St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-25
Mrs. Grant well Provided For.

New YORK, July 24.-The Sun this
morning says: Mrs. Grants share of the
proceeds of Gen. Grants book. Personal
Memoirs of L. s. Grant. will be between
$500, 600 and $4,000 The publisher, c.
i. Webster, says the guarantee sales of
2O5, 600 sets OF books already made by
agents assured her $500, 900. Four thou
sand agents are now gathering SubScrip-
tiOnS and the number will soon be increased
to 5000. The work will be issued in two
volumes, to be published separately about
the 1st of December and March next re-
spectively. The book will be sold exclu-
Sively by subscriptions. Mr.. Webster sails
for Europe on Aug. to arrange for the
publication of the book in England France.
Germany, Italy and Austria. Norwegian
and Portuguese publishers have made over
lures to publish the book. Mrs Grant will
have large percentage on the sales of
the book in foreign countries. Mr.. Web
ster went to Mt. McGregor last Saturday
with the last proofs of the book. Gen.
Grant, in his sick room, heard mans
voice at the door and asked who was there.
''AIr. Webster" he was told.
''Oh, that's good" he said, she's got the
book"
Propped up in his chair, the general read
the proofs and made a change i'm the map
of the battle of Champions Hill (Henos
county, Mississippi) in the Vicksburg cam
paign. He wanted Gen. German put in at
BeltOn's station. Gen. German wasn't in
the thick of the fight Gen. Grant explained
to his publisher, but he was marching to
the battlefield with his troops. The last
thing Gen. Grant did in his book was TO re-
wise the battle of Shiloh. a note in regard
to Gen. Wallaces part. The change was
favorable to Gen. Wallace. Last Saturday
afternoon while Mr.. Webster was at
McGregor, Gen. Grant hob5led out on the
veranda of the house twice. The second
time was at half-past o'clock in the
afternoon. The air was quite cool, but he
remained half an hour. He appeared so
strong that Mr.. Webster thinks now that
Gen. Grants resolve to finish his book and
so provide for his wife was what kept him
alive SO long.
THE GRANT FUND.
The Tribune will publish tomorrow
statement of the present status of the trust
tund raised by the citizens of New York
Tor Gen. Grant several years ago. After
telling how, at the suggestion of the late
Gov. Morgan, S1SS. 900 of the fund was in
vested In Wabash railway first mortgage 7
per cent. bonds, which were then con-
sidered as good as governments.
Gov. Morgan guaranteeing them and
undertaking TO make both principal and in
terest good out of his own private fortune
in case the interest should be defaulted for
six months, the Tribune saws: s'What
six months ago seemed an almost impossi-
bic contingency will probably become a fact
within a few days. On Aug. l the interest
on the bonds in question will be six months
in arrears, and it is probable that Gov.
Morgans executors will, in accordance
with his guaranty, pay over to the
trustees of the fund, the principal and in
terest. Only one question remains TO be
determined. 1t has been suggested that if
the executors of the Morgan estate lend to
the railroad the money wherewith to pay
the interest on the bond held in trust for
Gen. Grant and his family, there would
technically be no default, and therefore the
Morgan estate would not be liable for the
principal. Whatever course Gov. Morgan.
if alive, would have pursued under
these circumstances, his executors
are bound in law to be gov
emed by the exact legal Interpretation
of his written guaranty. The whole ques-
ton Of the liability at the present juncture
of the executors under testator's guaranty.
has been referred to lawyer, who will ex-