Savannah morning news., 1886-03-22

THE STORY OF \ SELF-NIADE
MAN OF GOTHAM.

Houmg GOutu's OVer-F Gaming 4 IN bitio
the Cause of the split in the Firm q
". T.. Conuor & Co.-Suicide at Meat
Carlo Revives society Scandal.
NEW YORK, March 19.-Few men cal
take life easier than Mr.. D o. Mills. o
this city. Like most Americans IN simila
circumstances ne owes his financial sue
cess to his own efforts. Forty years ag'
his brother and himself were the propre-
tors Of a very small and not particularly
Temunerative tavern in the vicinity oi
Albany, n. Y. When the gold fever broke
out, however, they caught it, and having
few hundred dollars in ready casS CHAR
tered a small vessel. put ia cargo of
commodities apt TO fnd ready sale among
the miners and sailed around the cape 70
California. They sold the goods TO 'ue
miners at an enormous profit and were
soon on the high road 10 fortune Wnen
DO. Mills returned TO the East some
wears ago q was tle possessof 0l large
fortune which be soon increased oy
some $4,000 through lucky
epecuIation in Lake shore stock. Mr.
li1Is row one OF the notable figures in
Wall street. He owns the magnificent
Mills building In Broad street, wuIch is
worth 5000. 600. and which is even inner
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bv tne Countess BOreel. and which pays
the investor Der cent. year. Mr.. Mills
returns from his commercial palace
amount 20 5000, coo a year. His fortune
amounts 10 l5,000, 600, largely acquired
in California IN mines. real estate and
banking enterprises in san Francisco.
He was in the Bank Of California with
The lamented and princely Ralston, who
drowned himself after being removed by
the directors Of the association when the
famous crash came. Despite MS wealth
Mir. Mills takes pleasure in alluding TO
tae days when he drove the antiquated
hack used In conveying guests from the
depot and wharf 10 bis country tavern or
roughed it with the 49ers in California.
YOUNG GOULD's AMBITION.
II young George Gould does not eyentu.
ally succeed in losing the millions that
his father has acquired he will be in luck.
Innumerab.e theo les have been advanced
in explanation Of tae dissolution Of the
old frm OF w. II. C0nnOr & Co, hut the
real cause OF the split, 10 is now officially
stated by Wall street men, is the over
weaving ambition or the wizards
son. Jay Gould was, as most people
know, special partner in the
trim with Mr. COnnor and Mr..
1879, and since that time Messrs. C0nn0r
aud Morosini have saved the great ma
nipulatOr from ruin on more than one Oc-
casion when his collapse seemed almost
inevitable. Young Gould did not appear
on the scene until 1881. de was then alb
solutely without any business ability
whatever, and does not to-day possess
half the amount with which he is credited
in many Of the newspapers. For the first
TWO years he was in the firm be behaved
very mOdestly, and outside Of the TACT
OF his giving occasionally some 'puts and
calls" to theatrical managers who admit
ted him behind the scenes, neither his
father nor any Of the partners bad any
thing to complain OF. Tne first serious
conflict between MIN and Mr.. COnnor was
caused by young GOuld's demand that
the salaries Of the clerks should bereduced
and their luncheon cut of, but. Mr.
Connor, as the bead Of the firm opposed il
point blank, saying that nobody more
than Jay Gould needed trusted and loyal
employees, and that those could not be
got unless well paid and well treated.
For the last three years disputes Of this
and Of a more important nature have Oc-
CURED very frequently, and have some
times resulted IN considerable unpleas-
Rntness between George Gould and Mr..
MOrosini. Mr.. ConnOr's conflicts with
the young man seem 70 have been less fire.
qneut, for he had his own room and did
not come in contact with him unless 1t
was absolutely necessary. This c0ndi-
ton OF affairs could, Of course,
net last very long and the partnership had
10 be broken. Gen. Dodge, Capt. Hayes,
Mr.. C0nnor. MOrssni and one or two Of
fhe other intimate associates OF Jay
Gould are no longer with him. 1t would
be absurd to suppose that the young man
can take all these places and do the work
Of number Of very superior men single
handed. Yet be is systematically work
ing at the isolation OF his father and the
concentration Of all the power and the
whole OF the immense fortune in his own
hands.
REVIVAL OF A SCANDAL.
The suulit sands Of picturesque Monte
Carlo have again been Redeemed by the
lite bloos OF an English nobleman-Vis-
count Dupplin, son OF the Earl OF Kir-
rome. The demise eXcites more than pass
ing comment in society circles in Goth
am inasmuch as IL gives the title to
scapegoat who was the hero Of a scandal
Gus escapade in j0p-lOity circles ia this
cOuntry-HOn. Fitzroy Hay, il the title
Honorable" can be given one who has
proven himself so grossly unworthy Of 1t.
The Hon. Fitzr0y came % New York in
June, 1888, bringing a letter OF introduce
tiOn from Mr.. John Furman TO Mr.. James
Waterbury. Fhe letter said that he came
70 this city on business. II did not mem
tiOn his vie, but the Hon. FitzrOy
uItHsAt VIII uAlA sumo one Wuum ne ln-
trOduced az his wife 10 Mr.. Waterbury,
who IN his creduhty accepted all he said.
hltzToy inquired for a pleasant, quiet
place where they might 90 tor the
summer, and was advised by Mr.. Water
bury 10 20 % LenOX, and giving him two
letters, one 10 Mr.. Augustus Schirmer-
horn and the other 10 Mrs. Charles Knee
land, the couple departed. Owing to
their letters Of Introduction, they we're
received most cordially. and every atten-
ton shown them. "Mts. Hay" was not
pretty, but she was pleasing. She re-
ceiYed every Kindness from Mrs. Knee.
lands family, and in fact much attention
was shown 20 the English couple. They
had rooms at one OF best hotels, made uu-
merous friends. and the future seemed to
hold many pleasant days IN store for
them, but finally, one day ia September a
notice was seen Ia an English newspaper
by Mrs. knceland that the Hon. Fitzroy
Hay, Of the Forly-second Highlanders,
Was implicated ia a divorce suit, having
eloped with the wife OF brother officer,
Major Montagu Hope. A note was
a. once sent 20 the Hon. Fitz-
roy, asking an explanation. he
replied that the charge was in measure
true, but begged that it be kept a secret
FOR few days. when be would explain
everything. Meanwhile the scandal
leaked out, and society at LenoX was in