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TITC OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 1. 190?.
Churches of Omaha That Have Been "Crowded Out" by City's Growth
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liURCHFJS. I k bouses to Aaxr!-
C cm citiea. follow their customers
I to th- reeideoo a . traits, a
vernal influence of canuuera
oi,J increase in population. 1
;- t-".ic a the redietribtiijon of cnnrohe
ben c : : t :t I -ct bl LL&A In Omitt tb
-.l'Jij o mg to rrowTli of popoiaiioa
ul J'. h. Tl.e iunud) of tmtrii b&v
cai tid a reioaiion &&d rtnnn of tfc
let ri5nc liu-ict. Ctiax.r to trmnm
pcna.Uua f.-.Xi)Jt tv mad ntw oectarfl
ud ttmrci bave Slvn any t
trum s. until do !- U u a auten of thH
to Cirafc-Jia tiTc rivn up lcoaUc.is cr.ly t
t rrpi&c'2 by trusrna Ldlm ai.J not
f ha bii oonTnf i mio buMnm
alatdif hoexAa. unto there are cot only
money t hiuc pcra ia tha teuj, but 0C4
church aite i ut-d for a hIwib.
To reaj ta:e dealers of a refleerjrt
turn, aba llrt tbal cliit-a are always
ba'.lt aoooraisg tc otnuln mlea, the woodef
il Lhat tha churcbci of Cmii-'a hare not be-ea
drtvt-n to the uburt and reaidecoa dla
.trtcta earlier than fif.y years aftr bull 3
tnia txxaa to cJuvter about a prct of
onrta an! the TClagw of Omaha waa f ormad.
Aroord!n to aoret1td principle of d:y
uliair.r, Omaha abanld tiara grown ajorf
the eijcr of t5o ICaacmrl rrrer, atreiciina
i,or.ti end aouth. C.arche woaad tar
tb n hen buil" acnc tha rrrcr front.
the ptrTn aa waa old t- PhnnBa'B at
the corner of XHrth and Harney rtiwta.
r.vr! autorn Omaha nroka away from tha
ru! and rerulationa. Tha flrrt bustoeaa
surM-t .f New Tor waa Pearl atree-t, or f-
lniOly nx tha ebore line of Eut rrer: tha
first street of Cfcao was TTater rtn&
t n the rery !ge of tha Chlca rtrer.
while WaahtorUn street of Bos!Mt rtttai
to have ben tb first bnatoaas rtreot. then
fn part on the shore lln. Omaha pad
little altectkn to the fact that tha first
1 do of growth is csoaTy s&ocg- the siora.
becauo addmooai stock aavd beClilnre
opios:t them start aa axis of U si
parB.HU to th watr Croat. Osnab cJld
what few crtlee sucteodi fea Aotnc sad grew
Inland." Tti dry west wp Ftornam. Door-
las Dodg-e and Harsey streets and th
chuiches a pre tuilt further from t?j rtvjc
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Gossip and
Uale u Gsm of UtaJrw.
1ULX Jhn G. Carlisi
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rotaker i the honae. senator,
and secretary of the treasury.
nie O. O. Siaaiey to &ui
ceas. he solved at st-Euur all
ci.etkins of srvat pith and
j:-r
that botoered hi wonderful lo-
ur,: unlit y,
and he was famiuar with a
desr a e mere varieties of the gam. Now,
In the practice of law he work out his
points atid prepares his briefs to th lay ef
th crda. klr. Oarlu doe eot wwik ar
tis 1 1 aaore than necessary, nor 1dm h
tntlu in gdf. tsiLit, or axy other athletio
portk. La fait b taiiflS bo exercise wtiai
ever, a-d ctr did. and at T5 is s-f iareatiy
a healthy and vtg-oreus man. He claims
that auiitaire ia Lis only rcrce9on. U SJtk
tt can be called.
If tt had not been for a gaso ef solitaire.
