Show The Dying Hero NEW YORK March SGeneral Grant passed a restless night but slept from five to eleven am This afternoon Doctors Barker and Douglas together with Dr Shrady held a consultation and pronounced pro-nounced the patient generally better From the World of Monday A rumor is current that General Grants ailment is a complication of troubles even hinting that the sinking spells to which he has been subject for some time and which leave him in a very weak condition are produced by trouble with his heart His sudden abstinence from tobacco is said to have developed feature of his malady if it was not one of the contributing causes to produce it It is reported that at the Generals urgent request Rev Dr John P Newman New-man formerly of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church now in California has been written to concerning the formers for-mers condition and he has been asked to visit the Grant family as soon as possible General Grants condition showed continual con-tinual improvement today Col Grant said when his father awoke this morning he felt much refreshed and was in a more cheerful mind than for some days past o 1 The Transcontinental Fast Freight Scheme OMAHA March 8Active measures have been employed by all roads concerned con-cerned to bring the fast transcontinental freight line to a speedy consummation The Union Pacific has completed its quota of cars at the local shops all equipped with Westinghouse air brakes and other modem improvements Other allied roads announce their preparations and today 1000 cars are available On or about the 16th the first train will be started and the new line formally inaugurated inaugu-rated The Central Pacific forms the western connection while the Rock Island Wabash and j Milwaukee roads coop co-op rate on the east It is intended to make the fastest transcontinental freight tune on record and the success of the new venture is preassured Samuel Debow a veteran fast freight manager has been elected superintendent All traffic will be via Omaha |