St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-13
Gen. Grants Coughing Paroxysms
CONTINUE, but He is Reported no
Worse and Resting Quietly.
Speculation as to Whether the Illus
trious Sufferer Will be Benefited
by Removal to California.
Living the Scenes of Battle Over Again il
Quasi-Delirium, Superinduced by
Morphia.
The Grant Trust Fund Amply Protected by
the Trustees of ExGov. Morgan's
Estate.

midnight. He fell into natural slumber at
O'Clock this morning from which he awoke
two hours later. DR.. Douglas remained all
night with the general, but did not deem it
necessary to summon either Of his medical
colleagues during or after the coughing par
oxysms of his patient. Shortly after
noon the PATIENTS throat was treated,
and he walked into the library,
where the doctor applied medication. At 2
p. m. Drs. Barker, Sands and Shrady arrived
and they were in consultation forty-fve min
utes. DR.. Barker said the condition of the
generals throat admitted of
FREER EXAMINATION
than for many days. The laryngoscope was
used and by aid of a strong light reflected
into the throat and the development of the
ulcers was noted. The liberation has not
made much progress during the past two
days, though there has been a gradual in
crease during the week. The Inflammation
of the throat is not as pronounced IS at
one time. The PATIENTS general
condition, DR.. Barker thought, was some
what better, although still precarious. He is
suffering from weakness and exhaustion.
''Is there any reason to fear speedy or
fatal termination of the disease?"
''There is no special cause to fear more
than in the last two or three days, though we
must be prepared for emergencies"
THE PATIENTS APPETITE GOOD.
The following bulletin was issued at 8
p. M:
Gen. Grant has been very quiet since the
fit of coughing last night, but he has taken
his nourishment regularly and is as well as
&,,ra
80 .. At the consultation just held Drs.
Barker, Sands, Shrady and Douglas present)
the treatment pursued was approved by all.
[Signed j. Fl. DOUGLAS, NJ. D.,
GEO. F. SHRADY, NJ. D.
Senator Chaffee and ex-senator Roscoe
Conkling called between 3 and 4 O'Clock.
The latter said the general was quiet with, to
him, no apparent change since last Sunday
when he called.
Senator Leland Stanford visited the house
in the afternoon, bringing flowers. When
DR.. Newman called at 80 yes
terday morning he entered the
library next to the generals room
and shook hand with Mrs. Grant and Mrs.
Sartoris. 'Father," called the latter, ''Dr.
Newman is here" whereupon the general
left his chair, walked into the library and
greeted DR.. Newman. He remained q few
minutes and then returned to his room with
the remark that the air in the library was too
cold for him. The conversation of the house
hold before the general is always cheerful
and pleasant, and family affairs and every
day matters are discussed. The general is
not delerious. He receives only eight ufinim
of morphia in twelve hours.
THE GENERALS DREAM
has, by letters from many soothsayers been
interpreted to mean he will live seve, ,nteen
days or as many weeks, and by others as
many years-the seventeen being the num-
Der of dollars the general had with which to
pay duty on the satchel he left on the wrong
side of the fence. The astrologer who
prophesied good days and had ones for the
general has thus far been right. 1t was
prophesied that if the general sur
viyed March 81 he would live till
September That remains to be seen. II
the patient lives till summer Leland Stan
ford will endeavor to take him TO California
in a special car The probable good results
Of Western climate on the generals health
has been discussed. Senator Stanford urg-
ing that the general would be benefited
thereby.
COL. GRANT DEsPoNDENT.
New YORK, April 12-At Q O'Clock to-
night Col. Frederick Grant, in speaking of
his fathers condition during the day, said
he had coughed q good deal and had, alto
gether, a bad day. Although the paroxysm
OF Saturday night had not returned the
general was very low, but Col.
Grant did not apprehend the end would
come tonight. Four days ago he saw the
general walk without seeming difficulty from
the front to the rear of the house, but each
day since he had moved about less, and to-
day, when he walked to the rear Of the house
through the hall, he stopped to rest before
returning. To be sure twice during the
afternoon the general had walked into his
Office and remained there an hour at one
time three-quarters of an hour at
another, conversing briefly with those
who were near, but on one of these occasions
the general left the room at the time and
passed into his Office and remarked: II
cannot stand that referring to the sweet
pungent odor. Col. Grant stated his father
had not at any time been delrious in the
sense of
IMPAIRED FACULTIES,
but that he had been much under the infn-
ence Of morphine for week, and that for
twenty minutes or a half hour, as
the influence was passing off, the
general would experience a dreamy semi
con onsciousness, during which he might and
often did recur in broken sentences to
dreams that had been extremely vivid dur
ing the influence of the anodyne. A casual
caller in the room might catch such dis
jointed utterances and regard them as evil
dence of delirium, but those who were with
the general from The beginning Of his awall-
euing to the time the influence passed off
entirely, would be enabled to follow and fully
the intent and relation of the
utterances. But Col. Grant
stated before morphia was used his
father often talked in sleep or
for instance at one
time he spoke in this way aud said: "Gen.
Wheat, which is your regimenti Where are
your menf' And Col. Grant explained that
at that time his father thought lie was at the
battle of Shiloh, for Gen. Wheat was there
and Gen. Grant thought he was getting his
forces into line sgain. This was before NOR
phia was administered to 4 great extent
Since the anodyue was USED freely, the gen
eral has had similar illusions, but while re-
calling them during the dreamy doze of wax
ing from sleep by morphis, the recollection
is not so prompt or vivid.
THROWING orr MUCOUS sEcRETIoSs.
1880 q. m--Gen. Grant has been troubled
during the latter part of the afternoon and
the entire evening with an increase of
mucous secretion in bis throat and has
eoughed considerably in consequence. He
has also suffered from two attacks of chok-
ing which were attended with difficult breath
ing. These were happily relieved by local
applications and the removal of the phlegn.
de is now doing in his chair after having
slept on his bed for three hours. Pulse T3,
temperature normal.
lSigned GEORGE +. SERADT, VI. D.
The Grant Fund All Right.
Special to the Glo6e.
New YoRK. ApriI I9.-Heurv Day. ore of