The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-18

NEW YORK, Special.-National
honors will be paid to Major General
Frederick d. Grant. commander of
the Department of the East, u. S. A,
and son Of Ulysses S. Grant, who died
suddenly OF heart failure in the Ho-
tel Buckingham at 1920 o'clock this
morning.
At the time OF his death General
Grant was absent from his post on
sick leave. although emphatic denial
was seriously i'll from the same throat
ailmeut which caused the death Of
his distinguished father.
With General Grant at the time Of
his death were his wife. DR.. Robert
II. Able and DR.. Edward Bench.
Shortly after 1 o'clock the physi-
clans issued the following statement
to the public: General Frederick d.
Grant died suddenly of heart failure,
without premonition, at the Hotel
Buckingham shortly after midnight.
after retiring at IL o'clock, apparent
ly in better condition than he has
been in for several weeks
The general returned from his re-
cent trip looking remarkably we'll and
vigorous. His physical condition since
iety to his physician, who had been
with him during the afternoon and
congratulated him on his good health.
lie expressed himself as feeling re-
joiced at his renewed strength.
General Grant has been suffering
from diabetes and the attentive di-
gestive disturbance which. however.
seemed TO be perfectly under control.
This sudden and fatal termination
came as a great surprise. His wife
and nurse were with him at the time
and the physicians who were called
at once found the heart had stopped
instantly"
Son Is I'm Charge.
Genera, Grants son, Ulysses S.
Grant. 81. arrived from Washington
today and took charge Of the funeral
arrangements. 1t was not learned
until General Grants death that he
had spent the greater part OF the
past four weeks in st. Lukes Hospital.
The Grant party arrived at the
Buckingham Hotel on Wednesday.
Manager Sterry. OF the hotel said
that General Grant had walked I'M
aided from his auto TO the desk, when
he registered for himself and wife. He
seemed TO be in perfect health.
Revelation of General Grants seri-
Gus condition was made in q dramatic
manner.
Shortly before midnight Mrs. Grant
asked that DR.. Able be summoned.
A beIl-bOy started for the doctors
residence. as a telephone connection
could not be established. In the
meantime Mrs. Grant called up the
hotel office on the phone and ex-
claimed eXcitedly:
Get any doctor. I don't care who
ne is. The General Is dying"
Shall we ring for an ambulance?"
the clerk asked.
Yes. yes. anything; only get a doc
tor" Mrs. Grant replied.
DR.. Able arrived shortly after this
but in the meantime an ambulance
had arrived from Flower Hospital.
Accompanying the ambulance was a
policeman. who insisted on learning
the details of the case in order to
make a report to his station house.
Angered at the pOliceman's persist
ence in the presence of death, Dr.
Able finally slammed the door Of the
apartment in the officers face and
bolted it.
After the Generals death, DR.. Able
admitted that he had recently oper-
ated for a cancerous growth at the
base OF the tongue. Up to that time
reports that the General was suffer-
ing from any sort of throat trouble
met with denials.
Mrs. Grant was Frustrated today
with grief.
While she was under a physicians
care. scores OF kilograms Of sympathy
try. The flags on the government build
ings were at half mast and the army
headquarters on Governors Island
were draped with Grape
General Grant was siXty-two years
old and a graduate of West Point
His military career started when he
was mere boy. however, for he act
ed as his fathers companion in the
Vicksburg campaign in the Civil War.
General Grant was married In 1874
to Miss Honore, daughter OF H. H.
HonOre, of Chicago,