The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-21

spend $1oOoO.OOo on house and Its fur
1iishings, that should be. the finest in
New York.
A balustrade of gold md silver stair
case made from metal taken from his
own mines. pillars and Nalnscotings and
friezes of costly marbles, wall paintings
dono by famous masters from abroad, to
rival the works Of art in the palaces Of
Roman emperors and Ponlpeiian MOBILES,
and pictures and tapestries costing for
tunes each This is the way 1t Is said
Senator Clark proposes to lay out $4,000
900 on his new mansion. AT present only
the foundations are being laid at the cor
aer. of Fifth avenue and Seventy-seventh
Street.
When Senator Clark was in Paris last
spring he purchased stained glass win
dow for his house from the Countess de
Jauze for $4,000, This window, which is
very old, shows historic Greek figures.
and9is considered the most beautiful in
France.
Mr. Clark also sat for a portrait which
is 20 adorn his library. Besnard, the
artist. received $4,000 for it. The senator
offered Prince Murat 100000 for the Louis
XIV. Gobeline tapestries. which the prince
sefused.
The multi-millionaire then contented
himself with buying Turner picture for
$4,000. and gave corresponding prices for
works by Dupret Corot Diaz, Rousseau,
Jongkind, Daumer. Bouden, Lepine and
other masters He also began negotiations
in England for the tapestries of the royal
suite belonging to the Earl of Coventry.
which cost originally $S5O.o0O.
Senator Clark at the same time bought
the finest specimens of furniture he
could find belonging to the periods of
Louis Quatorze Louis Quinze, Louis Seize
and the empire.
Previously to this ii will be remem-
bered that he bought Fortuny's Choice
of a Model" at a New York auction sale
for S42. 600.
art treasures Will be which will adorn
Senator Clark Fifth avenue house, and
how he VIII spend $40, 600, 0G0 upon it.
The ran who can spend money like
this has copper mine, the United Verde,
in Arizona that yields him $1,000.00O a
month clear profit. silver, gold and cop
per mines In Montana that give him an
equal amount besides cattle ranges.
square miles in extent, on the Northwest
plantations in Mexico.
He has ret1neries and smelters from
Montana, to the tropics in Western Amer
lea He is the largest individual owner
of mines and smelters in the world.
Senator: Clark wife died seven years
z ago He has five children, but is espe-
,claIly fond of his daughter Katherine.
It is said she will be installed as mis-
tress Of his New York palace.
MARCUS DAILY
Marcus Daily, also of Montana. and
the copper king rival of Senator Clark.
has gone to New York this winter. 1t
is said that his avowed object is to hold
his own in social way with his old en-
envy and sundry others
Mr.. DAILY has leased for a long term Of
wears. one of the new Astor houses on the
cas-, side of Fifth avenue, between Fifty
sixth and Fifty-seventh streets.
Mr.. Daily was until lately one Of the
chief owners Of the famous Anaconda
copper mine, which was sold for $23. 900. :
GOO. He is not an art connoisseur. His
fad Is tharoughbreds. Ho has owned
such noted races horses as Hamburg.
the winner of tho Realization stakes In
1895
For tlais horse he paid $4,000. Mr..
Days colt Ogden won the Futurity Of
1896 carrying s57.29o with it. and the own