The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-21

distr;cf He was q member Of four
congresses and at one time stood proIni-
nently before the public as speaker
who had worsted the talented Blaine
A great career was predicted Ior MINI
but it has not yet come to pass. Presl-
dent Cleveland gave him the Spanish
mission, but Harrison recalled him as
speedily as 1t could be done. He re-
NAMED bachelor until 1888. when he
was married to the divorced wife or
Henry T. Sloane, wealthy New York
merchant and philanthropIst. It was
a marriage which evoked much theo-
logical and newspaper discussion. The
elder Belmont's casting of the horo-
scope of his frstborn has not proved
to be remarkably correct.
Because he was descended from q
great naval hero on his mothers side,
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont was sent
to Annapolis. At the time of his grad
uation Uncle Sans naval service was
so antiquated and uninspiring that the
young man resigned before he had been
assigned to any duty and went home.
He married almost Immediately on his
return, his bride being Miss Sarah
Whiting. The young couple spent their
honeymoon in Paris, and young Bel
mont's post nuptial conduct was so I'M
conventional that his disillusionized
! companion FASTENED back to America
and secured a divorce. Although he
has always maintained a rather promi
nent position in society, ollie Bel
monts going and comings have been
characterized by great eclecticlsm OF
behavior. Some of his eccentricities
have become journalistic property and
have helped greatly to keep him be-
fore the public. He owns a beautiful
residence at Newport = BeIcourt-but
since his marriage to the former wife of
/ w. K. Vanderbilt he has not lived much
at the famous resort. He has served
one term in congress and once con-
Quoted a weekly paper, the Verdict.
now defunct. He may be said to have
fulfilled in some respects the desire
of his father to have him become man
of elegant leisure.
The present August Belmont has fol-
lowed closely in his fathers footsteps.
He has not yet demonstrated that he is
his fathers equal in every respect, but
he is endowed with his capacity for
making money. His present wealth
would not be easy to estimate. but it is
enormous and increasing rapidly. He
seems to possess the Midas touch, and
for years everything he has done has
brought financial success. He deals
only in transactions which are beyond
the comprehension of the ordinary
mind. The head of the syndicate which
financed the government loan of $685.
OOOOOO and the ch1ef promoter or the New
York subway system, he is also the re-
3 sponsible creator of a score of money
4 making enterprises Neither of his
D brothers has increased his patrimony,
t but August is far richer than his father
] ever was.
a Mr.. Belmont has not had his fathers
political good fortune His one su-
e preme venture as a presidential War
: wick in the last campaign was not en-
s couraging, but no one has heard him
:, signing. AS a turfman he is even
: greater than his father and his career
e in that direction has been marked by
2, unusual dignity and high nlindedness.
e Herfs not a society man, but is a re-
:, nowned clubman. being member of
: no less than twenty-five clubs. He has
t been devoted to yachting for many
: year and is accounted one of the most
accomplished amateur yachtsmen in
e New York waters. Mr.. Belmont has
: been a widower for seven years and
e has three sons, the oldest twenty three
e and the youngest thirteen.
CLEMENT BLISS