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nv HIS own HAND.
=, .mssa Stone, Millionaire and Railway
suicide I" MagnAte.
81. Louis Republican.

"a. s lmssa Stone, millionaire and Railway
s,idds !" Masaate.
81. Louis Republican.
c,v,rL,sp, o., May 11.-Amasa
s the millionaire railway and
sion' '',aCnate, committed suicide this
lI Ss,n m byshooting himself through
a@i hsart with revolver, at his resi-
i I. n' on Euclid avenue, while suffer
a sa from temporary insanity, caused
D! y;nSigestion and sleeplessness. The
y 9;,a , was made by Mrs. Stone,
a oS"ut 4 o'clock. Mr.. Stone did not
s !'s until / o'clock to-day, and after
I'D. ,It;np around the house went to his
v 0am again. Thither Mrs. Stone
rsnt. shortly before A o'clock, and
S We. finding him, searched further.
T Tg' bathroom was found to be locked
- a tbe inside. Mrs. Stone called the
SntIer, and he climbed over the parti-
Son only to find his master lying on
.bs floor half undressed,
DEAD AND COLD, s.F -
with pistol ball through his heart.
The pistol, o 32-calibre Smith g. Wes-
son was clutched in his right hand.
Te must have been dead for some
lime, but how long cannot be learned.
as no report of the pistol was heard,
The affair is the sensation of town
this evening, and all Cleveland is talk.
inc of the peculiar man, his peculiar
life and it's sad ending. He was
siyty.fve years of age, and until the
last two months was always active in
business. For that period, however,
he has been an intense sufferer from
insomnia, and has been out of his
house but little. Mr.. Stone was born
at Charlton, Mass, of Puritan par
euts. He remained on his fathers
farm until young man and then
learned the carpenter trade. He be-
came bridge builder after a while
and finally took, with others, the
contract of constructing the Cleve-
land, Columbus, Cincinnati and In
danapolis railroad. A part of the
work was paid for in stock, which,
becoming valuable, made Mr.. Stone
a comparatively wealthy man. The
Lake Shore from here to Erie was also
build by him and placed under his
superintendency.
MIR. stones ONLY SON,
Adelbert, was drowned some years
agoin the Connecticut river while at
tending Yale college, an occurrence
which the father has never got over.
To perpetrate the memory Of his son
acolege was reared in this city called
Adelbert. He was worth $s,0OO,O0O
Or so. Personally he was cold, aus
tere, and very close. He was tall and
slender, of grave visage, bearded and
mustached heavily, with iron-grey
hair and generally had clerical as-f
pect. His business capacity was o.
the highest order and his persona
habits plain and simple. He has been
living in retirement since his with
drawal from the Lake Shore directory
last fall, when the Nickel-plate deal
Was made. He leaves wife and two
daughters, both married, one the wife
Of Col. John Hay, the literatteur and
diplomatist, and the other of Mr..
Samuel Mather, a prominent iron man
and banker of this city.
southwest from Indian Territory,
200; southeast from New Mexico
Territory, 200; east from Ell Paso,
1888; northeast from old Mexico
nearest point, 200; northwest from
State capital, $50; and from Gulf of
Mexico, 400 miles. The town is in
corporated as city, and contains one
church -four congregational, two
schools, two National banks, some
sixty business houses, three hotels,
two lumber yards, two brick yards,
and large stock yards. A college,
opera-house and water works are pro-
lected. Colorado is the home and
headquarters of stockmen represent
ing an aggregate of many millions of
dollars.