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JANUARY 12, 1907.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
THIRD RAGE
a t
Seven Modern Mid&ses
Are These Brothers Guggenheim, of Colorado
n
m
i
Little more than half
century ago the name was
unknown in t'ae United
States.
Xow seven brothers, all
millionaires, the greatest
money earning family
this count) litis ever
known, are making the
name famous, ami one <>l
them. Simon Guggenheim,
is soon to go into the
United States senate, re
placing Senator Patterson, of Colorado.
Simon will be the first member of the
famous Xew York fam^y to desert busi
ness for a puhliv
others have hail
Their father, h
genheim. who van
an immigrant, at
on the street in
In a first for vl
a n
None
t lie
similar aspirations,
■ate old Meyer Gug-
e la ilf Cnited States
d peddled shoe polish
order to make a Iiv-
imself. then for his
wife and increasing family, knew only
business and philanthrophy. and trained
his sons along the same line. All were
tmfalingly loyal to
till Simon's break.
And Simon made qui
lie yielded.I ft is a
stance that though
smelting trust, politi
been thrust on hint
hotbed of populism.
Wall
l rst
ntmercial life
battle before,
lions cireum-
-mber of the
honors have
Colorado, the
hatred
all
ex- 1
oi tf
of
found himself :
, permit
ie that public ) ;
ing him.
ever succeed
iolurado anti
that pertains
He went there first because I be
tensive business interests of himself and
his brothers i : ihe west demanded that
they have a representative on the scene.
Simon was a good mixer,
ids trust affiliations,
so popular in a short
office was actually p
No other trust magn
ed in overcoming tie
trust prejudice.
A BORN MIX5R.
Tt is folly to say that his success re- j
suited from money alone. A Rocltefel- j
ler, for example, could spend probabL j
every dollar of ids fortune in the state [
and not. be elected to the humblest of j
offices. Mr. Guggenheim knew how to!
meet the people. lie did no: shut him-1
self up in gloomy grandeur as. do many j
other men of affairs. In t lie evening!
he was usually to be found in the lobby j
of the Grand Palace hotel talking thea- >
ter, sport, or politics with Ids friends. i
When he went to the various mining j
camps of the state, and came face to |
i
fate with the miners, his judgment was!
equally good. Tf the blunt men of the j
pick and shovel asked him uncomfortable |
Questions about the trust, he was prompt j
to answer, and when he came in con- j
tact with a genuine grievance was quick j
to remedy it.
His use of his money w: .: lavish. Tn I
honor of f.13 birth of his sen, he pro- ■
j
sen fed the S30.000 Guggenheim half to i
1868. There were three daughters also.
First Meyer Guggenheim pedaled shoe j
polish, (hen lie bought the patent for ihe'
shoo polish, arid went into the manufac-j
tisritig business hi a small way.
H< prospered, and embarked in Dtp:
Importation of lye. Tills venture also sue- 1
reeded, and lie tackled the spice busi- i
ness, with a resulting big profit. j
Then he put into reality a dream to j
Import laves made by the peasant folks i
of his native Switzerland. Soon lie was ’
bringing over all kinds of embroideries. I
and the name of the firm became known '
all over the country.
A bad debt foreed him to take some
r I.eudvtUe, i’-iIo Two of Ids
went out to look over the!
returned imbued with the idea
eould be made to \ ieid a leg
;e everything touched by this
family, they did. This etn-
e G'iggenheims in tlie mining!
ndri-s r.en
sons who
proper! ies.
that they
. profit. I,i!
wonderful
barked tli
business.
ALASKA AND THE CONGO.
As each of the sons grew up. lie was
sent abroad to got a knowledge of lan
guages by actual contact with the peo
ple. and on his rt turn was taught the
mining business by work on some of the
G uggenh eim properties.
Eventually cite family shifted to Xew
York, and tlie American Smelting and
Refining (Vmipany was formed.
A FEELING OF SECURITY.
You naturally feel secure when you
i know that the nu b! ■ die you are about to
' take is absolutely pure and contains no
j harmful or habit producing drugs,
j Sucli a. medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
■ Root, the great Kidney. Liver and Blad-
i tier Remedy.
