ULYSSES S. GRANT MUCH WORSE. ANOTHER SEVERE COUGHING SPELL - FAILING DURING THE WEEK. A TALK WITH REVEREND DR. NEWMAN

Saturday night was one of the worst General Grant has had. He slept but two hours and has severe inflammation of the throat and intense pain. His breath came hard and often and with a rasping sound. Sleep was induced at 4 o'clock a.m.. Then from sheer exhaustion the General got two hours of sleep. Colonel Grant was the only one of the family who knew until morning about the bad turn.

The doctors believe that the General is about is start rapidly on a downward grade. The course of the disease is one of ups and downs, with a constant downward tendency. After an attack the patient never rallies to the average condition that preceded the attack. The official bulletins give no indication of these declines. The members of the family greeted with General in the morning as happily as though the night had been unbroken. They had heard of the trouble, but did not allude to it in his presence. He was morose when awake, but calm and in better humor when the familiar faces genially greeted him. Then his chair was wheeled so that he could sit in the light and he dozed for an hour.

When he awoke, Mrs. Sartoris and Mrs. Fred Grant were sitting in the library. Dr, Newman joined the ladies. Mrs. Sartoris announced him to her father. The General straightened himself up and walked into the library. "It's too cold for me in here," he said after greeting the Pastor, and turning back, he returned tot he sick room. Dr. Newman told reporters: "The way the man faces death is absolutely marvelous. It is a remarkable instant of pure will power. He knows there is no hope. He simply awaits the end patiently, calmly, without complaint, in great suffering. His mind is clear, his energies composed and his soul at perfect peace. All of this is wholly in keeping with the splendid greatness of his life."

Dr. Newman then touched upon the General's wife. "Quite as admirable," he continued, "is the way that Mrs. Grant faces the trial. She superintends the house as formerly, looking after the detail of management, attending to he comforts of the family, thorough and unsparing of herself for others, and doing it all in a cheerful, matronly manner that is very winning. She had been prostrated, but rousing herself from her own depression has sought to inspire the household with contentment and lighten the cares of those about her. Of large she has been specially inspiring, for a reason that can be readily understood. During the early dangerous part of the General's illness he was averse to having her much in his presence, because he did not want her to suspect his sufferings. Of late he knows that she understands what is coming, and that her mind has dwelt upon it. comprehends it, and he wants her near him whenever it may please her. Often he asks for her. On Saturday he walked into her room and sat awhile with her. All this is very comporting to her, and she understands his motive in sparing her distress before she knew the disease was fatally. Gloom is not allowed in the house."

Dr. Newman continued: "I will talk of the effect of the medical treatment on the General's mind. The effect of morphine on him is usually that he awakes with his faculties dazed, but that passes off and he remains clear. He has spoken a few times with his faculties dazed, but nothing approaching delirium." In the afternoon the ringing of the doorbell every few minutes served to increase the General's restlessness. He insisted on seeing intimate callers and some were accordingly admitted. The callers later said the fight now was against "death from exhaustion."

General Porter was there this evening when a serious coughing attack occurred. It culminated in a fit of choking and the General had to make desperate efforts to catch his breath. Porter said: "The General had the greatest difficulty in breathing. The family was about to go to dinner and expected nothing of the sort had happened. There is an element of uncertainty in he case which is very unsettling. He is worse today than he has been for some time. The disease if beginning to make heavy inroads and the effect of it is more evident than it has ever been. I am very sorry that I can say nothing favorable." General Porter was very despondent. He was shocked to see the General as he was.

In the early part of the evening, only the gas was burning in the bedroom. The block was crowded with people until a late hour, and the two police officers who stood in front of General Grant's residence had their time fully occupied in answering anxious inquiries regarding his condition. Dr. Shrady issued the following bulletin at 12:30: "Genera; Grant has been bothered with an increase in he mucous secretions of his throat and has coughed considerably as a consequence. He has recovered from the two attacks of choking. These were happily relieved by local application and the removal of phlegm. He is now dozing in his chair after having slept in his bed for three hours. His pulse is 72 and his temperature normal."