St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-21
NJ. JEAN DE GRAMNIoNT.
Minneapolis Visited by a Wealthy
Partisan Who Had an Expert

ence.
NJ. Jean De GrammOnt, Partisan
capitalist, who has been visiting ac-
quaintances in Minneapolis for several
days past, left the city last evening for
Chicago. NJ. De Grammont is largely
interested in property along the lake
front in the Windy City. portion of
which is most apt to be utilized by the
management of the Columbian eXposi-
ton. A reporter of the GLOBE had
quite an interesting chat with the
wealthy Frenchman last evening at the
Milwaukee depot. Since leaving Paris
some seven months ago he has visited
China and Japan, and while en- route
for San Francisco on his return touched
at Honolulu. NJ. De Grammont be-
lieveS the American missionaries To-
Gated in China are accomplish
ing very great deal of good
and that owing to their persistent and
Intelligent methods of civiliZing the
Mongoians travel through the interior
and remote sections of the country has
not only become safe but instructive
and enjoyable. The poor people of
Japan he thought the most lovable and
amiable of persons. They are gentle in
their manners; refined in their habits;
very fond of music, flowers and birds,
and the artistic sense is common to the
race. Nearly every one in Japan is
skilled in some branch Of art, and the
domestic life of the people is simple and
clean. The japanese are hospitable,
and once assured of the respectable
character of visiting foreigner will
put themselves to a world of incon-
venience to make his stay among
han
islands NJ. De Grummot said, are being
rapidly developed by foreign capital,
yet opportunities for further invest
ment are still presenting themselves.
Large tracts of land, suitable for the
growing of sugar cane. can be leased.
and there is an abundance of cheap
labor on the islands. The direction of
the government of the islands is virtu-
ally in the hands of Americans, domi-
mated by syndicate of wealthy Cali
fornians. King Kalakua is a figure
head-a good-natured negro, fond of
playing re pokere'' and bringing
French wines.
An incident of M. De Grammont's
trip eastward, over the Northern Pacific.
is related by himself. recalling an inter
esting event in the history of the
family of the Bonapartes. At
Bismarck the attention of M. De Gram
mont was directed by the train officials
to an aged and INDECENT Frenchman
who had been taken suddenly i'll. The
traveller had purchased ticket from
Spokane Falls, Wash, to Baltimore,
Md. third-class fare. which compelled
him to ride in the "smoker." To NJ.
De Grammont, he attributed his illness
to the forced inhalation of tremend-
Gus amount of tobacco smoke. The old
gentleman'S needs were attended to and
NJ. De Grammont had him removed to a
sleeper and booked as a first-class fare
to Baltimore. The recipient of his gen
crosby Informed NJ. De Grammont that
he was the only living son of Henri
Vanti, the companion and valet of
jerome BOnaparte during his sOjourn in
the United States. 1t was Henri Vanti
who delivered Bonaparte's love letters
10 Miss Patterson, of Philadelphia, who
afterward, as is well known. became his
wife. Miss Patterson was the fiancee
of Daniel Clark, the merchant prince of
New Orleans. whom she met from Bon
aparte. The engagement was broken, it
was said, by Miss Patterson when she
received intelligence of Mr.. Clark's
former devotion to a famous creole
beauty. Miss Patterson's friends as