The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-01


college friend named Burroughs.
themselves. In their search for a
distributing point for their chemi-
| Gals they travelled extensively and
finally decided upon the English
metropolis as the best distributing
| point in the world. Here the firm
of Burroughs, Welcome & Co. was
formed, and today is the largest
chemical company in the world. Mr..
Welcome introduced into England
and the British empire the tablet
form of medicine on which he made
a fortune. At present the chemical
factory at London employs 1000
hands. He is now the sole head of
| the firm, as Mr.. Burroughs died sew
| eral years ago. He also has re-
search laboratories at London, Mont
real, Sydney, Australia, Cape Town,
Kahrtum, Africa and Alexandria,
Egypt. At present Mr.. Welcome
, is engaged in research work in
Central Africa.
Remedy for tuberculosis.
! Mr.. Welcome is trying to dis
cover a certain remedy for tuber-
culosis and rheumatism. With him
are few select men who are max
ing the search. If he finds these
remedies he will be knighted by
! the present king of England. He is
now confident that he has discover
ed a remedy for rheumatism, and
it remains for him to find the rem
, edy for tuberculosis.
| Mr.. Welcome has been elected
/ Of tho Apoorioon cnriotu in
London which is a society of Amer
lean residents in that city. He is
a distinguished member of English
society. and it is very possible that
he will be made knight. He was
a great friend of the African ex-
plorer, Sir Henry Stanley. When
Mr.. Welcomes little child was
christened. Sir Henry Stanley was
godfather. Mr.. Welcome furnished
all the medicines and chemicals for
| Sir Henry Stanley for his African
trip and later acted as one of the
! pallbearers at his funeral.
Ten years ago Mr.. Welcome mar.
ried the daughter of the celebrated
philanthropist, DR.. Bernardo of Lon
don. Mr.. Welcome is great trav-
eler as well as writer. His efforts
along literary lines have been crown
ed with success. He is the author
p, of "Metla Khatla," the story of In
dian life in Alaska, and written in
defense of Duncan, the great mis-
sionary in Alaska. He has also writ.
ten "Trip Through Chinchona
Land" the name he gives to Peru,
South America. His later work, "A
Souvenir of Thanksgiving Day." pub,
lished in London in 1896, and Our
Am bassador," have proven delightful
reading. His translation of another
book from the Spanish fixes his
fame as an author. He has remem-
bered number of his friends in
Mankato by sending them copies of
his books. Mr.. Welcome is many
times a millionaire.
Story of Carlos Boynton.
Another man who has achieved
his mark and who spent his boy
hood days in Garden City is Carlos
Boyntcn. He is an enthusiastic land
man and one of the richest of the
celebrated group who lived there. Ii
| is estimated that his fortune
reaches well into the millions of dol
! lars. He started in business at Ma
della, engaging in the general store
and implement business, which he
conducted for many years. Later he
turned his attention to real estate
and soon became one of the noted
| land men Of the state. He became
a member of the syndicate that ten
years ago bought 100000 acres Of
Northern Pacific lands in North Da-
kota. This transaction was consid-
cred one of the biggest real estate
deals in the country, and it is re-
ported that millions were made on
it. The Hackney Boynton Land COM
pany was the name of the firm
which made the transaction. At
present Carlos Boynton is a heavy
| real estate owner and railroad con-
tractor, and lives in st. Paul. He
was born and raised in Garden City
and subsequently when he went to
Madelia, married Miss Kate Bill of
that town.
Career of J. L. Washburn.
]. l.. WaShburn was another resi-
dent near this little town who has
achieved distinction in his work He
lived just south of Garden City near
the town of Vernon. When a young
man he attended the normal school
at Mankato and later studied law
under Judge M. J. Severance. After
being admitted to the bar he prac-
ticed law in this city and became
a prominent local attorney.
Later he moved to Duluth where
he became one of the biggest law
yers of the state. He handled a
great many cases for the iron men
of the northern part of the state,
who were his clients. He was a
member of the state normal school
board and very influential. His in
terest in school work has made him
one of the leading educators and
he is in great demand as a lecturer.
He married Miss Alma Pattee, a
former teacher of Mankato.
DR.. F.. H. Welcome, cousin of
Henry S., was the son of DR.. J.
w. B. Welcome of Garden City,
who originally came from Maine. DR..
Welcome studied medicine and prac-
ticed as physician for some time
and then drifted into the land bust
ness where he made most of his
money. He was at one time a resi-
dent of Sleepy Eye and Granite
Falls where he conducted real es-
tate office. Later he moved to Min
neapOlis and was made president