The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-20
HOW MAoRR GOT RICH.

HOW MAoE9 ooT RICH.
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One al che experiences ever
~vouchssfed anybody I'm this country OF
rapid changes b. that which John James
Maeee. now ut the Palace Hotel, has Rone
through. Mr.. MaGec is . middle-aged,
well-lressed man. His cloths arr Of tbs
latest fashion, and his home, as indicated
wa not always thus with Mr.. MaRee.
For several years he was q poor man.
residing at the port Of San Jose i'm Guate
mala. His duties were various, hut ~ the
arrival engaged in collecting the various
insects of that N
In 1874, after he had become fairly well
known heswas made British vice-Cosssul
zen Of Great Britain. One day some time
after this Jose Gonzales. then Comman-
ss,.,,s Of the G''n nsr,S az f fr;ssa ,hs ssi rs =
and they waxed warm with wine.
Gonzales happened to think that he had
about his business. He sent word TO Ma
gee to at once repair before him. Magee
sent word that he would come as soon as
G and bring him instantly" com
after him will, u file Of soldiers.
When Magee was produced the COM
unaIheIAIltes WHO WAS now nearly Wtlu WIFI
rags at the idea that any one could disobey
him for a moment, ordered that seventy
five iashes he laid ON his bare back.
protest and his most pathetic appeals.
Give him twenty-five more Tor luck
were finished. This was lone also, and
by this time MaRee was nearly dead with
pain and weakness. His back was liter
was carried to his humble home and there
confined for several days, though nursed
Meantime Ma9ee made complaint to the
British consul, who at once communicated
TO Great Britain the story of the gross
indignities heaptd upon him.
A reply was Immediately cablcd from
England to the Guatemalan authorities
lash he paid over to Magee, and that
summary punishment he at once meted
out TO the co~mniandante
the pinisihmen. Of Gonzaiez. else british
for SAN Jose. Besides the Guatemaia
must salute the British fiag.
vessels very close nj hanI. too. and she'll
ing the town of San Jose and other places
oil the coast and i'm the interior was on the
As may he supposed there was any
amount of excitement over the matter.
The brutal treatment OF MaRee became n
matter of international consequences.
haste to comply. At first il demurrcd
Masee. Ths G"atemala% %s' agreed in "a
protocol that the communicating should be
tiaa," The Gua,emaiam snW.rnme%t also
agreed tai salute the British flag with
~twenty-one gums ON the day to pe agreed
upon 10y Her Majesty's charge d'affaires.
As to aying $4,000 tn Maggie, however.
the protocol. which is now to he seen
Dom"hoe's Office here. set forth that Mr..
MaRee himself. though the victim of n
grave insult, did not ask for it. However,
IL England, after hearing all the facts,
still wished IL done, Guatemala would pay.
Meanwhile the = gums were fired on a
day set by the British charge d'affaires.
and Jose Gonzalez. the commandantc.
was severely punished by n sentence of
several years i'm prison, which he at
England. aftcs hearing all the facts, in
sisted on the of the money tn
MaRee, and S5l.UO was paid over without
much delay. MIR. Magee was then rich.
The country was new and franght with
There were few men better off than he
i'm all Guatemala. There were rich veins
of ore to he developed. and they could be
magnificent lands tai be got chcaply and
easily opened up for the production of
coffee.
The country was full of opportunities.
After a short time he formed IA coalition
with Barrios. the new president of Guate-
mala. and became Interested i'm many
profitable enterprises. He became one of
the largest coirce-Rrowcrs in that state.
and as there was much money IN coffee,
his wealth increased with remarkable
celebrity.
Magee also got excessive franchises fol-
building docks at the ports along the
coast. As nobotly else could build a dock
or compete with him he had and yet has
il all his own way.
No passengcrs can land from any boa
at any one of these docks without payins
from 81 to -, and he must pay this sun
when he leaves port again. All the ma
tives must also pay this tax, and not q
pound of coffee Or other freight can leave
these ports or he brought of from an.
vessel without paying tribute to MaRce.
In he has grown yer.
wealthy, his fortune being estimated n
about 81, 900.
He IL said tai he the wealthiest man II
Guatemala, though. for that matter. h
does not now live much in Guatemala
having n magnificent residence ina Paris
where he spends most of his time.
He has also n palatial residence i'm Gua'
emala.
Mr.. Magce is nov leisurcly journeyin
to his Central American home. He la
been here two days, and will sail on tin
next steamer.
From Time.
Bigbsse: Why. Small, you are just tn
man I want to see. You have known m
for five years now. haven't you?