Mr. Carliaie frog at hare been president of
lbs Vr.iiel Statea. The first winter aJW
las waa nade secretary ef th treasury,
some Important flnanmal taeeaons arose
ts ttie Clevelaad admlnanratksv. In which
several Baambera ef the cabinet, chiefly Mr.
Carlisle and J. Sterling llinoa. could not
agree with Mr. Cleveland. Ths centesn
piated bond leso was th mala point of
diaaxreemt-ct. After a Usi sight sessioa
st th Whit House. Carlisle and Moruta
talked th caller seer, and before parting
tad attut made bp their autnds to resign.
Mr. Cleveland had aa Inttsaattem that there
era danger ia the air. and sect a saesaea
ger fur Mr. CarUale t rerora te the White
Howe, a he wasted to go over th soat
tr agaia with him. After th seennd eon
ferare. Carlisle ret arced to Lis K street
ruvut somewhal plaraiad. hut not eei
saOed er the satuaitoa. and lumped tats
lis Biost difficult um cat solitaire which
he played furiously warn daylight, la the
taeantiTie he had gsai all ever and an S-r
the qaeetl-ia. and threstisd ft ewt rises and
taad wp his salad ts stead by Per aland,
though aot fully hamwuiltlag ka th policy
SC his ohief .
The tries is of CarBala. rerssnsa Beck.
itarrmM. Teorbea. Heary W
gcany ethers, sssnrtsd at the
flea sUie. that had Carlisle
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sta. uifxi l.uthebax.
CAJsTCS
lhao bwimiI to Oia fat ftng of a crw City.
8L PtiHoenaraa ax Xlath and Barney
traeta. waa tba naarcat cburJi to U rrrer.
Then tba clreroh of th Bam Con?reratlon
at Tweirtn and Do4bw atroeta and ftoaily th
Ftrrt Baptlit church at rifteerrlh and
Txigv atraeta. Tb buainea exranela and
Iccroaae to tha population of Ocrha ha
n alower to crow tha churchea than
maual. but the sum total of land raJuaa Las
Jncraaaod raji(Ey. Churches have remained
for a Jonj Uma oa siu of Omaha which
naro pud a lanre rental and mad large
tocomea. . Ptllomena'a oafchedral at
Klnth and Ilarney street, occupied ground
worth tlW.M) and which would make aa
annual rental of almost HO. annuslly.
Kountaa Uamorial church stood on a alto
Sixteenth and Harney streets, on lot
of which aold for tSdeWi.
An able editor of aa Omaha newrpaper
tnada a eartala rule ahoct the nAkB dia-
trie of the dry moTtor westward oie
tiwit srsry Cvs years. Th rule has held
good for th last twenty yars and there
la erery prospect that tt will "make good
la years U eome. This saaaa tacre saoves
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truafti.
Stories About Noted People
the winter of ISA. aa he thought so strongly
of doing-, he. axd not Bryan, would hav
beea the democratic candnlate In IKK. and
Bright have beea electee
Mr. Carlisle, ia sreaking of th incident
years afterward, aaid. "Ah. weU, tt is on
of th might have beens. Anyhow, when
CieneiiuDd i-ut it to me so strenfly, I felt
as aa honorable rrae I cowld not destrt
him. even if desertion had been a step
toe aid the prt siaen.-y "
The refusal of Carlisle to seeign marked
tle real political t 'rth of W. J. Bryan,
a no vp to that time a as oily grade
abort on of lh boys is tle tre&chee It
U how agreed that Mr. Clrvelai.d s f :nB
cial policy sj'lit the deroocrttic party wide
open, and Ltd thtre bees no Cleveland
there eould have been no E-rj an.
Am Arter's rrieaaly Tribate.
