The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-06-19
r,rTy.THREE MILLIONAlRES.

FIFTY f1HEE MILLiS1NAiHEo.
vscord In California showing How Vast
Fortunes are Scattered.
one of the most unique documents
~ prepared from the facts found in
~ archives of the probate court has
=. been compiled from the records a.
- city hall. 1t sheds light on the af-
;,s Of scores of men who were success
- business men in their day, and tells
.hot became of the millions they left.
m,a records of the San Francisco courts
NAV that nearly 400 heirs appear to
hoye participated in the emoluments
- NV 80 millioaires in the period be-
,reen 1871 and 1893. In very few in
'tonces have the principalities accumu-
tied by the kings Of commerce re-
NAMED undivided.
Glance at the document shows that
the 81 years covered by the research
x large estates have been administered
before reaching the hundreds of heirs
i whom the sum of nearly $175,000,0O0
me court appraisement of the estates
has gone by operation of law or by
Elementary requests. OF the SO names
Il the list, few were worth much less
tban $1,000, 900, and many were con-
snicuous by their generation as the
Tealthiest of California.
The first striking fact in connection
18th the SO great estates In the list,
aside from the startling total, is that
most of the estates reached a large num-
her of persons soon after the death of
he original owners. In spite of the
fact that some estates went to one per-
sou only, as in the Blythe case, the av-
erage number of persons participating
Ii each estate was about ten. The bulk
IF the SO estates, however, reached 342
heirs. Probably $1.oOo,0O0 Of the total
IN s175,O0O,O0O went to legatees not
Enumerated in the list of 342 partici-
pants.
The comparatively small estate of
kate johnson, which was appraised at
81 $50 900, reached more heirs than any
.0ther. the number on the list being 25,
while the $4,000 of Thomas Blythe
'wept to one child, Florence, after cele-
|brated trial. The estate of Maria Cole
4 man was valued at $1,757, 900, and it
went equally to three heirs. Charles
|Crocker's $22, 900, 900 reached six per-
Sons, while Mary Ann Crocker's $11, $780,
|c5l went share and share alike to four Of
F4he six who got Charles Crocker's larger
Fortune. Peter Donohue's $3,19S,312
|went in equal parts to three heirs. Mrs.
Theresa Fairs $4,693,250 went to three
persons Charles L. Fair, Miss Virginia
Fair and Mrs. Charles Oelrichs, while
William P. Fuller distributed his ILL.,
|z62 to seven persons of his name.
Emanuel Goldstein's $1,O0O,000 went
Ito six heirs. George Hearst's $S,7SS,137
went in equal parts to his wife and son,
while Wallace S. Hobart's $5,273,366
went in thirds to his three children,
Walter Hobart, Miss Ella Hobart and
Mrs. Winthrop Lester. Mark Hopkins
$2O,964, 7G2 went to two persons. Robert
&. Johnson's $1,91O,55O went to II per-
sons in almost equal portions.
There are few exceptions to the gen.
eral course of estates, as in the case of
Lick and Stanford. The $5,000,000 of
the Lick estate went chiefly to one heir
and to number of trusts of a public
nature created before James Lick's
death. Charles Mclaughlin left his ST.
476,O00 to his widow, while Alexander |
Montgomery's S2,s5e,s45 went to three
heirs. Daniel I. Murphy's $2,041,670 |
vent to six heirs. William S. O'Brien's
1865, 459 reached eight persons. James
Phelan left an even $1,00O,000, which
reached four persons in shares and a
lumber of small bequests.> A. J. Pope's
II $50, 900 reached four heirs.
Washington Ryer left 1876, 1893 to Is
PERSONS. Lelan Stanford's $17,6sS,319
sent TO IA persons, and the trust for the
Robert Sherwood's $1,000
100 went to five heirs. James P. Tread
veil left something more than $1,000
100 to six heirs of the same name. j.
lutte Wilderming's 100000 was dis
ributed to 81 persons, being the largest
ubdiyision made in any of the greater
states. John Wieland's 1928, 900 went
o nine heirs of the same name, while
is wife's $131, 900 reached her six chill
rem. The $4,447, 900 of Adolphus C.
Vhitcomb went chiefly to four persons.
A study of the list shows that the
honey left by the millionaires has since
ltered countless channels of commerce.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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One on tho King.
The king of Juril Jugg smiled as he
cad the message and then gazed
at the scrap of yellow