I Tile same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
, bottle of Swamp-Root.
1 Swamp-Boot is scientifically compound-
| ed from vegetable herbs,
j It is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoont'ul doses.
Jt is not recommended for everything.
> It is nature's great ic-lper in relieving
and curing kidney, liver and bladder
! t roubles.
’ A sworn statement of purity is with
! every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
! Root.
' if you need a medicine, you should
j have the best.
If you arc already convinced mat
. Swamp-Root is what you need, you will
find t on sale a all drug stores in bottles
ut two sizes, liftv-ctits aud one-dollar.
Sample Bottle of Swamp-Root Free by Mail.
Send to Hr
ton. X. V.. for
mail i will
also revei? ■ a n
ation. telling •
When writing
A Manta Sunny
enter t Go.. Bingham -
i -ample bottle, free bv
,*ii,, anyone. You will
let of \ .Mitablc int orm -
about the ,. idneys.
■ sum- and mention The
iouth.
Isaac Guggenheim.
' elapsed hers, was George, and the figure
| holding fas: to his arm, tt shadow of
i nis former sell', was Martin Henley.
The tears sprang to Margery's eyes at
I this pitiful sight, and she caught hold of
The
t side:
..ate Meyer Guggenheim, Founder of Family in America
who had joined them ) ambition centered in that girl. Eventual-
ami
lie tli
is.tit
t tie
the
eight li
floor
the! 'V
ills
ed them
offer.
exploiting the property.
UNPRECEDENTED.
There was no compulsion whatever
that t lie firm should suffer this loss.
Mad there been a profit, they would
have been compelled to pay the outside
investors their share. Consequently, a
division of the losses would have seemed
equally fair.
Hut tlu> brothers took the loss, because
they wanted (o live mi to the precept:
laid down by their father, the late Meyer, j
who died in Palm Beach In 1906.
ifis business motto was: (
“Get money, -hut don't try to <1o tt by
walking over the graves of your fellow-
men ."
The Guggenheirns make the proud
boast that no outsider who joined in one
of their ventures ever lost a dollar. They
were willing to sustain the dropping of
the million and n half in order to keep
that record intact.
This deference to every law laid down
by the father is one of the notable things .
about a notable family.
Guggenheim. the elder, believed in J
family unity. It was his favorite re- j
mark, that no friends or outsiders will
ever do for you Hike a member of your I
own -family. He had a homely illustra-1
They have of:
of 71 Broad wa;
brothers fill up
The brothers consult daily, and at their
conn ils have tiiso some of the ablest!
men in the l idled States. John Hays,
| Hammond, t lie mining engineer, they; i
pay $ I CO,000 a y ear.
| .lust now lae company !s preparing a
onderful plan In make the gold fields
horn. Then came Daniel, on i of Alaska yield the returns that should
Inly 9. 1856; Murry, on August 12. 1858; j come, from scientific mining on a big
Solomon, on February 2. 1361; Benjamin, scale, and Is also identified with Thomas
■>n October 26. 1865: Simon, on December F. Ryan to develop the mineral wealth!
27. 1867. and William, on November 6 1 of the Congo Free State. ;
The Kidnaping of George
R. Ro:
Cleveland Plain Dealer.) Vt !l
! "Have
unbiUon centered in that
y lie married her.
On June 7. 1854. the first of seven sons, j w<
el. on ! of
tin
yom
alert
fact
g man’s face
by a shadow,
of the young
was
A nd
wo
man whose clear gray
eyes intently regarded
him was clouded, too.
"Xo, Martin." “he tc.s-
entiy broke the
"I cannot be pets
He looked at. h
derly.
