The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-05
OF the Emerald Isle Who Ran
Away and Bename
Rich.
ndera OF the Emigrant In
dustrial Savings Bank Of
New York.
kverers or the Famous nonnnza
kine,-Others who Have Graduated
From stserAge to Palace.

|ecently published paragraph to tho
that while Iriahmen havs been sue
ii in many lines at busineas, few have
me promlnsnt as fnAnciers is causing
nation among the non and daughters
: Emerald isle. Nothing rouaea an
man quicker than an attempt to dis
70 his race. Hs considers his people
bquals Of the German, French or Eng
We wants ii understood that al
oh Iriahmen have not had much show
pine they can hold their own with any
onality whom given half a chance.
slur upon their ability to manage
ey matters is particularly Objectionable
rlshmen, and the statement that they
OF succeed as fnanoiers is resented by
b with emphasis. That tbs statement
correct is plain to any II who pauses
onsider the number Of native lrishman
are prominent figures in the world OF
nee, both in this country and abroad.
y are not only TO DO found among NIL
aires. but are conspicuonsly the men
! have built up their fortunes from the
humble beginnings.
8 better illustration Of what Irlshmen
do in q financial way can be cited than
EmiQrnnt Industrial Savings bank, says
New York Press. Started by Irishmen
a century ago and run by Irishnen
i since. the bank, with ita $40 900, COO ct
osits and So, 900, 900 of surplus. ia an n
werable argument NC to the ability OF
Lhmen to handle none matters. Inc
cnificent building on Chambers street is
tting monument to men like Gregory
Ion, Henry Il. Hoguet, Arthur Leary,
nes dwell and Eugene Kelly.
he good that the bank has done to the
nsands OF the Irish race is a more elo-
bnt testimonial than tablets OF bronze
b shafts Of granite. There are 70,UVO
,~ositors now on the books Of the bank.
lety per cent. OF them are either native
III OF OF Irish descent. Nearly every
81 fortune Of any size in this vicinity
!. its beginning in a deposit in the Emil
Init Savings bank. "
Jlosely allied with the bank, and having
arly the same officers, is the Irish Emil
hnt society. It has quarters in the bank
ilding and supplements the good work OF
b bank by looking after deserving immi-
ANITA who flee from oppression and want
their native isle.
k%irepory Dillon was the first president of
10 bank, and to him a large portion OF teh
Iedit for the successful launching of the
|Stitution and its establishment on e
und basis ig due. He was prominent IN
anySIrish societies, and ~in'banking circles
|as considered a conservative and an
Bic man. His SUCCESSOR, Henry 1, HoRuet
ho died last year, was conneeted with the
INK for twenty-eight pears n Wn'
|esident for twenty-one years. He SOW tn
"a in 1850 to over $4,000 900 at the time q
Is death. He was 4 man OF great financia
,ility, and during his regime tho bani
eospered and increased its business ever,
bar. Nil. HoQuet was born in Dublin II
BIC, He camo to the United States in 1854
Ia waa a clerk in d commercial house unit
b48. when he became a member of the firm
Wilmerding, Hoguet d Go. He retifee
rom business in 1875, many times q mil
onaire. He was the principal founder Q:
ae New York Catholic Protectory. In 1877
,edal Of the order of st. Gregory the Great
Probably the most prominent lrlst
in Now York is Eugene Kelly. FL
|, n Of the directors Of tho Ernigran'
ayinRs bank, is the head of the banking
ouse Of Eugene Kelly q Co., and is inter
sted in q score of financial enternrises
II. Kelly is a very old man now, but he il
t his office in Exchange place nearly ever,
Nv attending to the vast business Of Iii
ouse. He is the owner Of Temple Court
be building filled with lawyers offices,
nd he recently erected as an annex tn
andsoms gray Limestone building on Mas
+ stone brought bv Mr.. Kelly from hi,
alive county in Ireland. Mr.. Kelly ii
rorth anywhere from $751; 00, 900 to $4,000,
90.
Mr., Kelly ia said, to have earned tn
money that paid his passage to this cout'
nv by driving a iaunting car in. has nativ'
,lace, County Tyrone, ireland. With hi
laer brother, John, he was in the grocer.
BUSINESS in San Francisco, and the founda
ion for the fortunes OF the Kelly famil.
vas thers laid. At the death of hi
John. Eugene Kelly found himsel
rich man. He has proved a good man
ger, and he is now n of tho wealthles
in Wall street. "
The O'Donohue family are conspiouou
Irishmen who are successful tlnanoia
The elder Joseph J.. O'Donohu
,uilt up a vast fortune, and the four son
Who inherited his wealth have every one o
hem increased his pile. They are all mill
~onairss now. Probably the best known 0
he quartet is Joseph j., Jr. He is usual
among coffee merchants, but he ]
properly a %inanoisr. While he is ut IL
1ead Of the largest coffee house in tn
he ia also engaged IN men
requiring capital and brains
Ie supplies both. One of hi
projeots-tho building Of a second Brook
Iyn ~bridgs-was temporarily checked b
lie Albany Legislature last session. But b
expects to obtain this required l~egislatio
lext winter. lie is heavily interested
railroads, OWNS considerable real estat'
and is in several manufacturing enterprise
He Is \ director in half a dozen banks an
rust companies, and is supposed to WELD
big influence in the councils of Tamman
hail. Mr.. O'Donohue is q patron of sever
charitable institutions, among them bein
The Cancer hospital and several Cathol
asylulns.
The bonanza kings illustrate the poss
bilities of tho Iiish chnracter-four lae
vhn m ma 10 this oountry in the steerap