Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-14
HAWAIIAN
MONTE
CRESTO
Loses Health and Wealth After
a Sensational Career

San Francisco, July 14.-The recent
physical and financial collapse of b.
f. Dillingham;, the Monte Cristo" of
Hawaii, recalls the romantic story OF
his youth.
Dillingham;, when a very young man,
shipped as an able seaman on q sail
ing vessel bound for Sydney. During
a heavy storm the vessel was
wrecked, and he was the only mem.
Der of the crew to survive the fearful
hardships encountered while drifting
in a small whaleboat in mid-ocean.
When almost dead from exposure
and starvation Dillingham; was cast
up by the sea on the island Of Oahu,
where he was rescued from death by
the beautiful daughter of a mission
airy. The young woman watched by
his side day and night until he was
restored to health.
1t was thus that a pretty romanc
began, eliminating in matrimony. His
young wife brought Dillingham; good
fortune, for he had remarkable sue.
cess in trading with the natives. and
he soon had acquired the foundation
of the vast wealth which afterwards
made him the richest of the numer-
GUS millionaire planters of the Ha-
waiian islands. The financial genius
of the young castaway astounded the
growing commercial circles Of Homo
lulu, and he rapidly developed into a
powerful factor in commercial af-
fairs. The handsome young girl who
nursed the castaway through his
fever and saved his life became a so
cial leader, mad the name of Dilling-
ham took first place when a~ristocratic
planters and their families from Eng.
land and New England had gathered
and formed an exclusive social circle
in Honololu.
For many years the Dillingham; for
tune grew, and B. F. Dillingham; was
at the back of nearly every scheme
for promoting the commercial import.
anc of the islands. He built the
beautiful scenic Oahu railway, and his
name was identified with every pro.
gressive movement that was made in
the islands. Four children came to
the house of Dillingham;. The two
boys took high honors at Yale, and
the two girls were educated in East
ern seminaries. The eldest, now the
wife of Judge w. F. Frear, of the ter.
ritorlal supreme court, is a writer of
some note. and her verses are fire.
quently published in the leading mag.
azines. The Dillingham; home on
Punahou Road. Honolulu, is one of the ,
most beautiful residences in the
The financial crash that has demol.
ished the Dillingham; fortune came as
a surprise to the financial world,
which rated the name Of Dillingham;
one of the most substantial in
finance, and it has made a complete
wreck of Dillingham; himself. Plunged
into the depths of misery and despair
and the victim of nervous proctration,
he now lies in a sanitarium in this
city, and beside him watches his wife,
who has never once ceased to be his
companion and comforter since the
day she found him a miserable cast
away on the island of Oahu.
Young Walter F. Dillingham;, who
.nherits his fathers financial genus,
has declared his intention OF retriev.
ing the family fortune. He lost his
own personal fortune in attempting
10 saw his fathers, and, as soon as
he crash came. he sold his string OF
polo ponies. and rolled up his sleeves
went to work. Those who know
lin a that the name OF Dillingham;
will not be allowed to drop out of the
financial and commercial AFFAIRS of the
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