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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

friends he is stiH known as "the merry
millionaire
There are other men who are as
wealthy as Sir Thomas Upton, but then
there are many ways of acquiring
wealth. Lipton's success has been the
reward of energy and earnest en-
deavor and uncompromising honesty.
The story of his struggles leading up
to all the final success with which his
busy life has been crowned, if ever
written out in fun, would read like a
romance.
When this man today PAGES the wide,
deck of his beautiful steam yacht Erin
and chances to feel through the ven
tilators the fetid air surging up from
the boiler rooms below, he will prob
ably recall the days when by the sweat
of his own brow in just such a furnace
room he worked his passage to New
York as a stoker on an ocean liner.
That flight from Glasgow was the max
ing of the man. Sir Thomas himself
confesses that his early life and ex-
periences in the United States were his
salvation. 1t Americanized him. 1t
put a razor edge on his already sharp
wits and gave him an extra dose of
shrewdness. 1t taught him to jump at
a chance when he saw one. That was
why, after knocking about the United
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

! another factory had to be started at
Omaha.
Then the tea business began to de-
velop. When Liptons success as
provision merchant became the talk of
commercial circles in London, number
of metropolitan bankers who had loaned
money to certain Ceylon tea planters
went to the big merchant and invited
him to go into tea planting. They were
afraid of their investments and trem-
bled for the interest on the faraway
loans they had made. They thought
they might unload on Upton They
suggested he buy the plantations on
which they had taken foreclosure pro-
ceedings. They sWore there were mil
lions in it. They set Upton thinking.
But Upton did not decide at once.
He packed his vaIise and went to Cey-
lon. He went over the plantations, no
one guessing who he was or the object
of his visit He liked the appearance
of those plantations very much. They
fitted into his general scheme of things.
He cabled to the London bankers, offer
ing them very low figure for their
pIantat ions Cant you DO better?''
cabled back the bankers. Upton knew
the plantations were his at his own
figure.
That is how ''Lipton's Teas became a
| byword throughout the world. He saw
| how the ruinous dirt and waste of the
/ primitive Chinese method of preparing
/ and packing the leaf was losing money
/ for every tea planter in the east. He
[ put in machinery, clean and economical
/ affairs that allowed him to undersell
his rivals, and gave the workingman Of
/ England good tea to drink at a most
reasonable figure.
In a few years the now notorious
+ Ernest Terah Hooley offered S12, 500. 900
for the Upton business. Upton declin-
/ ed with thanks. Instead of selling out
! he himself turned the business over to
a corporation, and English capitalists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04
THOMAS LIP TON, BOY And MAN

their odorous bales, and he often said
to himself that when he was big he was
going to own great ships and send
cargoes of tea in them all over the
world. But most of all he liked to see
the yachts that went up and down the
Clyde and said that some day he should
like to own the best and fastest yacht
in the world. Even when he became
a messenger boy in a Glasgow station
cry house he often used to steal down
to the docks and watch the white sails
go up and down past the dirty shipping
that crowded the river front.
when I am big" the messenger boy
earning , shiIlings and pence a week
used to say, 7 shall be a rich man. I
am going to have a yacht of my own.
1t will be the fastest yacht that was
ever made
Then the messenger boy would start
out on his rounds through the great,
gloomy Scotch city. But he did not do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

houses in London. he chums WI the
Duke of York and hObnObs with the
Prince of Wales, he crosses the Atlantic
in his palatiaI private yacht, the Erin,
but above and beyond all this, he is the
owner and the manager of the beautiful
and nysteriously constructed yacht
which is the challenger for the historic
cup OF the beloved old America The
ragged little Irish lad who once wan
dered about the streets of the gloomy
Scotch city is now Sir Thomas Upton,
the merchant king of the united en-
pire. But in the gray blue eyes of this
opulent merchant king there is still
the same old merry twinkle that lurked
there Sc years ago. Sordid and IN
scrupulous ways of business have
never come to England's great mer-
chant to embitter his heart and duh
his sympathies. Today among his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

