El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-01
Inn Keepers Daughter
to Wed a Millionaire
The Romance of the Aggressive
Young Son of Senator VIM.
A. Clark of Montana.

able to the father. praised the excel
lent examination papers of the son.
]. B. Welcome. having been disbarred
for alleged bribery in the Clark SEN
atorial campaign, William Andrews
Clark, Jr. succeeded him and has now
a legal firm of his own. His father
has appointed the firm his attorneys.
Young Clark used to say there was
nothing so absorbing as law. Now he
makes one exception. That is love- He
SAYS he will be a law student all his
life. He has one hobby-the collection
of law books. The law library of Clark
& Root is the finest in Montana.
But the young man had not finished
confounding the prophets who had
dealt literally with his future. When
he had proved that he was neither a
spendthrift nor an idler, and that he
would take life seriously they said
that. being a professional man. he had
no business ability. He would be a
cipher in the world of finance. He
was as silent as his father about the
subject But when the copper craze
was at its height last year he made
deal in the Boston market whereby
he cleaned up" s1.OO0,OOO.
Then the prophets had but one field
of conjecture left-matrimony. His
father would make him" marry an
eastern girl with family. of course.
And straightway the young man be-
came engaged to poor but pretty Ma
bel Foster. daughter of Innkeeper Fos-
ter, whose ill-luck was a proverb in
the mines.
The prophets are dumb. They mutely
admit that the father and son are as
much alike in characteristics as in
name. Their cast of features. upon
which independence and self-reliance
are stamped. is the same. Shorn of his
whiskers, the copper king might be
for his son. The young man
is of medium height and build. with a
slight stoop. He is stronger than the
average man. as he has proved in
many playful tussle. He is extreme
ly blonde. and has a habit of twitch-
ing his eyebrows which, in combina-
ton with pair of piercing steel-col-
ored eyes, gives him a slightly sinister
expression.
The state that yielded a senatorship
to the father delights to
honor the son. The Montana legisla-
ture has just conferred upon him the
only title left at its disposal-that of
trustee of the school of mines at Butte
The wedding of the inn-keeper's
daughter and the multi-millionaire's
son will be the finest in the history
Of Montana marriages. 1t will prob
ably take place at the Clark residence
No further details have been arranged.
In this pair the son. who is his pride.
and the daughterin-law. in whom he
sees possibilities of leadership, Sena-
tor Clark believes he sees the conquest
Of the last world he intends to con-
Ia .
1ifficult. He conquered the world of
finance. At sixty he has a fortune of
100000 900 and an income of $50, 900 a
lay.
He conquered the world of politics
He fought the bitterest battle known
% politics for a seat in the United
States senate. and he was won and will
hold it for at least six years. There
'emains but one world. that Of So
:iety.
He has lived in New York for fifteen
vears. but 1.-The 400 has held aloof
His daughter. Mrs. E. NJ. Culver. is
lot yet a valuable ally. Neither yet,
lis daughter. Mrs. Lewis Rutherford
dorris. Careless. jolly Charlie Clark.
Who married a pretty stenographer. |
would not have been such if he could |
nd could not if he would.
Senator Clark is depending now up
n his splendid Fifth avenue house |
nd the pretty young woman who will |
reside over it.
The house will have few equals in |
lew York. The site is a plot of land.
aving frontage of 81 feet on the
venue. an l. 65 by 100 feet running
orth from the easterly end of the lot
The material is marble and the archi-
ecture French renaissance. A con-
ract for 100000 for the marble has
cen let. There will be reception
ooms after the models of those of the
ings of France at Versailles There
I'll be theater finer than that of the
ountess de Castellane. There will
e bath rooms to rival that of Claus
DreckefS daughter. The arrangement II
the first floor will be such that by
ressing button in the hall all the
Will swing back upon the
de walls and leave the eXpanse of the
reat house unobstructed There will
2 Turkish bath. swimming tank
I'D gymnasium. The house will cost
100000 The collection of treasures ID
art within it will be beyond price
asst year Senator Clark brought from
urope many of those treasures One
as stained glass window which was
the most beautiful in
rance 1t is also one of the oldest
Id tells the story of one of the Greek
ythS- 1t was sold it is said for |
O.O0o. He bought pictures from the
oria sale in Paris. and at the Salon. {
q has ono nf hoct wnrEc