A pretty story atitu.g to tiie popularity
ef James O Neil with hi audience come
hot from th actor, but from an old school
wat and fnend. Mr. George Moore of New
Tork. "In lic&, ssta I waa runiug a houj
to M.anchester." said Mr. Moore, "it wu
during the holiday a. and I had drives u
Conoord te get Boms deoorations and pres
ent. Whll there I heard that my old
fnend Jimmy was opeir.g there that n-gt.t
in 'Muni Crista.' I looked Lua cp 10 give
h.01 a welcome, and during our chat fc
aekad m to stay ijsi for tr.e perform
afioe, 'No.' I replied, t.ut 1 will drive tark
and get kira. Moore, and U it 1 possible
e get back here at time 1 rM do it A
tt happened thai night aaa a envwy and
w-Ay oiie and we acre late la starticg
Slid alow ia nuking the d.Aance. and after
reaxims th city and puturg up the hurst
w found that had yfast n.iased the first
e-t- The houfc was still apple .1 rig and
there wee call ef 'tK--c-i BtMi.' As
wei going owa th a-ale Mr. O Neil
stead us takm- eur Bests After a few
words w Lioh put th house to good humor,
he said. 1 have Just aoticed two ef fry
oldest tnecada. en a schooinata, who ha e
dnvea out ea this storaxy Bight etghteea
at'lss to see aa play "Mont Crista." Nrithsr
of rhesa Las a-r seen th play. Now a
yesj heee fsweed that yea liked th Cast
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VSED TO WORSHIP HERE.
for the chcrches and resideac disriots.
It is said all new lcvenrlons and caw co
toms will cause market change in the diy
of Cmal.a. All cheapening In the cost of
fcuiliicga. all improvements to ertmctltii,
trad to destroy the value oi existing ba3d
yeus aa a church home for the Oejrraiin
Melhodirt people, when rt beeam tb prop
erty of the Salem Congregation of the Re
formed Chnrch of Donglaa County. Th
lot on which It stands waa deeded by Mayor
Jesse Low to 9tephea Ooffto to IK and
was sold to Samuel W. Purrlanoe of In
diana for SaftO. who later sold it to the
church for When th Salem Con
gregation bought the property it paid C
for the lot and building. Byron Reed it
one time held the property and tster O. M.
Hitrhooc-k bought it, rellirg it later to C E.
Perklna. then president of the Burlington.
The pnpeitf now belongs to the Perkins
estate. With large doors torn to its"sids
and its weather-beaten boards ereered with
advertisements for shows, the little church
which ha been need for a Women's Chris
tlon Tempt ran c union hall and a col ore 1
Baj.tiFt church, a city mission and a Re
formed Ihrtch eocgregatloo, would scajrely
be recogTrtred as one of the "crowded out"
churches of Omaha.
With half of Itr oripiial site used for a
saloon, and the old mctuary as a rtor
lirtiKe for a n-iphTKnrg liitcksmith, the
Iantsh Eraxig-! h al Ijitnt-rtn church,
erected to 1ET4. r.tndi near the corner of
Eighteenth and St. Mary's avenue.
The site was origtoiilly cwr.ed by the
late Herman Kouctaa, and is in the
Kourtze A Ruth s addition to the city of
Omaha. Mr. Kouiiixe a'.ld the site to the
church for f.400, and it consisted at that
time of almost two city lota When the
church trurtees sold the lots in 1VS to E.
R. Cx.pman. th property trought fT.Uui'
cash. It was next owned by Francis Bhaw
tngs. This means, when new buildings are
possible, thty will follow the reEident cis
trict and move on up the hill," ires 1 ig
churches and older dwIlirigs to at loca
tiona. Rary transportktim makes suburb an
hoires aa 1 the rest rents draw their churrh
after thtm.
Amctig the churches wl.irh have had an
undeserved fate ra beiug converted inn
buaineaa hooaes Is the little frame build
ing at Twelfth and Dodge streets, used in
its day by evry deoorxiinati n as a pace
ef worship, axd since by almost evtry
wtridly business from oemmisiion h:u"
to a storage building for a livery aiahua.