lonese are picking and packing and
sorting teas. Each one Of them labors
for Tommie Upton.
Four hundred and twenty fourishing
business houses now stand in Great Brit
ain alone, each one bearing the name of
Thomas Upton. In Chicago and Omaha
he owns abattoirs that could supply tho
whole British army with meat. In his
employ are 10000 whites and a far
greater number of blacks scattered
throughout the remOter regions of this
earth. When the Princess of Wales
finds her jubilee dinner fund falling
through, this man takes out his check
book and nonchalantly writes out
check for SIPS. 900 to go toward feeding
the poor of London. He is knighted by
his sovereign as a reward for his
1nunifcent charities. He owns a beau
tiful place, a veritable palace, at
Osidge; he travels in special trains, he
gives half a million to found eating
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04
STORIES OF Rosa BoNHEUR.

Here is one of the many stories
that are being told in Paris Of the late
eccentric painter, Rosa Bonheur:
After she had cut her Ions hair and
shortened her petticoats she, to the in
tense disgust of her father, brought
home one day a pair of trousers, which
she resoIutely put on in spite of every
thing said by the other members OF
the family. This attire proved later
on to be the most convenient for
her to go about with in the fields,
the slaughter houses, the village fairs
and various other places.
In spite of her love for masculins
dress. however. Rosa was too much OF
an artist to admire it in other women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

sleeve All his life he has been trump
ing aces Has he still another trump
hidden away up the sleeve of that i'm
maculate white yachting suit of his2
Ihlrty-six years ago a ragged little
urchin used to sit on the busy docks
that fringe the River Clyde at Glasgow.
He spoke with a brogue and had few
friends among the wharf rats of the
city So he used to sit on the edge of
the docks and dream day dreams. With
eyes of bright Irish blue he used to
watch the merchantmen and the
schooners and the small sailing craft
going eternally back and forth. He
liked to watch them and the yachts
that went skimming back and forth
with broad, white wings.
The boys name was Tommie Upton.
He was also very fond of watching the
big tea vessels from China unloading
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

States for awhile, young Upton saw
there was money in the grocery bust
ness in Glasgow if any one could only
Yankeefy the methods of carrying on
such a business.
In some way or another his humble
but hardworking parents had scraped
up the vast fortune of S400-vast in
deed for British working people-during
their sons wanderings about America.
With this as a loan young Upton start
ed a little provision store in a narrow
street of Glasgow, not a pretentious at
fair, to be sure, for he was his own
salesman, and his own bookkeeper, and
his own porter, and his own delivery
wagon. 1t was hard work, but he was
happy. In the evening he put up his
shutters himself and in the morning
ne himself took them down Business
increased, but not so fast as young Lip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

LII America is standing on tip
~ toe. From the busy offices Of
Wall street. New York, to the
crowded wharfs of Seattle, from the
lumber camps of northern Michigan to
the Mexican border line, every good
American is looking anxiously toward
Sandy Hook, waiting for the first news
OF the great international yacht race
Which Will it be? VIII it be the
stanch Columbia, the flower of the west,
or the fleet Shamrock, the pride of the
Emerald Isle and the old wOrld2 win
the cup of the old America, which IN
Gle Sam has held so long, remain with
US, or will it be carried triumphantly
back to England by Sir Thomas Upton
and his Clyde built racer?
Such questions only time can answer.
Today everything stands in doubt. The
early confidence of the American
yachtsmen who once grew enthusiastic
over the beautiful lines and the airy
1ightness Of the Columbia has been
somewhat shaken since the ominOus
looking Shamrock has been f1uttering
up and down the Jersey coast like
frightened gull after her astounding
dash across the Atlantic Splendid as are
the lines and the sailing qualities of the
Columbia, there has been a feeling of
vague uneasiness since the Irish racer
has stretched her canvas in American
waters. a dark horse say old sea
dogs sagely, with wise wag of weather
beaten heads, % a dark horse. an mighty
unsartin lookin!''
But the interest will not all be on one
side. While the Montana cowboy and
the Michigan Iumberman are waiting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

as most boys. He did not forget his
dream.
The boyish fancy took root in his
breast He still said he was going to be
a rich man some day, owning great tea
vessels laden with fragrant chests.
Thirty-six years have passed since
the ragged little boy on the edge Of a
Glasgow dock said that some day he
would be rich and own a yacht. What
has happened since that timer
Today the once ragged little Tommie
Upton has a fortune of $4,000. 900. At
vast warehouse docks in Colombo, Cey-
Ion, lie fleets Of vessels loading with
chests of fragrant tea-tea smelling Just
as it did in the nose of the little Scot
tish-1rish boy who used to watch the
ships among the docks of Glasgow. Those
fleets now belong to that same little
boy. Today over 5000 half naked Cey-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04
NV zEALANp pRINK cURn.

