New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-25

was no attempting TO do any wVrs. !n1 . ne% Ne
of the accountants were too full Tor that M.
Ludgsn, Mr.; Belront's partner remained AZ me
Office until 3 p. m, when lie left IT 10 20 10 MI
Belmonts home. Previous TO that noun, scJre Is
Of prominent men in business downtown called AT
the office to leave their cards or 10 eSpiess Few
words of sympathy. None of Mr. beimonts s sons
after 8 O'Clock everybody employed there went vent
home. Mr. Belmont was much peicscu ~ III,
Office employees, who seemed deeply 10 g'.e'e III ~
his sudden death. Mr. Ludsan deciineI ill., " ,%,s
erty. other than to say that he owned country
home at Newport, a stud farm at EaoyIo,, ~ ru l.,
and maintained breeding iarn IN , Not he
disposition OF the property nc sald w9ulu m1e w
made known until the will was offered 1or prooa'c
"CLUBABLE" MAN.
He was a member Of the Manhattan, Union, hnlcK-
erboclyer. American Jockey, Corey Island JOCKEY
BROOKLYN jockey and the New-York Jockey cIuos
With John Van Beuren'S L. NJ. BaElew, cAmuea
j. Tilden, James I. Brady, Edward Cooper william
Butler Duncan, Manton Marble, Henry Hi
ton. Andrew II. Green, John l. Hofi-
man. Charles oConor and I'd. P esar0o1 ne%s
of the Manhattan Club, and was for time W,l ls
president, being succeeded by Aaron .; WANDER
poel. lie spent most of his time at the Union
Club howeye where Re- IsIu mo 20 p Was the social
loader of New-York Ills dinners were always
models Of excellence and perfection Not the
most minute detail OF the da d9neSs iG he ever
gave was that to Talleyrand
SOME ROMANCE IN HIS CAREER.
Mr. Belmont's life had more than the ordinary
amount of romance in it. He won his wife after
fighting with Southerner duel, OF which she
was the innocent cause. lie was at the theatre
one night with number of friends, and Their at
tention was attracted toward box opposite, III
which sat a number Of young ladies, one OF Wiiom
was strikingly beautiful Remarks OF nlSnly
.lipoau fa ma
and their beauty were made by the young men.
When they were leaving the Dox, Southernef
brushed up against them ana uttered n aeI Rel,
mont extremely angry. His hot temper got me
better Of him and he retOrted in tones whlcn
fired the Southern blood. ~
ward in the Elysian Fields near loboken Inc
Southerner was noted pistol shot and Ar. BEL
mont's friends gave him up for dead the moment
it became known that duel was to DC iougn a.:
The result turned out differently from what they
expected Mr.. BelmOnt's opponent was kiiIed
outright and Mr.. Belmont received ball III the
leg This made him cripple for liie Inc zen
don stiffened and drew the lower part Oh tne lnlo
up, SO that it neticcably curved, ana com
PEELED Mr.. Belmont to walk thereafter with a de-
cided limp. The duel made him a hero, however,
and he was afterward introduced to the young
woman TO whom ne had been particularly az
tracted at the theatre. She was Miss Perry, q
up the ports Of Japan TO Americans and who was
brother of the famous Commodore Perry, the hero
of Lake Erie.
GLANCE AT HIS HANDSOME HOME.
Mr.. Belmont then built the mag
nificent home in Nfth-ave, at
Eighteenth-st. 1t is estimated that the house,
grounds and furniture are worth S?,coO,0CO IL
was there That he entertained 50 royalty IL Is
like going into an Oriental palace to enter this
house Rare and costly tapestries adorn the walls,
antique furniture and expensive statusry fill the
rooms His art gallery, while IT Is not Inc most
valuable private collection in the city. contains
many works of che best artists OF the century.
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.
Mr. Belmont's family now consists OF his
widow: Perry Belmont, who is thirty-eight years
old August Belmont, jr., aged thirtySiX' OliVer
H. p. Belmont twenty-eight, and Mrs D. ,.
Rowland. Two children are dead. They were
Jane Pauline who died October Is, 1875,
nineteen years old, and Raymond, who accidentally
shot himself a few years ago. He was twentl-o
What the disposition of the great estate which
Mr. Belmont leaves will be is as yet simply CON
lecture. Even his closest friends have no idea oil
what he has done with his property in his will:
Mr.. Belmont was man Of medium SIZE; tsna-
ing somewhat toward ruggedness and sturd,hess.
He wore rather. Closely cropped SIDE.
whiskers, which OF. late years were almost
gray: He had not a. college eau aad ~
was almost impossible to approach him upon any
subject, unless it Of a technical nature, thac
he could not discuss underStanulngly. nc "oo
not an extensive reader The many subjects III
which he was actively and personally interested
took IN too much of his time 10 give him an
ouportunity to devote much of his energies 10
stndy IL was therefore a remarkable thing 10
his friends to find him so we'll informed upon 50
many matters He wrote a clear, terse ietter,
using few words and knowing the full value ana
weight of each His letters were strong ana u
As speaker he was not eloquent but talked
in a plain, straightforward ard convincing way
that attracted the attention almost immediately
OF those who were listening to him. speaking
as he did four languages and writing each well
he never lost the accent Of his native country.
Years ago Mr.. Belmonfs temper was o. ullc
fiery. hot-tempered uncomfortable KIND. lie was
mperious and commanding, and distrustiui IN Ie
extreme of strangers When he chose. though
he could be delightfully."- amiable and charming
In later wears there had been CONSIDER
able change in his manner 10 those Ia
whom he could rely, he was NOR NOR
ant to be pleasant and agreeable: IN ioo4
an episode occurred in Mr.. Bclmonts LIE whlch re-
suited in the resignation Of Henri NJ Braem, tne
Danish Consul from the vestry OF Trinity OhuIcn'
of which he had been a member Tor Ten s ears,
Some one sent letters of a defamatery n arn.c
10 members of Mr. Belmonts family chaI .rs
him with various discreditabe acts lh' iGo'ci 90
were traced to Mr.. Braem, with the result "i-
ready mentioned. IL. ,r;o,ds
This year, upon the solicitation OF nus lr,enuS.
Mr. Belmont published a book containing many ats
Of his letters and speeches. IL was prin'eu ioi
private circulation only.