The church, which Is caw a storehouse
tot tuuxierotis wounded wagons sad 'Ayurad
act, suppose ws do tt all over again.'
With cnea of 'First act.' the curtain fell
and in a moment rose on the first act for
the accord Urn that evening Wha h
had fmiahed ONeU tad to make another
speech." i
rslsscl Clem's Oeaaastaaioa.
Colonel John Ia. Clero. ea.tant quarter
master general, th 'lfrimtnar Boy of Shi
loh," was among th officers wh suocess
f uJy passed Roosevelt's fifteen -mil test
of horsemanship at th PrseidJo. Saa Fraa
eisoo. Colonel Cieea does not owe hi
equau-tan sail te West Point tostractlon.
of ehlcA eo many officers beaeu and th
r a f . he u not a West Pointer is
worth relating. In the early part of Great's
f.rst term Ciena obtained an audience with
the president.
"Mr. President." hs opened the Interview,
"1 a lah i ask yea for an order to admit
me to West Point."
"Why do you not take th examinations?"
uuesi.oned Grata.
"I c.a. but I failed te pass."
"Tit a a unfortunate. How did it hap
pen T"
"Why. yoa sec. I was ia th war wh!l
tfaoe ouer beys of my eg wr in chooL"
C.rm u barely li then, ana boyish look
ing even for his years. H had made hi
ea a a ay . the president and had n po
litical sponsors to back him.
"What," exclaimed th president, "yoa
were in the war 7"
"Tea, I was ia the war four years." and
Clem related his experiences.
Grant role aomethit which he handed
to th young applicant. aay1ni
"Tax this to th secretary ef war. I
geaa tt will tlx yoa up all right"
Clem went hack t ths secretary ef war.
a ho had bf ore received him so coldly as
U dccurag anyone not endowed with kb
usual grit, and delivered his sot.
Tn secretary read tt and eased;
'Do you know what this IsT"
"No."" replied CSaat, "1 auppoes tt a
roaar to admit ai te Wast PeinL"
"V eil, tt isa't, tt s aa cr&ar t ootemle
aioa yoa ar. f.d I.uier sst aa th regular
fEED TO EE THE- FIRST BAPTIST.
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vehicles, was tuilt in 1ST4 tv the Nehrask
coofcrence of the Evanselkel AB0":ti.'n
of North Amerk-a and was used for two
and has sinoa been sold by the sheriff a
short time ago to Met Bros, to Mi.
Ths tniah churches are now on North
Twenty-sinn street and ar knrra as the
"Pella Daniah LOjeran church," at 3"
North Twecty-eixth street, ehich was or
ganized to IsHt, and the "Norwegian Dan
ish Lutheran church," at lSt North Twenty-sixth
street, which waa organised la
1FTJ. Tb little, deserted building at Eigh
teenth and St. Mary's avenue is mournful
evidence of th ahiftir.g of the ridenc
district of the Danish people hi Omaha,
going from the south to the north side, and
taking their chnrch with them.
The story of the Kountxe Me-norla churrh
is well known- When it was erected on
ths corner of Sixteenth and Harney streets
during the "Wa. the founder little expected
that tt would be poshed up Famam stre4
some day to permit the erection of a
tore building on the busiest thoroughfare
In Omaha, and the midwsy comer between
the north and eouth retail dixtrict. The
CJouncii Bluffs A Nebraska retry company
had deeded th site durine the fifties to
Samuel Curtie, and the cr-nsioeratkta was
too small to mention in the deed. Rut
Thomas Downs bought It in ".M for t,".
and got it on the "easy payment plan."
It is said thtt it rot:!'" tavf hef-n iu-;-jred
on tli "One dollar doe-n aud fl per month"
proposition.
