Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-07-17 | Page 3 | Diamond Mine Owner Dead

DIAMOND MINE OWNER OVNER DEAD Alfred Belt Beit Bei Richest of Rand Lords Pays Natures Nature's 1 Debt Debt BACKER OF CECIL RHODES I. I Man Itt Who iio P Pulled the tine St Strings II S of oC South Sonth j African Finance Rose RO From I crt Io Io to Affluence London Jul July 17 Alfred Alfred BIt Belt Bel r tino tho known well South African financier died lc to today a He lIe lc had hind been in ba bad health for some time Mr Boil Beit was ws born In iii 1853 at Ham Ham- burg He lie was a life Ifo governor co of the tire DeBeers consolidated mines a partner in the firm of or Belt Beit Cond Co and nd a director director of or the the- Rand Rant mines Rhodesia Rhodesia railways r railway rail rail- ral- ral wa way ivay trust Consol Consolidated company mine an and British Chart Chartered Char Char- t tred red South outi African company compan He lIe le was reported to lo have ha c been implicated in the tho Jameson raI raid Later a a suit was brought against Mr Belt Beit on the ground round of ot complicity in the raid and his prosecution vas 3 demanded by Ly Dr Lc the he representative of the Transvaal Transvaal Trans Trans- vaal In Europe an and in 1896 his resignation resignation nation naton from the board of directors of o of the tire British Brish Chartered Cha South African company compan was wa accepted Earl Early In 1903 Mr Belt Beit had an apoplectic stroke while at Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannes Johannes- burg an and it that he I apper appears never fully re regained his health Since that trie time lie le e ha had lived in London Financed Cecil Tho Rhodes c BoiL Beit financed Rhodes throughout his le life Without Beit Belt Rho Rhodes es probably probably ably would woul have died tIed a poor man and would have ha been somewhat derided as asa asa asa a prophet in the tire wilderness True to his hereditary instinct as asa asa u a German Gei Jew Mr Air Bet was a n good patron of or the arts and latterly during his illness ines which lasted more than a n year ear he ire devoted de his tIne time tnie to the consideration con con- of social nn and economic i problem a as a well weH as to finance