The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-24
GENERAL GRANT is GONE.
lie Passes Through the Valley and the
Shadow of Death.
The Famous Soldier and ex.Presilent
Sinks Peacefully Away.
Conscious Almost to the Last, With a
Painless Ending.
His Family, His Attendants and His
Physicians Only with Hlm.
Scenes at the Bedside as the Spirit
Was Fleetiag.
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How the News Was Received at Home
and Abroad
How the News Was Received at Home
aGd Abroad.
Universal Evidences Of Respect and
Coincidence Shown,
Cleveland ISSUES a Fitting
and Feeling Proclamation.
Biographical Sketch Of the IllustriOus
Dead, Etc.
The Last Moments.

Mt. MCGREGoR, July 23.--4 A. NJ
bulletin. l-General Grant is uncon-
scious and fast passing away. Rsspi-
rations are now 50, and his pulse beats
SO rapid and duttsring that they can
not bo counted. Hyperdermic injeo.
tions of morphine which have been ad-
ministered st intervals, have ceased TO
have any percoptiblo effect.
DISSOLUTION NEARLY COMPLETE.
8 a. NJ Bulletin. l-Dr. Douglas at
4:30 remarked that the generals brain,
heart and lungs arc alive, and that was
about all h0 could say.
THE DEATH RATrLEs HEARD.
5:25 A. M.-[Bulletin. l-The resplra-.
tiOns have increased TO 60 ana tho
up OF the lungs and the throat with
mucous, is heard. He now rocogniz-
cd his friends only by opening his
eyes.
0 A. MA few minutes before s
o'clock Drs. Douglas, ShradY and
Sands stood on the cottage verands,
c0nversing of the condition OF General
Grant and discussing the probabilities
OF his death and the limit OF life left 10
tho sick man. Mrs. Sa9 rB and
Stonographer Dawson were cOnvors-
ing little distance away, when Hem
ry, the nurse, stepped hastily upon
the pi Zza and spoke quietly to the
doctors. He told thom he thought tho
general was very near TO dealh. Tho
medical mon hastily entered
the room whore the sick man
was lying aud approached
his side. Instantly upon seeing the
PATIENTS face, DR.. Douglas ordered the
family 10 be summoned TO the bed
side. Haste was made and Mrs.
Grant, Mr.. Jesse Grant and wife, u. y.
Grant, Jr,, and wife, and Mrs. Colonel
Grant were quickly beside the doctors
at the sick mans cot. Mrs. Sartoris
ana Mr.. Dawson had followed the doc
tors in from the piazza and tho entire
family was present, except Colonel
Fred Grant mud q hasty summons was
sent for him, but no entered the sick
room while tho messenger was search.
ing for him. Tho colonel seated him-
self at the head OF the bed, with his
left arm resting upon the pillow above
the head Of tho geneyai, who was
breathing rapidly and with slightly
Mrs. Grant, calm, but with intense
agitation braYely suppressed, took q
seat by tho bedside. She leaned
slightly upon the cot, resting upon her
right elbow, and gazod with tear
blended eyos into the generals face.
She found there, however, no token
Of recognition, for tho sick man was
ps2cefully and painlessly pas ing into
another life.
Mrs. SsrtOrls came behind her
mother, and leaning over her shout
dor, 20 witnessed the close Of the lifo
in which she had constituted strong
element OF pride.
Directly bohind Mrs. Grant and
Mrs. Sart0ris, and at a little distance
removed, stood Drs. Douglas, Shrndy,
aud Sands, spoctato rs of
the closing lifo which thelr Of
forts cnd council had 30 PROLONGED. q.
On the opposite side of tho bed from
his mother, and directly before hor,
stood Jesse Grant and u. $. Grant, Jr,,
and near tho corner OF tho COT on the
samo side of Jesse and near, was Mr..
4, l., Dawson, General Granite stono-
grapher and confidential secretary; a.
the foot OF tho bed, and gazing directly
down into the generals TACO, was Mrs.
Colonel Fred Grant, Mrs. U. 3. Grant,
Jr., and Mrs. jessie Grant, wbilo
somewhat removed from tho family
circle Horny, tho nurse, and Harrison
Terrell, tho generals body servant,
were respectively watching tho closing
life Of tho patient, their maatOr.
Or. Newman had repaired Co tho
hut0l TO breakfast aud was not prosont.
Tho genoraPs littl8 grand children, u.
$. Grant, Jr., aud Nellio, were HloCplng
tho sloop OF childhood in
the nursery room above, Otherwise
the ontiro family and household wore
gathero1 at the bedside Of tho dying
man.
Tho members Of The group had boon
summoned not moment sooner than
was prudent. Tho doctors noted on
entering the room and pressing DO tbo
bedside that already tho purpllsb tide.
which IS ono Cfnatur0's signals oil Gupi
dissolution, had settled beneath tho
frgor nails. Tho hand that
DR.. Douglas lifted was fast
growing colder than it had baou
during The night. Tho pulse had nu..
tered beyond tho point wherO tho doc.
tor could distinguish Il from tho pulse
beats In his own finger tips. Tho res
plration was very rapid and was e sue.
oossion OF shallow paintings, but hap.
PLY the approaching ond was beroni-
ing clear oi the rattling iullnesa oftlo
throat and lungs, and the respiration
had grown quicker and moro repid.
AT the close they also became loss
laborod and almost noiaeloss, This
fnct was In its results u comfort 10 tbo
watchers by tho bedside, TO whom was
spared tho acono Of an agonizing or
other than peaceful death.
THE WIFE
almost constantly stroked tho face,
tho iorohoad and tho hands oil the
dying general, aud at times, a. the
passionstell longing TO prevent the event
80 near az hand would rise within hor
Mrs. Grant pressed both his hauds,
aud, leaning forward, tonderly Kissed
tho faoe OF the dying man.
Colonel Fred Grant sat silently, but
with evident feeling, though his boar