Gradually the demands for the ite 1
came eo insistent thfct the north lot was
Bold by the Koustee Metnorial ass-.r!Bt1on.
and tn 1W4 James Neviile bought the corner
lots for s.i.i. Almost every vsntty of
busireM is ntw located on the old c Lurch
site. The Burwood theattr is on a part of
It, and tuildinrs on the wsrt end are oc
cupied by a Jewelry store, g-ents' furnisher
surgical sufply house, furrier, candy
kitchen and restaurant. '
Almost identical a jth the experience of
the Ktuntie Memorisl clrirch is that of the
St. F'hiloroena cathwlral, fcirraerly th
church home of the ir.ii of St. Mary'a
Th cathedral has Just been wr?rk(-d. It
gave way to th demands for more room
President of Creighton University
REV. EVGalNE
Tins was the nRsrr cttriptiak tabernacle.
in the wholesaling district. The sit was
held at one time ty the Council duffs A
Nebraska Fvrrj . - .rrpany. but was first
deeded by Msy ! Armstrong, in considera
tion of H. to parties nw unknown. Tt.e
flrrt consideration for the north lot eas
tWi, when Samuel Jacobs sold it to WT1
Lam A. Ouyer of Council Illuffs la VS.'..
It was sold by Guytr to tiie church for
about the 'same amount to 1WU but when
the Joha Deere Plow company bought it
of St. Philomena s pxriah a year agio the
two lots brought the snug sum of H'Kj.WO.
and the cathedral of tb diocese. St. Ce
cilia's, ia being erected at Fortieth and
Burt streets, over three miles northwest
of the site of old St. Msry's. which in 3
was "far enough out of town."
At the corner of Twenty-ninth and Far
nam streets the oil Park Congregational
church is the home tor a "ladies' tailor."
laundry office, shoe Busker, dry goods store,
barber and a dealer la cigars, tobacco and
confectionery. Besides sccummodaiing the
lines of a deparunent store tha building
has a second floor and would be called a
"St. Louis flat" to th language of a
present-day real meter.
The Park Congrc rational church waa a
traveler before it settled down is lif sad
went into the various lines of retail mer
chandiFlng. It was located first near
Thirty-first and California streets, where
It ens used for some time by the Congre
rationaiists, but when the Pirrt Baptist
church, and old auditorium burnt d at ths
corner of Fifteenth and Dodge streets the
jo; of the Flrrt Baptist church, after
uriiig the Toung Men s Christian associa
tion rooms for almost a year, bought the
Park Congrttalional church buUiing. They
moved It to Thirty-fifth and Famam and
used it for several ytare. until the First
Baptist church was erected at Twenty
ninth and Hsrney streets. The Baptist
people wanted to ertahlish a mission in the
old church, but they traded the lots afttr
lisirg the building for s Sunday school f r
some time and f.nally sold th baliding and
it was moved to the present location te
become a combination retail store and
flat.
Tfc lif of the Pilgrim Congregational
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church at Forty-first and Doc'g streets
was short and it was but a short space
of time between the day when the little
building was dedicated as a biute of
worship until It was converted into a mod
em cottage. Ni-n of the sales have beea
very successful and the price lart secured
for the lots was less than that paid for
the rite a hen the church bought them.
The record shows that the lr-te were f.rst
sold to William Caw m Burnhara in 1SN
by Alice O'Denaboe for W When the
Pilgrim church bpus-ht the lots In 1S9 from
th Anglo-American Ljind company th
consideration mentioned was TV.i and when
Mary A. Patrick bought the property to
convert it into a home in 1J6 the lots sold
for Rkio.
St. Mark's German Litheran churrh com
pleted a beautiful new church last year and
the old building was sold to be converted
into double house It stands at Twstity
first and Burdette streets, and except its
long windows, has no appearance of bring
a former church.