"I am selfish enough :i
You are wrong," hi
'but that's a lover’:
is no ques
tenet
ten
I Jenley
The e
Then
name fr
At 4
.rived ;
"Just
er. Ev
sli
I'ijo k a telegr;
kidnaped Geo
hope. Don't
eg ram fluttered
! stooped and ]
hi Xew York,
clock the next
lot her message:
im was brought:
-ge. Am trying
worry. Martin
from hsr hands,
ticked it up. It
Martin’
into the
"There
me a wa
him hoc
month t
tell
waste I
little sin
t wit at
■orgt
-vt 1;
"Don't,
"Hook, at me,
"rfe e what 1 ■
ma . Oh. you
craving for the
burned out of t
and beaten am
tations «• • *111• ii,'t
man stood b> n
,\l:
nope ■
long
sr belt
think
tl
the Colorado School of Alines, at Golden, ] lion
and when he found oirt that the college, a 1 1
did not have the means to equip it. he i ri ' l ' r
promptly gave another §50.000 for this
purpose,
This liberality a-:td good fellowship
had its effect, and soOn Guggenheim
was being spoken of for political place,
Tn 1896, when tho Colorado republi
cans. led by Teller, walked oul of the
national convention that nominated Mc
Kinley, Guggenheim was nominated for
lieutenant governor on the ticket oi rhe
silver (republicans. Two years later
he was offered the nomination or ;,-,v-
eronor. Tn both cases he was certain
of election, for not a corporal's guard
could have been mustered against Die
silver ticket, but he refused both V.mes.
saying that he had no ambition for a
political life.
In 5 he recent republican landslide in
Colorado, it was understood ilia- if a
republican legislature, was chosen Gug
genheim should he the senator. The tri
umph whs overwhelming, a majority or
forty-four being returned. Xn man tint
elected was ever more certain of Wear
ing the toga than Guggenheim is.
But while Simon's shift to the -white
light of Washington may make the
Guggenheim Commoner in the public
prints, it cannot, add much to the mar
vellous record already achieved by the
seven sons of Meyer.
Only a few months ago tv ill street
rang -with the wonderful slory n' how
the “American Rothebilds." ns they- are
called had voluntarily- shouldered a loss
dropped snewkioE.rc.d Kn adbis..’ohs5a
of one and a half million dollars.
tide, by which
s business ca- '
need of liar- ,
taken from ancient 1
at the outset of each so:
reer. he showed him the
mill!\- in Die family.
THEY STAND TOGETHER.
Handing the son a stick, the father
would ask It ini lo break it. This was,
easily accomplished, but when th" eider '
man bound together seven sticks o? a
similar size, the strongest of the boys j
could not snap their united strength.
This unity has made the Guggenheims i
c greatest family of money makers th<-
untry ever produced, not even except-i
g the Rockefellers, fn fifteen years:
ev have built up a fortune said to be!
beaut
the s
belie.vt
marry me if i
moment. "I
11 liitik
| unfairness.
I i ion a bout
you are making.”
f am only doing what
my duty. Martin."
“And you woul
not for George?
•She hesitated
I would. Martin
Ho moistened his lips. "George looms
very large and very formidable." lie said,
hat can be done with him?”
The girl sighed “Nothing."
There was a little silence. “Tt ;sn -
right." murmered tiie man
| breath, and there was bill,
lone.
"It is the only thing I cat
: the girl.
loti know he isn't worth
i fice."
; "He Is nty
The man dr
, brother:”
j The girl's face flushed.
I discuss this even with you.
: must, do my duty as I see
j needs my care. My mother
1 words asked me to wat
| when all others deserted
| carry out my promise.”
The young man Idol
; “Dot me help you care for him
I Margery.”
I Xo. Martin. He shall Tie my dlsgraci
"It
tits.
The days wot
n. month
a! the first letlc
r. j tar.
s ! "We have i
Martin wrote.
,. ; talk about re
• hope in the -sued
. ! Xo doubt you are
' trived to kidnap
2 very difficult. It
to get him about
finally succeeded,
that he does not
I have
tii Of rol c!.
and it was almost
Margery received
was dated Gibrai-
, on
a tci st
Is. and elt
He puns
buffeted Tty storms
itul and drew him
1 George ‘‘He took
ie. arid I've brought
. if I talked tor iC
I ouldnt begin m
man lias done for
trnmred Martin,
get cried George,
become: This is a
edn't t>e afraid. My
f ;.a? gone. I: was
m a:: i stai‘\ e.! out of me
u 1 \ -li lusand temp-
t t,,i n: • ow. And :1ns
:. ,. .1 . I me back to
...| me- . ■ ,11 the Aral>
a : .• o i.:' t ■- Arab pris
'd. s yea were suddenly
cang; ■ up Martin's hand,
we have been through,
sr,ii:i d
Margery," murmured
to, i
irl.
