Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1901 — SHUT OUT OF THE CUP DEFENDER TRIALS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHUT OUT OF THE CUP DEFENDER TRIALS.

Thomas W. Lawson, whose yacht Independence has been shut out of the preliminary trial races for the America's cup, is one of the richest men in the country and one of the most liberal citizens of Boston. He is also a financier who has made his influence felt in Wall street so often and so profoundly that he is regarded with the greatest respect by the geniuses of speculation in that quarter. Mr. Lawson was born in Cambridge, Mass., forty-two years ago, and began his career as an office boy in a bank. His present interests are large and varied. One of his most noted performances was his consolidation of the copper mining industry.

THOMAS W. LAWSON.