As automobile yaraaw Is the present
tenant of the tabernacle, built on a special
permit a few yeavr age on Nineteenth
street, between rarsaa and Harney
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Eventful Career
RITZ AVGL-3TVS HEINTZ has
Fl cr'TWTit.J stlTTiT-g events Hit his
I thirty - sht yer-.'s of l.ft. A
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ail ti.e ahiiitr tf the tra.ned
aitr ttii n.) tier -ot d ora'or.
proba'ily l.ae tier. a h'-pe
he eouid
pf'ptnar success a mie.arter cf tre
gosjie! ha 1 he folic-wed tie ci-liir.g marael
out for him by ti tereris. plLtn c.Tir.ii.
resmtnts of Lrookiyn- Htli.tt w t 1 a
onderf : Itv ket n n iT.i. iai.' S aiit i.jOus
and jk iHft ?e.j - t-undlef c.r?ider,ce In
hit ahli. y. ii6 r.j iVi.ry cf cxr! j:.r h.
career m.i.'.r -ft tar: w Ln-.i's o! the
L;thtran ri .r. --try
He rjar was 1.1. j-iporttr. the hfad of a
pr'tsperous co. 1 n. The faTni.y lite en
IV-rrvjK.nL sir-. , s-;jicrT c -c.ob
of B?oot!n a duarttr f cen. jrj agi.
He'we a as h-.m t ? on I-ec "T.ihr i.
IIS.'. As eath ci 'is sen :e-rre d e-!''"e
to g: to tr'..ii! tr e.;'- :ir '.ae t- '.hi n
to tr FsthetltT.a Fr.11 wen; n te
was yea-s oM He rte"iijei3 a sc...l
in H.ldes'it rr tr.d r turning hen l e was
li toll hit mother:
"I sm g .'r.g t j c-a'l ?..... If A-ti'u.
rt-t Frtta. l' -rr I a 'it to (5.t:rri- lht
boys here fc y i ' u.' rrn Tii'i -rl
Gtirrifcty t:.ty t . . t5 n Ta:.kee Frir.ai"
ITver siiice lien 1 - i.j. t . a kn n -s
F. Abgus'.tis H-. ,-. u: iy n.m.ha-rs oi
tls fsrrv'y is caliej Fr'tx
Frits graai-atej m n.ii..ng erg.neer rt
at Colurxh.s air.'iern'y, sni aert tu lj -ie.
Mint., a r.er he got a .it us an.-1'e ec.l j-rr
tt (a a Aa. tuL .( l.ai 3 t ieveu courf a
car. H gained ninrtl knri cUe is t. s
way for fivt years, and wheo I j gran
ruKiber died aud It!: 1. m t f ru
branched o-U and e-ita tru.-r An a
begaaB ts succeed Heinz eaugavged ia aJ
sorts of law sun, suii.g rigM anl left
whereirr hs wa opposed. He woa a suit
ever the Eetreila sun froia James A. M ar
ray, and then bought the Rarua Oiina for
gZ built sn.eittr and aoiht oJitr
Eune and rallreada Heicae got cocrul
of ths Lsry r-inx. added brauU.es to hi
srrets It a a used f.rst for a series of
special n.eetma-a. 1t the mndenrtandin
thM 11 would le torn doen as soon as tt
et t!a a foit tirre. as t? ws emi t of
f-arr:. . ai-.hm Uie fire limit, and Is said
to en. Is- c. r other projwrty. When the
V ry. Cli.'ian vtiurch conm ssticm found
tVeir I 'lilting Tailing to piece, tey eoca
pied the talaernacle a tile the new churrh
Ixirc freclej-
Wilhin a sh.rt lime th tabernacle build
Irp will .e torn doe a. according to W. T.
Gra-s-n. tiit pteter.t owner, but it has
served rtjrir.j tl . lart season at a bom
for the chug wagons.
The most recet.t mors to convert a church
Into bus r."rs prc'pTty Is In the purchase
of the 7errpie Isrsel at Twenty-third and
Hanxy streets ty F. D. WrssL who
aouncte his trilentiua of converting the
buildir.g into an automobile garage or a
Hat buildirg. Mr. Wead paid K.K for tb
j rc j ny, though tle buJding cost t&.k
lea built. The Jewish ieor,.le are te
have a new home oa St- Mary avenue.