"I to
but 1 have no; los
ss of tiie experiment, i
wondering how I con- j
Teorge. but it wasn t. :
was a harder matter;
l Liu- steamer, but 1 •
J am sorry to say |
appiivia:
on.
j suffused. I-Ie cat
“What horrors tt
! brother:'' In. half
"A fine fellow,
Martin with .
' "lie brought
fever.”
"That was the only chance lie gave
me,” cried George. ‘lie broke down,
at !nst. and then it was my turn. 1
twice thought I’d lost h!m. but when I
whispered ‘Margery in ids oars he rallied
smiling nod
ne through
it George,
the desert
i he
efforts
vill ;
artd
beneath
•mess in
do,"
the
his
liis
:aid
fought on. Ob. but
all right now, sister,
his behalf. In 'act. he I j n a u ,|, wo
regards me as his intterest enemy. Per- J 0 f hint again
haps this feeling will wear away. You I Margery.”
may rest assured that it will make no j He turned
difference in my feeling toward him." : the room.
Margery cried over this letter. She Then Margery we
could only faintly imagine the events of stooped over him and
that long voyage- But she knew that avfn about hi- no, k :tn
Martin would persevere to the very ut- cheek to his wasted on
most. ' “Dear, dear Martin.”
he’s going
Tiie one ton
us name
ptly and went out of
we:.t to Martin and
and pm her rounded
k arid pressed her rosy
sacri-
l>rot her ”
ew a long br»atit.
“3uch
”1 cannot
The letter from Alexandria was a long
time coming. She opened it with a feel
ing of dread.
George has been ill." Martin wrote,
•‘so iil that. 1 did not have Lite heart to)
write you until he was better. But he
is so much improved that in a few days \
will never leav. m
mm.
will
up
alone.”
Her bead droop,
Simon Guggenheim.
§500.000 000
In the R,
known as
An Expected Letter
remerie, benches full ,>f men )
i swallowed their three sous’ j
hocolate or cafe au lait ;the j
ss passed and repassed with i
er smoking bowls (Why was it so late?) i ..j would 1
three, four, live, six. num- ! nlllH .. . c
f telegraph wires over the j
forlorn vug of a kilt*.
i them, struggled to get
>inj^ to ?ain.
his eyes, .dre\% It is
iovvu liis face, and shiv
<»pU* trooped from the crenter
r their heads.
hmrie«l than tli
workiiien woi
1 loxes.
n tin* eiieap 7-e.stauram along
s dusting tho round slab tops
la ides tiia: trespassed on t lie
on Id keep the
should they?
money.
hing to fill up
; fro tn him.
| “And can nothing be done?”
“Nothing. [ have had the best merti-
j val advice. it was of no avail. lie
1 will do nothing to help hintself. He is
j utterly Indifferent to his n
! h» cannot get brandy e resorts t,« nt,,r-
iphlne. He has had the so-called ‘cures.’
(It its could be taken away front this
j perilous atmosphere, tar away from those
i wicked friends who tire sapping his :if'e
j and his money, if lie could tie made to
fight out the battle with himself alone
| and unaided—why. it would either cure
I or kill him. And that, they tell me. is
the only hope.”
Martin stared hard at the floor.
lad to help George if T
Martin. i j j hope w e can start up the Nile. There
t. George j was one very- gratifying feature of his
with her last j illness- ail Ills old animosity disappeared. J and rl
ch over him | He has Just called me. Tell sister, f j,,.., j ; i
Tie says, 'that ! am in good hands.’ 1 ! on , ps
will write to you again before we enter
th« deset t.”
Then .Margery waited for the letter
from the desert. At last it came.
