St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-22
CIPRICO SEEMS IN IT.
He Is Going to London to
Close Up Some Gigantic
Deals.
His Operations Represent
Several Millions Of Hard
Dollars.
Paul Alexander Johnson Pre-
pairing to Astonish the
Whole Universe.
Sons OF Veterans Have Com
pleted Arrangements for
the Drill.

well, goodbye; I'll see you when L
return from London" was the remark
thrown at GLOBE man last night by
r. R. Odell, the fat United States COM
missioner.
Going to London? What are you
going over there for-to look for Jack
the Ripper"
No. I'm going on business. Mr..
Ciprico here and 1 will leave tO-mor-
row."
Mr.. Ciprico corroborated the state
ment.
I'VE are going across on business"
he added.
"And Odell goes with yOu?' inquired
the still incredulOuS reporter. Who could
not believe that r. L. 0dell would dare
brave the terrUrs of the Atlantic and
the cab drivers of London.
Yes, Mr.. Odell goes with me as my
attorney"
You must have some business of i'm
pOrtance over there to take an attorney
with you" was ventured as wedge to
pry open news repository.
"Oh! only a matter of fifteen or
twenty Millions" said CipricO with a
HamletesQue shrug Of the shoulders.
Fifteen or twenty millions! what
could the man mean? 1t was the same
Leo NJ. CiprlcO who had conducted an
elocutiOnary institute in Minneapolis
for several years. The same Clprico,
and here he was talking about a small
matter of fifteen or twenty millions.
Had he inherited a fortune?
Have you any objection, Mr.. Clip
rico, to stating what the motive of
your business over there iS?' was asked.
Not at all. You doubtless remem-
Der When l went to Milwaukee a couple
of wears ago. nearly? Well, the papers
said something about my business then
and laughed at me. have said nothing
since. but have worked. The business
that takes me to London now is the cul-
minatiOn of the work begun then.
am going over to transfer to my prlnci-
pals the properties have purchased for
them.''
what have you bought? Brewer
ies?'
Yes, some breweries in Chicago,
Columbus and PittSburg. But that is
not all. One purchase that L have made
consists of 2O,000,000 acres OF land IN
Mexico. | have also purchased for En-
glish parties what is probably the larg-
est gold mine on this continent, if not
in the wOrld-the CerrO GOrdO mine in
| Mexico. l also have purchased valu-
able silver mines there. l don't mind
telling you, too, that my company has
purchased the Hooking Valley coal
mines and lands"
Anything else?'
"Oh, yes. There are other properties
that I am not at liberty to name"
What about the prices paid for these
properties"
'-On that point you'll have to excuse
me. am not at liberty to 90 Into these
details for the benefit of the public. l
have told you all that l can tell you
now. VIII be gone two months. When
we return will tell you more Good
bye" And CipricO WIS gone up the
street, and Odell with i'm.
Ciprico talked ike man that was
/ telling the truth. He dropped few
words that indicated that he had IN
vested heavily for some one i'll Western
grazing lands, and in property that
/ must stand in his name instead Of the
! real owners.
As evidence that he is going to Lon
/ don, Odell exhibited letter of intro
ductiOn from Col. John L. West to the
/ chef of Scotland yard. the great En-
/ gIish detective headquarters. The
story seemed incOmprehensible at first
/ No one suspected CipricO. And when
he spoke of "a small matter of fifteen
or twenty millions" he meant fifteen OF
twenty million pounds sterling.