The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-07

On. TAlMA0e'0 WEALTH.
The Bsssklyn Dsvsns Do Nes . Minssaairs.
Bse Ne is Nes Pesr.
The many urgent appeals for aid sent
CONGREGATION of the Brooklyn tabernacle
.ince the Of their house OF
worship by fire nave aroused unfavorable
comment In certain quarters. In asking
tho whole world tn literally chip I'm and
help them rebuild the tabernacle DIR. Tai
mage and his associates have used lam
gua9e construed by the uncharitable as
being unfortunate i'm its i~nsinuation of
poverty and helplessness on the part of
DIR. TalmaGe and his congregation These
few unkind ones regard the popular pas
tor as n very wealthy man-a clerical
C~resus-ano think that the congregation
ID large enough and prosperous enough to
build, unaided from without, the inpos-
ing and magnificent church they propose
10 locate ON q costly plot i'm the most aris-
~tocratic neighborhood ON the hill.
The impression. Nd general, that DR..
Talmage IL very rich, is not correct. He
Million Mill On OF y d esH ! XI.S Ssxss M Sna %ss.n =
eaceed ssCydo. When DR.. Taimase came
receiSeS only " q small iTs.s $50 500 aye q Year -:
He continued on this salary for several
years, when the figure wa raised to ss,O0o.
remained for twelve years. All told the
TT slm,Ss S So"sr w,.i h has paid 7s 1s;
salary: on which he has lived
money outside of his salary until his first
return from Europe. about ten years ago.
Since then his outside earnings have
steadily increased from year to year until
$4,000 will about cover the entire amount
he has SO far received from his lectures
c ss" ~ sxsress, ana e=a =sr,ninS.s' p Dr.. TalMass
hears the reputation OF being a long
headed, shrewd financfer. An intimate
vestment, says there is no smarter busi-
ness man I'm New York state. He thor
ouehiy understand. the value Of money,
the lat, e .Henrs %ar% Bssehe !:
money !" Today DR.. Tal,naee is not worth,
in cash. over 100000 He bought the
handsome residence i'm which he lives, at
a few years after his arrival i'm Brooklyn
and while yet poor. He paid about MOL
cash and got easy terms on a Sap!eOo
and il worth, with it's contents, 100000.
The furnishings are expensive and beau
f En.sham nrs Image T.: Is SaIns5Y At .la ssc.oc g.
The only other real estate owned by DIR.
Talmage consists of "a few lots on the old
Sa.0O6. They were bought by Mrs. Tai
mage at a foreclosure sale;
VSeIaAA aHA " TIT va IgAAF hhNghbSv ISt
cent mortgages. Al the time of writing he
has $4,000 invested i'm good m~ortRa0es on
Brooklyn real estate. He embarked i'm
mortgages i'm 1851, and has been steadily
increasing his operations ever since. A
good deal Of his money In invested I'm his
wife's name. From the beginning DIR.
and Mrs. TalmaRe have held over ~
mortgages, their money having been put
out through a leading real estate sdealer.
With one exception the mort
Cages have been on private resi-
denccs. This solitary exception was I'm
the case of ex-Alderman Philip Casey. On
October IL, 1887, Mr.. Casey borrowed
$1,000 from Mrs. Talma0e, and used the
money thus obtained in building his hand
hall court and liquor saloon on DeRraw
street, Mrs. TalnnaRe. il is fair to presume,
not being aware of the purpose to which
her money was applied. On J~anua III,
1883, Mr.. Casey liquidated the mortgage
DIR. and Mrs. TalmaRe now hold mort
Cages on residences i'm st. Felix street,
Cumberland street, Bergen street, Mas
sau street, Park place, Baltic street,
Schermerhorn street, President street,
State street. Lawrence street, Elev.
enth street and Flatbush. 1t costs DIR
Talmage $1,000 u year to live. He has a
large and expensive family. His journey
q Palestine, ON which he is now EN-
barked. is calculated on to net him $50,
600 ON his proposed book ON Christ and
the Holy Land. beside $1O,OOO more that he
expects to make on lectures after his re
turn. The income of $4,000 received from
the mortgages is being reinvested In
Since last July the Tabernacle pastor ha,
sy.snl an OGn I'm rstNy pos