St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-05

IsTS B boots. He cuts diff
ISTlSyJ =feIent figure now than
IWzlzZY \ZSRhe did when / knew
n S{RIhim there nine years
- F''ago. He was building
the Ohio Central railroad, out
of which he got his start in
1880, and he used to come around the
Ohio state capitol with his pantaloons
In his boots, rustic coat spattered with
mud and SLOUGH hat pulled over his
steel-blue eyes. He worked with will
and came up to Columbus TO scheme
for millions with Charlie Eos,
ter, who was then govern
or. EX-COngressman Jameson, of
Lima, who has long been one of Brice's
rlght-hand men. tells me that Brice lost
In the first instance on the Ohio Central.
and when it was done he owed Charlie
Foster $4,000. Foster and he had been
engaged in railroad building before and
Brice had cleared $50, 900 out of the strip
of road which runs from Fremont to
Lima. He had put this into the Ohio
Central with Foster. and he had lost
this as well as the amount above men,
toned. Foster. however, had conf
dence IN him and the result of the plot
tlDgS was that they ran branch from
SiAS OAiiO SChlItll IIilU Tie gIGhl lUS
OF the Sunday Greek valley. This
branch paid so well that Brice was able
TO pay Foster the $4,000 he owed him
and to have S135.000 left. It was after
this that he originated the Nickel Plate
scheme, pushed it through and made. in
connection with several others. about
$l3,O00.O00 out of it. Since then he has
continued his railroad speculations, has
lost some money and made more. He
moved long ago from Chic to New York,
ana ne now owns house there which
cost him S250,000. He is worth at least
$5,0OO.OOO. and is, l am told. getting
richer every year. All of his property
mas come within the last ten years, and
DIue-eyed young lawyer of thirty-Odd
years OH the ragged edge of a country
practice.
BRlCE'S FTRSTDIAMOND PURCHA Sc.
1t was at this time that Brice made
an investment for his mother. the story
OF which l heard last night. His father
was, you know, poor Methodist
preacher, and money meant great deal
to the family. His mother inherited a
small sum, and when Cal told her that
ne saw a good place to invest it she
gave every cent of it to him. although
she had four young children yet to edu-
cate. She warned Cal to be careful, but
MI. Brice, with the sangninity which
has made his future specnlations a sue
cess, put the money into the Ohio Cen
tral, and by the aid of the Sun
day Creek branch trebled it. He
received his profits from the deal
somewhere in the East and he was so
pleased with the success OF his mothers
investment that he put a third of the
money into diamonds, and when he re-
turned home and his mother timidly
asked as to the state of her inheritance.
Cal p0mpouSlY handed her the case con-
tanning the gems. Mrs. Brice was in
despair. She thought the purchase
very foolish, and she said that notwith-
standing he had increased her invest
ments and had got her back twice as
much In money as she gave him, she
could not see how any good could come
from man who squandered his first
earnings OH anything so useless as lew
elry. 'She had" says my friend, ''the
finest diamands in Lima, but her in
come was still insufficient for her to
carry out the education of her children.
her predictions of her son, however.
did not come true, and his successful
career soon supplied her with all the
money she needed"
CHARITIES OF A MILLIONAIRE,
Representative James w. Owens, of
OHIO, tells me that Brice is very char
liable: He went to school with him at
the Miami university. and he saws that
Brice has given $1,000 to that school,
and that he has lately made an offer
that If the state of Ohio apprOpriates
any sum of money for the college he
Will add to the appropriation an equal
amount out of his own pocket. eThis
ofer," said Congressman Owens. "was
made not long ago, and | am going TO
see that it costs Brice a good round
sum. Mrs. Brice is as charitable as the
general. She is q trustee of the West
ern seminary, and she is the only
woman who ever held place on its
Doard or trustees. she gave $1,000 to
TINS institution not long ago. and she is
always giving.
HOW He BECAME A FRATERNITY MAN
Representative Owens says that when
Brlce went to college he was by no
means rich, and he often found it hard
work to make the ends meet. The d.
X. 4. fraternity was the swell one the
college, and its members embraced such
men as Gen. Sam Hunt, of Cincinnati.
A number of the boys saw that Brice
was brainy fellow, and his name was
proposed. The rule Of the society was
that one black ball could prevent the
CiNNbAOii VI a NCiliNtlhdlC, dIu DIlcG WAS
twice blackballed. The members of the
fraternity demanded who had cast the
opposing vote, and they found that it
was young aristocrat named Fisk, of
COylngtOn. who said he didn't want
Brlce IN the fraternity because he was a
poor fellow and had not what he consid-
cred high enough social standing.
The remaining members of the fIater-
nifty were, however, so DESTROYS of adj
uniting Brce that they informed Fisk
that the question had resolved itself
into one of himself or Brice, and that if
he again voted against Brice he would
De expelled from the fraternity. The
result was that Brice became member
of the d. K. E, and that Mr.. Fisk voted
for him.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE GRANTS.
The revival of the question of the re-
moval of Gen. Grants remains to Wash
lngton calls attention to the generals
family. L met Ulysses S. Grant Jr.
here few days ago. He was riding out
to the capitol in one of the fiye-cent
herdics. had not seen him since he
was connected with the Cosmopolitan
Magazine. and did not first recognize
MN. HIS rosy face is now shaved as
clean as baby's cheek, and it is won
derful how like his father he now looks.
the same thoughtful eyes that Won
see in the photographs of Gen. Grant,
He tells me that his brother, Col.
Fred Graut is well pleased with his
situation at the Austrian court, and he
said, whether facetiOusly or not. | do
not known, that his mothers reason for
not coming TO Washington to live, was
that she feared some OF the newspaper
syndicateS would ask her to write
Washington letters. Mrs. Grant could
write very Interesting book if she
would. She was the half of Gen.
Grants soul, and she was associated
with him in his every act of his public
and private life. Just after the generals
death she dedicated volume of remi-
niscences fully as large as the generals
DOCK. and the shorthand notes of these
Grant has refused to allow them to be