Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-02

He turned his attention to farming
rather than to mining, and during his
latter years he was one of the largest
land owners in the United States. He
had Il cattle ranch in Oregon which con-
tanned 10000 acres, and the payroll ofthe
farm in California amounted to $500
day. He often sold $50, 900 worth of cat
tie in a single year, and he had at times
as many as 10000 sheep. His widow
still manages his estate, and the value
of one of its yearly crops not long ago
was $3.50 900.
CALIFORNIA; rich men of to-day are
fully equal to those of the past. San
ford is put down at S75 600 900. Macllay
was lately credited with $50 900, 900, and
Fair, another of the bonanza kings, is
credited with like amount Hearst is
said to be worth between $4,000, 900 and
$4,000, 900. Two cattle kings named
Miller and Lux have made about
so 900, 900 eacn within the last twenty
years. They own 100000 acres OF land,
and they have 800 miles of fences. One
of their canals, used for irrigating, is
worth 81 900 900, and their stock con-
sists of 100000 head of cattle and $4,000
sheep. Lucky" Baldwin owns 10000
acres Of land, and has the wool clipped
from 10000 sheep every year. His
wealth is placed at $40 900, 900, and his
income is a round million. Claus
Spreckels is the sugar king of
the world. He has millions upon
millions in sugar plantations, and
his revenue has reached at times
the high water mark of $4,000 a day.
A number of these California million
honaires have brought their fortunes
east to increase or decrease them in
Wall street. G. p. Huntington has
rolled up his pile during his residence
in New York. jim Kecne has lost one
fortune, though it is reported that he is
fast making another.
Most of the rich mon of Illinois pur-
ple-clothed Venice were poor boys.
George Pullman, Potter Palmer, Mar
shall Field and Phil Armour have been
the architects of their own fortunes.
Armour is said to be worth $50, 900.
He has packing establishments in Kan
sas City and Omaha, as well as in Chi
cagO, and he sends his meat all over
the world. The Farwells started poor
and are now rich, and Pullman s wealth
is estimated is $50, ,0OO,O 900. William
English, of indianapolis, ex-vice presi
Dental candidate, is worth million.
Civil Service Commissioner Edgerton,
whose home is at Fort Wayne, has real
estate worth nearly the same amount.
Ohio has many millionaires scattered
all over the state, so thick that you can
hardly beat "A bush without rousing one
up. The late petroleum V, Nasby"
David II. Locke valued his Toledo
Blade at 81 ,O0O,OO Edwin Cowles puts
his Cleveland Leader at the same figures.
John X. Mclean receives, it is said,
$24O, ,09O year from his Enquirer stock.
A prominent CinCinnatian says he Is
worth S6,OO0,O00, and he is still under
the half century of age limit. John Nc
Lean and his father own nearly 81 ,OOO,
600 in real estate IN Washington, and,
like number of other rich Ohio men,
they spend their winters in the capital.
John Hay, who received about r, 900, 900
from the estate of Amasa Stone, has
n brick palace just across from the
white house, where, more than twenty
years ago, he worked for less than $50 IA
week as Lincoln's private secretary.
His house is built upon ground that
cost So foot. Another Ohio millionaire