The Portland daily press., 1888-07-25
HEAVY LIFE INSURANCE.
Some New Workers Who Are Carving
Large Risks.
New York Graphic.

The statement that John Wanamaker of
Philadelphia was carrying an Insurance Of
CLOSE upon TWO millions on his life has aroused
good deal of curiosity and discussion. New
iorkers as general thing are not so well
prepared financially for death In this respect
as the great Philadelphia merchant. still
there are good many who will cost the life In
surahce companies good deal of money
when they die. New York has but one man
In the $500, 900 class the Hon. Chauncey NJ.
Depew. Next comes George X. Anderson.
the millionaire tobaeconists, with S375.00O.
Uncle Russell Sage won't tell how much he is
insured for. Nobody seems to know whether
Jay Gould carries any life policies or not
The Vanderbilts are not very well repre-
sented on the books of the insurance compan-
les, unless the latter are also sworn to secrecy
Cornelius Vanderbilt owns up to risks of
$4,000; mere bagatelle, as if man OF or
binary wealth was to insure his life for five
cents. Isidor Cohnfeld. the Broadway
leather Lea dealer, carried S290,0o0. Cyrus w.
roads, and late proprietor of the Mail and
Express, is insured for $250,0O0 f. w
Deyoe, head of great paint concern, is along
with him. Pierre Lorillard of the great
Jersey City tobacco firm carries $255, 600,
His brother Louis carries at least Si00000
4. A. Moen Of barbed wire fame is nexi in
order, with $225,000. NeHe of the Wall
street leaders aaf6 very heavily insured, ac
ceorolnaeet0 the returns available. SAM
Borrowe, Jim Keene's former broker and
right hand man, who is himself an officer of
q great life insurance company carries only
$4,000. Uncle Rufus Hatch of Yellowstone
National Park renown only puts up margins
on $4,000, Harry Horton has only $50
600. Herbert G. Pell carries about as much
as anybody in the street-$2l2, OOO-and w.
y. Lawton is close behind with 100000. ii.
Victor Newcombe, once the great plunger in
Louisville and Nashville, has policies
amounting to $4,000 Percy r. Pyne upon
whose. shoulders rests the burden Of the es-
tate OF one of the great Pennsylvania coal
baronss, is insured for the same amount.
''Dea.'' S. V. White, who has done all that
he could to plague Percy by manipulating
the price of the latter's l.ackawana stock is
down for only $4,000. } sse Seligman. head
Of the great Jewish foreign banking house is
also ON the $4,000 list SO is Colonel Joe
Rieff, who used to be Woerishoffer's lieuten
ant who is called the '.gadfy' Of Western
Union, from his persistent attacks on that
great corporation. "Jod" Stout, who is not
unknown in Boston, carries $81, 900. Spencer
Trask, who used to engineer lots of of Austin
Corbln's deals, is insured for $4,000. His
principal does not seem to have invested any
money in this way. Lawson Valentine the
S.Soe Noi hAol WHOSE handsome
advertising furniture adorns gratis nearly
every office in New York, and who used to
be well known as resident of Boston some
70 odd years ago, carries 100000. Dewitt
G. Wheeler, one of the Republican city boss
es, whom nobody in New York thinks of
calling anything but, "Clint," is well heeled
with $4,000. Newspaper men are pretty
well represented. Charles A. Dana of the
sun leads off with $4,000. The Hon. Ben.
Wood Of the Daily News brother of the late
lamented Fernando Wood is insured for $685.
600. Horace White of the Evening Post
carries $4,000. Theodore N. Vail, who is
former resident of Boston, and who made his
fortune in the early days of the Bell Tele-
phone company, is insured for S125. 900.
Bishop Potter whom some of the New York
papers are taking to task for marrying the
Duke OF Marlborough and Mrs. Hammersley,
carries $4,000. Henry V. Poor, the Poor's
Railroad Manual man, has 100000. Har-
per and Brothers $4,000. Over in BROOKLYN
Rev. DR.. Talmage estimates the risk of his
vocal and physical gymnastics at $50, 900, and
he stands pretty well up in the list, only one
person holding policy of 100000 as far as