
O'Clock the following message was sent from
the house of Gen. Grant to Schuyler Crosby,
1870 H street, Washington, 1ex-governor Of
Montana:
''My father is suffering less than he was
yesterday, but is still very weak.
Mrs SARToRIs."
Ats D. IN Rev. Howard Henderson, dele
gate from the Newark, n. j., conference,
called at the house with resolutions of sym
pathy and hope passed by the conference.
He was told the general was very weak.
At 9 a. m, Harrington, counsel TO U. s.
Grant, Jr., was admitted to the house. He
carried volume and black satchel. On
leaving he told inquirers he could speak of
nothing he knew of within doors.
At 9:15 Rev. John P. Newman and Leland
Stanford of California gained entrance.
When ascending the steps DR.. Newman
said that when he left the general at z
o'clock last evening the patient was sitting
up. but was weak. The clergyman did not
anticipate a speedy death.
Gen. Adam Bodean, Gen. Grants former
military secretary, is an inmate of the Grant
residence.
On reliable authority it is stated that Gen.
Grant has recently expressed desire that
Gen. Bodean should become his literary ex-
ecutor.
The family has had a policeman stationed
before the house TO prevent further rim ging
of the bell and to keep away all inquirers.
At 80 this dispatch was sent to Col. f 8.
IN htrf
weak. Z. ID. GRANT"
FATHER FEELING BADLY.
At 1915 Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., on leaving
bis fathers house, said: ''Fsther feels very
badly. There's nothing more for me to
say"
At t1O:35 DR.. Douglas stated that Gen.
Grant was feeling little better.
At As Ssuator J. 3. Chaffee left the
Grant residence. He said the general had
lust been put to bed, and that as compared
with his condition tweuty-four hours ago the
general was better. When asked If the ply
sicisns considered the patient out Of danger,
Chaffee replied he could not say that such
was the case, but that his present condition
was more favorable.
At 11:55 DR.. Douglas and Col. Grant left
the house for the night, it being considered
necessary Tor only Ut. cbraoy 70 remain.
Dr. Douglas said the general had just retired
and was very comfortable little morphine
had been given 10 induce sleep. The gen.
eral had
BEEN IMPROVING ALL DAY
up to the present and the betterment had
continued all the evening. He had been
chatty and bright, conversing with the fam
iIy and physicians. His pulse and temperature
are very nearly normal He had slept five
hours within the twenty-four. At midnight
the yestibuIe doors were locked and within
the next hour all the lights were exting guished
except the one IN the library and the one On
the top floor.
SYMPATHY FROM The NEW ToZK LEGIs-
LATURZ.