"More delays.” Martin write, "but
now our equipment is ready and we en
ter the desert tomorrow I do no- know
vill hear from us aagin. We thougl
.,i be cut off from tiie usual twice
ommuniea tion.
d. her gaze was turned j u -,, 6n ymi
j are going
means of
eould,” ho said.
en- : appear to regard
ree. j paused and then
told you, Margery,
.hands j an important mov
1 ei j pends. If you will
but
me us a
looked
t i i a t o i *
repels me. He
n enemy." He
up. "I have
deofsioh
■ :n my
marry >
ll
• men in blue
trousers, the
Tiie women
men. One or
collars and
hurrying j main here in Somerton. If
accept an offer i hate to g
wliiMv a contracting: engineer
lit 1 looked a; her anxitiusly
ary Jiope?”
"Xo. 31&rtin.”
”1 will be gone at least
career de-
I will re
mit. } will
> to Egypt,
is needed.”
”Js
•Will you
I >,,
tot
•u:t.
in,- tc
M.
•a nti.it
make any
•II what i
Martin
pen.”
He hesitated an instant.
"You have sufficient in
"Yes.”
mile .
proniis
window stretched hun-
felt as one does after
Supposing he went down j
it? * * ‘ He couldn’t go ,
people in tins street were j
came: Xo. tiie heavy tread i
the door and up to the top; He arose. ”1 must write my
could hear them moving j ance of the offer tonight and :
morrow."
Before she eould answer this the out
side door was noisily slammed and a
young mail staggered through the door-
and voices
■ a l-t
let ter;
They
tile
i ”1 am writing this in a troop shed,
I the only quarters we could get. George
is !v :ig on a blanket-covered hoard, i do
I not dare let him h av e my sight. He is
' very melancholy, and hi? antipathy to
j mo has returned. I tun writing to you
, frankiy. dear girl, ..us: as I am sure you
; would have me write. Wo had a hard
| bat Lie and the outcome is not at all c—r-
i tain. Goodby and heaven help you.
i That was the last that Margery heard
j from Martin for many months.
: A year wore away and still no message
j came. And then Margery almost ceased
to hope. She knew then- had been au
I uprising of the savage tribes of the So,t-
i dan. The fanatic followers of a leader
I long supposed :,> Tie dead had swept
away the outposts of the British advat re
! and destroyed much of the work upon
I i he new railway.
| Baiter came tidings of a battle in which
| the British force had touted the fanatics
; with great. loss. Rut their own loss was
j heavy and the advance was slow. There
! went run tors of white prisoners some-
I where in Hie interior.
! s-x weeks l«:er Margery received a
! cablegram.
"We are. coming home,” it told her.
i And the name under i: was "George,
j Another long period of waiting fol
lowed. but now .Margery’s anxiety was
I tempered by hope
I Then canto a clear and beautiful morn-
; ing in June, when two men. one strong,
robust, clear of eye. and rosy of cheek,
the other gaunt, pale, hollow eyed, con
fronted her.
j .Margery gave a little scream. This
fine young fellow, whose hand firmly’
BOTH PROVINCIAL.
(W. A. White in The American Ma ca
sino.)
After all. the differences between -
poriit and New York—differences wl ■' i
antedate those between ancient Rorce
Sabine farm, where Horace - -p -M
old Faletnian — are merely . ; rW
ences of provinciallsnt. Little old New
York is provincial; and even though
New York is populated with people from
Emporia and neighboring towns, these
adopted X>■ \v Yorkers forget, or pretend
t,» forget, all about the- oid home town.
And Emporia is provincial, in that, even
.-, go to Xew York once or
twice a year, we ignore the fact, that tiie
very presence of three million people
living there argues that they live in
some degree of oonvfort and satisfaction.
What X, v. York can’t se,- is how we an
h e m Krnpori t with so little going on
at the opera house; and wir.it we can't
is how a
Sr. I f, >
'. who
>nn a;
ran ha
!OS
If
distin;
other
ocke.
uish
-•il h
Otie
< can per.-mt
long row of five md
with nothing o
■ell-house fr<,:n the
hut tiie number on the front door.
A BEAUTIFUL VERB.
i From The New York Press.)
