St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

GOSSIP OF THE DAY.
ManvePs Abil- Those who are clos
est in the st. Paul,
ity. Minneapolis & Mani
toba railroad to Mr..
Marvel assert that his whole life has
been spent in vigorous and practical
railroading, says the Boston Herald; that
he knows and cares nothing about put
ting up or down the price of stock for
speculative purposes, and that he has
always exercised very careful super
vision over the expenses Of any cOrpo-
ration with which he has been con-
nected. Like many other railroad man.
ayers WORKING for salary, he has not
made great fortune out of his position,
but has been content to attend to his
legitimate business.
Mr.. Marvel is credited with superior
ability in the management OF men,
which is said to have been one of the
complaints against the Atehison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railroad management.
While he is very severe disciplinarian,
he is said to be very popular with his
employees, and to have never had any
difficulty whatever with them. He
therefore brings to his new position an
experience that is expected to be use
full to him IN bringing order out of chaos
on the great railroad systems in which
Boston and all New England is so very
much interested.
Jay Gould Jay Gould has been
here with his family
Never Alone for two weeks, says
Saratoga correspond
ent. The popularity has been noticed
that Mr.. Gould Is never alone. He
never left his room or appeared any
where without several persons with him.
His daughter, Miss Nellie Gould, almost
always has hold of his arm, and his son,
George Gould, walks behind or at his
side. Generally there have been four
persons with him, but seldom less than
three; and there was also at the United
States hotel during his stay here man
who managed to keep near him or fol-
lowed closely in his wake wherever he
went. This man is supposed to be
private detective. With all his millions
Mr.. Gould looks like careworn, har-
raised and unhappy man.
The Richest The richest man in
Boston is Fred l..
Bostonian. Ames. He is nephew
of Cakes AmeS and
son of Oliver Ames. He inherited
connection with his brother Cakes, was
a pioneer in Union Pacific and other
railroad operations. He has a country
house at North Easton and city house
on Commonwealth avenue. His opera
lions in erecting magnificent buildings
in Boston for business purposes have
been the talk of the town. He has
enormous railroad interests in the West,
and is an unpretentI0us, retiring man,
of splendid business ability. He is
worth S30, 1000, 900. Oliver Ames, the
present governor. is cousin of Fred
l.. Ames and different from him, is
pretantiOus, ambitious man, with po-
litical aspirations. 1t is said that he
will endeavor to go to congress in order
to use his influence towards wildcat
ing his father from the vote of censure
passed upon him for his connection
a country house at North EastOn, and
magnificent residence on Common
wealth avenue. He is worth S10, 000, 900.
Mrs. Mackay's Mrs. Mackay's so
journ in this country,
Jewels. by the way, will be
brief, and she has
brought over few of the dazzling toilet
accessories that have made her so con-
spicuous figure in the social functions
on the other side of the sea. 1t is half
pity that she did not not bring over half
a peck or 80 of her jewels and dazzle
the leaders of fashion at Newport where
this summer there is as great show of
gems as there is at the most fashionable
rOuts in town in winter. Mrs. Mackay'S
collection of jewels is superb, and some
of her gems are the finest in the world.
One of her sapphires, American visi-
tors to her houses in London and Paris
think, surpasses in beauty any other in
the world. 1t is absolutely flawleSs.
and is all of four-tenthS of an inch in di-
ameter. She bought it from a Russian
prince for $50, 900. She OWNS also the
most splendid emerald known to exist,
and paid fabulous price for it. Among
the bagatelleS of her jewel box are set
of corals, comprising crown, brooch,
a bracelet and so ON. all of the most eX-
qulsite rOse-pink In hue.
She has also pair of diamond soil
taires, so magnificent that they are val
ued at more than 100000. One of them
was bought for her at the sale of the
effects of the Duke of Brunswick. She
commissioned jeweler to purchase
mate for it. The jeweler spent two
years in searching before he found an
opportunity of executing the commits
sion. Two years wererequired also to
complete the collection of coral gems.
The only other like it or equal to it is
owned by the Queen of Portugal.
Most of these exquisite and costly
gems will probably go some day to Mrs.
Mackay's daughter, the Princess Co
lonna, unless. indeed. her sons, who are
being trained up to business in this
country, should have the good sense to
follow their fathers example and
marry American women, in which case
it is to be presumed some of these gems
would remain in the United States.
Notwithstanding the sarcasm INDUCED
in by some of the French and most of
the so-called society journals of London
at Mrs. Mackay's expense, she has been
extremely kind to Americans abroad,
and when she reaches Philadelphia she
will receive a cordial greeting from
some members of the conservative So
ciety of the Quaker City who have re-
ceived her splendid hospitality in Paris.
Why Field Everybody knows
how Jay Gould got
Was Squeezed. his clutches on the
promoter of the At
lantic cable, says the Boston Adver-
tiser, but not everyone knows the entire
story of that deal in Manhattan. The
story goes that shortly after George
Gould's Marriage with Miss Kingdom,
the Gould family attended an opera at
the metropolitan Opera house in New