The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-21

with their intended victim, and finally
lost all they had risked and fled
from the country. The chief OF
the conspiracy was driven mad by the failure
of his great strike for riches and is now an
inmate of an American insane asylum. One
or two of the leaders OF the conspiracy were
the most dangerous of Partisan black-mailers,
and part of the plot was laid abroad and MIR.
Searss detectives were compelled to make
one or two trips to Paris before the conspi-
racy was fully broken up.
RICH MEN OF THE WEST.
John D. Rockefeller is the richest man in
Cleveland, and is worth in the neighborhood
of SIS, O000 900. Every dollar of this vast
sum was made, directly or indirectly, out
of the Standard Oil Company. Mr.. Rookie
Teller is forty years of age and comes OF
Scotch ancestry. When young man he was
a commission merchant. He started small
distillery as an experiment, the nucleus
of the Standard Oil Company. He is super
intendent af the Second Baptist Church, and
his wife, former hool-teacher, teaches the
infant class. J. H. Wade is the second rich
est man in Cleveland. He is worth perhaps
$5000000. He was originally poor carpen-
ter. Forty years ago he became an amateur
photographer and portrait painter, and
thirty-seven years ago he took the first
dagucrreotype ever made west OF New York
city Mr.. Wade was the originator of the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Few persons familiar with the great estates
of Chicago will question the statement that
the largest is that of Cyrus H. Mccormick,
which is estimated by financiers at from
| $10,000000 to $15, 900. He made it
in manufacturing reaping machines. Proba-
bly, the second in rank is Marshall
| Field, who is not over forty-eight years of
age He is a native OF Conway, Mass, and
at an early day entered dry-goods store.
| When Potter Palmer during the war, de-
cided to abandon mercantile life, Mr.. Field
had $35 900 or so with which to purchase the
chief interest in the valuable plant. 1t soon
became apparent that he had financial abil-
tiles of the highest order, and he now stands
at the head Of the mercantile princes of
! Chicago. His wealth is estimated at from
| $4000000 to $1,000 900. There are many
shrewd business men who insist that the
| second richest man in Chicago is Philip d.
Armour. He has had some wonderful
strokes of luck and has been known to hint
that he had $100000 900 in cash with which
! to work corners. 1t is quite we'll known
that he has been caught on the losing side
this year to the tune of millions. But for
this he would probably take the second in
stead of the third rank. He has made his
money in pOrk-packing.
Alexander Mitchell is by all odds the rich
est man in Milwaukee. He is, in fact, the
richest man in the Northwest. His wealth
is variously estimated, all the way from
$50, 900 600 to $50 100000. He is certainly
worth about S15, 600, Que in solid property.
Mr.. Mitchell is short Scotchman, with
round, ruddy face, and is a good liver and
man whose one great hobby is business. He
cannot exactly be called self-made as he was
backed by a great cooperation, which fur
nished to him the means of embarking in
the banking business. Still, thirty years ago,
when Milwaukee was struggling village, he
occupied a little office, which for many years
he swept out and took care of himself. Half
of his wealth was made in the banking busi-
neis and the other half out of railroads. He
boasts that he never made dollar by specu-
lation.
Henry Shaw, of st. Louis, an Englishman
is worth 81, 500, 600 He is bachelor, The
foundation of his fortune was laid in the fur
trade, but the bulk of it was acquired by for
tunate land investments David Sinton, who
is worth perhaps S. 600 000 is the richest
man in CINCINNATI He made his money in
the manufacture of iron. John Hill of st.
Paul, president of the st. Paul Minneapolis
& Manitoba road, is worth probably $9,000,-
000.. Three conservative men, two of them
presidents of large banks, gave estimates of
Mr.. Hills wealth, which averaged So 500,-
600. In answer to the question, who are
the richest men in st. PaulY' all but one put
Mr.. Hill first Dennis Ryan came second,
with no definite figures. One banker said:
'All We know is that he shows immense
money at times. He is a mystery" Com
modore Kittson (owner of Johnson, 210,)
came third, with about So, 100000
RICH MEN OF THE SOUTH.
There are number OF rich men in the
Southern States The richest man in Ralti-