The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03
CLARK AND DAILY.
Pen Portraits of the Millionaire
Enemies.
(Ainslee's Magazine.)

(Ainslee's Masazine.)
sin appearance W. A. Clark and Mar
Gus DAILY differ vastly. Clark Ii slender.
elegant In appearance, with auburn hair
and beard. just beginning to show gray
threads. His sixty years rest lightly
upon his shoulders, his blue eyes are keen
and alert. He IL q man who knows how
to grasp an opportunity, and how to bend
1t to his own advantage. His dress is
correct, and no one would fall to recog
nizs In hius the man Of culture and
wealth, the club man and the traveller.
Yet when In Butte he dons oilskin and
goes underground, inspecting every nook
OF his mines. In addition to his praoti-
cal education as Q miner he attended Co
lumbia college, taking . full course In
assaying and analysis. When fortune
came his way he Immediately sent his
family to Europe, where they spent sew
eral years In Paris acquiring French, and
the same length of time In Dresden,
studying German. He spent his winters
travelling with them on the Continent.
He IL much interested In art, and for =
number Of years studied 1t In all its
branches. He wanted to know all ABOUT
rugs and tapestries anu spent two years
study ing them. He Inns collected
magnificent specimens. 1t will be re-
membered that he offered Prince Murat
5000, 600 for Gobelin tapestries. He Is
now trying to obtain the tapestries be-
longing to the Earl OF Coventry, which
originally cest $3.50. 600. No art treasure
seems too valuable for him to purchase,
II he takes fancy to It. Tie prefers the
modern painters to the old masters. He
paid $40, 0C0 for fortuny's sThe Choice
OF a model In fact. he has the gen uin Q
artistic temperament, and the rare good
luck also to h ave the millions to crafty
1t.
"Daly appears to care nothing for
dress, the pleirest business suit suff1otng.
he Is as often as not seen In the garb or
miner. Although he 10 quito gray now,
be still retains bis magnificent physique
and upright bearing. He has devoted
lis life to mining. and has no equal In
ths world in sizing Up mine. The
magnificent smeiters at Anaconda
stand as monuments to his aoumen. He
ing mines. He does not care for the
v orld OF fashion, and Europe possesses
no ohnrms Cor him, although his family
has had every advantage Of his wealth.
lie seems to possess the Intuition CT q
woman, and that has oftsn enabled him
to win out In the face OF certain defeat.
VI lille CLARK Is the cleverer Anancier, DAILY
IL the better judge OF human nature. His
right hand men and oonndants have new
sr betrayed him, but have worked for
him with heart and soul. seeming to
havo tut one amhition--to servs Marcus
la!y In any and all things. CLARK on
the other fand. has made some unwise
selections, and In consequence has beef
the sufferer. DAILY Ia a model husband
and father, and he delight In his home.
sin many things the rivals ara alike.
Both began as miners underground, and
| both have made their own money, and
are not like most of this multi million
aires, merely farmers OF millions be-
| queathed them. Both men rank high In
Masonry. Both are loyal friends and
strong enemies. Both can point to hum
dreds OF men in Montana whose success
| in life they have secured. Both are east.
ly accessible to their friends, though It ID
! difficult for strangers to approach them,
owing to the ia ct that nearly every mo.
ment Ia taken up with their business
affairs. Both are charitable and Civ,
freely to worthy enterprises. And both
are alike In that they cordially hate eaoi
other, and each IL dot, rmiped to be tn,
| winner In the Clark DAILY feud."