Show TILE TILL bad state of the affairs of the sons of general grant by western agad press to ahe ll orald 11 NEW may 8 from froin the new york tribune today to day further detailed of oatlie the transaction between general grant and win II 11 vanderbilt were learned besten yesterday 1 a general grants visit to vander vanderbilt ff i was made sunt sun t d day a and then the batters lat alic chieck ek for j 1 was given it is stated that at the request of general grant ta alie 0 check was dated saturday in favor of GrantA grant A ward on the marine bank mr vanderbilt agreed notto not to uso use it for a day or two it is not believed the ex president knew kneir the state of the tile firms affairs and IV ward ard is credited with furnishing a satisfactory factory explanation of the tile circumstances S under which Vander bilts con consent zent was obtained alien presented the check of grant lf ward had been rendered worthless ty by the two failures failure a TI the ic d day ay after the failure general grant called on vanderbilt at tho desire and it is said that assurances assurances were ver 11 ai given yen that ho lie would be fully protected protect in tho the matter even if great sacrifices were necessary in tho the direction of mrs grants property fred 1 D grant while not a mem mern bar of t the I 1 le suspended firm had bad his office with them thein and has bas been interested in their operations IV when hen asked regarding ins his assignment lie replied 1 I ran van say nothing about the matter lu bui I 1 had everything with them 1 and suffer along alon with them theta jease e II 11 grant another eon son of gen grant who made an assign berday could not be seen lie ile is not a partner of grant ward but it is supposed ased bo he had business relations 11 with tr ticie them and that his finances have been involved in the samo same way as choso of frederick in consideration of the sum of 1 U 8 grant jr lias has conveyed cony eyed to his f father ther inlaw i in nl law jerome B Chaff ec alio 0 property on tile the north side of street reet and also on gard street ferdinand ward has sold to W S warren the building and property on the site of tho old booths theater for 00 0 ferdinand ward has been speculating almost constantly since he lie cn ens tho office of the superintendent odthe of tho stock exchange lie was alien seventeen years old lie ile began with small speculations in the wheat and produce exchange seats lie ile bought his first scat seat about twelve years ago for 1 1300 lie ile continued buying seats which lie sold for 2000 and 2000 2500 iio ile soon amassed about five years year ago after iio lie had married the daughter of the president of the marino bank ho lie bought ahouse and stables on pierpont street brooklyn for which he lie paid then it is said he lie stopped speculating in corn and cheese to dabble in ill western mines and government warrants lie had a blind pool in warrants henry clows clews said yesterday yay recalling the gos gossip S ip 0 of f walt aval I 1 street somo some years bars a ago go and bought warrants wherever iio lie could find them his dealings in ill Nv warrants arrants were looked at suspiciously suspicions but liis his mining transactions as far as is known were all conducted above board wards last paying speculation in mines was two years ago when ho he bought largely in tho tile eve evening rl star mine nine and thereby it is said limeade he made president baker of the tile first national bank was se seen ton yesterday in ill regard to the check for entered te at the clearing house when there was only about 2000 in tho the first national bank when it waa was drawn do you intend to proceed criminally against ward on wis this check mr baker asked and lie said he would not but added 1 bigum I guess other people would proceed criminally a against ward ll 11 when asked to 0 o explain the assertion lie ile eald said sue auch was tho tile rumor on the street mr davia davis the tile assignee of tho tile f firm irm of grant ward and ono one of its in individual di partners in reply to tho the bucs tion as to tile amount and character of its assets said that having only just taken J possession ases si onlie lie was anle unable to say ill what at they were mr james janies me mc famce assignee ne of the young mem men hers bers of oatlie til qs grant t fj family ily made a similar statement I 1 when i aked liow za gentlemen who were not members of the firm became involved A mr mcnamee said he lie presumed their relations 8 with the firm were BO so intimate that hey could hardly help being involved general grant ila has signed in a clear bold liand hand tho the docil document ment of tile assignment sign ment i |