New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-03

heavy wagon would be driven into the street at
the other end and before he could turn 1t BACK IL
would be in front of OF past the house.
tall man with ruddy face and gray SIDE
whiskers called at the house at 12:2O p IN. he 10
a guest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. but did not
care TO make his name public. He SAID in response
to questions: al had long talk with one oil the
members of the family The General is very. very
low and one of the family told me that he was not
expected to live six hours. He is falling Iase III
every respect and the family are grief-str1cken anu
hopeless"
sHow is it that the family expect the General to
die 50 soon and the bulletins appear to indicate
favorable conditi0nT
al understood this statement 20 have Deen mauo
to the members OF the Generals Family by one oil
the attending physicians, in response to an inquiry
as TO what was to be expected"
aDoes the General know that his time is so
shortf",
ayes, be has been told so. but it did not seem to
affect him in the least"
There have been at times long delays in the
issuing and reception of bulletins from the phys'-
clans, and some bulletins have been missed
altogether This has been annoying to the physi-
cans who are anxious that the public snail nave
the latest news from the sick chamber and prompt
notice of any change for the better or worse. Inc
cause of the trouble was discovered when the 12:lo
of the messenger service called at the house shortly
before ~ and asked if the bulletin was ready for
the Associated Press. All the bulletins issued are
irected TO the Associated Press it's agent After
the bulletin was ready it was handed TO the
messenger and he went out OF the house; put
instead of starting in the direction OF the telegraph
office to which the bulletins have been usually seht'
in Madison-ave. near Sixty-sixth-st.. he ran
RAPIDLY to Fifth-ave. and down toward the Park
ovad
suspicous glances that of the persons who had
been waiting for the bulletin thought that perhaps
this WAS the manner in which the messages from the
nhv sicans had miscarried The boy was overtaken,
and Il was found that he had the bulletin In MS
possession. 1t was addressed to the agent OF thc
Associated Press. The boy said that n man VINO
represented himself as coming from the Associated
Press had called at the Baltimore and ONO
telegraph ofire at Sxth-ave. and Fifty fourth-st.
and requested that bulletins be called for and sent
to him at that Office. Upon investigation he proved
to be the correspondent of n country paper. who
was endeavoring to get the latest news Arrange
ments were made so that there will be no more
missing bulletins
The General had a slight coughing attack few
moments before noon. but il not as violent as
those he had had previously and was soon subdued.
At this time every member of the Generals family
was IN the sick chamber The greatest alarm Is
caused as soon as the General begins to cough This
ia ALWAYS an ominols sound, it is expected that
he will be carried off in of these attacks; and
as soon as any sign of coughing or spasmodic action
in his throat is manifested his family are at once
Informed and they come either to his to the
room adjoining. The General uses whatever
strength of body and will tha. he is now possessed
of to ward of these attacks. aud he Is able TO con
troll the slight attacks that when coughing his
system is not racked. The hardest spasins always
come while he is sleeping and not able to watch
| his symptoms
The long suspense that the Generals family have
been under dating from Sunday. since he had the
first violent attack of choking is telling upon them
severely Mrs. Grant is particularly affected by the
great mental strain and is hardly able TO be up;
! at times she Is overcome to such an extent that
/ she is compelled to take rest Mrs Sartorls was
| also completely out yesterday, but insisted
on remaining IN III thc the ,9e adjoining i00m OF III 'H0
Dr. Douglas said to the General when he awoke
| from a short nap soon after IL O'Clock: " HOW are
q feel comfortable in every way" the General
answered in a ouiet tone OF voice. as slight smile
| played over his face m
| "Is there anything can do for your
| "No Doctor nothing: / am perfectly easy"
| He was sitting then IN a chair III hIs bedroom IN
front of the fire His feet were resting upon another
| His hand rested upon the arm d1 the CHAIR and lie
| occasionally raised his hand to his forehead aud
| pallor upon his face. and beneath his eyes were
heavy black circles, and the eyes were sunk deeply
under the heavy. eyebrows. The expression on MS
face was that of great fatigue and when moving
| his head upon the high backof the easy chair the
movement was feeble and indicated great exhaus-
| tion. The swelling in his face had subsided some
what but in his neck, which was covered up with
| heavy silk bandage the glands were gradually
| becoming larger. HIS throat was III terrible con
dtion so bad in fact. that only slight examina-
| ton could be made. The use OF the laryng0scope
was abandoned several days ago. as It caused great
distress when il touched the sensitive membrane
| and liberated surfaces in the back of the mouth
Under the influence of oplates the Genera,
St asurnv 1I in ii his w chair e slept b1 but few few
moments at a time as he was awakened by the
discharge of the liberated surfaces and tne nqcus
that flows from the rear nasal passage, which
| caused him TO cough and expectorate. He was
without pain aud did not have any distressing sem
sations He remained at all times when awake
| perfectly conscious, and knew perfectly well what
| he was doing and saying. HIS ideas were clear
His conversation was generally in response 10 the
questioning of others.sand he rarely made any sug-
| gestiOn. He was disposed to quietness, and sat
| without motion for long time. II Is considered
remarkable that in his state of exhaustion and
Affected and bright The General had shown 70
sign of derum. though such condition
| might be looked for at any time.
| Harrison opened the inside shutters in the Cen
| erals room a few minutes after IL o'clock, aud
after raising tho lower sash q few inches, placed
| small cup on the wlndOw-slll. The General had
asked for a cup of coffee, and. being too warm for
him to drink. it was placed outside to cool. AS the
|
| in the act than he has shown for Il long time IN
| taking any KIND of food. He was exhausted at
this time. but few minutes after he had taken the
coffee he said that he felt better. lie took Htful
| maps until shortly before l O'Clock, when he was
seized, upon suddenly waking up, with q fit of
faintness. DR.. Douglas was present and admins
tered remedy. The Generals family, as soon as
| they heard of the attack, fastened to his reon in
alarm Fortunately, however, the General rallied
from this condition in short time and began To
| show signs of slight Improvement soon after
| Dr. Newman stepped out of coupe at l:O5 and
t,lxr, fhA franf lfn la "a
| once TO the Generals room. The sick man was
sleeping quietly in his char after the slight faint
| ing attack, and he was not awakened,
| Ex-senator Chaifee walked slowly, after leaving
| tha hnnse In the drecfian of MadisGn-aYe. There