The career of Lord Movent Stephen, of Canada, has been one of the grent renvois of om-time. He commenced life as a ' ->rd boy then was a draper's apprentice, and worked afterwards, as ~„ a «?i<-t.ant in a gt Paa] , g churenrard establishment. But Canada held the fortune he was to acquire. He went, saw, and conquered. His vicrorv took the shnpe of the £n<rant : c Canadian Pacific Railway. He was the first man in the colonies to be mrde a peer; his cousin, Lord Strathoona, was on hand at about the same time. The li?t of his benpf>ct:6ns is He has presented £40.000 for augmenting the stipends of poor Scotch clergymen; cleared off a £"5,000 debt on Aberdeen Infirmary, find invested a sum Hiieh wiU bring it in £I,OOO a year. Then, as a practical protest against post mortem bequests, he has distributed some £560,000 among his relatives. Lady Mount Stephen is a Canadian, and married the youthful immigrant thret years after he first set foot in. the Dwaaaeal
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Evening Star, Issue 12164, 7 April 1904, Page 4
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169Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 12164, 7 April 1904, Page 4
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