In New Zealand a man who drinks
too much for his own good may be sum
moned before any justice of the peace
on complaint of any member Of his
family or other person Interested Wit
nesses are then heard, and if it can be
proved that he ''misspends. wastes and
lessons his estate, generally Injuries his
health and endangers and interrupts
the peace and happiness Of his family.
the magistrate will issue a written or
der to all liquor dealers within his juris-
diction forbidding them to furnish him
with any intoxicating liquors for q
period of Il months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

for the first word from New York the
Prince of Wales will probably be pacing
anXiOusly up and down the velvet piled
carpets of Buckingham palace watching
for the first word OF the race to flash
across the wide Atlantic. While the
crowded excursion steamers Of New
York harbor are churning and painting
after the two flying clouds of white
canvas the emperor of Germany Will
be impatiently pulling his imperial
mustachiOs and wondering how his sail
ors, who were sent over to help man
the Irish racer. have done their work
In farOn Ceylon 5000 half naked men
and women sweating among the vast
hillside tea plantations of their great
white master viii pass around the word
that their great white sahib and the
white men of the new world are making
strange trials of speed with little ships
that are all sail and no body. And as
the fragrant bales of tea are picked and
packed many rupees will be slyly put
up in wagers against the ship of the
new world. And when the last race is
lost and won and the news has gone
scurrying on a thousand singing wires
all about the world, and while extras
are being pounded out in sun scorched
Madras and newsboys are crying the
news in the frost laden air OF Edmon-
ton, there will either be tears in the
eyes of Uncle Sam or pandemonium in
lower New York bay.
For never before in the history of the
world has a boat race attracted greater
attention. The great machinery of
states and kingdoms will stop. the
wheels of commerce will slacken and
when it is all over q few million people
will say Il told you sol"
In the meantime Sir Thomas John
stone Upton, the titled owner Of the
Shamrock. finds himself the most
talked about man in two heni-
spheres. And with Sir Thomas there
Ia much to talk about. His has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

among the girls. whose sole ambition
was to resemble dear mademoiselle-"
But they went too far; for, one morn
ing, as Rosa Bonheur entered the
schoolroom with her firm step and her
expansive smile, she stopped short and
raised her arms in amazement. Heap
of little fdiotsi" she screamed in a tone
of ludicrous but real desperation
What have you done2''
They had all cut their hair short to DO
honor to their beloved mistress little
round nobl
It was not joke. Rosa was furious.
"Goodby, sottise fIlest" she said; you
won't see me again till your hair has
grown again; 1 will not teach mon
stersi'
And it required no end Of persuasion
to coax her round again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04
Story of the Career of the ShamrOCks
Owner-=-A Lad Who Had a Dream
Which He Never For a Moment
FOrgOt-==Its Full Reali=
cation.

been a strange history. In that history
there is a key to the present situation.
Sir Thomas is a man of originality
He dehes and always has defed prec-
edent.
He likes to have public shock up his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

who were not,
like her, destin-
ed to live in abb
normal cOndt-
tions. Her ia
Their had obtain
ed the direction
of a public
school of draw
ing, which he
attended two or
three times a
week. After his
death Rosa, who
took a great in
terest in the pu-
pills, manifested
a desire to sue
coed him, and
nothing could
equal the love
and admiration
sha In nir o 4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04

DR.. Richard J. Calling. the inventor
of the machine gun, has turned his
attention to the perfection of agricul-
tural machinery
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
AN ARCHITECTS PRIZE
An Award In the Phoebe Hearst
Competition.

