The anti-monopolist., 1877-03-29

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Keene is now in New York operating
on Wall street with the seven or eight
millions he has made here, and SO cer-
tain are his California admirers Of his
ability to get the better Of the New
Workers, that the most ridiculous dis
patches relative to this or that success
he has made East are believed more
implicitly than Gospel truth.
Next to Kent, E. j. Baldwin is up
permost in the mind of the Bourse.
Mr.. BALDWIN is rather close man.
The leases he makes with the tenants
of his stores provide that they shall
pay one per cent. per day interest on
rents remaining unpaid five days
after maturity.
Baldwin is quiet dried-up man.
He owns vast estates in southern Cali
fornia, at Santa Anita, and visits his
ranch occasionally in the company OF
a pretty black-eyed cousin.
Michael Reese, the veteran millionaire
of California, owns immense ranches
near those of Baldwin, though it can
be said that Reese owns part Of every
county in theJ State. He did not, as
Baldwin, Keene, Sharon, Jones, Hay
ward, Schultz and the others OF thirty
or more millionaires here, win his
spurs in California street, but amasSed
his fortune. amounting to about $l2,-
100000 by the cent per cent business
and by lucky investments in real
estate. Many stories are told about
} his penuriOusness. He is not pOpu-
lar man, nor is his fOndness for the
opposite sex very marked. From his
standpoint he is charitable in a certain
degree. It is known that he is mem
ber Of two Hebrew charitable socie-
ties, the dues to which amount to at
, least $50 monthly, and his income is
only about $4,000 per day. He has.
however, penchant for always get
ting his moneys worth. He considers
that legally the saucer is part Of the
cup, and thus requires the filling of
. both cup and saucer in response to
) an order for cup Of coffee. At pres
, ent Mr.. Reese is in Europe.
, Regarding Senator Sharon, Califor-
MIA street is quiet at present. Some
say that his fortune was buried under
t the Palace Hotel, and it is certain that
} he can show vouchers to the amount OF
| SIS, 100000, every penny of which was
, spent in the erection of this house. AL
reports to the contrary, it is certain
that Sharon may be classed among the
, prominent milliCnaires.
S Like Sharon, Senator Jones also
: owes his financial success, though in
y directly, to William G.. Ralston, who
it is evident, was the financial SUI
, around whom the plaEets of Californi;
= street all revolved. Jones at one time
). basked in the golden light of the Banl
l. Of California, but venture undertook
s by the Senator proved unsuccessful
i and Ralston found Mr.. Jones indebte,
> to the bank in an amount he was no
= likely to be soon able to repay.
To recover the money, Ralston aI
y pointed Jones Superintendent Of on
t. of the Bank mines, at $4,000 per an
d mum, intending to return a large POI
" tion OF the salary to gradually LESSEE
=. the Indebtedness. Superintendent
:, Jones, soon after bis arrival at tn
- mine, discovered very rich vein G
10 ore, and, as this was in the time g
le stage coaches, managed to get to Sa
re Francisco more than one day befOr
" the news became public. This on
st day sufficed to make Jones and AlonZ
d Hayward, his brother -in-law, the peer
g of Ralston. Stock DO ught at$6 or s
rose to $500 or 5000 per share, an
the income of Hayward was for tin
100000 month and Jones large
Jones at present is working again:
de this city, having pet project of e
er tablishing rival port at Santa Monic;
d. This little seaport lies between SAINT
re Barbara and San Diego, and alread
he possess population Of about 1000 i
ho habitants. The harbor is an excee
st ingly fine one.
h OF the thirty or more millionaire
he only one owes his wealth to work an
%. labor. This is Peter Donohue, or "Ul
TO Gle Peter,' as he is often called. Th
Tie man is perhaps the only American WI
nd owns single-handed railroad nine1
ST. miles in length, who built it with b
he own money, and has not penny
an stock or bond out. Mr., Donohue is
" fairly preserved man of about six
rer years of age, with a jolly red nos
ON and jolly way of passing the tim
ed He has fortune of about ST 900, ,00
m Mr.. Donohue originally came to Ca
in fornia among the '49ers, being Sc
is here as blacksmith by Brown Brot
,ce ers of New York. He has well il
-ilt proved his opportunities, and acc
of mulated wealth rapidly by his found
be and his real estate investments. He
to looked upon as very charitable N
Of by the people of the line Of his ra
itv road, and in the great redwood fore.
int nortn OF frisco, which he OWNS,
the Is a good talnolc' anu IKE aii
hat Wealthy men ol Ills hiiiu mere ID iasl
in his contributions to the church.
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,oo Gen. Devens' Legs.
me From the philadelphia Bulletin.
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