Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-07

town, and his is one of the older villas.
1t stands in the midst of a beautiful
lawn, backed up on the rear by dense
growth of timber. The ~erandas are
built quite around the house. and vines
in a luxurious growth have made a beau
tiful screen. which all but hides the first
story. The house is square, and is rails
ed to three stories, the top one being in
a French roof.
The third of Boston's four kings is
Thomas w Lawson. The remarkable
career of this man has earned MIN an
other title, that of the Monte Cristo oe
New England" He is an enigma to
many Of the staid cid Boston business
men. They do not understand him. He
is 100 dashing an operator for this stolid
old town, but he Xix IS it better than N@W
York.
The family Bible may tell how Old he is,
! but Tom Lawson will not. H. is sup
posed to be about 40. During his COM
paratively brief career as a stock opera
tor he has caused more gray hairs IN
State street than time has. In .pesu!a-
ton his enemies, and he has A choI'e
collection of them. admit that as a plum
! ger he is a success. In his sp~aculations
he is a riddle, and the conservative cnIoo
have guessed wrong so many times thdl
they have given up guessing "heil ~
. goes into the street, and simply LAKE ~
their cyclone ella
He has made and lost fortunes. No one
knows at this mn what his wealth is.
but a mar who can pay 10000 for 4 PINK
is not in danger of being arrested FOR MS
poll tax. ..5
Several wears ago a western railroad
maenate. who did not wish to be known
i'm the deal. approached lawson ana
, asked him to go into Missouri and puy a
| railroad at sheriff's sale. .-,
! Lawson agreed and received a certlfled
check. which he was about to deposit 10
bind the bargain. The limit was also
ooroaI ,,crn Lawson 3nnpafpu at the
court house steps at the proper time. lie
was a stranger and property was SOLD 10
him 1921, coo below the limit. He went TO
New York, made the transfer of the
! property. and returned to Boston.
! Nothing had been said as to the COM
mission Lawson WAS to receive. Men on
the street say that he received a cheek
for 1925, eco. The railroad man put him in
the way of other deals which made him a
winner for the year Of about 81 GOO, $50.
The next year they say he lost a cool
million. He recouped in Westinghouse
Electric, which stock he practically set
on its feet. and also on General Electric.
which he as practically knocked off its
feet. This made him enemies in the man
agerGent of the latter n one
OF the head men threatened to drive him
back to clCrki1g, where he began.
Lawson retaliated by investigating
General Electric affairs and buying in
when the stock dropped in of
his action. This was a great speculative
strike; and he was worth a million when
he entered on a southern land scheme,
known as the Grand River Land COM
pany. This was an immense fizzle, and
he had to start again without Il dollar.
His dealings were always square, and he
has a reputation that would enable him
to go into any national bank in Boston
without d dollar and borrow all he
wanted.
Then he went into the copper stocks
and again made a fortune.
He goes in for sports and athletics.
own a fine stud. and a very beautiful
yacht. He occupies "a magnificent man
sion on the Bay State road, and owns an
other in the nearby own of Winchester
The fourth king in copper is Albert
Cameron Burrage. Mr.. Burrage is pres
ident of the American Copper Mining
company and is worth millions. He is a
young man. born in Worcester county AZ
years ago tomorrow. He went to Cali
fornia and lived there until he was Is
years old. Then he came to Massachu-
setts and went through Harvar univer-
sity and law school. After he left the
common council, in 1891, where he was the
originator of the celebrated Burrage ordi-
nance, he became interested in the gas
companies and engineered the combina-
ton of the various corporations. For this
SEN L he = SdIu L u < ICNCiN GU q ~
mission OF $3.50, goo. Then he went into
copper and has made millions. He has
a fine house in RoXbury, and is now build
ing a magnificent palace Oh Common
wealth avenue, corner of Hereford street
This makes complete the -four kings
that constitute Boston's winning hand
but there are othcrs-stars of Il lesser
magnitude. The crown prince Of the Bos-
ton nobility is, beyond a doubt, Joseph 4
Co,am. HI has as large a variety oi
mining, manufacturing and banking in
~terests as any man in Boston. y prince
of the blood is not far below a king, any
Way-in fact, is king presumptive.
Some idea of the magnitude and diver
sity of his business interests can be
cleaned from the fact that he is connected
as PRESIDENT or director with 20 companies
whose business is mining, manufacturing
or banking. He has controlling Interests
in lead, silver, copper zinc, iron, coal and
gold mines. He is president of the cochitl
Gold Mining company, the Bingham
Copper & Gold Mining company, the Mon
tana Coal & Coke company, and many
others.
Then come the royal d~ukes-Clark and
Coolidge. Edward A. Clark is president
of the United States Copper company,
and occupies a whole suite of offices at
No. s Congress street. He carries heavy
lots of different securities in this same
red metal, and is reported to have made
large sums. amounting to the millions
He works in connection with William II,
Coolidge. Mr.. Coolidge is more generally
known a,out the city as a lawyer of wide
reputation than as a copper ma2nat"
lie wa for some years assistant counseI
of the Boston e. LoWell-unti1. in fact
that road was absorbed into the Boston
& Maine. He has a fine residence in
Newton. With Mr.. Clark he has added
to the snug fortune that he had left hin
in his fathers estate.
A quaint figure seen on the street Is