San Francisco, Sept. 7.-One of the
most notable architectural competi-
tions ever known was ended tonight
when there was rendered what will
doubtless be the final decision in the
Phoebe Hearst contest for plans for a
group of buildings to be erected at
Berkeley for the use of the University
of California
These magnificent structures, as de-
signed, will cost between $10,O00,OO0
and $15, 100000, and the total ex-
penditures required to carry out in the
completion of the idea of eresting
here the finest educational equipment
in the world, will exceed a still larger
sum. The winner of the first prize
for the approved design is E. Bernard
of Paris, who will receive a premiu:l
of $4,000 for his plans
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
nINISTERHUNTER,s REPORT
Investigation into Richards COM
pIainf of Il.Treafmenf.

Washington, Sept. About two
months ago MIR. John B. Richards, an
American citizen, was summarily ex-
PEELED from Guatemala. He appealed
to Mr.. w. Godfrey Hunter. United
States minister at Guatemala city,
against such arbitrary action. Mr..
Hunter replied by telegram that the
authorities claimed that they were in
possession of abundant proof TO JUS
tify their order. Upon the arrival Of
Mr.. Richards in the United States he
came directly to Washington and laid
his complaint before the secretary of
state, who directed that copy thereof
be forwarded to Mr. Hunter for full
investigation and report.
The department of state is now in
receipt of MIR. Hunters dispatch giving
the result of his investigation. The
statements furnished are af1davits by
persons mainly in the employ of the
Guatemalan government
Mr. Richards, who is at present in
Washington, has filed a strong coun-
reinstatement with the secretary of
state, in view of which Mr.. Hunter has
been directed to personally visit Ia
capa, and make full and complete in
vestigation in order that the depart
ment of state may definitely deter
mine it's future course in regard to
Mr.. Richards complaint.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
TWO LITTLE GIRLS DROWNED.

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 7.-Profes-
sor George E. Beers of the Yale law
school, secretary of the faculty and
one of the leaders of the Connecticut
bar, was the hero of a life saving at
Burns Point, a summer resort, ten
miles west of here, last night. Pro-
fessor Beers breasted the swift run
ming tide in an attempt to save three
children. He was successful in pulling
from the water Daisy Taylor, daugh-
ter of John G. Taylor, CT this city;
Ethel Rankin, years old, daughter of
John Rankin of Brooklyn, and Ethel
McCauley, daughter of Charles Nc
Cauley, of Brooklyn, were drowned
The families of all the children
are staying in summer cottages at
Burns Point. They were playing en-
sand bar. half a mile from the
shore They wandered out into the
undertow and were sucked beyond
their depth before they realized it.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
THE NEW HEAD
Grand Army COmmander-in-Chie
ChnSen Yesterday.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 7.-Vessels
of all sizes and descriptions. from the
imposing battleships of the North At
lantic squadron to the putting and
screeching river tugs, took part this
afternoon in the great naval pageant
which was the feature of the fourth
day Of the G. A R. national encamp-
ment. The Indiana, Massachusetts,
New York, Texts, Brooklyn, Dolphin,
Detroit and Nashville were anchored
in line along the river front, each one
gaily decorated with flags and bunt-
ing. The display was reviewed by the
president, Secretary Long and other
distinguished guests.
At tcday's session of the encamp-
ment Judge Leo Rossieur of st. Louis
withdrew as a candidate for command
er-in-chief, and Col. Albert D. Shaw of
Watertown, N. Y, was elected by ac-
clamatiOn.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
LAST HOPE GONE.

vaal artillery has been called out and
the burghers notified to be ready. The
latest reply Of the Transvaal to Great
Britain is regarded as marking the dis
appearance of the last hope of peace
Johannesburg, Sept. THE burgo-
master announces that the govern
ment will help the municipality to con-
iinue it's preparations for hostilities.
Groceries generally have advanced ten
from the coast are anxiously awaited
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
CHANGED FOR THE WORSE
The South African war Now Seems
Certain.