At a Christmas party in upper Fifth
avenue the other night there was an to-
let -sting Anri highly amusing discussion
of tile t iriK-gie discredited spelling. A
w :s,- vii,uig blade diseourseU el<k|tieml>
on part? ut s(iei it. a beautiful young
woman asked, "What part of spot li an;
I He answered Instantly, “You are
an aiistra, : noun." "I? An abstract
noun, sir: Wh\ am I rot a verb?” "Re-
cause no one has ever been able to <• a -
jugate you." (Great laughter and ap
plause. i "Well," site replied. ' T should
like to lie conjugated: can you not con
jugate me?’ i Loud, long and rapturous
applause.i ' Xo, miss, I am reluctantly
compelled to decline you. All single
ladies must be compelled to pass as
nouns; and they are abtsract bectiusg
they are generally till sweetness and
goodness." D-omi and continued ap
plause).
king down a pen from the splashed!
nrd ra< k, and an inkpoto and paper |
uu behind the glass-caged clock on the
ntes- i mantlepiece. im sat down at the rickety!
. * !
I .. lie u rote, "1 hat e no
•ij eorge,
’ said
that?"
girl in
flit it ut
you who have never had
our pocket for longer than
tell you
me? Just
am past
Will you
shall he
make out the
■ below. Pounds
it amounts to
1 uol begin to
past, lut not
Fgrhaps I am
•nance. Just now
he muttere.i
you. Martin Henley
here*, inakin' love to
don’t want nothin' to
go: her dear brothet
t hiekty.
\\ ha:
my s'.s-
do with
to look
"What's
'' ' S that
you doin'
ter? She
you. Site
after. Good night. Martin Henley, go.
night." He lurched toward the sofa and
fell upon :l heavily.
Martin lienley. his
of the girl, passed
girl followed him. I
the, reared ihe outer door.
"You say tiie only hope for George is i
a new scene and new surroundings?"
“yes,” slits whispered. I
"Come hack here, sister," Die profligate j
eyes avoiding those,
nto the hall. The!
turned quickly as )
door,
hope fc
called. "I nee
me? I need y
voice trailed off
Martin lienley
"Good-by. and
you. Don't you he:
hi." And the maudlin
in a discordant song,
put out his hand,
God guard you. Mar-
Murray Guggenheim.
Why wasn't the
I’as! eight, and all t!
Monsieur the fris
the sleeves rolled up
doorway; Monsieur :
ting out Ida window, becoming distinct ini
the picture behind the glass, placing his I
i cakes and becoming blurred again, fn J
shops
white-apron ?d,
■>"d bulkiiy in his
patissjer
window I have seen a post-
it letter-bag. A very prize pig
oi' a o.z of ooesity. Xow. in leaf post
man's fit! i tig I am convinced was— !
probably—may have been—:ny reprieve, i
i You understand? The thing goes in
wave?.) r J'o wit. a certain thick envel- j g eri -••
watermuH; " f jrTtdgn^mi? Pap, ‘ r wUh a ( “Good-by. Martin."
■‘Tin* »>pr:<*\c*. or I hr* death warrant, j And he ^as rvoiv.
»•■• hoth. will ro;ne with tlit* coffee. l| 1 r he could have looked back into tho \
lii>}io ti.cy will make that <*offee ^tronsr. j hallway li** would have tn Hie girl I
I ii *\ ar«* alv.*:*ys gei.* rn;;.-. says the com-j leaning: against the wall sobbing as n *
1,10 1;ist HUal of ** on -> i;er Iteart would .break, ‘ j
Quite unconscams of this, however, he
fin* if I am ihf*n trir.tl. I. is J srrondc along, a now and strange idea
the verves -a trick. l rt t me <*o:i- j strolled along, a new and strange id#=-a \
; thankfUi tor. (b*p must] srjll leld ju»sse«sion o." his inimi I
>tru* i r;t\ c!v oeion- t nesi hlackcnards • , . ,
the corners of the mouth will | ho ent « red lh< ’ tejegraph office and,
tv.-iteii. tighten them rs I may. And then | Permed his dispatch accepting the Egyp- I
tiie Fitnntion is theatrical, 'rhink of it: thin offer
• hi tiie ground floor is a letter (perhaps)).
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Continued on Fourth Page.
When tea time came the next day and
George did not return Margery Seiby
felt tittle anxiety.
Daniel Guggenheim.