LOST—A MILLIONAIRE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8813, 15 May 1907, Page 4

LOST—A MILLIONAIRE.

Mr Frederick Weyerhauser, the nillionare ‘ ‘ lumber king, ’’’ whose wealth is estimated at £200,000,000, has disappeared mysteriously in California. , Telegrams from Los Angelos state that the missing millionaire, who is 73 years old, was recognised at San Francisco on Friday. He left there on Friday evening and went to Santa Barbara, a seaside resort in Southern California. Here all trace of him has been lost. His disappearance has created a sensation throughout the Pacific States, and it is feared that ho has been kidnapped and held for ransom. Mr Weyerhausor’s great wealth has made him the object of several attacks hy brigands during his many years’ residence in the Western Statea* About ten years ago three '■men attempted to kidnap him near I Spokane, Washington. ; Notices announcing his disappearances have been posted in all the leading hotels in the Western States, while the Southern Pacific railway officials have sent out a general warning to all guards, car porters and conductors to keep ft look out for the missing man. The mystery is increased by the fact that when Injst seen Mr Weyerhauser was unaccompanied hy his confidential agent,, Mr McCormick, who usually goes with him everywhere. , Mr Weyerhauser, who was horn m Germany, went to America when a young man. After working as a railway labourer he finally saved money enough to hny a sawmill. Thereafter he steadily bought timber and sold it at a profit. For years ho reigned undisputednn the lumber regions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Upper Mississippi river. At least 30,000,000 acres of lumber land are under his control, a area nearly equal to the size of England.