The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-25
THE SIX RICHEST MEN.
THEY MADE FORTUNES WHICH AG-
GREGATE OVER $1,000, 900, 900.

Il is doubtful whether one person in
hundred could answer this question off
hand. Certainly few would put at the top
the name Of Ii Hung Chang, the great
chancellor of the Chinese empire, yet that
is where he belongs. After careful search
and investigation, the Sunday World has
arrived at the following list, which may
be accepted as authentic:
Ii Hung Chang $500 600, 900
John d. Rockefeller .............. $50 200, 900
The Duke of Westminster ...... 1O00OO, 900
Col. North ...........-............. 100 OO0, 900
Cornelius Vanderbilt ............ 100 100000
WOh qua ........................... lOOOOO,OOO
$1,000 900. 900
Think of it! over a billion dollars.
Enough to buy bicycle for every man in
the country. Yet it is doubtful if any of
these modern Croesuses gets any more
pleasure out of life than does the average
man, who works hard for six days, and
sleeps and eats well, and rests on the
seventh. No Nightmares over great boards
of gold, and lying awake to checkmate the
schemes Of other millionaires.
A man can only eat so much, whether
ne pAllAIt VI a BdupGAs III AdNl the
latter's appetite is ordinarily far and away
ahead of the former. Then the pleasure
of sleeping in a solid gold bed certainly
after ones eyes are closed, is in no way
superior to doing on 81 cot.
But two Of these multi-millionaires in
herited their fortunes. One is the Duke OF
Westminster, the other is Cornelius Van
derbnt. Ii Hung Chang alone is in danger
of losing his but then his head might go,
too, and a person without that necessary
ornament wouldn't enjoy even cracker.
AS Viceroy of the Chinese empire he was
for years in position to accumulate
wealth of every sort. With his five hum
bred millions he is the owner of great rice
fields and innumerable pawnshops, which
are most profitable. In the districts where
he resides he is looked upon as a veritable
god. Hundreds Of slaves and servants wait
upon him, and except when he is called
TO court to visit his employer, the en-
perOr, he passes his time studying. Every
body knows that the Chinaman has to earn
his spurs by brainwork.
In China any young man who attends
strictly TO business has no horror of los
ing his place He has to pass examination
but they decide simply whether or not Ne
is to climb the ladder or stay where he is.
Ii Hung Chang is a self-made man and
climbed that ladder himself. The wealth
he has accumulated is the reward of his
industry. Rumor says that a large part of
his money is invested in English consols
and American railway securities.
OF course the last war with Japan put
him in a queer position. Undoubtedly he
will stop where he is If he can. In any
event were he to go away he could land
on several continents and still find wealth
enough there awaiting him. While the
money Ii Hung Chang possesses has
strings on it, so to speak. it is in his own
name and is increasing, SO reputable au-
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a day.
Col. North is an Englishman He Is not
man of great refinement When he was
fourteen years old he could not read or
write Like many of his sort he knocked
about the world, serving sometimes as a
common sailor aboard ships which carried
material from the old country to the new
He is a Yorkshire man and arrived in Chilli
when he was but twenty-three years old
Originally boiler riveter he found en-
ploymeRt in the town of Huasco At this
time the nitrate fields of Peru were be-
ginning to be talked of as fields for specu-
lation He had talent for mechanics, and
mastered every detail of. the business. At
yer he had seen the fortune in the stuff
ne raised capital, Invested it and founded
the fortune which is to-day rated at a
hundred Millions
He secured control of the nitrate beds
and arranged for a water supply in that
region He needed ships and railways
Tor transporting the stuff, and also ar
ranged Tor the capital necessary to build
them.
Seeing the vast fortune which was to
ne MS, he awaited himself of the oppor-
Lunlles, and when the war between
Chll and Peru broke out found an open
ing Tor accommodating more wealth.
lie got control of the railway, water
ana gas works and other corporations
full x
ana made paying properties. After the
vast now of wealth which tumbled into
ms pockets ne returned to England, leav-
lAs ms business interests in good hands,
ana then proceeded to enjoy himself.
although he is chief figure at the
race tracks now, he is too busy a man to
SIMPLY SIT down and look on. He is in
crested IN many new schemes most of
Mnlch have proved more than profitable.
Ills recent defeat for election to parlia-
inent ne takes calmly. He scattered money
IaVlshly. The Prince of Wales has be-
come his intimate friend His racing sta
pIes are among the best in England. His
country house is in Marvel
Inc Duke Of Westminster, who has
enormous interests in London property,
Is not only the richest of Great Britain's
peers but also one of the best liked men
III england His popularity with all class
es mas been gained not altogether in poll
put in the hunting fields He would as
soon race with his tenants as with a lot
u prlncelings. Once he was master OF
lhe Glorious Cheshire Hounds" and once
won the blue ribbon of the day. No other
HElhg man is better judge of horses.
3rosvernor is his family name and his
uescent is traced to an illustrious house
winch nourished in the times Of the Nor
man conquests He is over seventy years
Oiu, but is as young, apparently as a
spring chicken. His father was a Marquis,
ana ne himself was created a duke in 1874.
ans income is variously estimated at from
uVe 10 seven hundred thousand pounds a
year IL even the smaller figure is ac-
SoPled, II means that two millions and a
halt OF dollars in his annual income. He
U"hs the land on which many of the prin-
eipal markets in London are situated. His
"IeeAiral seats are many and his hospi-
tallty unhounded
some years ago he inherited an addition
p. fortune Of $4,000 year from his moth
~ VINO was ninety years old when she
e.el' The heir 70 his wealth is a grand
son boy Of eighteen, who Is now az