The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11

spoken voice, he gives one at FIRST the idea
OF the confidential clerk OF an old lawyer.
II il amusing 10 see how people are at
first disappointed with him. Not long
ago military authority who came across
him In South Africa wrote home.
THAT he "A a millionaire and great
finsncicr I am informed on good author
ity and take II for granted. Had been
tn ignorance OF hts entity ! should have
taken him for a nonenlity. and certainly
not have given him the rrcdH for being
either a millionaire or flnaneicr For he
Is a most unassumtng and transformations
man OF wealth. and as kindly, quiet and
courteous az II Is possible 90 be. Very
ordinary and mcager In his ideas and
commonplace IN his conversation. he r.
one of the last men l should have picked
out 81 a crowd as able md capable, Belt
must be either so deep ~ so shallow that.
In the one case Il is impossible 20 get a,
the bottom OF him. and in the other. al
though "a possible to look through 81
IL quite impossible 70 see anything
However. Mr. Belts TneakneHa is deep
tive. A a young man he was sent from
Johannesburg 70 the diamond mines az
Kimberley. He was only 2, but be had
skill enough 70 see that With proper man
agemeni the mines were only ~ the be-
ginning of their iife. He had a rich fasbay
in his German home. who backed firm
with abundant funds. and yeung Belt be-
gan buying with marvellous results,
lie Was soon Joined b. another man
whose name - uow IN The mouths ~ all
Cecil Rhodes Rhodes was backed BY the
Rsthschlids. Belt by his father, and 'o-
gether the two succseded IN forming The
great diamond trust. which. under the
name uf the Dc Beers. nnW eontrota FrBc-
tically the Nhele output Of the most pre-
cious stones Ia the world
A. the he Reers mines N Kimberley
n fHa4 aan
bss scale. Nine years ago iheY admitted
that az 70 that time they had taken some
thing ike nine tons ~ diamonds from
their mines The mines yield a profit 81
ciorc on s9Nd9ea year and pay q aiyl-
dend ~ - per cent
fast wear ar e sort of poUrbpsfe Mr.
Ts.it and air Rhodes made the shafchpla-
srs a present u their interest a. Me gov
erneFs IN the ralun. A llie governors they
we're each entitled go fisARa year estl,
airy 80 that this presset really meant
a gif u about E.No.'so 90 the share
holders
Mr.. pet has once or swtce given proof
that hs Il not 60 b. ATTACKED with i'm
puaity. AZ the fima ~ the S1ath Ar
rican raid inquiry BY the how@s % COM
mons Mr. Inbouchere rad been attack
ing Belt bitterly. alleging that he had cree
sted the raid Tor personal purposes ard
had been making Iot II profit out q g.
Ny beN 9A}&tsG TOOK hiH ttat tA tsH
witness chair and turned on f.1bbT in
ire esnfiest voice he rspuGigted what he
termed tie wife attacks, and preaard
Mr. Isboarhsra hard. DECLARING - ~ah
bound in justice and Ga honor ettGer 70
establish the charges or - withdraw them
absolutely and qni@iiy. LAb0gcheFe sna-
denly found that he had urgent business
elsewhere and the attack was never re-
suned
M. Bette house in Park lane IS not 80
,,,ox.entatyoss a. is owner Only three
stories high. r. spreads 0gi over wh&t 10
for the Fifth avenue ~ London very
great space ~ land snd has attached 70 u
a great winter garden
When II was FIRST opened little over
year ago. London society was sfeStiy
,.c,nt,xat. a. 10 What It's style was. Some
| declared that IL WAS early renaissance.
| some this, some that, bit well known