The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-24
City News
LONG WORTH
IuHERI1S BRAINS
CHARLES r. THOMPSON HAS LONG
KNOWN THE FAMILY.
Father, Aunt and Uncle Of President s
: Prospective Sou-in-Law Were of Elk
ceptional Mental Attachments, and
Fortunate Young Man Has Solid
Worth as Well as Social Station.

InlnHedpo1s attorney mas known TWO
generations Of the Longworths, who
Cincinnati for many years. Speaking
OF the president s prospective son-in-
law today, Mr.. Thompson described him
as very bright fellow, who has inner
tied brains as well as wealth and social
station.
s'The original Nicholas Longworth, -
says Mr.. Thompson. 'fsettled in Cincin-
natl early. in the nineteenth century
and established there an estate which,
in it's day, was famous for it's vine
yards and vintages He had unbound
ed faith in the city, and from time to
time he made large purchases Of real
thus laying the foundation of the for
tune of the family, which. now occu-.
| pies in Cincinnati "a position CORE
spending to that of the Astor family
, in New York city. Joseph Longworth.
the only son, continued to occupy the
ancestral seat, a beautiful place in East
| Walnut Hills, where were born three
children-Nicholas, father Of the pres.
ent Nicholas Longworth, Landon. and
| a daughter, who is now the wife OF
Bellamy Storer, former congressman
from Cincinnati and now United States
minister to Spain.
All Brilliant Mentally.
"The three children Of Joseph Long
worth were all brilliant mentally. Tho
endowed with large wealth, they were
energetic and public-spirited-w willing
to use their wealth and talents in many
directions for the betterment Of the
mrs. Storer was first married to
Colonel George Ward Nichols, who had
disting uished himself in the civil war:
She was devoted to art, and while still
the wife of Colonel Nichols, acquired
a taste for pottery and its .manufac-
ture. In company with Miss McLaugh-
lin, talented artist of the city. she
spent a great deal of time in one of
the potteries Of Cincinnati, experiment.
ing and working at the potter's bench,
where they discovered the ancient proc
ess of decorating and firing pottery
thru the under-glaze system. to which
they gave the name of Rookwood.
Soon after this discovery Mrs: Nichols ; $
the city the celebrated lockwood pot
terry the product Of which is known
the world over. z
!. A Distinguished Physician.
"The older brother, Landon, was edu-
) Gated as physician. He was so bril-
liant in the profession that, almost
upon his graduation, he was made q
full professor in one Of the medical
|
) made many valuable discoveries in his
:, profession, and his death, at a compar:
= ative1y early age was due to his zeal
lin the pursuit Of knowledge. While ex-
perimenting with a new process which
he had discovered for the preservation
! of dead bodies, he accidentally. cut
himself. producing blood poisoning
from which he died in a few days:
! cit was my pleasure to know Nicbo'
} loo tho fothor of tho
emit Nicholas Longworth, intimately
He studied law in the office Of King 5
Thompson, in which my father, S. j.
Thompson, was a partner, and was ad
e mitted as junior partner of the firm
Just prior to the time at which l en-
tered upon the study Of law in the
same office. He and ] became warn
friends, and he personally supervised
my legal studies. He was the most
an excellent amateur musician, both vo
} cal and instrumental; he had consid
cradle histrionic talent and was paint
o er, architect and builder of no NEAR
y ability. The two brothers, as recrea
- ton, built and equipped theater il
+ their fathers grounds, where the,
~ were accustomed, with the aid of thei
= sister, to entertain their friends will
- concerts and plays. In his profession
n H0 was OuS VI tHo !Aoo1 OI1!1ldAlI la"
20 yers known at the Cincinnati bar.
l. On Supreme Bench.
- "After having practiced law for
% few years, he was elected Judge Of tn
); superior court Of Cincinnati, iron
~ which position. he was soon after elect
- ed to the Supreme bench Of Ohio.
" Becoming incapaciated for his Of
a. fetal duties by disease, he resigne
" and spent. the later years Of his lif
;. in restless wandering. His wife, tn
- mother of the present Nicholas Lone
H. H. worth, was a Miss Walker of Cincir
l. natl. daughter of General Timoth
l. Walker, distinguished soldier Of til
-. civil war, who, after leaving the arm
-, became one of the most brilliant law
~, -. yers and Judges of Cincinnati, an
" finally died as the result of wounds r,
A. ceived in the war. Judge Walker
10 known to most law students by b
~ works on american Law Mr.
y Longworth was one of the noblest ar
loveliest Of wives and mothers.
"Judging from accounts which "
see in the newspapers, Congressma
Longworth possesses much Of the bri
20 liancy and many of the admirabl
1e traits of his father and mother. If h
"a has indeed inherited the virtues an
&c the ability of his parents. he certainl
~ hesh a brilliant future before him, ar
ID d will make a husband Of whom tt
~ ~ daughter Of our president or al
20 other woman may be proud. -
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