Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-21
CLEVELAND'S M1LLIONAIRES.
What Western Development and Indi-
vidual Energy Have Accomplished.

The suicide Of Amasa Stone and the death
some years age of Leonard Case-premeditated
as 1t was rumOred at the time-took from
Cleveland two of her richest men, but by no
means deprived her of the last of her Million
aires. The Case property, according to letter
from Cleveland In New York paper. reached
It's colossal proportions by steady growth. The
elder Case came to Cleveland when there q
mere hamlet OF that name existed, and being
thrifty and OF shrewd turn OF mind he bought
land on the towns edge as fast and as extern
sively as his means would allow. AS q general
thing he paid prices that were considered rea-
sonable. No matter whether Cleveland ever
developed or not the land would be valuable.
for farming purposes Either because he had
the New England mania for acquiring land, or
because he realized that one day Cleveland
would develop into great city, he kept on
buying much and selling little, until gradually
as business increased and plot after plot was
occupied, Mr. Case found himself millionaire
He never became so rich as his sons for he died
before the city began to get its real growth. He
left two sons When the elder died his half of
the property fell to his brother Leonard, q re-
cluse, mathematician and poet, given to quiet
deeds Of benevOlence, and sworn to celbacy
because OF faint of scrOfua that he had no
desire to inf1ict upon another generation Leo
nard's will provided for q Case school of an
piled science, which is generously endowed. and
to which the building at present occupied as q
City Hall belongs. In addition there were sew
eral millions Of property to GO to the cousins
anu half-cousins who appeared in unexpected
cash to real estate the Case lands will pass into
the hands of the general public piece by piece.
Amasa Stones wealth was acquired BY per-
sistency, pluck, luck and industry. Invested
as 1t Is largely In stocks and other negotiable
paper, It would have been held together ma
fnrlfIV ofu fhor (oc
erty OF immense blocks of open real estate The
one abiding faith that the Cleveland public al
ways had in Amasa Stone was that no matter
what financial disasters might overtake other
men men. ne would safely ride them all. It was a
tribute to Stones peculiar reputation, OF which
ne might not have been proud had it reached
him, that when the news Of the difficulties of
the iron mills in Chicago. Youngstown and
Kansas city brought supplementary state
ment that Mr.. Stone was large creditor Of
each concern, the general public said with one
accord: NOW, these vastinterests will fall into
stones hands. and he will grow richer than be-
FORE" 1t was considered that Stone would buy
controlling interest at small figure, put in
more cash, and devote himself to the making of
iron with the same energy that he had shown in
the making and managing of railroad lines.
Had Stone been Is years younger, this would
doubtless have been the case,
Perhaps the richest man now living in Cleye-
land is MIR. ]. Il. Wade, who made his millions
by judclous investments in telegraph stock
when the whole system was vet an experiment
He is we'll along In life, and while sufficiently
engrossed with the management Of his estate.
is not so harassed by his employment as to allow
1t ever to drive him into the grave or the insane
asylum.
Another man to whom wealth seems more of
an incident than passion is Henry B. Payne,
who represented Cleveland one term in Con
gress, and who was one Of the electoral COM
mission that made Hayes President While a
young lawyer in Cleveland, Mr.. Payne married
a daughter of Nathan Perry. pioneer who had
purchased and held suburban lands after the
manner Of Mr.. Case. The city grew about him.
and he lett his daughter with millions to her
name. Much of the land has been held, and is
covered with buildings erected on long leases.
OF the two sons of Henry B. Payne one OF
them, Col. Oliver H.. has made his own millions
as one OF the chief stockholders of the Standard
Oil Company.
1t is unnecessary to tell how Mr. John D.
Rockefeller found himselfa man Of great wealth,
nor to tell how he created and extended the
Standard Oil Company, through which gold
flowed to him in stream.
William J. Gordon Is very rich. He was in
the wholesale liquor business before and during
the war. and of late years has bought large
tracts OF land, covered them with neat cottages
and sold them to young business and profess
sional men tor from 50, COO to $1,000 each on
safe payments. He has made no small amount
come public benefactOr.
Charles F. Brush is worth 81 SOC, 600 at the
age of "a, and George w. Stockley has
81. 600 600, while yet only 80, The one created
the electric light machine that bears his name
and the other made it place in the market
Judge Stevenson Burke worked away from
miscellaneous law and into great railroad cases.
and at one time, having Jay Gould for client,
took to studying that financier's methods He
nnally made few ventures for himself, and
to-day Is worth 81 SOC, 900, and has only made
what his friends term fair start. When Henry
Chisholm, the pioneer iron-maker, died year
oreO ago, the responsibilities of the establish
ment fell on the shoulders of his son William,
who had recently been called home from
Chicago to relieve his father Of some of his
business burdens. The stock of the Cleveland
Rolling Mill Company, Of which MIR. Chisholm
was the chief owner, was divided among several
sons and daughters, but Is still a unit 80 far as
voting Is concerned. Jacob B. Perkins while
the youngest millionaire In Cleveland is one of
the most public-spirited, having Just completed
the erection of a half-dOzen Of the finest BUSH
ness blocks in the city and set an example which
others are beginning to follow. His money
came through inherited real estate that doubled
In value with almost every year Of his minority.
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The Art OF Singing.
From the Nineteenth Century.
1t must have struck every Intelligent fire.
quenter Of the concert rooms to what hopeless
straits an enthusiastic admirer of any particular
singer Ia put when asked to give his reasons for
approaching the merits Of his favorite. The an
swer, II one Is given, is often couched in vague