Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-21

would put at the top the name OF Lii
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
Iii Hung Chang .............. $500, 900 900
| John u. II RDckefeler ... $50 OO0 O00
| The Duke OF Westminster 100 900 OOO
| Colonel North h........... 100 OO1 OO1
| Cornelius Vanderbilt ....... 100, 900, 900
| Woh Qua. a..................... 100, 900 600
81 $l,0S0,000 600
But two OF these mult-millionaires
inherited their fortunes. One is the
Duke of Westminster and the other is
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Lii Hung Chang
alone is in danger of losing his, but
then his head might go, too, and n
person without that necessary orna-
ment wouldn't enjoy even cracker.
AS Niceroy of the Chinese Empire he
was for years in a position to accumu-
late wealth of every sort. With his
five hundred millions he is the owner
of great rice fields and innumerable
| pawn shops, which are most profit
able. In the district where he resides
he is looked upon as veritablo god.
Hundreds of slaves and servants wait
upon him, and except when he is
called to court to visit his employer,
the Emperor, he passes his time
studying.
Colonel North is an English man. lie
Is not man OF great refinement
When he was fourteen years old he
could not read or write. Like many
of his sort lie knocked about the
world, serving sometimes as q common
sailor aboard ships which carried ma
terial from the old country to the
new. He is Yorkshire man and ar
rived in Chile when he was but twenty
three years old. Originally boiler
riveter, he found employment in the
town of Huasco. At this time the nj
trate fields of Peru were beginning to
be talked OF as fields 70. speculation.
He had talent for mechanics, and
mastered every detail OF the business.
After he had seen tho fortune in the
stuff, he raised capital, invested it,
and founded the fortune which is to-
day rated at II hundred millions He
secured control of the nitrate beds and
arranged for water supply in that re-
Gion. Seeing the vast fortune which
was to be his, he availed himself of his
opportunities, and when the war be-
tween Chile and Peru broke out found
an opening for accumulatiug more
wealth. He got control of the railway,
water and gas works and other corpo-
rations, which he managed most sue
cessfully and made paying properties.
After the vast flow of wealth which
tumbled into his pockets he returned
to England, leaving his business in
terests in good hands, and then pro-
ceeded to enjoy himself. Although he
is chief figure at the race tracks
now, he is too busy n man to simply
sit down and look Oh. He is interest
ed in many new schemes, most OF
which have proved more than profit
able. His recent defeat for election
to Parliament he takes calmly. He
scatters money lavishly. The Prince
of Wales has become his intimate
friend. His racing stables are among
the best in England. His country
house is in Marvel
The Duke OF Westminster, who has
enormous interests IN London prop
erty, Is not only the richest of Great
Britain's peers but also one of tue
best liked men in England His pop
ularity with all classes has been gained
not altogether i'll politics or in the
tangled webs of diplomacy, but in the
hunting fields. He woald as soon race
with his tenants rs with a lot of prince
lings. Once he WAS master of the
"Glorious Cheshire Hounds" and
once won the blue ribbon OF the day.
No other living man is better judge
of houses.
He is over seventy years old, but is
as young, apparently, as n spring
| chicken. His father was Marquis,
and he himself was created Duke in
1874. His income is variously esti-
mated at from five to seven hundred
thousand pounds year. He owns the
land on which many of tho principal
markets in London are situated. His
ancestral seats are many and his hos
pitality unbounded.
John d. Rockefeller made his vast
fortune, which is estimated at over
$3.50, 900, 600, out of oil as easily as
the farmers wife gets pin money from
her chickens. His golden eggs were
laid by obliging refiners, who had to
do as he said or so to smash.
He started refinery in Cleveland,
Ohio, and organized n company which
is now the Standard Oil Company.
From this beginning he has achieved
immense power aud wealth. He is n
strict Baptist, and has given two mil
lions to the Chicago University. With
his family he lives quietly in this city,
n most unassuming man. In spite of
Rockefeller's enormous wealth, his
charities arc large, and his wife and
two charming daughters ms well give
away many thousands each year to
persons who they think deserving of