The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-16
AN OLD FRIEND ARRIVES.

AN OLD FRIEND ARRIVES
i'll the letter given below to add what re-
cent information may be of interest 20
our follow nabobs wherever they may
be-
At the very first, OH receiving the let
ter, decided for various reasons to ask
that my name be stricken from the list.
l have in the past two years seen all
wanted to of this sort of life In 1892
was rather pleased to receive the notice
and wrote at once all tho information
required, sending at the same time to
my birthplace for such matters of detail
regarding tho incident attending my
birth as [ thought would mako interest
ing reading
also went and had my photograph
taken i'll standing posture and wearing
a new suit of clothes:
'AMERICA S SUCCESSFUL MEN
''Tho New York Tribune announces
that it is now revising and will during
1894 republish i'll enlarged, permanent
and especially handsome form, with tho
addition of valuable new matter. its en-
elusive copyrighted list of persons in tho
United States whose fortunes amount to
million or more
The original list was published in
The Tribune i'll tho early summer of
1892. 1t is the only one Of the kind ever
compiled i'll this country and was tho
product of large expense and year and
half of unrcmitting Investigation. It
was republished during 1892 in low
priced and popular form as one number
of The Tribune Monthly. and it has
had and still continues to have good
sale in all parts of the United States.
The original object of tho compilation
was political one-namely, to estab.
lish the part played by the protective
tariff i'll the accumulation of American
fortunes. But widespread interest has
been developed i'll tho social and finan-
cial bearings of the list, and The Trib.
une has now determined to revise it.
make any needed changes and reprint it
III q new, expensive and expanded form as
souvenir of tho millionaires of Amer.
lea, embracing, i'll addition as far rs pos.
sible, the principal millionaires Of for
eign lands.
In the new volume the names will
be grouped by countries, states and cit.
les. In each city they will be arranged
i'll strict alphabetical order, and there
will be complete index of the whole
list i'll the last part of the book Occu.
pations, postoffice addresses, street adj
dresses, the origin of the various for.
tunes and a. short biographical sketch
will be presented in each case. In addi.
ton, the book will contain special chap
tiers on the great fortunes of the British
isles, France, Spain, Germany. Austria,
Italy, Russia and other prosperous for
eign nations.
The book will be printed as Il large
octave, i'll sumptuous style. on rich and
handsome paper, with broad margins
and expensive binding. 1t will contain
many portraits. The intention is to
spare no reasonable expense to make the
volume unique, elegant and of perma.
nent value. The book will be handsome.
~ bound i'll cloth. with leather back,
and will be sold ut $40 copy
Tho fine appearance, practical shape
and exclusive nature of the contents
will make this volume an extraordinary
publication.
THE Tribune will print in this vol
une portraits and extended biographies
OF many OF the men of high financial
position who are catalogued i'll this list.
This work is intended to be both u
directory and a souvenir of the wealth
amassers of the United States and the
world. In the case of many millionaires
now deceased their memory will be per-
petuated i'll this volume by the insertion
OF good portraits and sketches of their
careers aid life work.
This book will be unique because no
one Will be catalogued i'll its pages who
does not RAM; rs q millionaire. All 9TH
ers are excluded. 1t will go into the Ii
brarles OF tinanciers ard men of wealth
over the whole world. Millionaires who
have been mentioned in this list have
found it of great advantage because it
has brought them the first information