London, Sept If the TransvaaI
situation has changed at all since yes
terday, it is for the worse The Boer
request for an explanation as to the
massing of British troops on the from
tier of the TransVaal has an ominous
note of irritation and impatience which
interpreted as anything but defiance.
Both here and in Cape Colony the ten
sion and arming continue. Whether
tomorrow's cabinet council will afford
any immediate relief is still a question
of great doubt.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
THE DUTCH SIDE.
1t Is Interested Persons That Cry
kruger Oppression

Montreal, Sept THE Rev. P. G..
Meiring, pastor of the Dutch Reformed
church of johannesburg, is in Mon
treal. Yesterday he gave the Afri-
kander side of the controversy in the
Transvaal. The agitation in the
Transvaal he considers to be the
work of interested persons in high
places, whose object is not the redress
of the grievances of the Uitlanders,
but the wiping out CT the Transvaai
as an independent community and It's
absorption by Great Britain. Were
such not the case, he asks, why the
present great outcry against Kruger
oppression" began concurrently with
the victory of the reform party in the
volksraad in April last, when, as
natural result of such victory, the ex-
tension of the franchise and the re-
dress of ether admitted grievances
would follow by the free action of the
Transvaal government and without
the need of a resort to war?
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
AN EARLIER CAMPAIGN.

Washington, Sept. ACTIVITY in the
war department offices and the close
figuring that is being done regarding
the available force for the Philippines.
indicates an early movement 1t has
been known that a forward move
ment was contemplated in November,
but there are now indications that the
campaign may begin at least a month
earlier, if there should be a favorable
weather condition. Py October 1
General Otis will have an army of 3D.
900 effective men.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
WISCONSIN HISTORIANS.

Green Bay, Mich, Sept. 7.-At the
concluding session this morning of the
meeting of the State Historical So
ci:aty the following papers were read
and discussed: 'FThe Intellectual Life
Historical Society and What 1t Stands
For;'' ''The Story of the Fox-Wiscon-
sin River Improvement" THE Com
ing of the New York Indians to Wis
consin;" "The Citizenship of an Old
Settler" This afternoon the visitors
took another jaunt down the bay to
visit the mythical Eden of the Winnie
bagoes.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
THE HAVANA COURTS
Gen. Brooke Wants Speedy
Trials for Prisoners.
LAWYERS HSSIg0ed to the Defence
fiuSf Not Delay the CaSeS-Some
of Them Have Been Awaiting
Trial for Two Years.

Havana, Sept THE impulse
which American energy has impaired
to the Havana Audiencia has aroused
some of the lawyers here to make a
| vigorous protest. The trouble arose
| from the order of Governor General
Brooke that the cases of hundreds of
prisoners who have been in Jail from
one to two years\ be disposed of at
once by the criminal branch of the
court. Most of the prisoners were
persons having 10 money and the
court appointed lawyers for their de-
fense, as is the case under similar
conditions in the United States. Here,
however, the lawyers appointed in this
manner would fail to appear in court,
thus causing pcstponements time and
again, while the accused remained in
jail
General Brooke told the new Audi
encia that this must stop. According
ly, two days ago when Lawyer Rod
riguez, who had been appointed to
defend a prisoner, failed to appear
when the man was arraigned, sending
a physicians certificate that he was
i'll as an excuse for his non-appear-
ance, the president of the court sent
a police surgeon and policeman to
the lawyers home to examine into the
matter. The surgeon found that Rod
riguez was well, and the policeman
took him to court, where he explained
that he was feeling better He was
very indignant, however, at the action
of the court, and later sent protest
to the Lawyers association
The Audiencia intends to continue
this method of forcing the appearance
of lawyers assigned to cases. Some
of the newspapers severely criticise
the court and urge that other methods
be employed to attain the desired end,
but these would involve too much
time
Secretary of State Capote, who
urges that Cuba is nation, and who
has been trying to have Cubans who
became natura1ized in other countries
Oul ing InS W regain IGSlE OuDdu
by renouncing their foreign
naturalization, now wants General
Brooke to appoint Cuban representa-
tives to all the European capitals to
safeguard Cuban interests abroad The
plan is considered ridiculous even by
the strongest separatists
General Brooke ordered Senior Betan-
court, governor of Matanzas, to turn
over to the control of the church au-
thorities there the cemetery, over
the ownership of which the municipal
ity and the church have been quarrel
ing. The ayuntamiento threatened
last week to resign if the cemetery
was surrendered. A demonstration in
of General Brooke's order
will be held on Sunday.