Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-16

war. He served in West Virginia in
the Eighty sixth Ohio infantry. In
1868 he graduated from the university
and after teaching school a few months
he became captain of a company in the
One Hundred and Eighth Ohio and
served to the end of the war. He then
went TO Ann Arbor mich } Law school
and afterward was admitted to the bar
in Cincinnati. He took an active inter
est in politics and in the campaign of
1876 he was an electoral candidate on
the II1den ticket and again on the
Cleveland ticket in 1884
In 1888 he was delegate att large to
the Democratic national convention at
st. Louis, where the Ohio delegation
chose him as member OF the national
committee. He was chairman of the
executive committee during the 1888
campaign and, Oh the death of William
Fl. Barnuni, was elected chairman of
the Democratic national committee In
the winter of 1890 MIR Rrice was elected
United States senator to succeed Henry
b. Payne. and took mis- seat March 4
1891.
Mr.. Brice served six years in the SEN
ate, being succeeded by Joseph B.
Foraker. In Washington he occupied
the Corcoran house and gave lavish en-
tainments.
Until the Democratic party adopted
free silver as a cardinal principle, Mr..
Brice was the leader in his party in
Ohio, but after that he did not take an
active part i'll politics.
He was largely Interested in railway
enterprises, was rated millionaire and
of late had been one of the chief men,
bers of a syndicate with large railroad
and ether concessions in China. He
leaves % wife and several grown chill.
dren.
Senator Brice was keen man of af-
fairs and left fortune we'll up in the
millions. He was actively interested in
many financial undertakings. At the
time of his death he was the president
of and director of the Lake Erie and
Western hallway company, president
and director of the Sault Ste. Marie
Bridge company. president and director
of the Cincinnati Northern railway.
first vice president and director of the
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic rail
way, and director of these institu-
tions: Chase National bank of this
city, Homer Lee Bank Note company.
Pacific Mail Steamship company. United
States Guarantee company, Welsbach
Commercial company, Western Union
Beef company and Elkhorn Valley
Coal Land company. Mr.. Brice was a
member of many social organizations.
including the Metropolitan, Manhattan.
Lawyers, Riding, Democratic and Whist
clubs, the Ohio society of this CITY, the
Ardsley Country club ana the Delta
Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was also
a member of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art and the American Geographical
society. He was liberal patron of the
arts and a keen student of the sciences
A telegram was sent to the Rev. DR..
Wallace Radcliffe of Washington, ask
ing HIM to come to this city to conduct
the services.
The body will be taken to Lima, O.,
on a special train leaving the Erie depot
at loo p. m. tomorrow. The funeral
arrangements at Lima will be an.
nounced later.
More Troops Reached Havana.
HAVANA, Dec. l6.-The United States
transport Mobile arrived here with
Brigadier General Williston and staff.
tn OAe Hunlred and Sixty-fiirst Indi.
ana regiment the Third battalion of the
Secogd IlIinoi , the signal corps detach-
nleur OF the seventh army corps and the
headquarters nj the First brigade of the
Second division of the corps.
New Y", Volunteer Dead.
WAsEIsGTes, Dec 16.-Major Gen.
ei1.' 4 alry telegraphed from San Juan