Is the abstract of title of the old tempi
Bile is aurr.e interesting history. Hsrrlsoa
Johnson filed en the Tana of which th
lemp.e r.ie' was a part in 17. and tt waa
described as adjoining the town site of
Omaha, t.t the patent waa never secured
by Mr. Johnson, th U tiled States giving
the titl to John IL Ktlloza In lfQ. Mr.
Wead is tlie eighth owner of the property
ainoe it was homeeteaded by Mr. Keilom,
who sold It to William Srxauer to IVOl
The coogregauoa of Israel bought the s:t
for the temple in ISM. paying tiW for IL
Across the street William P. Kellogw. war
governor of Laoulsiana, secured twenty-sis:
acres at on time Iron) a maa by th nam
of Chapman for a team of gray horse.
But change is a law of life and a long as
human activity continues to alter th condi
tions of city lif and human taste, preju
dice, fashions, habit and customs con
tinue to vary; city vtroctur and values
will shift sad change; temples win be con
verted into plane ef business; church
homes will become modera residences; ca
thedral walls will fall, to be replaced by
th heavy si on and steel warehouse; mis
sion houses will be erased and alto
which must seem almost holy ground g-iv
way to place of amusement sad ta vani
ties modern me pursue.
i j i
OONTSP.EnATIWa
of a Copper King
rarrcw-garge road, and f.nally was doinf
so wtll with it that th CaaadLaa Pac f 10
pad him ri.2.. for tlie property, chiefly
to get rid ot sack aa energetic rival.
Wlrf-a Hetr.se returned to Butte, ta 1KPT.
he a as or.iy 3i year old, but had th
reputaJon of being one of th ablest min
ing men and hardest fighters in that aeo
l on of the country. He-ue cam lcto c: a
flict with Marcus Daly over mining prop
erty, and laier with the Standard Oil
con.pau)-. which formed tha Arualgamated
Cojper company and took ever tli Daly
lr.iere-tn. In a sr.ort time He'.nxe had rixiy
Its r-its i.rj5tr wsy. Cmc Hrry H.
Rogers ant for him and offered to jay tim
SJlo'.UX' f r tue M.nr:i Hraiy mine. He ns
ctlrrU' asked i'.(0:i.g( ffr it. Ia October.
IKf.. Htuntse got a dec isaoa la th Minnie
H--tiy c&e fat was worth mors thaa
f. ('(-. ;n. 10 hnn. In February. 1W4. Heine
and the An alrsmsted settled most of their
d f.'ereroes cn a liasi that put Several
m llioi.s into the young man's bank ac
count. Vrly charges of bribing th Judl
c:ry a ere msae against him. but never
pr-.ved He bought nea-srepers and start4
bekft. and a as a y-wer :a pohtiea K pjt
a'! of h s mires 11 to Pntted Copier com
I'Lny. to corporation, charier d
in rw Jerwv in lixtj
T. e T'al leader in Wall r.reet never took
hrll) ti Heirite. He a as too willing ta
gau-.hie on a luge scale, and the sub
rant i! ie-net.t in the financial district
foufci.t ""y of him.
He uia.l.) h.s brothers. Otto and
Ar; i ur id the fc. jck txci.ange firta of Otts
C Jlkii-ie A Co . 11 c bought control of th
Met:-' e Na': lr.k from Edsia
Gi.id and b-ci.iic its 1 rta-denL
& van trie tt,;; u i-iOec by th ktjh
claxs baLKing ti-Qeii;, he took up with
Charles W. Mcrse, E. R. Thomas and
Wall street men of that type and entered
the cirecuia'ta of several of th hank
in the chains ahacta thee snea staa
lnhed. Hemae was sever a surpass la Wall
street New Tars: Wat si,
